“Our country wasn’t built on diversity” is a wild way to describe a country built on Indigenous land, enslaved African labor, and generations of immigrants from all over the world. Ignorant white people like him always try to rewrite history!
My son works full time here in Florida. Let me run his numbers.
State minimum wage is $14/hour. He's at $15.
40 hours a week = $600/week
That's about $2,600/month before taxes.
Florida has no state income tax the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA he takes home roughly $2,200.
Average one-bedroom in our area runs about $1,600.
That's 73% of his entire paycheck gone to rent before he eats a single meal.
Leaves him around $600 a month for:
- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings
Car insurance alone eats a third of that in this state.
He works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because he's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.
I spent thirty years paying off a house here. He's doing the same job I did at his age and he can't afford a one-bedroom.
That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.
The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.
Working full time should cover a roof. In Florida it barely covers the rent on one.
Sony wants to abandon fans? Let's give them a small taste of their own medicine!
Together with other creators we call for a 1 week #PSBlackout in August. No logins, no play sessions, no purchases on any of Sony's platforms.
I’ll soon be sponsoring a bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock (and other style) cameras to surveil law abiding citizens.
PlayStation is posting a lot because they know it will stretch out the outrage and slow us down. But we just need to keep posting, replying, and most importantly resist buying digital games and content. #NoDiscNoBuy#NoDiscNoPlaystation#physicalgamesforever
Rockstar/Take-Two Interactive is complicit, by the way
They announced abandoning real physical media first with GTA 6—just a box with a download code. They knew exactly what they were doing. They are complicit
They're both in the club, and we ain't 👍 They're trying to distance GTA 6 from something they themselves are pushing
GTA 6 is objectively the most anticipated game in gaming history, and it ABSOLUTELY sets the precedent for others. They're using it to normalize this behavior.
100% complicit 💯
hi @TeamYouTube
Several smaller creators are being abused by your copyright system and are at risk of having their channels deleted and have asked me for help.
A german company called fifthfreedom GmbH is copyright striking videos for music called "Radio Cultural Rendezvous" when there isn't even ANY MUSIC in the video. Dozens of original videos all struck when there is zero copyrighted content in them.
I can't even list the channels because doxing them would mean this company could target them with more strikes and have their channels deleted.
Appeals/counter claims DO NOT work because they just send more strikes and these smaller creators have tried every possible support channel with no real response.
An AI chatbot DM'ing me a self help article is NOT helping, can I please get a DM or an email from a real human being to help these people out?
For anyone upset about Sony’s move to end physical media,
I’d suggest heavily supporting Stop Killing Games
This initiative is literally fighting to protect exactly what these companies want to destroy. It aims to force publishers to ensure you can always access and play the games you paid for—even after they stop supporting them
No, there is no "Benadryl challenge."
Your kids are either trying to get high or are trying to kill themselves. Stop blaming the internet and start thinking about ways you can help your teenager not feel like the only escape is to hurt themself.