Because it collectively is our fault.

It’s much worse because you can choose not to watch Netflix but you don’t have much choice if you are sick.

It’s more like receiving a bill for songs you hear on the radio in the grocery store, on the bus, in other people’s cars passing by. You didn’t ask for the benefit, could not really negotiate it, but it was useful to you when you got it. You could maybe avoid it by not leaving your house.

Ah, my mistake, they are katydids: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O4wv-cMO0aw

The aphids singing on summer nights. That chorus really doesn’t exist in other parts of the world and it’s even hard to explain to people!

By dollars, I mean Zimbabwe dollars

No I mean quitting tech to be a bus driver

There is some truth in the common refrain of “Americans overspend on cars, junk, etc”, but the answer to your question is very fucking expensive. I moved to the french Riviera and my cost of living went way down compared to Florida. And that includes going from employer funded healthcare to paying out of pocket for all health care in France. Everything is cheaper, food, car, insurance, I even spend less on fuel because I only need to drive once per week so I only fill my car up with 7€/gallon gas every few weeks.

HEB means you probably saved 40% on your grocery bill each month. If you had to shop at Publix in Florida your monthly would be $1000+/month. Your insurance might also be double on both car and home.

Is this… A real possibility?

The employees are even less motivated to prevent shoplifting, if it’s any consolation

Yeah stop sending money for chuck Schumer to use to fuck everyone. At least Donald trump took donors money and did what he said he was going to do, give to a party you agree with and no longer the so called least bad option. Real progressives need to see the ship sinking and get off now.

They are not cowardly, they are part of the same team as their so called opponents. Different flavors, same late stage capitalism.

Illegal if a few thousand people do it, but defacto legal if a few million people do it.

We need a 2025 word for illegal things getting a pass due to systemic chaos in the same way we had truthyness in the early 2000s. I propose “derelegal” to mean technically illegal but unenforced due to systemic chaos or legal rot.

Step 1: replace middle management with LLM

Step 2: LLM produces pointless drivel and feedback that nobody reviews along with occasional misguided suggestions

That is all, there is no step 3 get back to work.

And don’t even think about screwing something on the end of the barrel to make it less damaging to your hearing, that is gangster shit that needs heavy regulation

Yes! You are a billionaire right? Right??

The food is the main draw, and it’s unique mix is better than anywhere else in my opinion. The food is mostly what locals do when they travel somewhere it seems. The other thing I like about Malaysia is that once you are away from petaling street in KL, you don’t really get treated like a tourist and people don’t really try to give you tourist prices. Much different compared to neighboring countries, and I say this as a university level Thai speaker who worked in Thailand and still felt tourist-hassled in much of Thailand.

Kuwait. Got stuck there by taking Kuwait airways and being turned around due to a snowstorm at the scheduled stopover at Stansted. I swear in 2012 you could still see damage in the airport from the gulf war.

Food was good, interesting looking place, but might be the least helpful people if you are a woman. They also wanted to confiscate our passports while we were there- no thanks.

Malaysia is a hard nut to crack, but I worked there for a number of years and eventually came to appreciate it because I learned where the locals go and the interesting parts of the country. They require a car though, so tough to access as a tourist.

The owner class is testing their ability to roll back working conditions for the rest of us, starting in Greece and probably ending in France