That’s true, but they’ll never be fairly paid again with self-checkout as a looming threat.

Or they expected shrink to... shrink... over time as people got used to the technology, but it never did and they finally gave up.

The problem with this logic is that as long as people use self-checkout, they will continue to underpay their cashiers using the threat of being entirely replaced by self- or even automated-checkout as leverage.

The only time I get “stuck” making small talk is when there’s a bagger there that clearly has some sort of disability (developmental or otherwise). Call me crazy, but it’s no sweat off my back to chat with that person for 20 seconds if it makes the day easier or better for them.

This is the best Tesla related news in years. Tell him to kick rocks.

Never heard of them. But I just looked at their website and it seems they’ve got a fairly wide reach, although more concentrated in the south. I’d try them out, but the closest one to me is at least a 2 hour drive away, and in locations I don’t foresee myself traveling to any time soon. I’ll have to try and keep them…

Arby’s has the best mozzarella sticks for a fast food place. Mostly by default, but I like the coating, which eats more like a batter than a breading. My only beef is when they seem like they were pulled early to speed up the process, and the inside is warm, but still solid. When they’re fully melted, and sometimes…

What was the legitimate scrutiny?

Bingo. Access “journalism” helped create this monster. Also helping: the fact that he is clearly a tremendous asshole.

If there’s one thing I know about hobbits, it’s that their meal schedule is basically my dream. I can get on board with this.

I’m all for sitting around watching my stories, so if people need to create an association to justify it, by all means!

I’ve never seen the LotR movies, but I’ve seen posts from people about watching them on New Year’s Day as a tradition. Is there something about them that relates to New Year’s, or is it just “here’s a convenient way to kill 18 hours while you’re hungover?”

Thanks. I read up until the allegations, then just skimmed the next two paragraphs and clearly missed that part.

If there was a lawyer involved in filing this, they should be disbarred.

Both.

Didn’t know I could do that. Thanks!

Whether Tesla’s sudden vaporization of the Disney+ app is the result of Musk’s petty squabble with a corporate rival or just his effort to force random children to “touch grass” is unknown

That’s kind of my point, though. I fully assume AI is coming to phase as many people as possible out of this jobs (I think it’s abhorrent, but I’m not naive), but will AI actors actually upsell more than a generic AI voice? Enough to offset the cost of compensating the actor for their “likeness”? In my eyes, the only…

Maybe I’m in the minority, maybe I’m not, but I want no part of that conversation.

I suppose it s a novelty that some enjoy—I mute the directions on my GPS, so obviously it’s not for me. It just seems like hearing Ryan Reynolds say “Just the sandwich, or would you like to make that a combo?” isn’t going to drive anyone to a different fast food joint, making it not worth the money, you know?