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On March 14 2017 01:17 Thieving Magpie wrote: Nonsense work phrases
I hate the phrase
"We work hard, but we also play hard"
Like, what does that actually mean? That people don't normally work? That somehow playing around has a hardness to it? Like, do you work overtime then binge drink right after? What does the phrase mean? Argh!
I don't mind that one. I have a buddy I feel it fits. He won teacher of the year for the province I live in, started a landscaping company for evenings weekends and the summer. Party's 3-4 nights a week. Plays on a competitive Basketball team, runs marathons and has 6 year old twins he takes to every event they do. I have no idea when he sleeps or why he is not dead.
I do think it gets thrown around way to much though.
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How big of a problem is food waste?
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On March 17 2017 07:58 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote: How big of a problem is food waste?
Waste is almost never a problem to those wasting, it's only a problem to those in need who would have loved to have your waste.
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Koreans dumpster diving in the Americans' food trash during the war, that's how Budae-jjigae was born (google "Korean dumpster soup" and it's the first result).
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Anyone here a freemason? Thoughts on joining? Is it the charitable wing of the Illuminati? Will I get a cool ring?
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Not exactly a stupid question, but I might find someone here that's a little more knowledgeable about this than me. I'm trying to figure out if I can find a cheaper solution than 100 euro travel costs for train from Marseille to some random ass village in the Provence (Sisteron if anyone's interested in the random little village).
Is it better to impulsively check at the station in Marseille if I'll find cheaper options, or to just order now so I'll be safe?
I'd go there with train and then come back 5 days later. The 100 euro's if for 2 people (so 50 per person)
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Is dude an outdated word?
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Pal is already vintage, i use it to pretend i'm cool and different
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Canada11355 Posts
What happens to the working/lower-middle class if and when automation renders 90% of labour jobs obsolete?
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On March 25 2017 04:23 Fecalfeast wrote: What happens to the working/lower-middle class if and when automation renders 90% of labour jobs obsolete? I think that's a question with too many possible answers and none of them will be good. Imo it would increase crime rate astoundingly, economic disaster, low education people will need help from the governament, governaments won't have enough money.
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We'll just make up more bullshit jobs in services
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On March 25 2017 04:23 Fecalfeast wrote: What happens to the working/lower-middle class if and when automation renders 90% of labour jobs obsolete? Hopefully implementing Basic Income to keep people fed and increases in leisure to keep them occupied.
If not. Chaos, lots of unhappy starving people.
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On March 25 2017 04:23 Fecalfeast wrote: What happens to the working/lower-middle class if and when automation renders 90% of labour jobs obsolete? They'll be dead, as will the upper class, because terminators will have taken over the planet.
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On March 25 2017 04:23 Fecalfeast wrote: What happens to the working/lower-middle class if and when automation renders 90% of labour jobs obsolete?
according to Mark Cuban the solution is start funding things like Americorps better and make it pay like 50k a year. I've also seen suggestions of making the work force voluntary. But apparently the US administration thinks we have plenty of time.
suffice to say people disagree with that
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On March 25 2017 04:00 Sent. wrote: Not as much as mate, pal Everyone's saying mate in Australia, mate. To the extent that there is a movement to move the national day to May 8.
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On March 25 2017 03:03 Uldridge wrote: Not exactly a stupid question, but I might find someone here that's a little more knowledgeable about this than me. I'm trying to figure out if I can find a cheaper solution than 100 euro travel costs for train from Marseille to some random ass village in the Provence (Sisteron if anyone's interested in the random little village).
Is it better to impulsively check at the station in Marseille if I'll find cheaper options, or to just order now so I'll be safe?
I'd go there with train and then come back 5 days later. The 100 euro's if for 2 people (so 50 per person)
Prices are the same if ordered online or there, and there is no case of full bus that I know of. Usually there are always vending machines, in case it's very early/late (which is often in Marseille...)
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I too think that the workplace question is still a very very far away. Currently I'm working on a large skyscraper project, and the amount of trades is unreal, and almost none of these to me seem replaceable by automation. People who don't work construction often don't see how many things go into it, how you're adjusting on a daily basis because of constant contigencies.
Either way, if we eventually reach a point where you have say 10% of the population be able to make say 50k/year USD for everyone in society due to such heavy automation, then the liveable free money that the government gives you seems like a very reasonable idea... With the option to work to make more money.
But I think that there should always be jobs, because whether you're buying a haircut or a computer, more or less 100% of that cost is labor. And as long all your cost of a product comes for labor, which is mostly everything minus carbon taxes, royalties, etc... And people will want more things even if they are wealthy, there should be work. No mention on the types of jobs though.
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United States1224 Posts
On March 23 2017 01:11 JimmiC wrote: Anyone here a freemason? Thoughts on joining? Is it the charitable wing of the Illuminati? Will I get a cool ring? I'm not, but a few of the guys I hunt with are. It really is mostly just an excuse for guys to get away from the wives, shoot the shit about business/local politics, and utilize their experience to charity work. Each lodge is slightly different, some are more social, some more networking oriented, and some are really hardcore on the community service. Given the type of people it attracts, there's definitely some "backroom politics" vibes at times.
You do get a cool ring.
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On March 26 2017 13:13 peanuts wrote:Show nested quote +On March 23 2017 01:11 JimmiC wrote: Anyone here a freemason? Thoughts on joining? Is it the charitable wing of the Illuminati? Will I get a cool ring? I'm not, but a few of the guys I hunt with are. It really is mostly just an excuse for guys to get away from the wives, shoot the shit about business/local politics, and utilize their experience to charity work. Each lodge is slightly different, some are more social, some more networking oriented, and some are really hardcore on the community service. Given the type of people it attracts, there's definitely some "backroom politics" vibes at times. You do get a cool ring. Have you considered that that is just what they are showing you because you are not one of them, and in reality they are secretly running everything in an eeeeeevil way?
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