[2025-08-23T00:28:52Z] sad_plan: the public company and the federal government are at a standoff with the union over workplace safety and have been for months [2025-08-23T00:29:11Z] as well as the company mistreating new recruits [2025-08-23T00:30:16Z] the company could initiate a lockout or the union a strike at any time and with the political situation what it is in canada, it's likely unions will start to defy government orders [2025-08-23T00:30:46Z] the fed keeps intervening on the side of employers and has time and again over the past few months and people are fed up with it [2025-08-23T00:31:02Z] anyway yeah we don't want it getting stuck [2025-08-23T00:31:18Z] also, hi from the uconsole [2025-08-23T00:32:05Z] also while i could use my much slower desktop tbqh ii don't want to [2025-08-23T00:32:26Z] working two jobs and running a household by myself is already a lot [2025-08-23T00:34:24Z] i'm thinking that if i can get the rest of my wishlist cleared this year i might drop down to just my part-time job and spend more time on techshit [2025-08-23T00:35:16Z] i seriously need to learn more about soldering and small scale electronics production bc as usual the regular players are all going to shit [2025-08-23T00:35:29Z] you know who isn't though? silverstone [2025-08-23T00:35:58Z] their old school-style chassis looks awesome and i want one so baaad qwq [2025-08-23T00:40:44Z] I see. so its just another messed up thing in canada... [2025-08-23T00:42:01Z] that's what 40-50 years of neoliberalism gets you [2025-08-23T00:42:05Z] regarding soldering, I noticed ifixit has a soldering iron/kit now appearantly. it looks decent, atleast from the quick look I did. [2025-08-23T00:42:15Z] their tips are proprietary [2025-08-23T00:42:20Z] I too would like to be good a soldering, but I dont really have anything to solder [2025-08-23T00:42:25Z] already checked them out [2025-08-23T00:42:25Z] sad [2025-08-23T00:42:35Z] bad ifixit [2025-08-23T00:42:58Z] they shouldve been better :c [2025-08-23T00:42:59Z] i want one bc i don't intend to buy anything new once my wishlist is checked off [2025-08-23T00:43:11Z] that means fixing things instead [2025-08-23T00:43:41Z] what does your wishlist consist of exacly? if its not too big ofcourse [2025-08-23T00:43:47Z] which means i need household tools, electronics tools, a sewing setup, bike tools whatever [2025-08-23T00:43:52Z] and it's uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh a lot [2025-08-23T00:44:26Z] clothes, tools, bike stuff, a few bits and bobs for a riscv workstation i want to build [2025-08-23T00:44:30Z] sounds like a good plan really. buying sturdy things that can be fixed by yourself is an investment if you ask me. buy once, cry once [2025-08-23T00:44:31Z] furnishings [2025-08-23T00:44:35Z] yeah [2025-08-23T00:44:37Z] like [2025-08-23T00:44:39Z] I see. [2025-08-23T00:44:40Z] for example [2025-08-23T00:44:52Z] there's a sock company in vermont [2025-08-23T00:44:58Z] "darn tough" [2025-08-23T00:45:14Z] I was just going to say that. never tried them myself, but ive heard good things [2025-08-23T00:45:36Z] they're expensive, but high quality, and have a no questions lifetie satisfaction guarantee [2025-08-23T00:45:45Z] ive been meaning to buy socks from them myself, but the return has me somewhat bother. seeing as I dont live in the US.. [2025-08-23T00:45:47Z] exacly [2025-08-23T00:45:52Z] so i can buy a couple weeks of socks and then never buy socks ever again [2025-08-23T00:46:08Z] indeed [2025-08-23T00:46:13Z] similar reason why i only buy baselayers from patagonia [2025-08-23T00:46:18Z] its brilliant really [2025-08-23T00:46:22Z] do they have the same deal? [2025-08-23T00:46:34Z] if my stuff ever does break, i just send it in for flat 20usd and they fix it [2025-08-23T00:46:39Z] or send a replacement [2025-08-23T00:46:53Z] and you can get free patch kits and spare parts [2025-08-23T00:47:04Z] e.g. zips, buttons, patches, whatever [2025-08-23T00:47:07Z] dope [2025-08-23T00:47:45Z] duluth has something similar as well so i get the rest of my underlayers from them. i just copypaste the same outfit 8 times [2025-08-23T00:48:02Z] and then that's a week plus laundry day of stuff [2025-08-23T00:48:52Z] if i ever need to pack up it's easy too bc like, i have a week's worth of stuff. maybe half a checking bag's worth at most [2025-08-23T00:49:52Z] yeah ive heard of duluth aswell after peaking at r/buyitforlife. its come up several times really. [2025-08-23T00:50:06Z] i want to keep my total possessions limited enough to be able to disassemble everything and throw it in a shipping container for a move, and sturdy enough to not need replacing (or a good replacement policy) [2025-08-23T00:50:15Z] that's why i kind of love ikea tbqh [2025-08-23T00:51:14Z] ikea stuff is good that way, but will break easily though... [2025-08-23T00:51:17Z] cheap, decent quality if you stick to metal/solid wood, free replacement parts, easy to pack up, and easy to fix and reinforce [2025-08-23T00:51:23Z] not really [2025-08-23T00:51:33Z] most of my stuff is ikea [2025-08-23T00:51:41Z] solid birch [2025-08-23T00:51:52Z] depends on the stuff I suppose. some of their stuff is not that good. but if its solid, I suppose thats nice [2025-08-23T00:51:59Z] just use some wood glue when you put dowels in [2025-08-23T00:52:12Z] and don't crank on the bolts [2025-08-23T00:52:16Z] oh also [2025-08-23T00:52:23Z] most of todays stuff is this pressuremade chipped wood, which breaks if you just look too hard on it. so to speak. lol [2025-08-23T00:52:34Z] i like ikea because their bolts are all the same sizes as my bike [2025-08-23T00:52:44Z] convinient [2025-08-23T00:52:52Z] so a single multitool can work on like [2025-08-23T00:53:09Z] all my furniture, my vehicle, and most of my electronics [2025-08-23T00:53:16Z] brilliant [2025-08-23T00:53:35Z] and yeah chipboard, fibreboard, foil, etc is obscene [2025-08-23T00:53:45Z] just filter by material [2025-08-23T00:53:45Z] yep [2025-08-23T00:54:21Z] ive had all kinds of furniture fall appart because of what its made of. I hate it... [2025-08-23T00:54:26Z] ikea's competition wrt: solid wood is like 10-20x the price for only 2-3x the quality [2025-08-23T00:54:29Z] its terribly cheap though. so thers that.. [2025-08-23T00:54:36Z] i'm the same way [2025-08-23T00:54:42Z] yeah [2025-08-23T00:55:14Z] it's why i only buy from ikea lol [2025-08-23T00:55:22Z] lol [2025-08-23T00:55:27Z] seriously [2025-08-23T00:55:33Z] their stuff kicks ass [2025-08-23T00:56:00Z] you can get a five piece dinner set at ikea canada in solid pine for 220cad [2025-08-23T00:56:08Z] four chairs and a table [2025-08-23T00:56:18Z] thats not too bad [2025-08-23T00:57:09Z] you can get a decent pine bedframe for like [2025-08-23T00:57:10Z] 50cad [2025-08-23T00:57:15Z] etc [2025-08-23T00:57:27Z] their kitchen stuff is mostly good too [2025-08-23T00:57:55Z] their kitchens is actually quite popular here. lots of houses and appartments with ikea kitchens [2025-08-23T00:58:20Z] i will say that i hate the constant phasing out of things tho [2025-08-23T00:58:42Z] there's some nice steel and rattan items i wanted that are just >gone [2025-08-23T00:59:21Z] i wish ikea canada offered their projekt store card [2025-08-23T01:00:08Z] something like 12mo interest free financing and no monthly fee [2025-08-23T01:00:17Z] in america [2025-08-23T01:01:04Z] damn, I checked ikea to see the price difference. the lowest price on a 4 chairs 1 table dinner table set, was.. 450 cad. damn [2025-08-23T01:01:14Z] in america? [2025-08-23T01:01:19Z] no, norway [2025-08-23T01:01:26Z] oooooooooooh [2025-08-23T01:01:29Z] rip [2025-08-23T01:01:31Z] yep [2025-08-23T01:01:39Z] everything is expensive here :( [2025-08-23T01:01:42Z] norvegian [2025-08-23T01:01:44Z] :3 [2025-08-23T01:01:55Z] even with good salaries, we're getting fucked anyway [2025-08-23T01:01:57Z] lol [2025-08-23T01:02:20Z] fwiw you could always make canadian money [2025-08-23T01:02:31Z] 14cad an hour is what most in my region make [2025-08-23T01:03:05Z] britain's minimum wage is almost double that, *and* costs are lower across the borad there, with few exceptions [2025-08-23T01:03:08Z] board even [2025-08-23T01:03:15Z] thumb keyboards ugh [2025-08-23T01:09:28Z] i have returned with dinner [2025-08-23T01:09:33Z] is borgir [2025-08-23T01:15:49Z] https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/haegernaes-table-and-4-chairs-pine-30606757/ [2025-08-23T01:15:55Z] 229cad [2025-08-23T01:22:56Z] oh my god they're already putting up halloween shit!!!!!!!! [2025-08-23T01:23:01Z] it's not even september guys! [2025-08-23T01:23:08Z] * midfavila screams [2025-08-23T01:26:14Z] I would cry if I only made 14cad/h.. I make ~40cad/h, and even that isnt really that much here. its mostly just *fine* on an avarage here. its somwhat higher in larger cities like the capital [2025-08-23T01:33:52Z] see i've never even made 20 an hour [2025-08-23T01:33:58Z] that's literally unfathomable to me [2025-08-23T01:34:00Z] * midfavila dies [2025-08-23T01:55:23Z] prices are usually adjusted accordingly though. so lower pay=lower prices. although in the case of US and canada, that might not neccessarly be the case [2025-08-23T01:57:19Z] also, I checked some statitics on avarage pay here, and I was under the impression that I might be avarage, or just above. nope, im below avarage aswell [2025-08-23T02:00:48Z] I digress. i dont mean to complain though. [2025-08-23T02:01:01Z] did you ever get your mnt reform fixed midfavila? [2025-08-23T02:08:03Z] oh, yes [2025-08-23T02:08:05Z] i'm on it right now [2025-08-23T02:08:11Z] sorry, i was working on my tangara [2025-08-23T02:08:34Z] also re: prices, purchasing power parity in canada and america among the median compared to many euro countries is very low atm [2025-08-23T02:08:48Z] so like, we make less money, and a greater percentage of our income goes towards the same goods [2025-08-23T02:09:17Z] as expected really with prices going up, but wages being at a stand still [2025-08-23T02:09:20Z] for example, a friend of mine in one of the scandi countries was talking about how they had the highest food prices ever, and yet their prices are lower or equivalent to canada's [2025-08-23T02:09:25Z] their rent was also lower [2025-08-23T02:09:38Z] this was despite their minimum wage being about 3-4x higher and having better and more social services [2025-08-23T02:09:52Z] mfw [2025-08-23T02:10:07Z] also the quality of food here has gone off a cliff [2025-08-23T02:10:13Z] nothing tastes like anything any more [2025-08-23T02:10:14Z] hm. its wierd how the prices looks scewed untill you compare them properly [2025-08-23T02:10:27Z] then you realise they're even more screwed [2025-08-23T02:10:30Z] :^) [2025-08-23T02:10:53Z] finding major cities in other countries that are cheaper than saskatchewan has become my new hobby [2025-08-23T02:11:07Z] ive heard fruits and veggies also has decreasing nutritions over the years aswell [2025-08-23T02:11:19Z] so far we're at glasgow, berlin, london, copenhagen, paris [2025-08-23T02:11:27Z] warsaw was comparable [2025-08-23T02:11:35Z] so not only are there less energy in the food, its getting more expensive aswell. double fucked [2025-08-23T02:11:41Z] nah [2025-08-23T02:11:49Z] the worst part is that the caloric content is the same [2025-08-23T02:11:51Z] nice [2025-08-23T02:11:57Z] but nutritional density is down [2025-08-23T02:11:59Z] tripple fucked [2025-08-23T02:12:11Z] meaning you need to pay more to buy more food to meet the same nutritional requirements [2025-08-23T02:12:29Z] right. and at a higher price too [2025-08-23T02:12:30Z] it's (a small part) of why processed foods are so huge in america and canada and why there are so many dietary diseases [2025-08-23T02:13:00Z] not supprising. processed foods are awefull really. I love homemade food [2025-08-23T02:13:03Z] that in turn leads to higher prices for healthcare and in some cases reduced access to employment which makes it even harder to afford decent quality food [2025-08-23T02:13:21Z] a slippery slope basically [2025-08-23T02:13:30Z] self-perpetuating cycle, yep [2025-08-23T02:13:39Z] that's fundamentally canada's problem [2025-08-23T02:13:45Z] america has... a lot of other problems on top of that [2025-08-23T02:13:54Z] but canada is specifically addicted to cheap debt and housing speculation [2025-08-23T02:14:03Z] the median house price is something like 20x the median wage [2025-08-23T02:14:16Z] and "this is fine" because interest rates at the central bank are super low [2025-08-23T02:14:44Z] except when it's NOT fine because the government has to adjust rates for macroeconomic reasons and that 0.01 adjustment sends millions of people into poverty [2025-08-23T02:15:16Z] fucking moron boomers can't understand that having low interest rates at the central bank is a bad thing when it comes to controlling prices [2025-08-23T02:15:29Z] like why do people always forget supply and demand when it's convenient for them? [2025-08-23T02:15:35Z] thats pretty wild. ive thought for a long time that house prices here is awefull, but you can get a house for roughly 5x the avarage pay here. depending on the area ofcourse [2025-08-23T02:15:49Z] and that modern currency can be printed and destroyed at will meaning debt is just printing money and betting on economic growth? [2025-08-23T02:16:22Z] so when you crash interest rates and give everyone access to six or seven figures of credit of course everyone is going to start spending like crazy [2025-08-23T02:16:32Z] which means demand and currency in circulation both skyrocket [2025-08-23T02:16:34Z] and thus prices [2025-08-23T02:16:40Z] but this is out of lockstep with wages [2025-08-23T02:16:50Z] meaning people become dependent on debt to finance everything [2025-08-23T02:17:01Z] and eventually the housing inflation trickles down to other sectors like food [2025-08-23T02:17:25Z] because those shitheads who rent out twenty properties force tenants to give up 50, 60, 70% or more of their wages in rent [2025-08-23T02:17:33Z] which drives demand for higher wages across the board [2025-08-23T02:17:39Z] and that ups production cost [2025-08-23T02:17:43Z] for literally everything [2025-08-23T02:18:31Z] then you get people getting second or third or even forth jobs, which means there's going to be overconsumption of jobs relative to the labour pool, which *suppreses* wages because jobs are in high demand [2025-08-23T02:18:38Z] under covid, shipping costs jumped up 12% or something, and obviously everything else just got 12% more expensive all of a sudden [2025-08-23T02:19:18Z] if we didn't have an almost completely globalised economy that relies on just-in-time logistics frameworks we would be able to better withstand shocks [2025-08-23T02:19:38Z] but that would mean you couldn't offshore jobs to exploit cheaper labour in overexploited countris [2025-08-23T02:19:41Z] countries* [2025-08-23T02:19:51Z] which means you would, shock fucking horror, have to actually pay people to do shitty jobs [2025-08-23T02:19:52Z] shouldnt that make wages go up? applying the logic of supply and demand I mean.. here wages just doesnt go down, its either standing still, or going up [2025-08-23T02:20:06Z] you're selling a commodity when you work [2025-08-23T02:20:08Z] you're selling labour [2025-08-23T02:20:25Z] if there's a massive flood of labour, that means employers get to pick and choose [2025-08-23T02:20:50Z] right. my logic was faulty here. its really late, so my mind is probably fucked atm [2025-08-23T02:20:59Z] it's the same reason that canada's temporary foreign worker programme has come under fire, although that's also because everyone here is insanely racist [2025-08-23T02:21:07Z] honestly it's probably 95% just racism [2025-08-23T02:21:38Z] people are too braindead and short-sighted to realise that immigrant workers get absolutely screwed when they come here bc their work permits are usually closed which means if they lose their job they get deported [2025-08-23T02:22:04Z] that puts them in a position where they basically have to do whatever their employer says, even if illegal, since it's not hard to find some bullshit reason to fire someone here [2025-08-23T02:22:20Z] this contributes to accepting lower pay, not asking for raises, and not joining or forming unions [2025-08-23T02:22:26Z] which decreases the bargaining power of labour as a whole [2025-08-23T02:22:27Z] cheap labour is great for business though. so no wonder corps choose to use immigrant workeers [2025-08-23T02:22:38Z] yes but here's the thing [2025-08-23T02:22:49Z] almost any time something is good for business in the short term, [2025-08-23T02:22:51Z] it's a) [2025-08-23T02:22:53Z] bad for workers [2025-08-23T02:22:54Z] and b) [2025-08-23T02:22:57Z] bad for business in the long term [2025-08-23T02:22:59Z] for example, [2025-08-23T02:23:17Z] in china, now that they've become an economic powerhouse, workers are demanding higher pay [2025-08-23T02:23:40Z] but china has been the centre of the world's manufacturing for decades now so business owners can't just up and leave [2025-08-23T02:23:48Z] they would need to restart their entire operation [2025-08-23T02:23:56Z] that means they *need* to pay workers more [2025-08-23T02:24:00Z] (this is a good thing ofc) [2025-08-23T02:24:15Z] but the end result is that production costs rise, and those costs get passed along to consumers in other regions [2025-08-23T02:24:27Z] who no longer have decent-paying jobs because of the prior discussed reasons [2025-08-23T02:24:42Z] that leads to a crisis where there's no way to release the supply of goods [2025-08-23T02:25:08Z] you would think that would flood the market and drop prices, and it sometimes does, but it can also lead to the company just not doing business in that region any more [2025-08-23T02:25:11Z] or, [2025-08-23T02:25:18Z] as canada and america are experiencing, [2025-08-23T02:25:19Z] correct. its always the end-user who pays the price. so higher wages, just gets cut of in the other end instead. which is basically the equivalant of you not getting a raise [2025-08-23T02:25:26Z] interest rates drop to make up for shit wages [2025-08-23T02:25:34Z] yes [2025-08-23T02:25:46Z] that's one of many reasons why market capitalism is complete horseshit [2025-08-23T02:25:49Z] why are all the logs tonight just midfavila [2025-08-23T02:26:00Z] that tends to happen [2025-08-23T02:26:00Z] evahasarrived: its not. its me aswell [2025-08-23T02:26:04Z] deffo not [2025-08-23T02:26:07Z] sad_plan is also midfavila [2025-08-23T02:26:15Z] lolol [2025-08-23T02:26:27Z] mid is here rambling to himself [2025-08-23T02:26:32Z] like he use to [2025-08-23T02:26:34Z] i do do that a lot tbf [2025-08-23T02:26:35Z] oh oh i see that [2025-08-23T02:26:50Z] mid let me hear all about capitalism !! !! !! [2025-08-23T02:26:58Z] capitalism is... [2025-08-23T02:27:00Z] le bad!!! [2025-08-23T02:27:04Z] thank youuu [2025-08-23T02:27:10Z] capitalism is why your compiler sucks [2025-08-23T02:27:20Z] source: i made it up [2025-08-23T02:27:30Z] my compiler outcompiles ur compiler [2025-08-23T02:27:42Z] probably [2025-08-23T02:28:11Z] mids compiler probably cant compile your compiler [2025-08-23T02:28:29Z] say compiler [2025-08-23T02:28:45Z] but yeah tl;dr canada's economy is fucked because of globalisation enabling companies to exploit foreign labour and the lack of paying jobs here has been offset temporarily with access to cheap credit, but when the time comes that people can't pay their debts, the entire thing is going to come tumbling down [2025-08-23T02:29:32Z] im slowly waiting for both canada and the US to immplode really [2025-08-23T02:29:43Z] s/slowly/patiently/ [2025-08-23T02:29:52Z] might not have to wait much longer [2025-08-23T02:29:59Z] probably not [2025-08-23T02:30:01Z] did you see our PM bend over for trump today? [2025-08-23T02:30:02Z] again? [2025-08-23T02:30:14Z] I did not [2025-08-23T02:30:19Z] he dropped all of our counter-tariffs without getting anything in return [2025-08-23T02:30:20Z] but not supprised [2025-08-23T02:30:33Z] such a sissy [2025-08-23T02:30:36Z] this is after giving up our digital services tax... in exchange for nothing [2025-08-23T02:30:53Z] and spending billions on defence projects that we don't need and can't afford... in exchange for nothing [2025-08-23T02:30:56Z] like [2025-08-23T02:31:00Z] who the hell is going to invade canada [2025-08-23T02:31:03Z] russia? china? america? [2025-08-23T02:31:11Z] what the hell are we going to do against any of them lmfao [2025-08-23T02:31:12Z] maybe he was afraid of the almighty america [2025-08-23T02:31:19Z] chiming in but did u see the african-american women rant he made recently [2025-08-23T02:31:26Z] so so bizarre and hilarious to me [2025-08-23T02:31:27Z] carney? [2025-08-23T02:31:28Z] or trump? [2025-08-23T02:31:31Z] trump [2025-08-23T02:31:39Z] elaborate pls [2025-08-23T02:31:50Z] I did not. ive been on vacation for a few weeks. and never bothered with reading logs [2025-08-23T02:31:54Z] hold on i'll find it [2025-08-23T02:31:55Z] sec [2025-08-23T02:32:05Z] oh also poillievre won [2025-08-23T02:32:10Z] https://discuss.whatever.social/r/law/comments/1mxe278/trump_threatens_to_deploy_the_us_military_into/ [2025-08-23T02:32:10Z] that slimy sack of shit tory [2025-08-23T02:32:30Z] classic [2025-08-23T02:32:32Z] maybe get a gun [2025-08-23T02:32:35Z] just [2025-08-23T02:32:37Z] for reasons [2025-08-23T02:32:47Z] something something second amendment [2025-08-23T02:33:40Z] what a fucking clown show [2025-08-23T02:33:41Z] god [2025-08-23T02:33:52Z] i can't wait for america to suffer its own century of humiliation [2025-08-23T02:34:02Z] canada too, we deserve it [2025-08-23T02:35:34Z] move to europe while you can midfavila [2025-08-23T02:35:40Z] if i could i would dude [2025-08-23T02:35:51Z] i *desperately* want to escape to ireland or britain [2025-08-23T02:35:58Z] please please don't come here [2025-08-23T02:36:05Z] britain? [2025-08-23T02:36:07Z] hitch a boat across the pond. its doable [2025-08-23T02:36:07Z] ya [2025-08-23T02:36:09Z] yeah! [2025-08-23T02:36:26Z] it's way cheaper there. was talking to sad_plan about that earlier. [2025-08-23T02:36:35Z] some of my frens in britain have even said as such. [2025-08-23T02:36:41Z] we literally just passed the online safety act [2025-08-23T02:36:47Z] nothing is better here [2025-08-23T02:36:49Z] i literally can't afford food [2025-08-23T02:36:50Z] lmfao [2025-08-23T02:36:52Z] even so [2025-08-23T02:36:55Z] privacy over food [2025-08-23T02:36:56Z] always [2025-08-23T02:37:05Z] easy to say [2025-08-23T02:37:06Z] besides [2025-08-23T02:37:20Z] canada just passed a bunch of its own georgio orwelliano 1867 style laws [2025-08-23T02:37:23Z] C2 and C5 [2025-08-23T02:37:34Z] probably going to pass more once the house is back [2025-08-23T02:37:45Z] this is WHY WE HAVE A FUCKING SENATE [2025-08-23T02:37:49Z] DO YOUR JOB AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA [2025-08-23T02:37:58Z] i know australia are doing their own, too [2025-08-23T02:38:03Z] v. v. scary [2025-08-23T02:38:04Z] everywhere [2025-08-23T02:38:09Z] WE PAY SENATORS LIKE 300-400k A YEAR AND ALL THEY DO IS RUBBER STAMP SHIT [2025-08-23T02:38:14Z] *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* [2025-08-23T02:38:23Z] get fucked citizens [2025-08-23T02:38:36Z] jesus i would at least expect the governor general to step in if necessary to protect the constitution [2025-08-23T02:38:48Z] keep the GG out of regular laws but let them defend the constitution at least [2025-08-23T02:39:32Z] this is why you shouldnt pay anyone who makes grand decisions a high wage, because if you do, they wont notice it when everyone else get fucked [2025-08-23T02:39:50Z] pay them avarage pay instead, so they can feel their own shit [2025-08-23T02:39:53Z] the problem isn't wages, although i don't disagree that public officials shouldn't be making bank [2025-08-23T02:40:13Z] the problem is that the economic system that coexists with liberal democracy basically guarantees that only those already wealthy can ever achieve office [2025-08-23T02:40:34Z] perhaps not, but if they had avarage pay, they would have a higher incentive to actually fix things which are broken [2025-08-23T02:40:47Z] i've had multiple dozens of people ask me to run for council or the legislature and there's no fucking point because you need tens of thousands of dollars to even run a modest campagn [2025-08-23T02:41:04Z] and a pro-labor candidate isn't going to win without making serious concessions if at all [2025-08-23T02:41:27Z] sad_plan: you don't get it, any wage that most of them get is chickenshit [2025-08-23T02:41:36Z] they don't pay rent, usually they get an allowance here [2025-08-23T02:41:39Z] over here we have like [2025-08-23T02:41:46Z] one MP who grew up on a poor estate [2025-08-23T02:41:54Z] their room and board come directly out of general taxation [2025-08-23T02:42:00Z] their salaries are on top of that [2025-08-23T02:42:03Z] and he's praised and makes it out that everyone in government comes from poverty [2025-08-23T02:42:06Z] they also don't pay transport [2025-08-23T02:42:10Z] or anything els [2025-08-23T02:42:11Z] e [2025-08-23T02:42:17Z] they basically have no regular expenses [2025-08-23T02:42:19Z] then why do they not have an incentive to actually fix things? i mean, if theyre affected by their own bullshit, one would assume they would attempt to fix things [2025-08-23T02:42:27Z] and anyway, all their money comes from the stock market [2025-08-23T02:42:38Z] they don't have an incentive because they're capitalists or capitalist lackeys lmfao [2025-08-23T02:42:45Z] if they want money they just demand it from labour [2025-08-23T02:43:08Z] evahasarrived: ugh that makes my blood boil [2025-08-23T02:43:11Z] they must be unaffected somehow, else they wouldve fixed it [2025-08-23T02:43:17Z] no, see, [2025-08-23T02:43:25Z] they aren't *negatively* affected [2025-08-23T02:43:28Z] they *benefit* [2025-08-23T02:43:32Z] from this [2025-08-23T02:43:38Z] they want *more* of it [2025-08-23T02:43:46Z] so unaffected so to speak [2025-08-23T02:43:52Z] positively affected [2025-08-23T02:43:58Z] yes [2025-08-23T02:44:25Z] but yeah i hate how people use the exception to prove the rule [2025-08-23T02:44:37Z] like okay great so *ONE* fucking person got lucky and made it out [2025-08-23T02:44:49Z] that doesn't mean SHIT to the millions of people who can't feed their families [2025-08-23T02:45:44Z] ikr [2025-08-23T02:46:11Z] like i would love nothing more than to go to school or run for office or whatever but the reality is that all of that shit depends on your background [2025-08-23T02:46:17Z] there's no merit to any of it [2025-08-23T02:46:24Z] it's all made up bullshit [2025-08-23T02:47:20Z] i'm tired, boss [2025-08-23T02:48:07Z] when tired, learn to rest. [2025-08-23T02:48:37Z] again, it's hard to do that when everything is falling apart, lol [2025-08-23T02:50:23Z] I get that [2025-08-23T03:03:10Z] you know what i hate the most [2025-08-23T03:03:15Z] any time i look at like [2025-08-23T03:03:18Z] "starter homes" [2025-08-23T03:03:30Z] they're always being run by scummy slumlord "investment property" types [2025-08-23T03:03:46Z] so in order to even come close to affording the tiniest little shack you have to evict someone else [2025-08-23T03:03:49Z] it's so gross [2025-08-23T03:04:53Z] how is that even a possibility? if the house is taken, isnt it taken? can you somehow influence wether people can stay or not? [2025-08-23T03:05:23Z] leases are between individuals, not between an individual and a property [2025-08-23T03:05:28Z] not unless it's a leasehold, aka trailer park [2025-08-23T03:06:02Z] when you purchase a house that's being rented out by the current owner, you can either transfer the lease, which means you become the new landlord, or you can refuse the lease and tell the tenant to gtfo in like two weeks [2025-08-23T03:06:36Z] if they don't leave the sheriff comes in and will literally drag them out if necessary [2025-08-23T03:06:40Z] sometimes they just shoot the tenant! [2025-08-23T03:06:47Z] it's great! :| [2025-08-23T03:07:02Z] something something *bangbangbang* "stop resisting!!!" [2025-08-23T03:07:24Z] right. thats the same as here. i was under the impression that people get evicted for bogus reasons to make place for someone else [2025-08-23T03:07:35Z] oh that happens all the time too [2025-08-23T03:07:38Z] the stop resisting part is my favorite [2025-08-23T03:07:50Z] landlords will find random shit and then evict you for it and keep your damage deposit [2025-08-23T03:08:04Z] you can't even fight it because there's so much scummy shit going on that the tenancy tribunal is totally clogged [2025-08-23T03:08:08Z] scummy landlords [2025-08-23T03:08:21Z] all landlords are scummy because they profit from nothing [2025-08-23T03:08:46Z] here you cant evict people for no reason. you can even just not pay rent, and the landlord cant really do much. has to go through a processes, which can easily be dragged up to a year :') [2025-08-23T03:09:09Z] the only reason i'm even considering trying to find a place is so i can just do stuff without needing to get constant approval for literally everything [2025-08-23T03:09:15Z] oh that happens here too [2025-08-23T03:09:27Z] except if there's a rent strike then the landlord just goes and cries on TV [2025-08-23T03:09:30Z] have you even seen the show in the uk about terrible tennants? its like that in norway aswell :p [2025-08-23T03:09:45Z] and then everyone goes "YOU AREN'T RESPECTING THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" [2025-08-23T03:09:55Z] lol [2025-08-23T03:12:17Z] maybe i should buy one of those old volkswagen camper vans [2025-08-23T03:12:24Z] turn it into a KISS van [2025-08-23T03:12:37Z] i can live under the bridge with everyone else that way >:OOOOOOOOOO [2025-08-23T03:13:09Z] those are ironically getting really expensive due to vanlife getting so popular [2025-08-23T03:19:20Z] lmao [2025-08-23T03:21:50Z] muh capitalism [2025-08-23T03:21:52Z] muh freedom [2025-08-23T03:22:01Z] i hate rich people so much it's unreal [2025-08-23T03:22:03Z] they take my tea [2025-08-23T03:22:05Z] they take my bicycles [2025-08-23T03:22:12Z] they take my houses [2025-08-23T03:22:15Z] they take my vans [2025-08-23T03:22:18Z] and all for what [2025-08-23T03:22:22Z] social media clout [2025-08-23T03:22:30Z] :gun: :gun: :gun: :gun: :gun: [2025-08-23T03:29:46Z] lol [2025-08-23T03:30:53Z] :GUN: :GUN: :GUN: [2025-08-23T03:39:44Z] brought out the big guns I see [2025-08-23T03:39:57Z] yes [2025-08-23T05:43:50Z] holy macaroni is busybox's grep slow [2025-08-23T05:44:36Z] I mean, I know that it's optimized for size and portability but I can't believe how fast the whole "checking for package conflicts" step goes while installing a package with many files [2025-08-23T05:57:36Z] keep it coming dery [2025-08-23T06:29:56Z]