I remember reading that when national parks tried to make a ‘bear-proof’ trashcan, they found that there was a larger overlap between the smartest bear and the stupidest human to make a viable product.

I feel like it’s a similar situation here. The smartest kid and the stupidest adult are far more similar than we’d like to admit.

That means it’s fine to give wine to kids because it totally won’t give them a buzz! It won’t affect their feelings towards the church or make them easier to manipulate at all.

Nope. Nuh-uh.

If your god’s greatest act is “willingly becoming a murder victim”, you might be in a death cult.

They would be richer, but by “allowing” working class people to have a thriving life means the power gap between us and them wouldn’t be as big. People could organize and overthrow them, so they have to keep us fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.

The cruelty is the point.

With the name “RageAgainstTheRich”, one would think you’d be more into class solidarity. 🙄

Do you mean by asking for a universal minimum wage instead of making each company’s workers fight for a living wage at each company individually?

Because yes. Obviously.

Love how they just say “reddit.com” when it’s from r/shittymoviedetails. Perfect place to pull answers from without fact-checking.

In the meantime though, protesting the current system by not tipping directly harms the person who is doing work you could have easily done at home yourself.

I agree that we should have livable wages as the minimum wage, but your anger is misplaced. I’m mad at the government, and have solidarity with my fellow working-class citizens. If I can’t afford to tip somewhere, I can’t afford to be a patron there, and THAT directly impacts the company instead of the workers.

Because by patronizing the business and not tipping, you agree that the company paying an unfair wage is fine with you.

That’s worse.

The company should, but they don’t.

Again, if you are concerned about money, you can get cheap coffee at home. If you want someone to make it for you, you should understand the actual cost in US capitalistic society.

Until the company pays a living wage, buying coffee without tipping is agreeing that the business paying less than a living wage is acceptable.

If you don’t want to tip, don’t go there.

I know this isn’t the point of the comic, but the barista isn’t just handing you a cup of coffee. They’re brewing it and making specialty drinks too.

The not-tipping argument really only works if you’re ordering a black coffee, but if you’re getting black coffee from Starbucks, you’re already paying way more than you should, so just tip.

Coffee makers are hella cheap if black coffee is all you want.

We’re past “preventing” the Christo-fascist takeover. We’re in damage control now.

VOTE.

100% and they’re trying to work on the definition of ‘Doctor’ too.

I was wondering when they would start to figure out that maybe it’s a bad idea for the government to get between people and their doctors.

If they’re anything like my mother, they automatically assume anyone speaking in any language other than English within earshot of her is shit-talking her, specifically. The thought that someone might be saying something mean-spirited about her is just too much for her tiny brain to handle. If you think she’s a bitch, she needs to know. It reeks of desperation and the need to be liked by all people at all times while also doing nothing to bridge that gap yourself.

Haha, what a silly Onion article!

:checks URL:

Oh. Oh no.

Yes, that IS an example of another thought-terminating cliche. Good job!

(Psst. The use of alternating caps means the person you’re responding to is being sarcastic. They already know it’s a thought-terminating cliche. They’re calling out how hypocritical it would be to even try to use that argument.)

Article was published in 2017, and gun deaths among US kids has increased 50% since 2019.

Original article: https://www.romper.com/p/a-toddler-has-shot-someone-every-week-for-the-last-2-years-straight-it-highlights-this-huge-problem-28266

2023 update from a different gun research group: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/04/06/gun-deaths-among-us-kids-rose-50-percent-in-two-years/

We live in hell.