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SSUPII , to til in TIL a mentally unstable man in Canada cut down a rare golden spruce tree, sacred to Indigenous people, to protest the logging industry. His trial was on the island where he cut down the tree. Feari...

Do we have any source about the man’s mental stability?

HeroHelck , to til in TIL that Bhutan doesn't recognize China in any way, shape or form

It seems more like they “claim” to not recognize China. When in reality they very much recognize the government in Beijing. Kinda hard to claim you “don’t recognize” a government you have bilateral agreements with.

keenworld , to til in TIL Scarface (1983) was not only shunned by the Oscars, but actually received a Razzie nomination for Worst Director.

So what you’re saying is that in the year 2062, every college bro is gonna have a Morbius poster in their dorm room

WhiteOakBayou ,

School children in 2062

"We Morb allegiance, to the Morb of the Morbius States of America. And to the Morb, for which it morbs. One nation, under Morb. Indimorbable. It’s morbin’ time. "

Mobilityfuture , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...

Have you seen what the federal reserve is doing with interest rates to slow growth and raise unemployment?

chrisrauh , to technology in 1% rule: 1% of users actively create new content, while the other 99% only lurk.
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The question seems to imply that this ratio is problematic, but it is in fact fine.

There this sense now that “being a creator” has intrinsic value, but this value is an artifact of platforms that exploit its users creations. So much so that we now have an immense amount of low quality fast food grade, in fact toxic, content. Content pollution.

So, whatever the ratio is. If you want to post post, if you want to comment comment, if you want to lurk lurk.

As long as we are all enjoying the experience, who cares?

oSillyScope ,

I will post as I find communities that align with my interests. I comment where I feel I have something to say. I will lurk elsewhere.

FollyDolly , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...
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Oh it’s even better. Look up the battle of Blair Mountain. Where the US government dropped bombs on protesting coal miners, whose only crime was wanting to be paid in real currency.

ablackcatstail , to til in TIL in traditional Christian theology there are four sins "which cry out to heaven for vengeance" : murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and defrauding a worker of his wages.
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It’s been my experience that the devout cherry-pick from the bible to find material that supports their personal world view. Since the bible is constantly contradicting itself, this is wholly possible.

onionbaggage ,

It’s been my experience they just decide what they believe them pretend it’s in the bible.

ablackcatstail ,
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That of course is a perfectly valid possibility as well.

ilgrandelenin ,

That's the real power of faith. It makes you delusional

Xanvial , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...

Rowena, is that you?

randon31415 , to til in TIL in traditional Christian theology there are four sins "which cry out to heaven for vengeance" : murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and defrauding a worker of his wages.

Well, at least murder isn’t at historic highs (unlike the rest)

yata , to til in TIL in traditional Christian theology there are four sins "which cry out to heaven for vengeance" : murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and defrauding a worker of his wages.

There is no such thing as “traditional Christian theology”. This highly depends on denomination.

Captain_Patchy ,

There is no such thing as “traditional Christian theology”

There IS however, biblical theology, repeating the same statement 3 times making a statement “fact” and such,

aniki ,

Yes there most certainly is and it’s called Catholicism. Open a history book and jump to the section of the Church of Antioch founded by Peter.

It was the first and largest Christian church at the time and yes, it was very much a Catholic church.

azuth ,

And it was in no way Catholic in the modern sense of papal supremacy. Orthodox churches are closer to it.

aniki ,

That’s not relevant.

azuth ,

A major change between the churches you claimed were practically the same is not relevant?

That original church splitting into two for theological (at least as a pretext) reasons is not relevant?

That’s without even considering that actual Christian history did not necessarily happen as the church says it did and early Christianity was far more localized and diverse.

null_ ,

The schism between Catholic and Orthodox churches is extremely relevant for anyone claiming either side is the definitive “church of Peter” as you did.

Why wouldn’t it be?

NessD , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...

I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said, “Well, a-bless my soul”

You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt St. Peter, don’t you call me 'cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store.

sab ,

I used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
Now he goes to town with empty pockets
And his face is white as February snow

(The L&N Don't Stop Here Any More)

warling ,

First thing I thought of too.

NotAPenguin , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...

Did you just watch the Peter Santenello video?

IHeartBadCode , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...
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29 USC § 203 (m)(1) authorizes 29 CFR § 531.34. The current rule making from the Secretary of Labor (q) is as:

Scrip, tokens, credit cards, “dope checks,” coupons, and similar devices are not proper mediums of payment under the Act.

This all is found in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, public law Pub. L. 75-718

zen_symian , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...

that’s why that abomination of a “community” being built by musk is a dystopian nightmare

BaroqueInMind ,
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Please elaborate.

RedCowboy , (edited )

Elon wants to build a city from scratch in Texas, basically a Tesla company town. He’s reportedly purchased 6,000 acres 35 miles from Austin and already there’s a factory and some cheap housing plopped down in “Snailbrook, TX”

edit for additional context, the land is in Bastrop county, which is between Austin and Houston (but much closer to Austin). I35 from San Antonio to Austin to Dallas is quickly becoming one giant strip of consumerism, and Austin to Houston will eventually go the same way. He’s getting rural land just outside booming Austin and 1.5 hours from Katy in the Houston metroplex. Unfortunately it looks like an amazing business move

zitronen , to til in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...
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If you learned that today, you must have been living under a very cosy rock of blissful ignorance. This scheme is still in use even now in a wide array of poorer countries.

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