Part of this conversation is that these jobs aren’t filled by professionals or passionate people anymore, but by teens and college kids. “Adults” and “professionals” have been priced out of the basic customer service positions.
You used to be able to go to the garden shop or hardware store and they’d get excited about your projects/give you pointers and now half the time you ask where something is and are met with a blank stare.
To be clear, I don’t just hate GenAI. I also hate golf, war, monoculture farming, clear-cutting forests, and building on floodplains. I love biodiversity, wildlife conservation, regenerative forestry, soil restoration, sustainable farming, and economic degrowth.
"Fuuuuuuuck this beautiful undisturbed plain looks so boring we should have a CSAM generation factory there instead" you are mentally molested and I cannot square the way you think with the value I place on human life. You are a homunculus of mud and stone parodying life.
@rosedeltoro_@1800clockit Reminder that district 11 being mostly black while yes, has some backing from the book based on what we know of the tributes, was a visual thing added to the movies. Seeder, the female victor from 11 in Catching Fire, is described as looking like people in the Seam.
@Frenkazoid@tagsalegirl I mean yeah for big pieces you can rent a truck through Lowe’s or hire a guy for a couple hours. But I think you’re overestimating how hard it is to move basic furniture. Desks, chairs, end tables can fit in a car and be carried easily. I’ve done all that and more on my own
FINALLY time to renew my vehicle registration! I can't believe it's been a whole year since I paid $200 for the absolute privilege of driving the vehicle (that I paid for) on the roads (that I pay for), with the income left over after I give 40% to our moral superiors!
The United States is one of the few world governments that does not directly fund it’s Olympic team. It is fully funded by corporate sponsorships and private donations.
Which means our athletes don’t represent the American government.
They represent the American people.
In high school I used to dunk on my friend for having beef with a girl who had Down syndrome and she was like “I don’t hate her because she has Down syndrome, I hate her because she’s a bitch.” It’s so funny I was the one being ableist bc tbh she was a bit of a bitch