I really hate this shit and honestly I feel like it should be illegal. Like, offer discounts for the loyalty program members, sure, whatever, but the price on the shelf when you pick up the item should not be able to have contingencies attached.
When referring to him in the capacity of a president, using last name is pretty much the standard. It wasn't "Joe", it was "Biden". It wasn't "Barack", it was "Obama". It'd be weird to call him Donald.
That said, I'm sure it would rankle him greatly and I fully support it on those grounds alone.
As an American, I hope Canada just tells Trump to get fucked and gives him nothing. Make us suffer. Leave absolutely no room for argument that Trump's tariffs are in any way beneficial. Come back to the table when we have a reasonable president and negotiate then.
I strongly suspect the people doing this would much rather be going after Elon and DOGE directly, but it's an issue of access or security, so they're doing this as the next best thing.
It's heartening, really, that this is happening. It strongly signals an appetite for more targeted anti-government action.
He's just stupid. Maybe his ego requires him to stay in the spotlight, and with Elon getting a lot of media attention, he feels he has to do absurd shit just to get attention. Like a toddler throwing a fit when their parents are talking to other adults.
He's actively trying to sabotage the country, probably as part of a quid pro quo with Putin for helping him win the election.
It's cognitive decline. He has no idea what's going on anymore. Maybe he even thinks he's doing something that benefits someone here. Who fucking knows
Whatever the situation, it's increasingly dangerous to have him as president, and the damage he's dealing is going to outlast his presidency.
I'd much rather someone who actually needs the money enough to pick up small change takes them rather than for them to just sit there. If someone's desperate enough to fish coins out of a fountain for a few dollars, they can absolutely have them.
If you send an important email, text, whatever and do not get a reply for hours you know that at least today that person is not being attentive to work
This might be industry specific, but for me it's the exact opposite. If I respond to emails or slack messages immediately, it's probably because I don't have anything important that I'm working on, or that I'm just browsing Lemmy or something. If it takes me an hour to respond, it's because I was head-down on something and didn't want the interruption by changing focus to something different.
How much do you think extreme climate change is going to lower living standards globally?
If personal transport and home heating and whatnot were transitioned fully to green energy, and fossil fuels were used exclusively for large-scale shipping, it would be a huge net gain.
It's time sensitive - she needs someone to fill this position right now. If it's so time sensitive, she might be willing to pay more than she normally would to get someone to do so.
I don't think anyone's suggesting we just immediately pull the plug on fossil fuels entirely, that's not at all realistic, but heavily taxing them and using the revenue from those taxes to go towards cleanup and green energy would be a step in the right direction. The reliance on fossil fuels might drop considerably if the price of gas increased heavily. To your point, it's an industry because people buy it, and people buy it because it's the most cost effective solution in many cases. If it was no longer cost effective, people would gravitate towards green alternatives where possible.
What's your proposal - let them just keep drilling, keep pumping, and keep polluting? It's "legal" for them to do it, so there should be no guardrails, no accountability? They've been pushing back heavily on even legislation to make them pay a considerable amount towards cleanup efforts. The article states:
“Despite global climate commitments, a small group of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers are significantly increasing production and emissions. The research highlights the disproportionate impact these companies have on the climate crisis and supports efforts to enforce corporate responsibility.”
I'd even make the argument that these companies are directly contributing to the deaths of billions through climate change, the extinction of entire species... It's not hyperbole. As such, if they refuse to stop what they're doing, rather than let a relatively small number of people effectively decide the fate of everyone, isn't it our ('our' as in 'everyone else's') moral obligation to stop them, through whatever means necessary?
If they were threatening to launch nuclear missiles or something, we'd agree that without a doubt they should be stopped and no methods were too extreme, so why is it any different just because the method they're using is slower?
I don't think he cares. He doesn't give a shit about the US, or how much damage he causes. He only cares about himself, and maybe a few of his associates, maybe, though I'd wager that caring only extends so far as they continue to act sycophantic. He'd turn on them in an instant if they stopped playing into his ego.
If another country's leader was pulling this shit against the US, we'd have arranged for their leader to be deposed, or to fall down some stairs, or for a coup to occur, or something. If only some other country would do the same now.
I really hate this shit and honestly I feel like it should be illegal. Like, offer discounts for the loyalty program members, sure, whatever, but the price on the shelf when you pick up the item should not be able to have contingencies attached.