First car: ‘83 Mustang GT, rare 4-speed, custom upholstery and we spent about two years working on the suspension and engine so it was fierce. fire-breathing, sounded like a boat, and thanks to the H-pipe it failed MD emissions over a dozen times. So, after I crumpled the front end, I was gifted my grandfather’s…

Cannot star this enough. That’s his job: insulation for the owners against the public. they rake in cash, he takes a percentage, and they (except for Jones, and sometimes Kraft) largely get to keep their heads down and away from any problematic issues.

Things are tough all over: that doesn’t mean we let a new batch of companies make it even worse.

Your high estimate is $140/day after paying for gas. That’s — assuming standard ~260 days a year of work - a total of $36,400 pre tax, and pre other expenses to your car, like insurance and routine maintenance. You pay about $6k a year in Federal tax, and maybe half that in state tax. So you’re taking home about…

My apartment is 150 Fake Street #999 (not the real address) but we keep getting packages for 140 Fake Street #999. And every time I look the dude up on facebook to be like, hey another Amazon box is over here next door, he’s always hella skeptical and brings friends...to walk 20 feet down the sidewalk and meet me at…

You really believe that Amazon prices are low because they solved the issue of last mile delivery? Something tells me you’re not an economist.

You also suck shit at reading, since you missed where I wrote “USPS or UPS, or even OnTrac,” all of which provide a better service and treat their employees as actual employees…

We’re still in the middle of “Salute to Service month,” which has long been a poorly veiled mix of commerce and nationalism.

It’s not exploitation when people are freely choosing to do these jobs.

Because I can build a fully automatic Sten submachine gun with readily available components from Home Depot and the tools in my garage if I really wanted to

1) All “self-employed contractor” shit like this should be illegal. Flex, Lyft, Uber and UberEats and the like: these aren’t plumbers agreeing to do a specific task with specific tools and skills, this is exploitation of desperate people and end-runs around regulation.

Glorious post. Let’s break it down.

And why worry about that one lunch counter, go eat somewhere else.
Why worry about that water fountain, go drink somewhere else.
Why ride that bus, wait for the next one.
Why worry about getting that job, apply for some others.
Etc.

Delete your account: if Dolemite were here he’s roundhouse you in your no-business,…

So it’s gonna take 100 hours to get the good stuff in Stsr Wars. And everyone’s complaining.

You can brag about your - and Gawker’s - journalism ethics and responsibility in the face of sexual impropriety as soon as anyone anywhere takes ownership of the Hogan horseshit. Until that salacious, shaming, exploitative, and very obviously illegal bullshit is accounted for, everyone associated can STFU about any…

Jezebel reported unfounded rumors. That those unfounded rumors turned out to be at least partly true doesn’t really change the fact that reporting unfounded rumors is incredibly irresponsible.

Just because someone is willing to do a job doesn’t mean it’s a job worth having. Underemployment is an issue, just as unemployment is. My argument is that these horrible half-jobs shouldn’t exist; your argument is that people who need help should settle for scraps.

This is all very incredible for a number of reasons, the chief one being Jones’s pure gall in being one of the loudest supporters of giving Goodell unlimited disciplinary power when it came to punishing Tom Brady, but now threatening to sue the NFL and other owners when it’s his own team that stands to be dinged this…

I am so disappointed that the Niners get to host this Giants team at this, the nadir of their existence. They might actually win that game, and Jed York so, so deserves the 0-16 season.

In abstract, wearing most clothing or owning a phone is stealing from the disadvantaged as well.

What do y’all care? Every single time you call an Uber you’re stealing from the disadvantaged: supporting a company that won’t treat them as employees, who makes them use their own cars to power their fleet, and who gives no fucks if drivers make a living wage or anything close to it. People drive Uber when they’re…