How does that work
ZombieTheZombieCat
joined 2 years ago
often a flight that could have been a train ride
I see you've never been to America.
And if you don't feel the need to treat the people with dignity who use a cheaper airline, then you probably shouldn't be working for a cheaper airline. Everyone should be treated with respect until they prove they don't deserve it.
When I couldn't just purchase a season of a tv show (Drag Race). You should just be able to buy a show or movie if you want to watch it.
The most recent season was exclusively on Paramount +. I guess they had exclusive right because it wasn't available anywhere else. It was 3.99/month with a discount so I figured I'd keep it as long as the season aired. I was fucking amazed that there could be twenty fucking commercials in an hour show. If I wanted to skip backward or forward I had to watch three more ads first. Two weeks before the season finale they raised the price to 5.99 so I cancelled it. I didn't need to watch it that badly. Their other content was shit, all nineties MTV and made for tv movies. When I signed up they advertised Yellowjackets so I was going to watch that. But no, that's another subscription to Showtime.
It was the cheapest subscription I've had but the most aggravating experience, because it's not about the money. It's about feeling like I'm getting fucked over with every goddamn thing I buy lately.
This is a legal proceeding and the constitution is the fundamental basis for legal precedence in the US.
Someone should tell that to the supreme court.
"Republicans did something fucking stupid that's bad for their constituents."
"Oh but but the dems..."
This is why there's those posts asking how many Russian bots have made it to Lemmy.
There's a lot of Americans who aren't having a great time here. I don't think negative commentary about the US is one hundred percent Europeans' fault. Nor is it just that we're "vocal" about things, which is really a positive since it's the only way to create change anyway.
For example. I just saw a local news story that cops in a major SoCal city are arresting/citing/fining people for just...being homeless. They want them to go to shelters, but they admittedly don't create enough shelter space. So it just becomes illegal for certain people to exist. The city gets pissy and aggressive about homelessness being a problem, when they're the ones who created it and are the ones who refuse to fix it. Sure, give a homeless person a record so that it's even harder for them to get jobs and approved for an apartment, and then fine them knowing they can't pay it, resulting in doubling late fees that put them in debt. Sounds they really care about fixing the issue, great fucking job. But think about that - it's against the law, it's a crime, to not have a mortgage or rent payment. I've been hassled by cops for sitting in my own car in a grocery store parking lot. There is no public space. You have to buy something to be allowed to exist outside of a park, and in coastal places like SoCal, you have to pay to be in those too. And yes this was in one city, but it's applicable to almost every major city in the US, even if there's some variations in local laws. It's just an example of how disposable human beings are here. The minute we don't have labor to sell, the minute we stop consuming, we're thrown the fuck away. And that's not just an economic issue, it's a cultural issue as well.
The immigrants who come here stick around and spend 15 years to become citizens, if it was that bad, they'd turn around and go home.
I think many of "the immigrants" actually do.
Didn't he steal the idea from two other guys though
If you look at the state driver's manuals from the dmv it actually says exactly that. It's already considered a privilege. Otherwise you wouldn't have to test into it and pay annually to keep your car on the road.
Generally not a lot of traffic in parking lots.
We're really caring about student loan servicers' feelings? Like Nelnet? If that's what they want to do, then it does show solidarity regardless of how privileged they may be.