EndlessNightmare

New technology to increase hard drive storage? "Get perpendicular!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_PyKuI7II

It’s pretty fucking disgusting to self censor inoffensive language

It's disgusting to need to do it. I won't blame poster/commenter for doing it so that their shit doesn't get deleted.

The message specifically said it was due to the "unusually large tip". They wanted me to confirm that it was intended.

If the article linked below is to be believed, the credit card company does indeed know how much of the transaction is a tip due to the way the transaction is processed. Note that this was at a full-service restaurant, not tipping at the counter for fast food or some other thing.

Consider when you pay with a credit card at a sit-down restaurant, they read the card first. Then you write in the tip on the receipt, meaning that they process this part later after the initial card reading. It is probably different with the tabletop self-checkout devices though.

https://www.quora.com/Why-do-tips-given-in-restaurants-never-show-on-credit-card-statements

I've had transactions flagged for (intentionally) leaving large tips before. These large tips were justified for various reasons, such as comped meals.

Could be the specific credit card company I use?

A 50% tip can get your credit card flagged as potentially fraudulent activity.

And tipping culture has creeped in both magnitude (i.e. 15% used to be standard, but now it's the low end) and scope (e.g. tips prompts at fucking fast food places)

We need to start using U.S. troops to make these food deliveries. These types of "mistakes" would stop immediately.

Alternatively: murder

People have kids at 22. That's a really big permanent decision too that completely changes the trajectory of one's life. If having a kid at 22 is ok, then taking steps to make sure that you don't have one should also be ok. Otherwise that is promoting a double standard.

Hundreds of thousands

The OP isn't about eugenics of any sort. No one was talking about (negative) eugenics either until someone shoehorned it into the conversation.

I think it is intellectually dishonest to mention one type of eugenics while completely ignoring the other type, hence my bringing attention to a topic which has already been broached.

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything here. Just explaining what the position is. You obviously disagree with it, as does the majority of the population. It is an unpopular position.