Semi-Hemi-Demigod

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in Long COVID Recovery Remains Rare

Makes me glad I caught it toward the end of February 2020 on a flight. And got vaccinated and two boosters. Might go for the trifecta just to be sure.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to risa in The elites are lying about the danger!

Loneliness? Literally impossible

This is my sticking point. There's nothing better than the feeling of being alone in the house, at least for a little while.

Now if it came with a fully customizable virtual world where I could be alone if I wanted to, then I'd be down.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to asklemmy in Can you drive a manual transmission?

40-something, Eastern US, can drive manual, haven't for years because I threw my back out in DC traffic driving stick.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to workreform in Amazon CEO Tells Workers: Return to Office or 'It’s Probably Not Going to Work Out for You'

I really wish they'd give a real reason for it. Just say "When we built our offices we negotiated with the city to have lower taxes and if you don't come back we'll lose that." Or "We don't want the value of our commercial real estate holdings to go down."

At the very least the workers could be mad at the right thing. Instead Amazon is going to lose its best folks to fully remote jobs first, then backfill with people who aren't able to get a WFH job or have to pay people a huge premium to attract remote workers back to the office.

That will hurt them worse than the taxes or real estate devaluation, but that will happen over years instead of by next quarter, so they don't care.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to workreform in Amazon CEO Tells Workers: Return to Office or 'It’s Probably Not Going to Work Out for You'

Plus because you're not paying to commute you have more money for tacos

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to workreform in Amazon CEO Tells Workers: Return to Office or 'It’s Probably Not Going to Work Out for You'

A lot of companies with large campuses have gotten concessions from local government, since the workers will increase economic activity in the area. So part of it is also that city governments are putting pressure on companies to get people in, and they might lose millions in tax breaks they got for building in their city.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in Reject modernity. Embrace tradition.

The first couple times I helped my dad change the oil in his car he dumped it down the storm drain which lead to the Chesapeake.

We don't do that anymore.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to news in 16-year-old girl stabbed to death by another teen during McDonald's sauce dispute

First the szechuan sauce riots and now this

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to noncredibledefense in Give 'em a BIG smile for the trip home

It’s a bit like how anime_titties is world politics

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to technology in Zoom CEO says workers can't build trust or unite... on Zoom

If they can't have debates over zoom meetings that's a culture problem, not a technology problem

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to programmerhumor in HTMX

TIL HTMX

thx

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to asklemmy in How smart would cows have to become for you to stop eating beef?

I raised some pigs a few years ago and I kept waiting for that time when I'd go out to their pen and look into their eyes and swear off meat forever.

It never happened. They were fucking delicious and I'm glad they're dead. Pigs are fleshy bulldozers wrapped around a garbage disposal.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in victims of the polygyny :(

If my wife fucked James Taylor I’d be so goddamn proud. Dude’s a legend.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to lemmyshitpost in Finally my Teal'c cosplay will be screen accurate.

Indeed.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 11 months ago to memes in The sneaking suspicion that I'm being robbed

People not ordering food en masse would hurt small businesses the most. Plus there's a huge benefit to using an app to order food, which is why they're so popular. If the system were controlled by the restaurants and interoperable via an open API, we'd at least see some transparency.

The problem is exactly what OP stated: These things are owned by a small number of players, who can exercises control of the market from all sides. They've created a chokepoint where they can extract rents without needing to provide value in return.