I love when I hear this because people have absolutely no idea how hard I am to fire. I’m a union member in a government job with 15 years service. It took 2 years to get rid of a chronic alcoholic who was caught drinking on the job repeatedly because he was “getting help”

Id literally have to punch the customer and get caught on camera to lose my job instantly.

It IS possible to have an ethical for profit health insurance company, but difficult.

The ceo/board has an obligation to maximise profit for shareholders, there is such a thing as a “minority shareholder lawsuit” so even if you control 90% of the shares, if 10% of the shareholders decide that you arent acting to make them as much money as possible they can still sue. There are ways around this like having the companies mission statement be “95% of premiums will be paid out as customer claims.” Or similar. Making their money by having a larger market share or by vertical integration.

It could be done ethically, but it wont be.

Ok, Ive just started doing this with my daughter. Im using windows because I know it.

Find a few of their “favorite” websites with games. Sesame Street, Paw patrol, whatever their poison. And put them in the hotlist.

“You want to play some games?”

Then they have to chose their profile, put in their “password” open the browser, and pick from their hotlist and work on basic mouse skills. Also get a TINY wireless mouse, it will make their life a lot easier.

My daughter and I also played through Grim Fandango, Curse of monkey island and just started on the Sam and Max games. All point and click puzzle games. Those are a bit hit and miss on the attention span but I read the walkthroughs before I suggest we play so I can guide the process along.

I second the general recommendations of Vans or converse but IMO if you’re also going to be on your feet all day wearing them the thin soles does get old fast. I wear my crossfit shoes most of the time and they are really good driving shoes because they tend more towards flat soles and unobtusive tread but still pretty good cushioning.

I like the White Men Cant Jump remake.

I actually think that theres some movies that SHOULD be remade every 15 to 20 years. I would watch Major League if it was remade every 5 to 10 years. New city, new cast, new jokes, new location, callbacks, subverting expectations… but same premise a shitty baseball team needs to get better or else. Give young up and coming actors an excuse to have fun, ham it up, play a wacky character.

Hell make it a punishment for being the statistically worst team for the season that they make it. “Sorry Boston but… you really ate shit this year…”

Volunteers are a double edged sword. At some volume of users and content it either needs to be a huge team of like minded volunteers which increases the likelihood of ye power tripping bastards or someone who is paid to do it and spend the time with rules to follow.

Damn right, I’m only on Lemmy because there isnt a better alternative, not because its great.

The sad fact is that for social media to not suck you need moderation, for moderation not to suck they need to be paid mods, which means it has to make money somehow, which either means adds, subscriptions or mining user data…

Watch for the enormous shit eating grin behind the microphone when he says “Hey Drake” on stage.

Bill would piss both sides off so much. I feel like everyone would hate him but things would get better.

They were kind of right and really wrong.

Im 40 and married now… remember how nervous tou were just trying to talk to someone you had a crush on? That level of “Powerline up the ass” intensity of feelings?

Yeah these days, firstly if I’m ever single again shit has gone seriously sideways… But I could without a sense of trepidation walk up to Charlize Theron in a coffee shop, tell her how amazing she was in Aeon flux, ask her how she got involved in executive producing Hyperdrive for netflix and then ask her if she would like to grab dinner sometime. Because these days you have to really go some lengths to get a rise out of me.

And Ive been saying this for about a decade but I kept getting told that they are idiots and man-children and couldnt possibly be caipable of something that complex.

And here we are.

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I got this via fax machine.

You’re clearly trying to paint Elon in a bad light! Why did you leave out the footage of the Romans doing it huh?

Intelligence and Cunning are two different things.

If I’m walking through the woods and I’m being stalked by a predator the fact that it cant do long division doesnt matter for shit.

Goodbye Earl

How the fuck you think they pay for healthcare and social programs?

Yeah, there needs to be a Lemmy.norm

Its like a bowl of steamed zucchini and kale… now take a shit in it.

I mean, joining linkedin just to ruin it does sound kind of fun.