Verge posted:

One of the technicians that maintains my Harley is a woman. I happen to view her mechanical wisdom more than most of the men there, as an anecdote. In fact, just off gut feeling, if I had to pick a mechanic for troubleshooting, I'd probably assume the one dudebro would be more likely to find the fix while she'd be more likely to do a good job, so I'd have her give it a once over first and submit it to him if she couldn't find it (he just SEEMS like he's got more hours, maybe 'cause he's older). That being said, with day to day poo poo, no one's gonna make it last longer than her. Not because she's a woman and that makes her "technical" or "thorough" but because she's a tech that happens to have good traits for a tech.

My girlfriend could probably wreck your face and I respect her on those grounds (just as I would a man). I feel the qualifier is necessary that I wouldn't say that I disrespect a woman for an inability to wreck faces, or a man, for that matter.

Did it ever strike anyone that people like me simply respect masculine people but don't run into enough masculine women to see us respect them for it?


Talkin' poo poo about someone being a wussy, especially a specific person and not a more general, "Wussies are bitches," way amongst dudebros is dickish, totally. Talkin' poo poo about a woman fixin' her car is just...weird, to me. Women who fix cars are hot. -Fixes his girlfriend's moped whilst grumbling.- She couldn't identify the loving spark plug, man!

e: and don't get on me about objectifying women! Many times I've been told I'm hot when I'm fixing a car (which is actually a task that I'm terrible at) so don't even!

Scruff McGruff posted:

I've seen pretty much a 100% overlap between people who, during the worst of the recession, were saying "You got laid off? The McDonalds has a Now Hiring sign up, what, are you too good to work at all? There's a ton of jobs out there, you're just a big baby that doesn't want to do hard work" and the people that are now saying "Who do you think you are demanding better wages, conditions, and benefits? You work at McDonalds, those jobs are for teenagers not people trying to support a family, get a real job!"

robotsinmyhead posted:

The ones that get me are the "I have to put FOOD on the table!" types, then proceed to take a week off of work and spend a few thousand dollars on permits, guns, camo, tree stands, ATVs, etc. to go bag some scrawny buck.

The other thing I see is people saingy how peaceful it is being all alone in the woods at 5am with nothing but your thoughts and nature - that part of the equation is actually free, you can do it 24/7 365, and doesn't require a gun.

I like deer jerky as much as the next guy, but come on. Just be honest and say you wanna shoot poo poo.

darthbob88 posted:

That's also 7c/gallon going towards expanding Exxon Manor, vs 46c/gallon keeping my roads from getting even more potholed. I know which one I'm happier with.

Great Metal Jesus posted:

I get this too and it drives me mad. We're a county contractor in mental health and a few months ago the county workers were striking for more money and my coworkers were annoyed because hey, they already make way more than we do! I pointed out that if we had a union we might be able to negotiate better wages and was told that if we had a union we'd probably just shut down because reasons. Most of the people I work with are basically dirty commies to boot, I don't get it.

Guavanaut posted:

There are. They exist. But ask them if they're prepared to burn the village to save it. If they're prepared to let good people suffer to teach bad people a lesson.
It's not only morally abhorrent to say yes to that, it's totally loving stupid. It's like throwing out a perfectly good engine because it's not 100% efficient, or throwing an innocent person in prison because sometimes there are guilty people who get away with crime.

seiferguy posted:

Which union is he in? Or is he non-union support staff? Also, even the most right wing of employees at Boeing has looked at what they've done for worker rights and think "Yep, this is good for the company" when they've posted record deliveries, while at the same time cutting pensions, healthcare, bonuses, and jobs.

Verisimilidude posted:

Here's a wall of text response I received today, in response to a post I made about economic class being fair game for differentiating tax brackets.

Amused to Death posted:

Like god drat, everyone in my store does the same, and when it comes to holidays we generally don't have the option of saying no, except the good deal of these people are at or within a few dollars of minimum wage.

TerminalSaint posted:

Yeah, the only interaction I've had with the IRS outside normal filing was when they sent me a letter saying "We checked your filing and you paid too much, here's a check for what's yours."

xrunner posted:

The easy solution to this is to not order IPAs. I can't stand porters, even the smell makes me want to puke. I've never once bitched at a bar or restaurant for having them on tap. I swear, people who don't like IPAs are the contemporary version of people in the 90s who didn't own TVs.

Jurgan posted:

I agree, but Hillary Clinton and PP execs were outraged at the suggestion. To be fair, Sanders said they're part of the establishment "that we're fighting against," which was probably a mistake. They're part of the Democratic Party establishment, but Clinton argued they're not "establishment" because they're constantly under fire and not respected. Really, though, the whole thing was a mind-numblingly stupid semantic argument- is there any doubt that both Clinton and Sanders support PP?

razorrozar posted:

you're assuming the country will last another election cycle if trump gets elected

e_angst posted:

The ACA did result in doctors being removed from the system, though. Mostly through older doctors deciding to retire earlier than they would have otherwise rather than having to change their offices over to the new electronic records requirements.

Not that there weren't more net positives than negatives overall, but this was indeed one of the negatives.

SSNeoman posted:

This is the same guy who posts the anti-Islam and anti-feminist stuff.

JVNO posted:

Yeah, the whole body paint as loving pants thing in comics/videogames is even starting to bug me. And I'm a butt guy! But I can almost feel the greasiness dripping off whatever artist or focus group developed most of these wank fantasy characters.

Playstation 4 posted:

Yes your candidate lost, and is surrounded by a loud bunch of idiots proclaiming absolute bullshit like "Hitlery is a Republican!", "Primary Fraud!", and " Benghazi and Emails!".

Berniebros deserve every bit of mockery they get at this point the moment so many started saying they'd vote loving Trump.

KillerJunglist posted:

I feel like anyone who posts a "PEE WITH MY DAUGHTER NO NEVER UH UH!" macro probably unironically wears one of these shirts (or sweaters, I guess):




If their daughter's don't already hate them, I'm sure they will eventually.

lancemantis posted:

They work holidays while we have festive meals with our families. They miss school events with their kids, birthdays, anniversaries, all those special occasions that we take for granted. They work in all types of weather, under dangerous conditions, for relatively low pay. 

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Chimera-gui posted:

So my dumbass aunt discovered a rancid pile of dog vomit and sent this rancid pile of dog vomit to me today: here

TapTheForwardAssist posted:

This is a takeoff of an actual sign hung on the back of convoy vehicles in Iraq.

TapTheForwardAssist posted:

It makes sense as a literal sign in Iraq, but as a bumper-sticker in Texas it indicates an rear end in a top hat.

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

Veteran here. The military is a medical nightmare. If you have diabetes then you just die, whether you're deployed or stateside, doesn't matter, it's a death sentence. Got a cut? Better hope it doesn't get infected because the best you can hope for is an amputation.

That's why care packages are so important to the military. They don't have access to clean food or water or even clothing. If you don't get a care package with socks, it's just bare feet in your boots.

WampaLord posted:

From my understanding, they'll screen you out if you're diabetic pre-enlisting, but if you develop it after you've joined, they will let you stay on.

Lemniscate Blue posted:

Not all diabetics are insulin dependent, but if the medical board lets you stay in it's often with a permanent "non-deployable" status. HIV+ servicemembers are often classified similarly.