Some days I feel like the ACA should have just read "Employers may not provide heathcare as compensation, nor negotiate for it on behalf of their employees." It'd get real shitty for a while, though.
That would have led to the death and bankruptcies of thousands.
Yeah but we already had that.
Still do, honestly.
You misunderstand. That one line of legislation would have increased the number of deaths and bankruptcies tremendously. It may currently be a case, but that legislation would have made things catastrophically worse for a lot of people.
blub blub don't bring your talents, experiences, and money to my area blub blub
I have empathy for the people who grew up in NYC their whole lives and are seeing super cool bookstores, boutiques, etc driven out
But at the same time we're all in the gutter of the universe, so
do you believe there is a correlation between transplants and the destruction of super cool bookstores and boutiques
I guess it depends on what you mean by 'transplants'. Gentrifiers/yuppies fall under that category, but so do non-rich people in search of better job opportunities; I guess the correlation, if there is any, depends on the ratio of these two
I used NYC specifically because the transfusion of talent and money in combination with the stratification of the US income gap is correlative to the closing of lots of manhattan's most storied/happening places, if only because rent goes up like crazy
Non-franchise places can't sustain high rents, and to an increasing degree neither can smaller franchises
Eddy on
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and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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Some days I feel like the ACA should have just read "Employers may not provide heathcare as compensation, nor negotiate for it on behalf of their employees." It'd get real shitty for a while, though.
That would have led to the death and bankruptcies of thousands.
Yeah but we already had that.
Still do, honestly.
You misunderstand. That one line of legislation would have increased the number of deaths and bankruptcies tremendously. It may currently be a case, but that legislation would have made things catastrophically worse for a lot of people.
naw I get that. I was being a 'burn it all down' style asshole.
abolish the wage system, etc.
(no but seriously we actually should abolish the wage system)
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I think if we had something like a 56 / 44 split in the Senate when Obama became president, the filibuster would be long gone by now. Since Democrats briefly had a filibuster-proof majority, it provided very strong motivation for each individual Democrat to keep the filibuster in place in order to maintain their position as THE SUPER MAGICAL DECIDING VOTE on any issue.
Some days I feel like the ACA should have just read "Employers may not provide heathcare as compensation, nor negotiate for it on behalf of their employees." It'd get real shitty for a while, though.
That would have led to the death and bankruptcies of thousands.
Yeah but we already had that.
Still do, honestly.
You misunderstand. That one line of legislation would have increased the number of deaths and bankruptcies tremendously. It may currently be a case, but that legislation would have made things catastrophically worse for a lot of people.
naw I get that. I was being a 'burn it all down' style asshole.
abolish the wage system, etc.
(no but seriously we actually should abolish the wage system)
we have so many systems that need to be abolished that we really need to get somebody on it
work up workflow, write up some perfomance metrics, outsource it, pay them to do it
wage the abolish system
every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.
Some days I feel like the ACA should have just read "Employers may not provide heathcare as compensation, nor negotiate for it on behalf of their employees." It'd get real shitty for a while, though.
That would have led to the death and bankruptcies of thousands.
Yeah but we already had that.
Still do, honestly.
You misunderstand. That one line of legislation would have increased the number of deaths and bankruptcies tremendously. It may currently be a case, but that legislation would have made things catastrophically worse for a lot of people.
blub blub don't bring your talents, experiences, and money to my area blub blub
I have empathy for the people who grew up in NYC their whole lives and are seeing super cool bookstores, boutiques, etc driven out
But at the same time we're all in the gutter of the universe, so
do you believe there is a correlation between transplants and the destruction of super cool bookstores and boutiques
I guess it depends on what you mean by 'transplants'. Gentrifiers/yuppies fall under that category, but so do non-rich people in search of better job opportunities; I guess the correlation, if there is any, depends on the ratio of these two
I used NYC specifically because the transfusion of talent and money in combination with the stratification of the US income gap is correlative to the closing of lots of manhattan's most storied/happening places, if only because rent goes up like crazy
Non-franchise places can't sustain high rents, and to an increasing degree neither can smaller franchises
by transplants I mean, people who were not born in a city/state and then later move there
I do not think I follow this thread of logic
if I move from Portland to NYC for a job, it is not clear to me that my presence in the city contributes to gentrification, higher rents, or the closure of cool local businesses any more than a native new yorker's would
a positive amount of immigration to a city/state will bring more people vying for existing jobs, but also more people adding money to the local economy by either bringing jobs/money with them or creating new opportunities via new businesses or expansion of existing businesses to meet additional demand
are yuppies disinterested in storied/culturally quirky businesses? it seems like local businesses could just raise prices to suit their richer clientele (thus paying higher rents)
So, I have an acquaintance that is a professional cartoonist and they want to make a visual novel and that caught wind that I used to do programming, so now they want me to do the programming part of a visual novel.
Which should be really easy, I think, I think I learned enough in my high school programming classes to do something like that. On top of that, there is dedicated software for making visual novels (Ren'Py, Twine, are the two I am looking at right now.) I guess it depends on how complicated of a VN she wants.
Would any of you happen to know about making VNs and what software is worth using or have any advice? Going to be doing research today for the most part.
I think if we had something like a 56 / 44 split in the Senate when Obama became president, the filibuster would be long gone by now. Since Democrats briefly had a filibuster-proof majority, it provided very strong motivation for each individual Democrat to keep the filibuster in place in order to maintain their position as THE SUPER MAGICAL DECIDING VOTE on any issue.
You would be incorrect. There was never a functional filibuster-proof majority; Democrats like Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, and Joe Lieberman constantly had to be begged to vote with the rest of the caucus. Many senior Democrats were convinced that the filibuster really wasn't that broken, and it took six years of Republican abuse thereof and quite a few people retiring to get 51 votes to throw out the filibuster for nominees to anything but the Supreme Court.
Woah! crazy papist spammer is sending PMs now. Neat.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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because you live in a food desert
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
You misunderstand. That one line of legislation would have increased the number of deaths and bankruptcies tremendously. It may currently be a case, but that legislation would have made things catastrophically worse for a lot of people.
If you can't buy macaroni-stuffed sirloin and jalapeno poppers for $12 during happy hour, how are you even alive?
DFW 634/sq mi (245/km2)
Chicagoland 1,318/sq mi (509/km2)
LA 2,645.0/sq. mi. (1,024.7/km2)
NY 1,876/sq mi (724/km2)
I drove by a Golden Corral last Sunday and people were waiting outside to get in.
I guess it depends on what you mean by 'transplants'. Gentrifiers/yuppies fall under that category, but so do non-rich people in search of better job opportunities; I guess the correlation, if there is any, depends on the ratio of these two
I used NYC specifically because the transfusion of talent and money in combination with the stratification of the US income gap is correlative to the closing of lots of manhattan's most storied/happening places, if only because rent goes up like crazy
Non-franchise places can't sustain high rents, and to an increasing degree neither can smaller franchises
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
BUT DALLAS ACTUALLY HAS SOME GOOD CUISINE
naw I get that. I was being a 'burn it all down' style asshole.
abolish the wage system, etc.
(no but seriously we actually should abolish the wage system)
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
for a second there i thought that whole phrase was describing the poppers
like the poppers were sirloin and jalapeno
and stuffed with macaroni
and i was like damn
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
we have so many systems that need to be abolished that we really need to get somebody on it
work up workflow, write up some perfomance metrics, outsource it, pay them to do it
wage the abolish system
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Macaroni cheese wrapped in meat, eh
If you go to a greggs in Scotland you can get a macaroni pie
Yeah, but where else can you get unlimited food for $7.99 . . . . AND dip your hands in the germpool chocolate fountain?
Huh?
HUH?!
but if somebody put steak in a jalapeno popper
i would eat that
fuck yeah
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
You're probably not wrong, sadly.
Which is how it would have solved the problem
burning the village to save it, etc.
Let's spray a blood warm solution of sugar and dairy fat through the air and keep it circulating for hours on end
I'm stunned nobody has contracted anything that's incubated in one of those
they really have a chocolate fountain just chilling there for everybody like all day?
errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggguuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaagggghhhhhhh
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Don't forget the cheese fountain.
I'm not sure how that doesn't violate health codes.
this has the potential to be super awkward if i don't prepare
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
by transplants I mean, people who were not born in a city/state and then later move there
I do not think I follow this thread of logic
if I move from Portland to NYC for a job, it is not clear to me that my presence in the city contributes to gentrification, higher rents, or the closure of cool local businesses any more than a native new yorker's would
a positive amount of immigration to a city/state will bring more people vying for existing jobs, but also more people adding money to the local economy by either bringing jobs/money with them or creating new opportunities via new businesses or expansion of existing businesses to meet additional demand
?
First they came to abolish the patriarchy, but I did not speak out because I was not a patriarch
then they came to abolish the wage system, but I did not speak out because I was not a wage
then they came to abolish me, and there was no one left to speak for me
is
is this like a video sexting thing
OMG THIS IS MY DREAM
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
Basically, you are responsible for every Applebee's.
Which should be really easy, I think, I think I learned enough in my high school programming classes to do something like that. On top of that, there is dedicated software for making visual novels (Ren'Py, Twine, are the two I am looking at right now.) I guess it depends on how complicated of a VN she wants.
Would any of you happen to know about making VNs and what software is worth using or have any advice? Going to be doing research today for the most part.
You would be incorrect. There was never a functional filibuster-proof majority; Democrats like Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, and Joe Lieberman constantly had to be begged to vote with the rest of the caucus. Many senior Democrats were convinced that the filibuster really wasn't that broken, and it took six years of Republican abuse thereof and quite a few people retiring to get 51 votes to throw out the filibuster for nominees to anything but the Supreme Court.
the show was so quiet and now this episode is a wall of unsubtle noise
Yeah, Steam was down... just got back for me, though.
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fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
yeaaah