WayneKrane
WayneKrane t1_j6z9pr8 wrote
Reply to comment by tomonline in Putin and the Presidents (2023) FRONTLINE: Vladimir Putin’s clashes with multiple American presidents as he’s tried to rebuild the Russian empire. [00:54:22] by johny4304
Yeah, this one was meh. I don’t think I learned anything new out of this
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Reply to comment by aoskunk in Dollar stores were the fastest-growing food retailers by household expenditure share between 2008 to 2020 according to Tufts University. While they still represent a small fraction of national household food purchases, they play an increasingly prominent role for disadvantaged and rural communities. by shiruken
I bought a candy bar there and it disintegrated when I opened it up. Never have I bought food from one again.
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Reply to comment by MoreLikeCANSasCity in Dollar stores were the fastest-growing food retailers by household expenditure share between 2008 to 2020 according to Tufts University. While they still represent a small fraction of national household food purchases, they play an increasingly prominent role for disadvantaged and rural communities. by shiruken
I’ve gone into those stores on occasion and almost always leave without buying anything. The shelves are disheveled, the cashier is busy stocking so you have to wait for them to come to the front and the prices are not that cheap for what you get. I bought some plasticware for an office party and they were so flimsy they were useless.
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Reply to comment by JoeDeeDeezeNutz in Why don’t we see dead birds on the streets when there’s a bird pandemic? by [deleted]
Yup, I used to live on a farm. Any dead animals I came across would disappear over night. Something would come and drag away the corpses.
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Reply to comment by thetwelvegates12 in Guess which can opener still works? L to R- 30 + years old, 3 years old, 6 months old … planned obsolescence or crappy design (of course they increase in price tag from L-R) by Torvabrocoli
Yup, got one of these 10 years ago and it’s still going strong. It wasn’t that expensive either, like $30.
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Reply to comment by AdFresh3918 in Homelessness charity staff start strike, after low pay risks homelessness by db_2_k
Yup, my aunt and uncle work and live in their car. They make minimum wage in Denver where their income is too low to qualify for an apartment. They alternate between living in their car and living in cheap motels when they can afford it.
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Reply to comment by Welshhoppo in Why did so few Roman emperors have biological children? by hazhulkha
Only 1/3rd of Roman emperors died of natural causes, the rest were murdered or killed in battle.
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Reply to comment by roboninja in South Dakota bans TikTok from government-owned devices by Sorin61
I was friends with a guy in IT and he said the people who failed the phishing tests sent out by them were almost always the executives. Someone got into the CEO’s email and tried to get our controller to wire $100k to some random bank account. Luckily it takes multiple executives to sign off on that kind of transfer out.
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Reply to comment by Impregneerspuit in Customs seize so much cocaine in Belgium that incinerators can no longer keep up by ILikeTasks
Their hospitals would be full of heart attack victims
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Reply to comment by Special_FX_B in 10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers by ThisIsNotCorn
Yup, happened to my mom. She spent 25 years at a company, won tons of awards and was highly praised and sought after for her work. She and many of her other older coworkers were slowly laid off to bring in cheaper young workers. Many were going to bring a class action lawsuit but my mom doesn’t like to rock the boat and she easily found a job making way more so whatever.
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Reply to comment by Uncertn_Laaife in 10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers by ThisIsNotCorn
Yup, easy to blame “the economy” so investors don’t get worried. It’s like joining in on a riot when they start looting so you can get some free shit.
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Reply to comment by oldcreaker in 10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers by ThisIsNotCorn
My first job did this and managers just rated the employees that were their friends high and everyone else low. Still salty a women my boss was best friends with got a very high rating while I got average. I consistently was double or triple her metrics. I asked my manager about it and she said she had to rate me that way to make her numbers work (ie. she would have to rate her friend lower than me). Couldn’t leave that place fast enough.
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Reply to comment by euph-_-oric in 10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers by ThisIsNotCorn
Yeah, middle management usually has a lot of bloated salaries and you can get by longer without them. The last company I was at did layoffs and it was exclusively mid level managers. It made sense to me because each of their salaries was equal to 2-3 employees or more. I knew I was safe because I was the lowest paid employee.
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Reply to Subway now has some smart fridges that can talk to you, to dispense sandwiches in places like airports and hospitals by el_gee
My workplace had a vending machine with sandwiches 15 years ago… Not sure how this is any different.
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Reply to comment by mgb360 in My 17 year old IBM Thinkpad T43 connecting to the internet at 800+Mbit/s by edwardianpug
My coworker tried to get me to switch to Linux. He showed me his setup and I was like, nah, hard pass. Not trying to get a degree in computing just to avoid using windows.
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Reply to comment by mgb360 in My 17 year old IBM Thinkpad T43 connecting to the internet at 800+Mbit/s by edwardianpug
My coworker tried to get me to switch to Linux. He showed me his setup and I was like, nah, hard pass. Not trying to get a degree in computing just to avoid using windows.
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Reply to comment by mechapoitier in A new start after 60: I wanted to do something stupid when I turned 70 – so I learned to ride a motorbike by quellerand
I bought a sports car when I was in my late teens. I’m absolutely shocked I did not kill myself. I definitely think it’s wiser to ride more dangerous vehicles later in life. I’m in my 30s now and have WAY less testosterone and adrenaline running through me.
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Reply to comment by Valdamier in [image] Keep going. by ImOkNotANoob
Right, he’d be unsurprised but definitely not proud