MK-Personal

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[mk-personal]

[greater-than-the-sword]

Anyway if you can't afford to tip you can't afford to eat out. Don't be an ass.

[greater-than-the-sword]

You are not ideologically opposed to tipping you are just making excuses for being a cheap skate

[under-the-arch]

Why should I subsidize the employees’ wages out of charity, rather than the establishment budgeting wages into their prices? They’re a for-profit business, not a charity, they shouldn’t be relying on donations.

I’m NOT opposed to tipping. Im happy to tip for excellent service.

I’m opposed to the corporate structure that’s been created where it’s assumed that you’ll tip. It means that me leaving a tip for good service is now meaningless, because it’s EXPECTED and often REQUIRED, at which point just add 10% to all menu items and leave it at that

[greater-than-the-sword]

Because the restaurant table is not the place to register your opposition to the corporate structure

[under-the-arch]

Where is then?

If me not tipping $3 at Starbucks is going to be the difference between someone making rent or not, I don’t think that falls on me, morally or practically I think that’s a symptom of a bigger issue, that I’d rather not be complicit in propping up.

[autumnal-thunder]

Fast food workers at Starbucks or Chipotle already make 15+ an hour, those restaurants have no excuse to be so pushy towards consumers about tips. And nobody should feel guilty for not tipping there, that's tipping culture going out of control.

I took this post to be referring to traditional sit-down restaurants where you are waited on. Not tipping there is just cruel.

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

This has become one of those lines that I'm now happy to lose friends over, whether they identify themselves as "left" or "right": if you are gleefully celebrating the deaths of your fellow human beings simply for voting differently to you or caring about issues you take the opposite stance on, you yourself have become the monster, and the enemy of all humanity, regardless of whatever those within your belief bubble tell you when egging you on.

[dasebeleren]

it sucks that Magic will always be this thing I am intimately familiar with and have an overwhelmingly amount of knowledge about, but has moved entirely to the margins of my life. I have other hobbies and purpose in my life. It's not the end of the world. It just hurts to lose something that's been so important to you for half of your life, not because you gradually grew apart from it, but because it became abruptly and irreversibly drowned in sludge.

[people-who-think-they-know-guns]

[mexicain-sans-frontiers-v2]

Collapsible batons are considered a concealed weapon and will land you jail time even if you don’t use it.

[uintaundead]

Noguns/anti-gun mfers always have the most distorted ideas about self defense and how it's viewed in the eyes of the law.

[witch-hattery]

Their conclusions shape their understanding of the world.

"Gun control is a solution for violence. If violence is happening, than it must be because there aren't enough laws controlling guns."

And that's how you get the "I wish women had as many rights as guns" rhetoric that is hilarious when you compare it to the reality.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

"You just need a few simple moves to defeat anyone!"

[itsthebrokenheartthatdecides]

Just take the gun out of their hand! <- actual suggestion I've seen made

[beardedmrbean]

Caught with one of those in CA you're looking at a felony, even if you have a license to carry it.

License only covers you if you're working in whichever job it is that you are licensed to carry it for.

Brass knuckles or other similar devices are illegal with no licenses available here too.

[hst3000]

Get. A. Walking. Stick.

It's a walking aid and genuinely can increase your endurance even with casual use. Almost no one will ever even glance at it when going in to venues and daily life ubless you get an ostentatious one.

And if the haft is ironwood, or has a core of steel rod, no one needs to know that unless it comes up in the trial, but what prosecutor is going to charge a person who 'needs a cane' defending themselves from a threat with the tools they have to-hand?

[people-who-think-they-know-guns]

The would still consider it a concealed weapon designed to appear as a non weapon. Lmao purely because it’s designed with a core rod they claim “it was designed to be used to harm”.

Trust me people get charged for dumb shit like this in self defense cases all the time in heavily restricted states/countries.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I suspect you could get charged for a regular walking stick in some places.

[brosef-von-dudehomie]

"Loaded canes" are banned by name pretty much everywhere.

[assortedcrackers]

Me when a MFer says I should get a fucking stick:

[uncle-beanbag-mojave]

Stop being a pussy, just acquire a fucking nuclear weapon like God fucking intended.

[recoiloperated]

When I worked in dental, we had a bunch of British expats. One of them saw I carried a knife and asked nervously if I carried it for defense.

I told him it was for boxes, he seemed to relax, at least until I told him I carried a .45 for defense. (At the time my EDC was a government 1911)

[people-who-think-they-know-guns]

[mexicain-sans-frontiers-v2]

Collapsible batons are considered a concealed weapon and will land you jail time even if you don’t use it.

[uintaundead]

Noguns/anti-gun mfers always have the most distorted ideas about self defense and how it's viewed in the eyes of the law.

[witch-hattery]

Their conclusions shape their understanding of the world.

"Gun control is a solution for violence. If violence is happening, than it must be because there aren't enough laws controlling guns."

And that's how you get the "I wish women had as many rights as guns" rhetoric that is hilarious when you compare it to the reality.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

"You just need a few simple moves to defeat anyone!"

[itsthebrokenheartthatdecides]

Just take the gun out of their hand! <- actual suggestion I've seen made

[beardedmrbean]

Caught with one of those in CA you're looking at a felony, even if you have a license to carry it.

License only covers you if you're working in whichever job it is that you are licensed to carry it for.

Brass knuckles or other similar devices are illegal with no licenses available here too.

[doom-ocean]

[bunniboiz]

"it's ok to show (x) in fiction as long as the bad guy gets punished!" the bad guy doesn't have to get punished. in fact the bad guy can win altogether. the bad guy can entirely get away with it. hope this helps

[bunniboiz]

and this part might make some people's head explode but: characters can be written to forgive things you personally wouldn't ever forgive. not everything is written as what you'd perceive to be the right choice. not everything is a self-insert & protagonists don't have to be relatable.

[apricops]

*trying to pitch public transportation to Americans* it’s like a legal form of texting while driving

[basedhighsenberg]

*trying to pitch owning a personal vehicle to Europeans* it's like riding the bus except you have air conditioning and you don't get stabbed

[beardedmrbean]

Describing war to an American

[witch-hattery]

No, wait, seriously. Wasn't there some real conflict where America was running ice cream to the men on the front lines, and it fucked with the morale of the other side, or even intimidated them by having a supply chain so robust it supplied luxuries?

[beardedmrbean]

WW2 Pacific theater, there was different ways of doing it.

Had the refrigerated barge for one,

then we had bomber ice cream.

Source they linked for that here

And another

DIY Ice Cream in Wartime

Take one Corsair, 5 ammo cans, canned milk and circle at 33,000 feet.

[mornington-the-crescent]

I remember reading accounts from German soldiers from WWII, on, "When did you know that Germany was going to lose?" One soldier recounted how he found a dead American soldier after D-Day, and went through his things, and saw that this enlisted man had coffee, chocolate, and cigarettes on him; in the German army, those were luxuries, only afforded to the officers. But if just your average American soldier had that...

[beardedmrbean]

I passed on including this in the ice cream bit, but it fits with that comment, which I remember reading at one point as well.

One documentary I watched had someone quoting Napoleon I think it was at one point, short version of the quite was something along the lines of.

'wars are won or lost through logistics'

Can't feed or arm the troops they might as well not be there,

[mornington-the-crescent]

Which reminds me of another German soldier's story: During D-Day, he was sent to spy on the American landing force, to see how many horses and veterinarians they had, to determine their logistical capabilities. Only to discover that the Americans had no horses or veterinarians; their entire army was mechanized. And that's when this particular soldier realized that Germany didn't have a chance.

[animeandcatholicism]

There's a story of a German guard for a POW camp who knew that the war was lost whenever a POW's family sent him a whole cake with frosting to him.

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

[sunder-the-gold]

A nation so great that our enemies have to bad mouth us in our own schools and across all corporate media to keep everyone from realizing it.

[jovishark]

some advice for people entering their 20s:

-dont go to the emergency room with dental problems. go to the dentist

-bagged greens are cheaper than pre-made salads

-taco bell is NOT worth the money anymore. 1/4 cup mayo, 1/4 cup sour cream, 3 tblspoons pickled jalapenos+2tblspoons of the jar liquid, 2 tsp paprika 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder salt+pepper. all in your blender. creamy jalapeno sauce

-dont quit your job unless you have a bunch of job interviews lined up immediately after

-use resources. food bank, unemployment, housing assistance, financial aid, etc. yes there will be paperwork. but Do It

-dont stay awake longer than 20 hours. you Will start to become impulsive and cranky. resting for 20 minutes is better than trying to stay awake

-for every 2 hours you spend looking up close at screens, spend 20 minutes looking at something far away from you. stretch your wrists a lot

-dont do that yoga stretch where you roll your head around your shoulders. youre grinding down the joints in your neck

-be nice to your friends, bullying them as a joke gets old. if you need a ride somewhere at least offer them gas money

-brush your teeth at any time of the day but especially before you sleep. dont snack in bed if you can help it. make your bed the Clean Teeth Zone. keep floss picks by your bed

-dont tell your boss youre adhd/autism/depression/suicidal. dont trust your coworkers with that. you NEVER know how people will take it and its none of their business

-train your pets to go to the front door when they hear a fire alarm

-get regular oil changes

[katiajewelbox]

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”

― Robert Louis Stevenson

Source: Grow Your Garden Instagram page

[starless-planet]

My hot take is most of the “climate change” people experience first-hand is just deforestation and improper use of urban forestry.

When I was in college in Florida things got hot all the time. But it was manageable, especially when I went on a walk through the woods. There was sizable state park a small drive away where you could literally FEEL the drop in temperature upon entering it- it was perfect for a summers day.

Right near where I lived there was a small unmanaged forest on a plot of land for sale. It was there for four years. A few months before I left, they cut that forest down to build some businesses. Within a few days of them cutting those trees down, I went from being able to walk to the gas station next to that forested area to it being so hot I thought I might pass out from heat exhaustion.

Plant more trees. Take care of our forests. Plan cities around good urban forestry. Concrete will bake you alive.

[sawbuckplus]

[justnoodlefishthings]

mr president another dril tweet has manifested itself into reality

[justnoodlefishthings]

[beardedmrbean]

[notmusa]

SCARED

[s3znl-gr3znl]

[madame-helen]