TranscendentalEmpire

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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, and conservatives choose not to criticize him for being a shit head. My point is that it is the people's job to hold their elected officials to a higher standard, and we do that with valid criticism.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

While you are incorrect about it being racist, the confusion is kinda a byproduct of history of ethnic conflict in China itself.

China is a nation state, not really an ethnicity in and of itself. However, the Han Chinese, like to represent Han culture as "China's culture". When most people are utilizing Chinese as an ethnic descriptor, what they really mean is Han.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee -5 points 3 months ago

Almost like propagating breakaway "states" in all of your neighbors territories empowers nationalist in said neighboring states?

How would you describe what Igor Girkins "paramilitary" group were doing in eastern Ukraine in 2014? You know, when he wasn't shooting down a plane full of civilians......

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When looking back at her own success, going from internship to employment, and eventually landing at Squarespace, Mathur insists “you’ve got to be willing to do whatever it takes” early in your career. “I was willing to work for free, I was willing to work any hours they needed—even on evenings and weekends. I was not focused on traveling,” Mathur concludes. “You really have to just be willing to do anything, any hours, any pay, any type of job—just really remain open.”

Unpaid internships are basically just a way for rich kids to leverage their parents wealth into a career. The vast majority of people cannot afford to work for "experience", this is only applicable advice for people whose parents are willing and able to foot the bill.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 41 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Schizophrenic people still have a sense of humor.... To me it came off as if she recognized that the cop was afraid of her and made a snappy comeback, because it's generally offensive to be accused of wanting to mame strangers with boiling water.

Rebuke just means to criticize, it's not an attack, or even aggressive. To rebuke someone to God, is just saying your going to complain about their behavior to God. Tbh the moments before she was killed seem to me the most coherent and responsive she behaved during the entire encounter.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 124 points 3 months ago (11 children)

The crazy thing seemed fairly relaxed until she said she "rebuked him unto Jesus". Seemed like it went from "haha I don't want to be around a person carrying boiling water", and she seemed to respond jokingly with the Jesus thing, which immediately made the cop respond as if she just pointed a gun at him?

Does this guy think this lady is some kind of biblical sorcerer?

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Michelle Cox was in disbelief when a U.S. Department of Labor official told her earlier this year she was violating federal law by employing 14- and 15-year-olds past 7 p.m. on school nights.

Cox, the owner of a Subway franchise in Maquoketa, Iowa, knew the state legislature had made substantial changes to state labor laws in 2023 to allow younger teens to work later on weekdays."

"She thinks the federal government is unfairly targeting Iowa, which she says was only trying to support small businesses"

Since when was subway a "small business"?

The whole point of the labour law is to get kids back home on time to where they can actively participate in school. There are plenty of parents out there who will force their kids to work as much as possible as soon as they can, and it is awful for their education.

The only people who have the audacity to claim this isn't harmful to children are people who've never had to go to school and hold down a full time job. Fuck that lady, I hope the Fed takes all her shitty sandwiche money.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lol, I too delivered in a Honda Civic. I feel like there were like 4 vehicles back then with decent mpg.

Though my tape deck was broken, so I had to use one of those things you plugged into the cig lighter and tuned to an unused radio frequency. Oddly good times, when I think back to it.

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