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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:In 2022 there was 15.9 billion gallons of bottled water sold in the US, mission accomplished. A perfect example of a public good being privatized.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:11
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Real hurthling! posted:guy got eaten by a plane engine today at a tx airport From the BBC article about this: quote:On Wednesday, regional airline Piedmont was fined $15,625 (£12,285) by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the death of a ground crew worker six-months earlier in a similar incident in Alabama. 15k. For an avoidable horrific death. That's about as good as explicitly encouraging this poo poo.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:14
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is pepsi ok posted:The drinking fountain thing is crazy. They were everywhere when I was a kid and using them was a totally normal thing that everyone did. I'm pretty sure most people today would react to you using one like they just watched you lick the floor. It does seem like they turned them off for covid and then never bothered turning them back on.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:14
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Airline executives will read that as "I can get rid of troublesome employees for a one-time payment of $15K"
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Jun 26, 2023 14:15
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Nothus posted:It does seem like they turned them off for covid and then never bothered turning them back on. Much like *gestures at everything* it's one of those things that's been going on for a while but Covid accelerated it. The school system here removed all the water fountains due to concerns about lead pipes nearly ten years ago and never replaced them.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:16
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Much like *gestures at everything* it's one of those things that's been going on for a while but Covid accelerated it. The school system here removed all the water fountains due to concerns about lead pipes nearly ten years ago and never replaced them. Yep, that sounds like an American way of handling things.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:17
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problem: children are being lead poisoned from the drinking water solution: stop letting them drink water, dummy
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Jun 26, 2023 14:18
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in a similar vein  -> 
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Jun 26, 2023 14:19
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Lacrosse posted:A diner near me is only open between 9am and 3pm daily due to staffing shortages. Forget brunch; they can't even get staffed up enough for dinner. My sister recently lost her job at a diner. They wanted to schedule her for anywhere between 10 and 25 hrs a week, by text message 30 mins before whenever they wanted a shift to start. She went out of town for 3 days a week ago and wasn't available when they texted a sudden shift while she was gone, so they told her they're done. She thinks it's because there's a university in town and they recently got a bunch of students available for their low hour immediate notice bullshit scheduling. Curious how they'll manage come fall, but I don't think this diner is planning that far ahead.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:22
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Airline executives will read that as "I can get rid of troublesome employees for a one-time payment of $15K" I would suspect it costs a lot more than that to fix or replace the turbine, to say nothing of the costs of rescheduling and delaying flights aa repairs are carried out
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Jun 26, 2023 14:24
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Mr Hootington posted:Could do price controls what if tax... rich?
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Jun 26, 2023 14:42
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RadiRoot posted:what if tax... No.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:50
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insane clown pussy posted:and it's not like people are flocking to move to ohio. the only growth is primarily columbus cannibalizing what's left of the rural population, so good luck with trying to extract value out of a bunch of dying towns and small cities Cleveland’s last major economy is Finance and Tech so this honestly feels like a shot across the bow at one of the last blue holdouts in the state.
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Jun 26, 2023 14:50
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insane clown pussy posted:and it's not like people are flocking to move to ohio. the only growth is primarily columbus cannibalizing what's left of the rural population, so good luck with trying to extract value out of a bunch of dying towns and small cities My brother moved to Columbus and holy poo poo is that city cursed, it feels like something out of the St. Louis suburbs
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Jun 26, 2023 14:55
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:My brother moved to Columbus and holy poo poo is that city cursed, it feels like something out of the St. Louis suburbs kirkwood out here catching strays
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Jun 26, 2023 15:03
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Specifically says for government workers in Ohio not every worker I believe.
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Jun 26, 2023 15:07
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Sylink posted:Specifically says for government workers in Ohio not every worker I believe. you can be sure it's a dry run for everyone
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Jun 26, 2023 15:08
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might be hard to enforce for everyone but I'm sure the courts will find a way
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Jun 26, 2023 15:09
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Frosted Flake posted:I was just thinking that in Toronto, public washrooms have basically disappeared. They used to be everywhere. Drinking fountains too. that is the precise reason, yes
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Jun 26, 2023 15:15
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:you can be sure it's a dry run for everyone exactly. it’s a shot across the bow, not directly into it.
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Jun 26, 2023 15:16
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The rural healthcare apocalypse continues apace in Pennsylvania https://www.post-gazette.com/busine...es/202306190061 quote:At Heritage Valley Kennedy, which HVHS acquired in 2019, the intensive care unit will close July 1, when complex surgeries and cardiac procedures move to the system’s larger Beaver or Sewickley hospitals. HVHS President and CEO Norm Mitry cited “significant staffing and operational challenges” in announcing the downsizing, which will reduce hospital beds at Kennedy to 77 from 120, a 36% reduction. (Jefferson and Kennedy are $$$$ suburbs, everyone else eats poo poo)
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Jun 26, 2023 15:22
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:in a similar vein so my sister in law who embraces all of these apps rented a pool this weekend when they visit us. it’s a big family get together so I’ll just try to enjoy it but I’m not a fan since we do have public pools here…
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Jun 26, 2023 15:25
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Rexicon1 posted:exactly. it’s a shot across the bow, not directly into it. I don't see how they could do it for everyone. For example: I work remotely and my employer is headquartered 1500 miles away.
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Jun 26, 2023 15:31
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https://twitter.com/marshallkanner1/status/1673264985303072769?s=20quote:“Americans love big things. That’s it,” said Allison Corona, a data analyst from Pittsburgh whose recent five-day trip to Las Vegas with her husband and friends included four buffets. “We just love more. I’m not saying that’s good. I’m just saying it’s who we are.”
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Jun 26, 2023 15:33
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Where I live, basically all of the public washrooms and drinking fountains were closed/shut off "for COVID" and still haven't been turned on despite covid being over. Weird!
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Jun 26, 2023 15:34
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buffets didn’t go anywhere what the gently caress edit oh the nyt of course
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Jun 26, 2023 15:34
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jemand posted:My sister recently lost her job at a diner. They wanted to schedule her for anywhere between 10 and 25 hrs a week, by text message 30 mins before whenever they wanted a shift to start. She went out of town for 3 days a week ago and wasn't available when they texted a sudden shift while she was gone, so they told her they're done. when they inevitably offer her her job back she should make them pay $20 an hour plus tips
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Jun 26, 2023 15:37
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cat botherer posted:Where I live, basically all of the public washrooms and drinking fountains were closed/shut off "for COVID" and still haven't been turned on despite covid being over. Weird! they did the same thing on the bike trails here one of the trails I like to ride is ~36 miles long with nowhere to get water and exactly one portapotty
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Jun 26, 2023 15:43
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:you can be sure it's a dry run for everyone Nah it's more about saying they did something about lazy government workers. The richest Republican areas in Ohio have tons of remote work and they don't really want to get rid of it either. It's important to know that Ohio is a trifecta GOP state and they essentially have nothing to do except come up with corruption schemes.
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Jun 26, 2023 15:44
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wait there’s an app for reserving the right to piss and poo poo in peoples private swimming pools…..?!?!
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Jun 26, 2023 15:48
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i am harry posted:wait https://swimply.com/
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Jun 26, 2023 15:48
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i am harry posted:wait In the same way that Airbnb and Swimply facilitate short-term rentals of private homes and swimming pools, Sniffspot is an online platform that helps homeowners earn a few extra bones simply by letting their property go to the dogs.
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Jun 26, 2023 15:49
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sonatinas posted:so my sister in law who embraces all of these apps rented a pool this weekend when they visit us. it’s a big family get together so I’ll just try to enjoy it but I’m not a fan since we do have public pools here… don’t come back and post here like nothing happened if you didn’t piss in that pool alright? you better drink loads of loving beer before going. got that!?
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Jun 26, 2023 15:49
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:In 2022 there was 15.9 billion gallons of bottled water sold in the US, mission accomplished. A perfect example of a public good being privatized. one of the main reason people buy so much bottled water is not because there’s no public fountains (or else they’d refill bottles for free), but because American rubes believe it’s cleaner than tap water even though if you look at the bottle, most of them are bottled in like “Mobile Alabama Water District” / “Bottoed at Texas Jet Fuell Air Base” / “Cleveland PFAS Water Supply”
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Jun 26, 2023 15:51
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you need them for car travel and such
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Jun 26, 2023 15:53
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Xaris posted:one of the main reason people buy so much bottled water is not because there’s no public fountains (or else they’d refill bottles for free), but because American rubes believe it’s cleaner than tap water even though if you look at the bottle, most of them are bottled in like “Mobile Alabama Water District” / “Bottoed at Texas Jet Fuell Air Base” / “Cleveland PFAS Water Supply” Pittsburgh got a public drinking water fountain installed downtown by pretending it was an art installation https://trustarts.org/pct_home/visual-arts/public-art/water-cube
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Jun 26, 2023 15:54
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DC has tons of working water fountains and public toilets but they all close when the museums do and then there's a few porta potties next to some of the encampments but basically nowhere free to piss until the museums open up again. Drinking water out of a lot of fountains is an exercise in frustration though, the pressure is just too low.
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Jun 26, 2023 15:55
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Pittsburgh got a public drinking water fountain installed downtown by pretending it was an art installation Whoa whoa whoa you buried the lede, it dispenses carbonated water too?!
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Jun 26, 2023 15:56
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yep
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Jun 26, 2023 15:57
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Found a pretty good article on bottled water replacing fountains: https://www.npr.org/2010/05/17/126833795/war-on-tap-americas-obsession-with-bottled-waterquote:In 2000, shortly before he was made chairman of PepsiCo's North American Beverage and Food division, Robert S. Morrison publicly declared, "The biggest enemy is tap water. . . . We're not against water -- it just has its place. We think it's good for irrigation and cooking." That same year, Susan Wellington, president of the Quaker Oats Company's United States beverage division, candidly told industry analysts, "When we're done, tap water will be relegated to showers and washing dishes." "We need to change the way we sell water," said industry analyst Kathleen Ransome at the 2006 International Bottled Water Association annual convention in Las Vegas. "At what point will consumers turn to the tap?"
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Jun 26, 2023 16:02
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