Lost In My Own Metaphor

[ollielephant]

[cumonthevoid]

none pizza with left beef

[the-chocolate-chip-pancake-blog]

It should be a rule of Tumblr to always reblog none pizza with left beef

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[dogpuppy]

[kymcat]

the economy is in shambles…i don’t know

[butchniqabi]

SCREAM

[leatherwingsinc-deactivated2015]

[caluummhood-deactivated20140506]

HOLY SHIT, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE

MAKE A WISH

[jamesjoeboyleeeee-deactivated20]

the first post ever on tumblr

[powerpuffsposts-deactivated2025]

I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE A REMAKE OF SOME SORT HOLY FUCK

[kpopdotexe-blog]

WHO THE FUCK KEEPS BRINGING THIS BACK

[teenyweenynotepad]

reblog this because it shows up every blue moon

[help-im-awake-blog]

You set my soul ablaze with intensity that I have forgotten. And I doubt you noticed that mine got lit, because you have the power of a thousand suns to light fires within every boy. But given the opportunity to set your soul ablaze with you power you did to me, I’d take it. And I would keep that fire alive with all that I am because you are of my dreams that have been brought to life.

Late night writings im terrified of you seeing (via help-im-awake)

[firesuns-archive]

remember the first time you heard take me to church on the radio and it felt like your spine was being ripped out? good times

[93749185789183]

[nwumb]

i wish i could love myself as much as I pour love into other people but I can’t, and I don’t know why I’m like this

[fanboyingoverdemigods]

[fruitcrocs-deactivated20240702]

not even fuckin risking it at this stage

[c-itylust-deactivated20200202]

hahhaha gOD DAMMIT

[thenameisdog]

[yonicgang]

o

[challaudaku]

Listen, in this universe, it’s either yeet or be yeeted. [insp.]

[ithelpstodream]

how to tip

[trekkie-lover]

If you do this get the fuck off my blog

[snowconelostinthesauce]

Please understand that they gave a 33% tip, in cash instead of on a card, to increase the odds that the server could keep all of it.

[fatale-distraction]

What they mean by ‘taxation is theft’ is that servers are taxed on the ASSUMPTION that they will be tipped. If they don’t make those tips, they get taxed on them anyway. It is literally theft. By leaving cash and not writing it on the receipt, they’ve allowed the server the option of quietly slipping that 20 into their pocket and therefore not being taxed on it.

[kingrudegyalchina]

Damn I thought folks knew this …

[spaced-queen-deactivated2024072]

Nope. Actually no body ikno knows this

[pinkcheesegreenghost-deactivate]

cash is king when it comes to tips

[mycaptaintazer]

[eggogorgon]

You’re not falling in love with this girl, are you?

[uppityfemale]

I say this every time I argue for raising the minimum wage. I never hear anyone else say it and I’m glad I found this.

If you build your business and your bonus on the backs of others who you don’t pay a living wage you don’t deserve to be in business.

[kittykat8311]

this is making capitalists bleed from the ears keep reblogging it

[intheicyairofnight]

Since I tend to get into this with people who argue that robots will replace minimum wage workers if they get too expensive, I like to lean into the robot metaphor.

If you have a machine performing a valuable talk for your company, the upkeep of that machine is part of your operating cost. You have to pay to power it, to upgrade it, to fix it when it breaks. And if you can’t afford the machine, the manufacturer doesn’t have to do business with you. They’re free to take their service somewhere else where they think the price is fair.

For humans, a living wage is the operating cost. If you can’t afford to pay your worker enough to live nearby, feed themselves, and get basic health care - all of which are things they need in order to be able to work for you - you’re failing to pay for the cost of their service. 

The difference is that humans have to eat, like, all the time, so they often don’t have the option of taking their business somewhere else if the price isn’t fair - even insufficient food and shelter is better then starving on the street. But that means those people are not really able to act as agents in a free market, and it’s easy to exploit them under the guise of “the market setting the price.” People can’t act like reasonable economic agents when they’re desperate. As for as I can tell, that’s the whole point of having a minimum wage. 

[teashoesandhair]

Dear everyone who is currently working on a Thing, whatever that Thing may be,

Good luck with the Thing. You can do the Thing. You will do the Thing. You just have to do the Thing.

Best wishes,

Someone who is also doing a Thing