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Yep! One house in our neighborhood always has their grill going in the driveway, giving out hotdogs, another has cider and mini bottles. Firepits and lounge chairs, it's so nice.

When they're burning drop off boxes in THREE different states, I want to see it counted.

Idc what he does, redistribute his assets to his employees.

I think the cashier was under the assumption that you wanted the discount, and asked at the end instead of immediately after you said you weren't already a member. It doesn't feel rude or invasive, from my perspective, maybe just phrased as an underpaid employee.

What I do recommend is a VOIP phone number and attached separate email for all marketing purposes. They can track and sell that as much as they'd like without impacting your personal details or necessary accounts.

neat, thanks!

If you were on Li's website, https://www.exocomics.com/, enjoying her content, would you still consider it an unsolicitied ad? Or only when it's downloaded from there and posted to Lemmy instead?

Absolutely! It's called the Pollyanna Principle. In fact, there's a counterpart to all of these biases that are immensely helpful in certain types of therapy.

Authors should keep their work a secret, especially comic book artists in !comicstrips@lemmy.world 😤

Being condescending actually doesn't help a conversation.

The corporate office I work at panicked because they were going to get reclassified as a "remote hub" for tax purposes, which would have reduced everyone's pay. But I'd personally prefer to take the cut instead...

Sure, but I'm assuming the "mom" in OP's story was just trying to help their child get enough sleep.

You need enough sleep.