Mid Smoker ™️‼️

life is like a corndog.

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

Me when I don’t know what I’m talking about and am too stupid to realize that I’m contradicting myself

[K.Diallo ☭ @nyeusi_waasi]

If you ask pro-capitalist people why a job like, say, sanitation work has such an abysmal wage even though the job is necessary, they’ll tell you that it is an unskilled occupation. We could contest that, but for the sake of argument, let’s concede. By this logic, value is derived from how much labor is required to accomplish something—in this case, the labor of learning the skill in addition to the labor of completing the task at hand. A doctor, then, would earn a much higher wage because of the labor required to obtain the necessary degrees to practice. Okay. But then, if you ask a pro-capitalist people again why the price of a pair of glasses, a mattress, or even a bottle of water is so expensive, despite these things being cheap and easy to make, they’ll tell you that value is not determined by the labor that goes into producing something, but by need and demand. This inconsistency reveals how neoliberal economics functions: the value of something means whatever is most convenient for the ruling class.

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@Gumboglumpens @MassJumbo You are actually very stupid. More likely would be that supermarkets would simply shut down their self checkout and be forced to actually employ cashiers to do a job, which would likely be stimulating for the economy.

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

I wanna be the dude at the brewery in charge of ensuring each New England IPA gets the same amount of sediment

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@JohnTal11056496 @politicalmath Lmao folded immediately you stand for nothing

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@JohnTal11056496 @politicalmath I mean what is your point exactly? Nuclear exists in the US now with all of that and we have avoided major disasters entirely (3 mile island led to no health impacts on workers or the public). Why would more of it mean any different

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@JohnTal11056496 @politicalmath Why are you glad for that?

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@WeAreCharlieUS @JaguarGator9NFL They pretty much intentionally split it across three continents to force Asia to be the only continent that could host so that they could name Saudi Arabia the host without competition.

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@1000YearSleep @goobert29 Yeah but the POINT of rooting for college sports is that you are rooting for the college you went to, so separating the 2 defeats the purpose entirely. Also to be clear once again, the college kids are in fact being paid now. Often millions of dollars.

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@goobert29 @1000YearSleep Adding to this, the argument could make more sense for baseball where there are robust lower divisions, but without a promotion relegation system there’s no sense in supporting the Bowie baysox for example who have nothing to play for and just are the feeder team for the orioles

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@1000YearSleep @goobert29 look I get that there is a talent drop off in European football. But for American football the rules are set up such that individual players can make huge contributions to the game. There are barely enough good quarterbacks to make 32 NFL teams competitive. The drop off is crazy

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@1000YearSleep @goobert29 College kids are finally getting paid which is good. Prior to that the deal was basically a trade of free college education for playing a sport which was also not a bad deal. Also NFL 2 would not work as the drop off in talent is too harsh to field additional leagues

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@1999BDC @TopTierTulane In the US there is absolutely nothing “modern” about the bowl shape. Stadiums have been bowls in the states for over 100 years now

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

Would be a good point except for the fact that it is entirely unsupported by the data

[Hank Venture @HankVenture5]

The same people who shrieked incessantly about how $25/hr was absolutely necessary for menial zero skill work are now confused about why a value meal costs $15, a car costs $35K and a house costs $500K

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

compared to fucking EDMONTON?

[josh @Josh_Against]

@Kim_Jong_Ilness Even if one of these were true, DC sucks as a place.

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@rwhut @ThrillaRilla369 Do you think the labor market does not also follow the laws of supply and demand? You complain about poor civil servants and expect the quality of labor to improve with lower costs? Nit how that works

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

@MLB @Orioles Yooo

[MLB @MLB]

It’s giveaway time, Baltimore 💪

We are giving away a new Orioles City Connect jersey just for you! Repost and reply for your chance to win!

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

This is perhaps the mother of all false equivalencies lmao

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

If the man who required tampons in 4th grade boy's bathrooms thinks you've lost your mind, it's a pretty good sign you're completely sane.

[Mid Smoker ™️‼️ @midsmoker20]

This must have been written by a Duke grad because it’s always gonna be fuck Duke

[The New York Times @nytimes]

From @TheAthletic: For 40 years, Duke has been college basketball’s most polarizing team. People love to hate Duke.

But has Duke basketball become less hateable? Perhaps, maybe, even likable? https://t.co/Z2jcL2ANjA

[Zach Bollinger @zachbollinger18]

Not to get political or anything but it is an absolutely ATROCIOUS day to be an alcoholic beverage in the Baltimore area.