Starving Wolf posted:

I like how these idiots truly believe a complex robotic system that can take orders, prepare ingredients, cook and serve food with any degree of reliability is somehow cheaper than paying a teenager who doesn't yet have enough self worth to know how they should be treated as a human being 15 bucks an hour.
You'll be paying way more just maintaining the robots every day.

I worked as a shift manager in a cookie factory for five years, because my life is great like that. Sometimes people would take a tour of the factory, and the one comment I'd hear all the time when I'd show them a certain aspect of the process was "Oh wow, I thought machines did that bit!". We had a bunch of high tech machines, but there were certain things that only a human could do reliably. When one of the machine broke down, the entire production came to a halt until it was fixed. Even with advanced robotics that a cooperation like a global fast food joint can invest in, the expense alone just isn't worth it. Even at 15 an hour, humans are cheaper, and incredibly expendable.
It won't be that way for long, I'm sure. We are on the precipice of an age where robots are cheap and ubiquitous and human labour is made obsolete - but when we get to that point, it won't be because "the minimum wage is too high", It'll be because even for pennies an hour humans just won't be worth it.

Xander77 posted:

Zesty posted:

I usually skip posting the non-political Dan Lietha drivel. But gently caress him.

Romans 8:22 posted:

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

Genesis 2:15-17 posted:

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Genesis 3:1-24 posted:

3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
YADDA YADDA YADDA YOU PROBABLY LEARNED THE STORY IN BIBLE SCHOOL
21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[e] of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

Romans:18-30 posted:

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that[h] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Job 9:14-35 posted:

14 “How then can I dispute with him?
How can I find words to argue with him?
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;
I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
17 He would crush me with a storm
and multiply my wounds for no reason.
18 He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[b]?
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
21 “Although I am blameless,
I have no concern for myself;
I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When a scourge brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,
he blindfolds its judges.
If it is not he, then who is it?
25 “My days are swifter than a runner;
they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
26 They skim past like boats of papyrus,
like eagles swooping down on their prey.
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread all my sufferings,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.
29 Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?
30 Even if I washed myself with soap
and my hands with cleansing powder,
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit
so that even my clothes would detest me.
32 “He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him,
that we might confront each other in court.
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,
someone to bring us together,
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,
so that his terror would frighten me no more.
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

Samurai Sanders posted:

I hope the Dems hired ex Republican staffers who can think like them and anticipate this time's version of the death panels or whatever before they happen.

King Possum III posted:

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Ularg posted:

Is there even a shred of evidence that this is the case? And would it even count if like 0.1% of viewers cried and "Boycotted" (not watch sports channels until the next game they care about)?

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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MechaCrash posted:

Scrooge McDuck is rich as hell, but he also has some class and a moral compass. He wouldn't be caught dead near Donald Trump.

AVeryLargeRadish posted:

Actually that cartoon is more like MLKjr saying "We know you only voted for this because it was convenient, scum." and then holding a petty and counterproductive grudge.

As far as I can tell you are in favor of getting politicians who might be convinced to support your cause voted out in favor of ones who are ardently against your cause because you see purity of ideals as more important than actually accomplishing your goals, this tells me that your real goal is ideological purity instead of whatever you falsely claim to be your cause. The fact that you want to attack people who did not support your cause until it became viable for them to do so, the people who joined in for the final push to see the goal actually achieved only reinforces the fact that this was all about ideological purity and not about the goal you were pretending to pursue.

Dr. VooDoo posted:

It's literally nothing. A deal went through the state department of some Russian company buying some Canadian company that owns by proxy some of our Uranium mines. Thats it. Even if it was some secret deal it makes no sense. It's not like Russia doesn't already have uranium and stock piled nukes nor is it like now the US can't make their own nukes nor is it like we just sent over cargo ships of yellow cake. They still have to mine it and cart it out of the country. Any step behind HILLARY WAS AROUND WHEN THING HAPPENED it falls apart even more then your typical conspiracy bullshit put out by the right wing

Hihohe posted:

if you say so.

Mr. Squishy posted:

"This guy keeps saying Democrats have paranoid delusions, he's probably a false-flag"

Starving Wolf posted:

Crazycryodude posted:

Is that Pence toon supposed to be ironic? Please loving tell me it's supposed to be ironic.

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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Panty Saluter posted:

Good, maybe they'll finally euthanize them

King Possum III posted:

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DACK FAYDEN posted:

Border security? Did they pass something while I wasn't paying attention? Is there a report about illegal crossings being down? I can at least see where the others came from but the only border-related thing I've heard of lately was the start of the wall prototyping which, you know, doesn't actually do anything yet.