For what? For not participating in the mass idiocy called social media?
I actually do not have a Facebook account. Neither do I have any videos on YouTube. I do not bring my phone along to transatlantic flights because roaming costs are prohibitively expensive, if I really stay long enough that having a cellphone becomes interesting, I can certainly find one for cheap along with a prepaid plan that will do, at least for emergencies.
I couldn't even hand over my Slashdot account for the password for this is stored in a password save on the computer I can't even bring along because it weighs more than carry-on or checked luggage allows, and why the heck would I bring it along on a VACATION in a country I go to to actually get away from the mundane daily routine?
Counter question: Why would I bring my phone to the US? It most likely won't work considering that you're using a different frequency spectrum than Europe does (at least afaik). Not to mention that I'd be paying through the nose for roaming. If I really needed a phone in the US, the sensible thing is to buy one over here, store the contacts somewhere on a server and download them to the new phone as soon as I have it.
Be glad they took that bullshit down. What do you think this would have accomplished, except piss off some people? Do you really believe someone hellbent on blowing shit up can't first move to a different country before flying to the US? For real?
How can poor Mexicans and rich Americans both be low relative to their European counterparts?
When most of your people suffer from a mental handicap that tells them offing yourself is a nono because an imaginary being is going to torture you for it eternally, they'll readily suffer a few more years instead of facing the eternal damnation they were told is waiting for them.
Plus worker protection laws that can't be beat. Limitation of hours per week, limitations of what your boss can impose on you, certain practices that are common in the US being outlawed, easy and free/cheap access to work related lawyers in case it gets to court (including insurance to cover your cost in case that lawyer says you should sue and you lose)...
The list is pretty long. And it's universal, so companies don't even get the idea to sneak it in on the low level, where people can't afford to defend against it and fight it, and let it creep upwards.
At my level, I could probably make five or more times what I make over here in Europe in the US. Easily. Trouble is, I don't even need the money I make here, so why bother?
But here I get 25 days paid vacation plus sick days on top of that (no, they don't count as vacation days here), perfect healthcare, unemployment benefit should I for some reason get unemployed (not bloody likely unless I want to, but in that case it pays, too), retirement plan, worker's protection (law commands I MUST NOT work more than 50 hours a week and even that only for a very short time, with no more than 45 hours a week on average during the year. Oh, and no more than 10 hours a day).
And that's 36000 with housing that cost a tiny fraction of what it costs around here, plus your personal slave if you're so inclined for maybe a buck or two a day.
Remember, it's not what you earn, what matters is how much is left over after you're done living. It means jack to earn 10k a month if you pay 9k for rent.
So I was told, but after being soaked from head to toe by Japanese toilets, I was too pissed to find out whether one of the other buttons would flush it. I was afraid it would probably suck me down and swallow me instead.
Yeah, because they had so many other options in life. Take a look at your average US soldier and tell me that this person had a chance to a sensible career outside the military.
Not because he's stupid or lazy, mind you, but simply because he didn't have the money to go to one of the more expensive colleges. I know a few people who served and still serve in the US military. The stories they tell are surprisingly similar.
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For what? For not participating in the mass idiocy called social media?
I actually do not have a Facebook account. Neither do I have any videos on YouTube. I do not bring my phone along to transatlantic flights because roaming costs are prohibitively expensive, if I really stay long enough that having a cellphone becomes interesting, I can certainly find one for cheap along with a prepaid plan that will do, at least for emergencies.
I couldn't even hand over my Slashdot account for the password for this is stored in a password save on the computer I can't even bring along because it weighs more than carry-on or checked luggage allows, and why the heck would I bring it along on a VACATION in a country I go to to actually get away from the mundane daily routine?
Counter question: Why would I bring my phone to the US? It most likely won't work considering that you're using a different frequency spectrum than Europe does (at least afaik). Not to mention that I'd be paying through the nose for roaming. If I really needed a phone in the US, the sensible thing is to buy one over here, store the contacts somewhere on a server and download them to the new phone as soon as I have it.
It took THIS for you to come to that conclusion?
Be glad they took that bullshit down. What do you think this would have accomplished, except piss off some people? Do you really believe someone hellbent on blowing shit up can't first move to a different country before flying to the US? For real?
Cuba did actually improve in about the same way the US deteriorated as a vacation destination.
But they were the good kind of terrorist, the kind that buys weapons in the Us and only blows shit up outside the US.
So ... you don't want our money?
Of course, certain stipulations apply before I pay. For example, for the ransomware clause to take effect, you need a current backup...
It actually happens from time to time. The problem is that this doesn't give you more equality, all it gives you is a new 1%.
Why'd he want stickers all over his monitor?
Yeah, but not everyone is lucky enough to be the president of the US.
That's another thing that made me uncomfortable, it's like crapping onto the car seat (which happens to have a seat heating).
Ahhh, so the guys in the Bible Belt aren't just too stupid to clean their guns safely...
Yes, it's a pity our rich can't even afford a spare ivory back scratcher just 'cause some plebs want indoor plumbing.
What's not to like about Healthcare in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the BeNeLux, Sweden...?
And let's not forget the loonies who let their life be dictated by their imaginary buddy and his OCD.
How can poor Mexicans and rich Americans both be low relative to their European counterparts?
When most of your people suffer from a mental handicap that tells them offing yourself is a nono because an imaginary being is going to torture you for it eternally, they'll readily suffer a few more years instead of facing the eternal damnation they were told is waiting for them.
Hush! We're trying to invent here, don't let management in on our secret!
Yes, but you get something in return for those taxes. It's not like your IRS uses it to buy golden toilets for the tax men...
Plus worker protection laws that can't be beat. Limitation of hours per week, limitations of what your boss can impose on you, certain practices that are common in the US being outlawed, easy and free/cheap access to work related lawyers in case it gets to court (including insurance to cover your cost in case that lawyer says you should sue and you lose)...
The list is pretty long. And it's universal, so companies don't even get the idea to sneak it in on the low level, where people can't afford to defend against it and fight it, and let it creep upwards.
This, a billion times this.
At my level, I could probably make five or more times what I make over here in Europe in the US. Easily. Trouble is, I don't even need the money I make here, so why bother?
But here I get 25 days paid vacation plus sick days on top of that (no, they don't count as vacation days here), perfect healthcare, unemployment benefit should I for some reason get unemployed (not bloody likely unless I want to, but in that case it pays, too), retirement plan, worker's protection (law commands I MUST NOT work more than 50 hours a week and even that only for a very short time, with no more than 45 hours a week on average during the year. Oh, and no more than 10 hours a day).
Try to beat that, US.
And that's 36000 with housing that cost a tiny fraction of what it costs around here, plus your personal slave if you're so inclined for maybe a buck or two a day.
Remember, it's not what you earn, what matters is how much is left over after you're done living. It means jack to earn 10k a month if you pay 9k for rent.
So I was told, but after being soaked from head to toe by Japanese toilets, I was too pissed to find out whether one of the other buttons would flush it. I was afraid it would probably suck me down and swallow me instead.
Like you didn't take your toys and pets apart to see what's inside them.
Yeah, because they had so many other options in life. Take a look at your average US soldier and tell me that this person had a chance to a sensible career outside the military.
Not because he's stupid or lazy, mind you, but simply because he didn't have the money to go to one of the more expensive colleges. I know a few people who served and still serve in the US military. The stories they tell are surprisingly similar.