03-16-2018 02:17 PM
#376
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03-16-2018 02:19 PM
#377
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03-16-2018 02:21 PM
#378
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03-16-2018 02:23 PM
#379
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03-16-2018 09:33 PM
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Regarding the happiness by country data, the interocular trauma test shows a powerful correlation between happiness and peoples that have adopted Protestant, Enlightenment, Germanic cultures. |
03-17-2018 05:59 AM
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Looking at the history, true. Another observation would be that those same countries are nowadays spectacularly secular. | |
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03-17-2018 11:30 AM
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On the latest econtalk podcast with Nassim Taleb, he made a point I found rather interesting. It is the argument that Protestantism was/is a secular religion. This is because the history of religion is that religion and law are tied together. Protestantism rejected the idea that humans are bound by laws of the land; instead bound by revealed morality. |
03-17-2018 11:32 AM
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Indeed it does and that's a good use of the ITT. | |
03-17-2018 11:48 AM
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I'm down with that. I can't say I know the exact reasons some places are better than others, and I can say that I don't like it when others say they do, like the common expression (or implication) that government funded healthcare causes some of it. Nobody knows that, and that idea neglects the many examples of government funded healthcare in regions where people are seriously unhappy. |
03-17-2018 05:59 PM
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03-18-2018 06:24 AM
#386
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03-18-2018 07:06 AM
#387
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Is Finland Protestant or Russian orthodox? | |
Last edited by Poopadoop; 03-18-2018 at 07:09 AM. | |
04-23-2018 04:37 PM
#388
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Has anyone gone anywhere in the last year and not seen at least a dozen "Help Wanted" signs? I know I haven't. |
04-23-2018 07:34 PM
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Last edited by wufwugy; 04-23-2018 at 07:43 PM. | |
04-23-2018 07:45 PM
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To clarify, you can say work itself is an economic good, but that's in a more accurate view of economics, not what Bernie and others think of when they think of economics. Within the frame of the goods and services economy, work is not an economic good. But within the frame of philosophy of economics, if you benefit from work more than it costs you -- which is defined however you wish to define it -- then it is an economic good. But that's not what we're talking about here. |
08-01-2018 09:13 AM
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08-01-2018 09:17 AM
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08-01-2018 09:20 AM
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08-01-2018 09:28 AM
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Service industries pay tax on projected earnings do they not? Maybe this changes but I know that casino workers get fucked over as a result of this because their projected tips are based on the jobs with highest tips. It's why if you don't tip in America (or at least certain places) you're literally taking money out of peoples pockets. |
08-01-2018 09:38 AM
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In most jobs, it is each employee's responsibility to declare their tip income at the end of a shift, which is documented on their pay slips and taxes are deducted from their wage. | |
08-01-2018 10:03 AM
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No. What sicko socialist regime do you live under? |
08-01-2018 10:43 AM
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I would like to see restaurants have signs clearly visible saying either "our staff are well paid, tipping is discretionary", or "our staff our paid the minimum wage, tipping is mandatory". | |
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08-01-2018 11:11 AM
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I've actually heard people say these exact words: |
08-01-2018 11:49 AM
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Hey I'm not against people tipping if they want to tip. But if I ever say "I don't tip", the usual argument is "these people get paid the minimum wage" and it's a reasonable argument. But it would be nicer if instead they got paid more, and the consumer wasn't expected to make an "optional" payment to top up the piss poor wages of those who serve them. | |
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08-01-2018 11:59 AM
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08-01-2018 12:01 PM
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This explains it but with an industry like poker they go after people. So dealers will be classed as dealers and their rate will be based on the maximum tips from a certain game rather than as a whole hence it being more expensive. With restaurants it probably is more across the board but it's still an incorrect way of going about it. |
08-01-2018 12:05 PM
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08-01-2018 12:05 PM
#403
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Right |
08-01-2018 12:06 PM
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08-01-2018 12:11 PM
#405
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As we previously discussed you're a cuck. |
08-01-2018 12:48 PM
#406
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I was speaking in agreement with your original statement. If that's cucky, what does that make you? |
08-01-2018 12:57 PM
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08-01-2018 02:27 PM
#408
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I can be pretty cocky but I don't think I'm enough of a self-righteous prick to stand in judgement over someone's livelihood and then exercise that authority in retaliation for service that I subjectively deem less-than-enthusiastic. |
Last edited by BananaStand; 08-01-2018 at 04:39 PM. | |
08-01-2018 04:34 PM
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No, their fucking employers are the ones taking money out of their pockets by underpaying them. But yeah, I probably would bite the bullet and tip with a smile in USA for this very reason. I'd only tip here if I actually like the person who served me. | |
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08-01-2018 11:58 PM
#410
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LOL tipping | |
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08-06-2018 01:44 PM
#411
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https://nypost.com/2018/08/05/sorry-...ushing-poison/ |
08-06-2018 09:03 PM
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Socialism appears to be a phenomenon of ego. "I know what is best for others. All those other times other people thought they knew what was best for others and the result was disaster, those don't apply to me because I am smart and my way is the right way and I know what is best for other people." |
08-08-2018 10:06 AM
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/...t-telling.html |
08-08-2018 09:10 PM
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08-08-2018 09:21 PM
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08-08-2018 09:22 PM
#416
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3nLojzM4jI |
08-09-2018 12:00 AM
#417
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Stay vigilant. One thing can go wrong and he would then have no chance in hell. Like if a recession happens at the time. Just like how in 2008 when the most socialist policy in the West that I know of caused an awful recession and then the voters embraced even more socialism to "fix" it. |
08-10-2018 09:41 AM
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...t-beliefs.html |
08-14-2018 07:12 AM
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who thinks the Democrat party is going in the right direction.... |
Last edited by BananaStand; 08-14-2018 at 07:24 AM. | |
08-14-2018 01:48 PM
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So his very first argument is that wage statistics should not just include wage earners, but everyone... including toddlers? | |
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08-14-2018 06:08 PM
#421
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Get a brain. That's what SHE claimed! You've got it backwards. |
08-14-2018 06:46 PM
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https://youtu.be/t_TYZ6VRNNg?t=58s | |
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08-14-2018 07:01 PM
#423
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To be fair, i think AOC says some pretty dippy shit in that video. | |
08-14-2018 07:24 PM
#424
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No, you're completely cracked in your interpretation here. Ask poop, he'll tell you. |
08-14-2018 09:42 PM
#425
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That she has a bachelor's degree in economics shows just how awful a state the academic establishment is in that field. It's producing graduates who believe things that oppose the foundation that the entire field depends upon. |
08-14-2018 10:27 PM
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What's truly stunning is that she has been trotted out as the face of the progressive-left (when was the last time you saw a congressional primary candidate do so many talk shows?). |
08-15-2018 01:14 PM
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08-15-2018 09:27 PM
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08-16-2018 04:24 PM
#429
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I'm physically ill..... |
08-16-2018 09:17 PM
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08-16-2018 10:00 PM
#431
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Basically what she's describing is an ESOP, or profit-sharing plan. That's something that already exists and is considered when a person decides whether or not to accept a job. If that's something people really want, they're free to seek jobs with firms that offer it. If this is something that workers (not just ideologues) actually want, then a competitive employment market will provide it for them. |
08-16-2018 10:09 PM
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She says things that are not factually true, like that earnings have not kept up with production. They have. Dishonest people have sliced out pieces of data and presented only it in order to say otherwise. |
Last edited by wufwugy; 08-16-2018 at 10:11 PM. | |
08-16-2018 10:10 PM
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Germany in the 90s had some real fantastic experience with the sort of thing she proposes. What they experienced is that when you delete the kinds of short-sighted restrictions she proposes to create, your employment increases incredibly. |
08-19-2018 05:23 PM
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08-20-2018 10:51 AM
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Hahahahaha that dumb bitch you made up sure is stupid! | |
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08-20-2018 10:54 AM
#436
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oh no....she exists. |
08-20-2018 09:16 PM
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08-21-2018 11:22 AM
#438
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...socialism.html |
08-22-2018 09:32 AM
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...-supports.html |
08-22-2018 09:37 PM
#440
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Except that feelings are more important than facts and logic. |
08-23-2018 11:23 PM
#441
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Just saw a sign today outside McDonalds. They're hiring 14 year olds now. |
08-24-2018 09:01 AM
#442
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...data-show.html |
08-24-2018 09:04 AM
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Yeah I mean I'm guilty of saying "fuck Tesco" and then doing my shopping there because it's convenient, but then again I'm not a politician saying "fuck Tesco" out loud for all to hear. | |
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08-24-2018 09:35 AM
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08-24-2018 10:01 AM
#445
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Well, there's a surprise. | |
08-24-2018 10:17 AM
#446
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Is gullible-ness over-represented among Fox news viewers? |
08-24-2018 01:10 PM
#447
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Actually, old people are less gullible than young people. Go figure. | |
08-24-2018 01:19 PM
#448
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Stop with this. Your boy Pakman explains it all the beginning of the video. We're talking about cheesy marketing ads making hyperbolic claims about the effectiveness of their products. Teenagers aren't buying the fucking Clapper dude. |
08-24-2018 02:14 PM
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Don't know if you watched the video, but this guy wasn't selling the clapper. He was selling vests with a bunch of inside pockets in them. The people wearing them in the ad were all young people, acting like they have so much shit to carry and need this vest. If only. | |
08-24-2018 02:15 PM
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