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M.C. Escher Interview
A Question of Numbers (Geek Talk Post)
Answer honestly now because it will let me know which link to send you.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Look, I'm not going to argue with you over whether or not most Americans are retards. I agree with that statement, as much as you just love to repeat it.
The fact of the matter is, minimum wage is not a living wage. If you're being paid minimum wage, then you can't support yourself without doing other things to fill in the gaps. Minimum wage is supposed to cover that according to the government but it doesn't.
And regarding your self sufficiency: no one actually needs money to live. I'm sure I could live a long life (barring any health issues) without making any money at all. The point here is that I would have to do other things.
When it was stated above that minimum wage was a living wage, I just wanted to point out that it's not. If you don't agree with me, go and look up "living wage" and educate yourself before you come in to do nothing but egotistically point out how your flawless logic and applied determination can solve all the world's problems. You can't even fill out a budget properly.
And speaking of budgets: I really don't care which stupid fucking political bullshit you adhere to. I don't subscribe to any political party philosophy at all but it doesn't change the fact that if either of us get a minimum wage job anywhere, they're going to take the taxes out before they pay you your check. The manager of McDonald's isn't going to come out of his office and ask, "OK, how many dirt-bike-riding libertarians are working here? Cause I wanna' be sure not to take your taxes out of your check."
George Carlin vs. Fred Phelps
EDIT: And he's only been dead a year-and-a-half.
EDIT 2: And his autobiography just came out:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439172951/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001EUIDTK&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0EHTZQ2A3N3Y7MYBW69B
Fishing the redneck way
When no one's looking: the lives of runaway teens
How To Carve Your Turkey Like the Professionals
Why didn't I watch this BEFORE dinner?
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
My $70 Target bike is 15 months old and has approximately 1500 miles on it with no maintenance whatsoever (except inflating tires with a hand pump). It still works adequately. I ride it rain or shine. Can usually avoid the most torrential rains by staying late. Torrential rains in the morning are quite rare. Protecting it from thieves requires a lock that is nearly as expensive as the bike itself.
A 610cc bike is a type of motorcycle
hot chocolate toppings: marshmallows vs whipped cream (User Poll by peggedbea)
Vodka and superstitions (Blog Entry by campionidelmondo)
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
Do you ride to work in the rain? Because nobody I know rides their bike in the rain. So what then, call in sick every time it rains? That wouldn't fly at my job.
By the way, don't you have to pay for the bike? Even assuming you're all paid off, you'd have to account for it in your budget at some point in your life. 600cc bikes aren't exactly cheap. And what about maintenance? Tires, plugs, oil, brakes, etc? I know, I know... you maintain it yourself right? Because you're so self sufficient. Well then who pays for the tools? Who pays for the replacement parts? Well, we'll have to figure that into your budget as well. (Unless of course you got them from www.wegiveawayfreetoolsandbikeparts.com)
So, now that we've figured in the cost of your bike and the maintenance, what about everything else you already own? I'm assuming that you cook your $10-a-day food supply in pots and pans? And then you eat it on plates? With silverware? Do you use oil to cook your meat and vegetables in? Well at what point in your life do you figure all of that stuff into your budget? Let's move on:
You can't work anywhere without keeping yourself clean (arguably anyway
Now I hope you don't have any sort of health problems at all. Otherwise you're looking at pretty high costs for medication: asthma inhaler, insulin, etc. Speaking of insulin, I hope you're not a diabetic, because that's gonna throw that whole menu you listed right out the window.
OK, I have to get back to work but I just need to point out one more thing:
I checked th math you did for your yearly budget. It's correct, but you seemed to have left out one major thing in your budget: TAXES.
Let me guess, where you live there are no taxes right?
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
My vote: tipping should not be mandatory. The minimum wage should be a living wage. Waiters/waitresses should not be lower than the minimum wage.
I live in California, so servers are always paid the minimum wage, and when I eat in Santa Monica I know they are getting a living wage. Never the less I always tip 15%, no questions asked. If I made more money, I'd tip 20%, regardless of the level of service. LA is kind of a sucky place to live if your a god damned waiter at Denny's, I don't want to make it any shittier.
Minimum wage is absolutely not a living wage.
Couple Arrested for Not Paying Tip
You think you have a grasp on the system? Try talking to a waiter or waitress about it. (outside of their workplace) When you work in the industry for years, you get an almost sixth sense of the people who are going to tip and the people who aren't. If you knew the rules that most waiters use you'd probably find them to be completely racist and xenophobic but most food industry workers use the system to detemine who they're going to care about and who they aren't. Even if they won't admit it.
And if you think that's bad, I don't even want to get into what happens when a person who isn't likely to tip starts complaining. It turns my stomach just to think about it.
Whatever ideas you have about tipping, just remember that your waitr/waitress has they're own. And they're probably going to follow their own system rather than yours. Like it or not, that's the way it is.
That said, if you're a nice, reasonable customer, most servers aren't going to care what you tip them. Unless their weed supply is low.
Cheech And Chong Vs. Ann Coulter
That's it. I'm moving to Portland.
Portland's awesome. You'd like it. Move over here and I'll welcome you with a nice big bong hit.
The Wire - 100 Lines In 10 Minutes
Japanese men's gymnastic badassery = ballet with backflips
NEW- CLASH of the TITANS preview (awesome)
Godless Billboard Moved After Threats
Are you an unforgiving, hypocritical, violent, bigot? You are not alone.
16 yr old has ridiculously simple idea, makes $$$
And Opus: WTF? You'd just turn the bar around for a left handed version.
Woman Appalled after Discovering 'Swastika' Wrapping paper
And here I thought they were such a reputable institution...
I wonder if she'll ever think about the fact that the paper itself was probably made by children and that's the reason she's saving a freakin' buck. Jesus.