bigbob2

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by bigbob2 6y ago
> non-Amazon warehouse workers are treated worse Source?
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by bigbob2 6y ago
Yes, just like when someone suffers life-long health complications because of pneumonia, and then dies of something which otherwise may not have killed them, the cause of death is counted as the most recent event, not pneumonia. I think it
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by bigbob2 6y ago
> If it is “only” two times more, then we need to have an adult conversation on how many lives are worth saving vs our society going through something akin to the great depression. Why is it that only two choices ever exist when this arg
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by bigbob2 6y ago
True, but NLRA may be applicable.
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by bigbob2 7y ago
No doubt, but is CNN/MSNBC/<insert your favorite mainstream media outlet here> actually any less politicized?
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by bigbob2 7y ago
Genuinely curious: why was this downvoted when the parent comment was not?
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by bigbob2 7y ago
That seems to only include the accident mortality rate. It would likely be even higher if you included deaths from automobile air pollution. Unrelated but curious, why do you feel it's a completely reasonable tradeoff? In my mind, auto
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by bigbob2 7y ago
It is seemingly easy to (roughly) quantify the number of deaths which have occurred as a result of COVID-19, and it is certainly greater than zero. It would seemingly be difficult or impossible to quantify the number of deaths which have oc
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by bigbob2 7y ago
The alternative seems to be to let millions get sick en masse, potentially leading to similar shutdowns for longer time periods (i.e. failing to "flatten the curve"). I don't think you can claim those businesses would be fine
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by bigbob2 7y ago
So instead of reducing hours without cutting pay, or even just finding ways to give parents more flexibility in their work arrangements, we increase the demand and thereby the cost of those services so those employed in less cushy/flex
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by bigbob2 7y ago
What is the justification for considering one to be fake and the other real?
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by bigbob2 7y ago
I find DDG works for most purposes but I sometimes have to use !s to get meaningful results; even with very specific search terms such as a part number. These days I rarely find a need to use !g but it does happen a few times a week.