And I’m absolutely going to say that there is no way that such a blanket statement about cheapness is even valid. No doubt some people are douchebags looking for a reason to not only be cheap, but to “get one over” on somebody else. But this isn’t everyone’s story, and we can’t presume to know why they may not be…

That analogy makes absolutely no sense. I don’t even know where to start to try and fit it into the conversation, so I’m just going to say that, even if we accept that both are equally horrible (which I personally think is ridiculous), why is it that when one group (consumers) doesn’t want to pay, then a huge debate…

Then so be it. Restaurants always claim that the’ll have to hike prices if employees weren’t tipped (which may or may not be true, depending on the establishment), but let’s take them at their face...

Why is it only the consumer that’s the horrible person for not forking over the money and not the business owner?

This guy is in California, so by your reasoning, he shouldn’t be fucking anyone over at all.

Sounds like this guy is going about it in an a-hole way, so I’m not going to boost him by going and looking at it myself, but the core point – that the customer shouldn’t bear the responsibility for the service worker’s salary – is correct, and if everyone simply kow-tows to the notion that they should “spare a…

Something doesn’t smell right about this.

No, they probably shouldn’t be, but likewise, they shouldn’t be screaming about TikTok – or at least screaming, but with an understanding of the real dangers it poses.

Mastodon. It’s very much like Twitter, but pleasant, not hostile. Still needs a little more gravity behind it to become a source for up-to-the-minute news, but that’s where more people getting on it comes in...

Since Kaspersky doesn’t let people watch cat and dance videos, nobody’s screaming about this one...

Fahmy has been bitten by leeches before, including at least one instance of one of the parasites landing in her eye.

Yeah, except he wasn’t subpoenaed – he got Bernie to cancel plans to subpoena him by volunteering to come. That’s my point – he volunteers, avoids the subpoena, runs down the clock to the hearings, cancels at the last minute, and avoids the whole thing.

If he actually shows up, that’s exactly right.

Poorly thought out memes aside, housing SHOULD BE a right, and property tax is a perfectly valid way to fund societal needs. Again, it’s the implementation that’s the problem.

Five bucks says Jørgensen runs down the clock and cancels at the last minute.

Taxes are NOT theft. They’re a perfectly appropriate way for a society to pay for all of the things that can only be done at scale, and for everyone’s benefit. The problem comes in when HOW the taxes are assessed is not fair or appropriate, and in America, that problem is primarily in that the rich are not made to pay…

I’d say “bordering on immoral” is long in the rear view mirror...

Titanium ≠ steel.