Julie Andrews is generally fabulous.
That’s part of the joke (I don’t think it works as well if the subject is lecherous scum, or Frank from accounting) but to each their own!
Julie Andrews is generally fabulous.
That’s part of the joke (I don’t think it works as well if the subject is lecherous scum, or Frank from accounting) but to each their own!
All the hockey.
There are a lot of great paying shitty jobs. Working on pipelines, any remote construction etc.
Canadian here. If I call in, pick it up then yeah, about 10 is my general go to. They’re in my neighbourhood, I like them and I’ll spend more than that on an unnecessary beer without thinking.
I’ve seen a lot of good places go under, I’ll do my small part to help keep places I like in business. Admittedly, while I’m not rich a few extra bucks here and there to people busting their asses isn’t a backbreaker. (Worked in kitchens, am not a hard enough worker for that ever again. Mad respect for those who do.)
I just feel bad for y’all. Most Americans I’ve met are at least nice people who probably deserve healthcare.
Well, not sure about “good” but punk is and always has been about politics.
Personally, I love the folk punk end of things like AJJ’s ‘Normalization Blues’: https://youtu.be/0EDVM73bU-w?si=_mtGGyFhrmeMRlpZ
In a similar vein, Matt Pless’s “where the frayed wind blows” is 5 minutes of angry goodness.
There’s also a lot of protest hip hop but I don’t know the newer stuff particularly well.
A few things happened pretty quickly.
During the pandemic, tech profits soared which led to massive hiring sprees. For all the press about layoffs at the big guys, I think most still have more workers than they did pre-pandemic.
Interests rates soared. Before the pandemic interest rates were ludicrously low, in other words it cost almost nothing to borrow money. This made it easier to spend on long term or unclear projects where the hope seemed to be “get enough users, then you can monetize.” Once interest rates rose, those became incredibly expensive projects, so funding is now much more scarce. Companies are pulling back on bigger projects or, like reddit, trying to monetize them faster. Startups are also finding it harder, so fewer jobs.
And of course, AI. No one is quite sure how much that’ll change the game but some folks think most programmers will be replaceable, or at least 1 programmer will be able to do the work of several. So, rather than hire and go through everything severance etc might entail, I think a lot of companies are taking a wait and see approach and thus not hiring.
Like everyone else says, depends what you want.
If you can afford it, Vancouver is amazing (though, I am a biased Vancouverite.) In a good season, there are local ski mountains about 30 or 40 minutes from downtown, Whistler is a couple hours away. There’s awesome food all over the place, the underground scene is a blast and even some of the licensed etc venues can be pretty awesome. In the summer, everyone wants to be outside and if you’re into sporty stuff, there’s a boatload to do. The weather is generally pretty mild (though climate change is messing with that.)
The transit system can be amazing, depending on where you live. (In the suburbs, like most other cities, it’s kind of trash.) But there are trains, rapid busses etc if you live near any hub. And of course, bike paths galore!
Thanks for supporting and thus making it available for others!
“But I read a book written by one of the few people who were privileged enough to read and write, and things didn’t seem so bad!”
That seems insane! But anything is possible.
Really? … Can you poop while showering? Because that sounds a little odd but a lot magnificent…
That makes sense, thanks! Admittedly, I’m not sure I’d be wiping down the floor everytime I showered if I splashed a bunch of water each and every time.
Wet bathroom sounds amazing, I now want one when I buy a place.
I’m happy to have a moderator do it so I don’t have to encounter all the unpleasantness and block folks myself.
Modlogs are public so I can see if they’re being unfair.
It’s a solution for the rest of us.
Why should we be forced to repeatedly deal with someone who makes Lemmy worse?
That is very well explained, thanks.
You don’t have the courage or conviction to show why you got banned for only being “unpleasant”.
Lol, moderators are mean and unfair but no I can’t show you how innocent I am.
In other words, you know you were a dick and you know how sharing the username you were banned under would go.
Basically like most said, schools are woefully underfunded. Most often, they are mostly funded at the local level which screws them. Poor places have less money for school, thus making the cycle of poverty harder to break out of. Rich places have loads of money so intergenerational wealth persists. Medium income tend to fight any tax increase. (And if education matters to you, better to fight a tax increase and just send your kid to a private one)