UnderpantsWeevil @ UnderpantsWeevil @lemmy.world

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With a few exceptions, I've basically given up on YouTube. It's a Pacific Garbage Patch pile of trash, as wide as it is deep.

The efforts to further automize the slop has only stiffened my resolve to stay the fuck away.

Deeply depressing to read what Americans have done with all the Afghani translators and aids and families of US occupation allies, then to turn around and find out even the Russians are better on this issue than the Americans.

Why would anyone ever set foot in that third world fucking shithole?

Money, mostly.

Republicans have taken to voting "No" on damned near anything a Democrat floats for a vote, so this was an excellent opportunity to dump kerosene on the flaming bag of shit Trump stepped in.

But otherwise...

cough

cough cough

hack cough weeze

Yeah, its a bit of a problem.

• Boomer: I miss being young
• GenX: I miss being young
• Millennial: I miss being young
• GenZ / Alpha: I was told young people had more money 20 years ago and I wish I had more money

Streaming Service from Omelas

Brink of Recession

Impossible. Big Stock Line Goes Up.

Fuck it, you could be a bot programmed to complain about people taking shitposts seriously.

A story that practically glows in the dark with "That Happened" particles.

Definitely a real event that really happened and not some sort of weird incel power fantasy. Only thing missing was a bit at the end where everyone clapped.

Podcaster

I recently thought that was the problem with my phone before I tried to scrape out any lint that might be in it with a pin. Now the cable seats better and it works fine.

Hadn't considered that. I'll give it a shot.

Thanks for the advice

I’ve never had any issues with cables or charging ports not caused by user dumbassery

Build something fragile

Call user 'stupid' when it breaks

I'll never understand the zeal with which people defend the USB-C. It's a weird hill to die on

MAGA Revolt

We've been here before. The Wingnut Wurlitzer just needs a bit more time to spin up and explain why this is all Killary Killington's fault.

By 2026, they'll all be back in line again.

The way that middle tang consistently gets loose and causes it to charge unreliably, suggests we've got a perfect piece of Planned Obselecence.

We had a good five or ten minutes somewhere in 1945. Also, gotta admit that Moon Landing was cool.

Everything else I could probably live without.

We need a strong USA.

Glances at the last 40 years of US history

Do we?

Now, in fairness, if I was driving 90-120m, I’d kill myself. But at least I’d do so listening to the Wheel of Time audiobook.

I've never had trouble listening to audiobooks on the train (assuming I knew the route well enough).

And on those rare occasions I get dragged out of my home wearing a suit, I do so belligerently. I’m done showing up 20-30m early, I get there when I get there. And I gotta leave early now too.

Which is fine.

But I've found a lot of merit in the personal collaborations with coworkers that only really happen in an office setting. I'm in office hybrid - three days a week - and I mentor new hires, grab lunch with senior managers, get tipped off on problems from people I pass in the hallway, and occasionally just shoot the shit with people I'd never otherwise know existed if I wasn't in the building.

I value my Work from Home, but also get a lot of mileage from a communal office.

"Stop whining and Vote Blue No Matter Who"

"Great, I'm voting for Mamdani for Mayor"

"WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! Not like that!"

Hamas Says

Always telling when they refuse to point to the leadership they are ostensibly dealing with in between rounds of mass extermination.

Netanyahu has made it a national policy of targeting all former members of the Palestinian government, both in Gaza and the West Bank. His IDF kills militants and diplomats alike. They find family members and murder them, too. They gun down whole neighborhoods on the suspicion a Hamas insurgent might be inside. They fill their prisons with suspects and torture Gazans to death, extracting a few confessions out along the way. Then they kick off wars with neighboring Lebanon and Syria, they bomb their ostensible allies in Jordan and Egypt, and they even send bombers deep into Iran.

Hell, they are shooting their own Oct 7th hostages. Who is left to sign a "surrender" agreement on these terms? Anyone waving a white flag is bombed into the pavement.

Might as well ask for Anne Frank's surrender as anyone in Gaza.

The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke

The authors present quantitative data to demonstrate how American middle-class families have been left in a precarious financial position by increases in fixed living expenses, increased medical expenses, escalating real estate prices, lower employment security, and the relaxation of credit regulation.

The result has been a reshaping of the American labor force, such that many families now rely on having two incomes in order to meet their expenses. This situation represents a greater level of financial risk than that faced by single-income households: the inability of either adult to work, even temporarily, may result in loss of employment, and concomitant loss of medical coverage and the ability to pay bills. This may lead to bankruptcy or being forced to move somewhere less expensive, with associated decreases in educational quality and economic opportunity

Among the expenses driving the two-income trap are child care, housing in areas with good schools, and college tuition. Warren and Tyagi conclude that having children is the "single best predictor" that a woman will go bankrupt

Warren and Tyagi call stay-at-home mothers of past generations "the most important part of the safety net", as the non-working mother could step in to earn extra income or care for sick family members when needed. However, Warren and Tyagi dismiss the idea of return to stay-at-home parents, and instead propose policies to offset the loss of this form of insurance.

Warren and Tyagi attempt to overturn the "overconsumption myth" that Americans' financial instabilities are the result of frivolous spending – they note, for instance, that families are spending less on clothing, food (including meals out), and large appliances, when adjusted for inflation, than a generation prior.