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Valid point, but this is the leopards ate my face community. We’re here to see faces eaten.
Yeah, my friends from 20 years ago that fucking LOVED Bush now pretend they want nothing to do with him. Trump will be the same way. Set a reminder for 2045 to ask your favorite Republican what they think of Trump.
jballsto politics @lemmy.world•Donald Trump blames air traffic control problems on Pete ButtigiegEnglish21·3 days agoI posted this on another thread, but thought it was worth sharing here as well.
Heads up this is about to get worse. Republicans recently voted to cut retirement funding for air traffic controllers. By cutting the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for workers retiring before 62 (all Air Traffic Controllers are required to retire at 56 and are eligible to retire at 50), this is completely fucking over ATCs who continue working by changing their retirement math.
An open secret with ATCs is that they have numerous medical qualifications that they have to maintain to keep working. For example, if they see a doctor about sleep apnea, depression, alcoholism, etc they lose their medical qualification and are forced to take a medical retirement.
So what happens if you’re an ATC in your 40s and the government says “hey you can keep working for the next 10 years and retire without this FERS supplement… Or you can tell your doctor that you snore at night and take an immediate medical retirement right now and get paid more in retirement”?
TLDR; We’re about to have a shit load of Air Traffic Controllers taking medical retirements and these staffing problems are going to explode.
Wait… The one on the left is actually a different person from the one on the right? Not just a happy “lol look at the poors” expression on her face?
The Hannibal Lecter thing drives me nuts, because Trump clearly heard someone mention immigration from political asylum and confused that with mental asylums.
I wish the press would have picked up on it and called him out.
This person knew what Project 2025 was and just refused to believe it. This is exactly what they voted for.
jballsto News@lemmy.world•'Everybody's worst nightmare': Air traffic controllers say outages have become too frequentEnglish681·3 days agoHeads up this is about to get worse. Republicans recently voted to cut retirement funding for air traffic controllers. . By cutting the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for workers retiring before 62 (all Air Traffic Controllers are required to retire at 56 and are eligible to retire at 50), this is completely fucking over ATCs who continue working by changing their retirement math.
An open secret with ATCs is that they have numerous medical qualifications that they have to maintain to keep working. For example, if they see a doctor about sleep apnea, depression, alcoholism, etc they lose their medical qualification and are forced to take a medical retirement.
So what happens if you’re an ATC in your 40s and the government says “hey you can keep working for the next 10 years and retire without this FERS supplement… Or you can tell your doctor that you snore at night and take an immediate medical retirement right now and get paid more in retirement”?
TLDR; We’re about to have a shit load of Air Traffic Controllers taking medical retirements and these staffing problems are going to explode.
“Let’s test if anyone remembers: write down when, where and how we met each other, along with your mother’s maiden name and the make/model of the first car you ever owned :-)”
The Hobbit came out in 1937
Not saying the meme is true, but it’s worth noting that The Two Towers, which this meme references, was published in 1954.
I love how this is a universal experience.
jballsto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•I avoid approaching women in public because I believe it's inappropriate. My parents say that it's a necessary skill. Who is right?English2·6 days agoAh I shouldn’t have skimmed this while on a work call. I saw:
“Approaching women is a violation of their personal space and could make them feel very uncomfortable, especially if they feel like they don’t have an easy way out.”
and thought that OP was saying they were uncomfortable talking to women period.
I’ve found that meal delivery kits are perfect for this situation, though they typically require a commitment of cooking at least 3 days a week. I like how they let you pick recipes ahead of time and then take care of the ingredients. I suck at planning, so having them take care of the planning so I can focus on the cooking has been awesome for me.
jballsto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•I avoid approaching women in public because I believe it's inappropriate. My parents say that it's a necessary skill. Who is right?English87·6 days agoI’m with your parents on this one. It’s not hard to talk to someone without harassing them. Obviously you have to be mindful of the context of the situation.
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You’re at a party and attempt to strike up a friendly conversation with someone? Totally fine
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You see an attractive stranger walking on the street and you stop them to ask them out? Not ok
Obviously there are loads of gray areas in between, but you can’t just start with the premise that talking to a woman is harassment.
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Fuck all the cops who used to use my driveway to try and catch people speeding
Wtf that’s wild. I couldn’t imagine a cop setting up a speed trap in my driveway.
I booked tickets for opening day to see it after work. I was browsing /all before the show and /r/4chan had tagged all their posts “Kylo Ren kills Han Solo, his father”.
Those fuckers.
Oh damn, I had wiped this from my memory. But yeah, I used to have a Hornets hat in the 90s despite not being a basketball fan.
Sounds like this Hitler fella sure did kill a lot of people.
jballsto Technology@lemmy.world•The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes | CNN BusinessEnglish63·9 days agoAs of Thursday, the company’s self-driving tech has completed over 1,200 miles without a human in the truck.
That’s not an impressive number. That’s like 2 days’ worth of driving.
Yeah I’m struggling to understand why the word “foreign” is in that sentence at all.