[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 84 points 6 months ago

Strong economy == corporate price gouging while everyone else's wages stagnate.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 72 points 7 months ago

Tips are an excuse for employers not to pay their employees a livable wage. If you rely on tips to get by, your employer doesn't deserve to be in business.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 75 points 7 months ago

Shame our country doesn't take the separation of church and state seriously. This sort of mental deficiency should not be part of our government.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 83 points 7 months ago

We're all right to be afraid of AI. But we shouldn't be afraid that it can do voice over, we should be afraid that it will take everyone's jobs and the government won't implement UBI fast enough.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 81 points 8 months ago

Please focus on curbing your own satisfaction, so the oil industry can continue to be the biggest polluter AND make money hand over fist.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 88 points 8 months ago

Fines need to scale with the net worth of the person, otherwise they only impact poor people.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 78 points 8 months ago

Dating apps incentivize bad behavior and the fuckers who run the dating apps do nothing about it.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 91 points 8 months ago

Downvote Musk spam.

The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring him and his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle. Don’t be a useful idiot.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 88 points 8 months ago

It's a good thing that shitty jobs are being automated.

However, we also need UBI (funded by corporations using automation).

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 77 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This isn't a broadband grant. It's free money for corporations that currently hold an oligopoly on the ISP industry.

Over the years there have been several instances where ISPs like Comcast, received substantial government funding to expand and improve their networks. However, the ISPs largely failed to follow through on the network improvements and instead just pocketed the money.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 89 points 10 months ago

It's bad when US citizens are sucking up all the water.

It's even worse when a foreign country that has made hostile attacks against the United States does the same thing.

[-] alienanimals@lemmy.world 85 points 10 months ago

Literally every single day we have idiots doing Musk’s PR work for free.

Downvote Musk spam. The billionaire doesn’t need your help ensuring his businesses stay in the 24 hour news cycle.

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