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it probably thinks

It doesn’t think. People need to stop anthropomorphizing the statistical probability machine.

Ah, yes, putting all the skilled labor in jail will surely help the factory run better.

I drove a '98 Lasabre for most of the 2010s. Absolutely loved it: parts were ready to find, could repair it myself at home, and the dashboard had so many weird sliders and knobs that it felt like piloting a TARDIS.

Anyone enjoying that kind of luxury should be starving to death. It’s just not fair for someone to have both a beautiful, faux-wood paneled dashboard and three meals per day.

How is it cheating? Who is being cheated? Out of what?

Reading the article, it sounds like these students still need to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the material.

Do employers ask for transcripts? I’ve never had that happen before, and I’d find it incredibly odd if I got that request.

I don’t hate Lawnchair. I just hate Nova making the switch necessary.

Sixty days from Feb 28 is April 29. If we’re pretending Congress is absolutely incapable of doing anything until 60 days have elapsed, Chucklefuck is actually planning on being two weeks early.

Ah, Chuck, you useless dumpster of a man. You’re only five weeks late on this one.

Yeah, I almost wrote a whole counterpoint on how horrible the current child welfare system is and how nearly every trained professional agrees that breaking up families should only be the last resort in the most extreme circumstances, but I had a feeling this thread wasn’t the target audience for that particular reality.

One: that’s not what was suggested. OP said parental verification/authorization before birth.

Two: you’re proposing something like residential schools instead. Which, even if you don’t agree constituted genocide, was still pretty bad.

I’m not advocating for our government’s insane privacy-violating measures. Just pointing out that OP’s proposal is worse. There’s got to be better ways to protect children than “police state” or “genocide.”

Ah, the classic dichotomy: privacy vs eugenics

No, they’re going to be adequately desperate. The job market is tanking. Food and housing costs are rising. People getting laid off, trying to find a new career, and drowning in the rising costs may well see appeal in a guaranteed job with guaranteed housing.

If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Sounds like Trump is just trying to make sure Lincoln’s portent comes to pass.

Ha. Hahaha. Haha. That’s cute.

The US government isn’t making them do it.

The Feds aren’t making them do it, but plenty of states are working on it.

The only reason to contact the police if something gets stolen is so that you can show the report to your insurance company.

My current phone is a Galaxy S9 from 2018. I bought it used three years ago for less than $100, and it does more than I’d ever need it to.

The big jumps in spending on that graph started in 2012. Occupy Wallstreet protests were in the autumn of 2011.

But you guys not buying new phones is reducing productivity by a third of a percent! Think of the potential losses!

It’s blatant price-gouging. Any stock in the store has already been sold to them at an agreed price. They can set a number and make their set margin.

Updating prices after each delivery might make sense (if their procurement department is absolute dogshit at negotiating contracts), but updating prices throughout the day is just someone trying to see how hard they can push their margins to drain every cent out of their customers.