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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 25 points 6 days ago
[–] Hanrahan@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Humans organised by hierarchy.

It never works and always ends with civilisations that ever attempt it collapsing. No matter how often we do the same dumb shit over and over it never works.. Are we insane anons ?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It works in communities of around 100 people, like those human evolved in. Which is why this is our default organization structure, every form of government devolves to sooner or later. Maybe we should give up the idea of countries or at least try to keep it in check with smart laws somehow.

[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Oh we definitely are. We already have had so many profound human beings that to live well all that is needed is just listen to them and apply what they have said. But no, people choose to do dumb shit yet again and again

[–] VM_Abrantes@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

July and August Add them to the end of the calendar or rename them properly, there is no reason September-December should have been globally accepted out of order for over 2000 years

[–] KatS@chaosfem.tw 8 points 6 days ago

@chunes Rupert Murdoch.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)
[–] flabbergast@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Probably a huge food source for other organisms, so I guess they better keep on existing... Might upset some important balance otherwise...
But they can be a nuisance for sure!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, i know, spiders and the like. But mosquitoes on the other hand are apparently not even a good food source.

[–] SorryImLate@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

Sadly that's not true, apparently mosquitoes are very important to the ecosystem. Ze Frank did a True Facts episode on them.

[–] Meeshall65@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago

Electricity

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 126 points 1 week ago
[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 98 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Young earth creationism and flat earth

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[–] vane@lemmy.world 89 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Child labor.

Despite progress, child labour still affects nearly 138 million children worldwide

https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-protection/child-labour/>

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[–] PocketPorky@lemmy.zip 79 points 1 week ago (29 children)
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[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 63 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Tips. How ridiculous is it that restaurant owners guilt us into paying their employees salaries because they are too cheap to pay them a living wage? How unjust is it that we chose to tip the people who bring our food from the kitchen to our table and leave the hundreds of other service workers without tips?

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Weirdly, Alaska, California, Guam, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and in the vast majority of cases Montana have no exemptions for tipped employees, and shockingly they still have restaurants. And customers aren't paying exorbitant prices for food (except where I live in middle-of-nowhere island Alaska) compared to the rest of the country.

It's almost like their entire argument of not being able to keep their business if they have to actually pay their employees is either nonsense or a skill issue.

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In the USA: complicated tax returns that require tax software and/or professional help. It's a rent-seeking scam.

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[–] devolution@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Racism, but here we are in 2025 it being more prevalent than ever.

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[–] sickday@fedia.io 41 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

Private health insurance.

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