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Work gave us a 3% flat raise which translates to $.45. Then announced all raises going forward will be based upon "performance and attendance". Lmao
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Jun 14, 2023 16:56
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Not a Children posted:I cannot get parsley, basil, rosemary, or thyme without spending $1.99 on a lovely plastic clamshell of half-rotted product at my local grocery you need to move somewhere with less white people
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Jun 14, 2023 16:57
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GDP "growth" is a result of inflation. GDP measures the flow of money from one hand to another. Inflation means that more money is going from workers to employers due to price increases.
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Jun 14, 2023 16:58
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The vast majority of listings near me are $300k+ new developments or nicely kept older homes for well over that. There are a massive amount of affordable houses that have been reno flipped for +100k above affordability. Investors keep sweeping the good deals out from under people to resell in 6 months. Starter homes no longer exist. anonumos has issued a correction as of 17:02 on Jun 14, 2023 |
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Jun 14, 2023 16:59
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Mr Hootington posted:Work gave us a 3% flat raise which translates to $.45. Then announced all raises going forward will be based upon "performance and attendance". Lmao how much money did they make last year?
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Jun 14, 2023 17:00
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RealityWarCriminal posted:how much money did they make last year? Idk
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Jun 14, 2023 17:01
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Zapf Dingbat posted:I too can afford to go out to eat every week but it causes me so much stress and guilt that I'm gonna probably cut it in half at least. 1 drink and an entree each for me and the wife plus tip is like $70-$100. At the very least I'll cut out the beer. Ethiopian here is prob the best deal in that a vegan sampler platter is like $17 and enough food for 2 people with sufficient injera but otherwise eh also quality, QA, and portions seem to be all hosed up at even local places
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Jun 14, 2023 17:06
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I went to a ramen place for lunch when I had jury duty a few weeks ago. It was almost $20 after tip and I was the only one there so I could hear them putting it in the microwave.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:09
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Mr Hootington posted:Work gave us a 3% flat raise which translates to $.45. Then announced all raises going forward will be based upon "performance and attendance". Lmao What the gently caress is attendance.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:10
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https://twitter.com/gamedevdotcom/status/1669013074253344769
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Jun 14, 2023 17:11
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PerniciousKnid posted:What the gently caress is attendance. Probably how often you show up at the office?
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Jun 14, 2023 17:13
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Thorn Wishes Talon posted:sorry, what do you mean by "none of it is growing the economy, it's just seeking rent"? if the size of the economy is measured by GDP, and these activities are contributing to GDP, then are they not, by definition, growing the economy? read wealth of nations if you don't understand this
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Jun 14, 2023 17:15
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Chad Sexington posted:I went to a ramen place for lunch when I had jury duty a few weeks ago. It was almost $20 after tip and I was the only one there so I could hear them putting it in the microwave. Where do you live? I don't think any ramen place where I live could get away with having a microwave.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:16
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PerniciousKnid posted:What the gently caress is attendance. Unexcused Absences from the factory.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:16
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I wonder if taking all your PTO like some kind of dirty hippie negatively affects your attendance score.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:20
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Pf. Hikikomoriarty posted:read wealth of nations if you don't understand this i thought this thread hated economics
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Jun 14, 2023 17:23
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Engorged Pedipalps posted:Go back to tipping 15% It sucks but I’ve basically been doing this, I will only tip 20% if it’s exceptional service which it rarely is. I’m tired of tipping, it needs to go away. I’m also tired of the extra fees restaurants are including on the bill in regards to poo poo the city council has passed or whatever “inflation” bullshit they’re trying to pass on to customers. Just increase your menu items a few dollars across the board and shut the gently caress up. Or better yet, the owners can take a pay cut for all I care. We have cut way back on eating out, I’m done with it. I went out for lunch two weeks ago and the restaurant auto-charged gratuity for 2 people at 18%! This was only standard with large parties typically. Good thing I checked the bill because we were about to add tip.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:24
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Nodelphi posted:AI’s going to happily comply with any directive given to it otoh so do most doctors, and my experience has been if you don't advocate for yourself you basically get sub-chatGPT levels of care in the first place, ymmv
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Jun 14, 2023 17:26
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Thorn Wishes Talon posted:sorry, what do you mean by "none of it is growing the economy, it's just seeking rent"? if the size of the economy is measured by GDP, and these activities are contributing to GDP, then are they not, by definition, growing the economy? Number go up
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Jun 14, 2023 17:31
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Eric Cantonese posted:Where do you live? I don't think any ramen place where I live could get away with having a microwave. It was in Rockville, Maryland, which otherwise has a robust Asian food scene. This was just some place like a block from the courthouse so I guess they can afford to be garbage.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:39
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RealityWarCriminal posted:Number go up exactly. in the end that's all that matters. rising tide floats all boats 
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Jun 14, 2023 17:40
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Middle America has lots of restaurants that are supposedly good and "a gem" of the place you're visiting, and will have super amazing 4.5 star yelp averages but if you look into the reviews it's literally always the same thing: -90% of people with names like James and Tim saying it's the best thai food they've ever had - 10% people from cities with established ethnic populations who are like "this was trash? I am confused" It's such a funny dynamic. I totally get it, like, no one is expecting these places to be amazing. It's just amusing how this exact scenario plays out everywhere in the exact same way. Taima has issued a correction as of 17:44 on Jun 14, 2023 |
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Jun 14, 2023 17:41
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Xaris posted:same. we have a lot of pretty good Thai/Indian/Korean/tacos/etc places but basically for 2 people is $60-80 and that’s often without alcohol. Really adds insult to injera.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:43
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after a certain point i realized most restaurant food was pretty good and the only real point of going out to eat was to hang out, but you can also get that cooking at home for some friends. it's not like there's really all that much you can do with a hamburger to make it worth 25 dollars
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Jun 14, 2023 17:45
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Turtle Sandbox posted:If you have time you can get bomb rear end ribs out the oven, won't be smoked but still fall of the bone tender with a crispy outside. you can pressure cook them in sauce too and they come tender as hell in a half hour
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Jun 14, 2023 17:45
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Thorn Wishes Talon posted:exactly. in the end that's all that matters. rising tide floats all boats what does it do to people who can't afford a boat?
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Jun 14, 2023 17:46
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my favorite local place at the moment is a strip mall chinese takeout place where you can get a full to-go box, two entrees with rice or noodles and a side, for 8 dollars. eight US dollars! the food is incredibly mid but you can't beat that kind of value
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Jun 14, 2023 17:46
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is pepsi ok posted:what does it do to people who can't afford a boat? what people? you mean the poors? those aren't people
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Jun 14, 2023 17:49
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We used to have a place like that pretty close, now it's like $30 for extremely okay food for two.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:49
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what's the going chicken rice with double white sauce eh boss? rate these days
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Jun 14, 2023 17:53
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All these etiquette and SEO sites write about tipping 20% but most people don't tip. I remember an Uber driver going through the receipts from 2019(?) and most passengers don't tip, but the tips made the majority of his profits. When I worked in a cafe kitchen, maybe half of customers tipped. The cafe didn't have waiters; you ordered at the counter and we brought your order to your table. The job where the majority of customers tip is waiters at sit down restaurants. It's a lovely thing to normalize paying service workers worse wages. The only real plus side is if the tips are cash, then it helps you claim that earned income tax credit.
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Jun 14, 2023 18:00
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the bitcoin of weed posted:after a certain point i realized most restaurant food was pretty good and the only real point of going out to eat was to hang out, but you can also get that cooking at home for some friends. it's not like there's really all that much you can do with a hamburger to make it worth 25 dollars It’s not the hamburger so much as the French fries, the rare times I eat out it’s to get fried food because I’m not dealing with that at home
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Jun 14, 2023 18:17
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learning that the secret to why people say “but restaurant food tastes better!” is they’re usually adding several sticks of butter and salt to entrees that would make a home cook squirm in terror. if you just add 2 whole sticks of butter to everything you make at home, you pretty much end up with take-out quality lotta good spices helps too but not always required. I’ve been roasting whole spices and mortar n pestling them instead of pre ground spices which kicks rear end and adds a lot of good flavor without the fat
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Jun 14, 2023 18:26
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My local grocery store used to have bagels at 3 for 1$, now it's 2 for 1$. Im crack pinging real hard here.
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Jun 14, 2023 18:36
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is pepsi ok posted:what does it do to people who can't afford a boat? let them eat life jackets
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Jun 14, 2023 18:37
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that life jacket cost a lot of money, I'm not gonna just throw it overboard
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Jun 14, 2023 18:38
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also another thing about the "coastal elites moving to rural america" meme is there were a big chunk of people who moved to a big coastal liberal city and absolutely hated it, but the money was good. now its not so good and if you can get a remote job, of course you'd move to the place you'd prefer with low costs. so there's more than enough of those folks to fill out these media pieces.
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Jun 14, 2023 18:41
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i make way better handcut fries at home in a quarter inch of vegetable oil in a frying pan than any deep frier could dream of
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Jun 14, 2023 18:43
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Paradoxish posted:We used to have a place like that pretty close, now it's like $30 for extremely okay food for two. I wanted to try this taco truck in a gas station parking lot near my house, it was $26 for a plate of pollo en mole. From a taco truck at a gas station.
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Jun 14, 2023 18:51
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Mr Hootington posted:Unexcused Absences from the factory. I would love to work at a place that was like "Yeah you didn't show up for work for two months last year so we're only giving you a 1% raise".
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Jun 14, 2023 18:51
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