Musk's attempt at trolling AOC backfires

[sqlrob]

Onion is getting a little too close to the truth again.

Twitter Adds ‘Context’ Label To Clarify When Tweets Make Elon Musk Sad

[anon58741709]

@Mister44

Vs some place like Michigan or Kansas where riding around on an ATV high on meth with no shirt on isn’t very pleasant in the middle of January.

But in Michigan we have snowmobiles! Honestly, I think we have just as much crazy behavior here, but thankfully less national attention for whatever reason.

Edit:

@gracchus

@euansmith

I like to think that everyone is equally capable of moronic behaviour and that Florida is just a victim of over reporting.

There’s also the state’s transparency laws that allow us to enjoy the antics of Florida Man to a greater degree than those perpetrated by his cousins in other states.

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/how-floridas-proud-open-government-laws-lead-to-the-shame-of-florida-man-news-stories-7608595

Probably for that reason, thanks @gracchus!

[OWYAC]

Beau did a video today, although he only addressed the pay aspect of belonging to a union, not the other benefits, like reasonable work hours, safe working conditions, etc.

Let's talk about a question on unions....

[allenk]

It’s Big Black Guy and Even Bigger Black Guy (as they appear in the credits)! I haven’t seen BBG since Little Shop of Horrors! One never knows what to expect in the boingboing comments.

[oldstevo]

Personally I think $60 is a lot to pay for a sweatshirt, but that’s more to do with my brain being stuck in 1985, with regards to the price of clothes

[Gyrofrog]

@oldstevo

my brain being stuck in 1985, with regards to the price of clothes

Yeah, $60 might’ve bought 3 pairs of jeans (possibly with enough left over for lunch). (ETA: I mean Levi’s, like from Sears or Miller’s Outpost, not designer jeans from Neiman’s etc.)

In the US and UK, retirement is only for the super-rich

I took economics in High School, and I know that (in my lifetime) a loaf of bread could once be had for 50 cents, a gallon of gas was less than 70 cents, and that $5 was once considered an exorbitant price for a movie ticket. That said, I can’t ever really wrap my head around inflation. I attribute this to Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. When I was 5 or 6, and started learning about money and earning allowance, a Hot Wheels cost $1.00. More than 40 years later, a Hot Wheels costs $1.00. EDIT…

[anon65652885]

@OWYAC

he only addressed the pay aspect of belonging to a union, not the other benefits, like reasonable work hours, safe working conditions, etc.

Weekends, sick leave, not getting fired because a manager woke up in a poopy mood, …

[BakerB]

I like to ask people how many hours they work per week, and why they think that’s that case. They are often surprised to learn that people had to die before there was any regulation of work.

[DukeTrout]

@bcsizemo

where no one says things like, “that’s not my job” (with in reason) in our factory.

“That’s not my job” translates to “I’m setting reasonable boundaries on what I am willing and trained to do.”

Or, even more commonly these days, “That’s not my job” is saying “Maybe you shouldn’t have fucking laid off the person who worked on this hoping that I would somehow pick up the slack on top of the job you pay me to do.”

Unions help companies stay out of that kind of trouble by acting as the conscience to the pure capitalist underdeveloped id.

[FGD135]

As @fnordius put it so fittingly, Elon “How do I run this Python script?” Musk is going simultaneously through puberty and a midlife crisis.

[OWYAC]

See also; child labour

[generic_name]

@OWYAC

safe working conditions, etc.

This photo is kind of famous. It makes me claustrophobic just looking at it.

[OWYAC]

Combining two my comments, working conditions and child labour, my great-grandfather was working in the coal mines in Scotland at the age of 12.