Yeah dude, nobody cares about your “estimate” that assumes we are following a parabolic trend.

Yeah I would regularly make over 25 an hour if it was even half-busy and I didn’t work in a particularly nice restaurant.

Yeah I get that, but the argument that if you don’t tip X percent this person will need to choose between food or heat this month doesn’t really stand up, IMO. Like, there are obviously deeper problems if that is the result we are discussing.

Oh, well I thought it was super dumb. It was like a big in your face guy cheating and knocking over another guy so he couldn’t catch a ball, which is clearly illegal, and if the guy had caught the ball it would have been a touchdown and if they had thrown a flag it would have been possible to just about run out the…

Haha hey man, I just want to share a moment with you here whereupon we marvel that you giving the advice to tip what you can afford has led to the 100% certainty that you are a racist. What a wonderful world this internet is. 

You’ve never been a waiter, obviously. I’m gonna say AndTRollingIsHalf tips better than you do, too

lol so maybe their job should pay them more? Are you saying this guy should be responsible for the food budgets of service workers?

I agree with you for the most part... I’m mostly contending that to surmise the cause of China doing things about pollution and consumption is much more obviously connected to the imminence of global warming (not affluence).

I mean, the point is you were trying to argue something about nations historically showing trends toward environmental concern based on affluence, when in reality, the actual correlation has to do with the fact that its cities are going to be washed away by rising tides and super storms.

I mean, can anyone argue really that they felt right about the Rams going to the super bowl after that saints non-call? Like I get your point, but the reverse is so much worse. See, this screws up the flow of the game and makes sure that reality prevails. What happened in the saints game was reality was defeated, and…

Sorry your team lost. They got the call right, that was nice they were able to do that. Nothing more frustrating than officials blowing an important call.

Historically, societies don’t implement environmental regulations

I read that sometimes people just make shit up and repeat it with no sources and its clearly false

I didn’t call Sanders a racist. I said he was perpetuating a racist idea. Whether or not that distinction matters is for you to decide

Its actually racist that you assume Bernie saying “there is a lot of poverty” has to do with race. That’s your racism.

Its weird that they banned the crypto mining because they love the environment just not the coal mining.

Well you’re sort of having it both ways here. I am arguing against open borders, because the people who need to escape the most are in the worst situations. Many of them would not know English, creating a big barrier to entering the economy in a way that doesn’t involve their own exploitation. Many would have poor…

IDK this sounds memorable, will try

Yeah, we covered it, I apologized. Respected commenter or not, I was infusing my own frustrations into a conversation that was only peripherally related.

Well, sorry to hear that and sorry to have offended you. I am just frustrated that people don’t seem to understand the roots of the problems we face as a society and are more likely to lash out against those with no power attempting to feel power versus those with something bordering impunity who make the powerless…