youreincorrect

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by youreincorrect 3y ago
> flipping the power dynamic Kind of an absurd notion to throw onto someone paying to have someone else deliver something. There shouldn't be a power dynamic here at all. If that means getting rid of tipping entirely, then I support
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
I flatly refuse any argument that assumes buying your kid a smartphone and allowing them on social media will solve their problems of social isolation. If a child is socially isolated from their peers, that is sad, and I personally do not
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
Children suffer. Adults suffer. Everyone suffers. I'm left with choosing which suffering my daughter will incur more of, either suffering "isolation" in making it harder for her to find friends by disallowing her from using s
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
They can deal with it. In middle school, I was called a faggot, relentlessly, for not owning a Jansport backpack . I am 100% serious. They'll find friends, I'm pretty sure of it.
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
Don't give your kid a smartphone or laptop without only whitelisting certain sites. If they somehow get a device without permission, it gets donated.
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
Agree with everything in your comment, except, this isn't just greed . It's also hubris coupled with technology-worship / scientism / futurism. I'm a pretty unabashedly greedy person, in my own opinion, and this so
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
So disgusting. Imagine being stressed at work because of personal reasons (e.g., you find out a family member is sick, your SO just dumped you, etc.) and your manager comes over to ask you why you're stressed out. Maybe the intentions
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
I think you live in a bubble if you feel it necessary to exaggerate the effects and coddle people who aren't on top of their finances. It's all a fairly pointless discussion because the simple solution is to suggest Uber, etc. jus
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
> If we don't regulate streaming services to have exactly one really good service that I prefer, then we will go back to company towns. What are you talking about?
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by youreincorrect 3y ago
> free market competition Ah yes, free market competition funded by insane amounts of quantitative easing pumping equity into NFLX which took that money and lowballed customers to pick them up early. And of course, this is all somehow &q