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Cake day: September 14th, 2023

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  • I think this meme is hilarious because most of these things are things that Biden or the Democrats are actively trying to better, and Trump would actively not help(wages would be the only one he would say he would improve, while passing tax cuts for the rich).

    This feels like a meme someone who only watches OAN or Fox news would make, thinking that the things they say is real reporting.





  • This is pretty cool. It really helps to level the playing field in prices.

    Recently, I have felt more restaurant have tacked on prices and fees which was uncommon before the pandemic.

    Change in topic, but I really do wish we had a good way of addressing tipping. California took the step of forcing minimum wage to apply to even tipped workers, but that didn’t really affect our tipping culture (though its great the change was implemented). Tipping really helps certain people (White women, near their 30s) more so than others (black waiters). Not to mention, I’ve been hearing people encouraging inflating tips 20% being the new standard rather than 15%. I’ve no idea how this would even be addressed (note: I’m not saying food should be cheaper because of the removal of tip, I’d prefer for the full worker wages, that usually includes tip, to already be baked into the price of my food like with other services).


  • The Indicator by Planet Money from NPR: they talk about what they feel are important indicators for the current economy, and expand on various economic topics in ways that I think anybody can understand, and are rather short.

    The 1A from NPR: they talk about various topics that are affecting the US. They like to get people to chime in with their views, and have some experts on the topics to discuss context and how certain groups are or aren’t pushing for changes. Its usually close to an hour long, and not all topics interest me, but they do talk about fake news, presidential elections, housing, mental health etc.

    Planet Money from NPR: longer form discussions of economics, somewhat similar to the Indicator, but not as short form and they really expand on economic stories that I think are really interesting. Some topics include how, many, random people, can relatively accurately determine the weight of a cow (and how this defines the economy), the real estate trail that recently occurred and its background.





  • So the people teaching the game with you should make sure everyone is aware of the game time and expectations, first of all. I love board games, but would be a bit irritated if someone expected me to play Terra Mystica at a moments notice. The only exception that comes to mind is if they’re cool with ending it early because I wouldn’t be able to play the whole time.

    Since your friends don’t seem very responsible, you have to do more legwork. I would ask which game is being played, and what the expected game time is. In addition, let them know your time limitations and that you’ll have to leave by a specific time whether your finished or not. This may lead to less invitations (“lets start a game of Twilight Imperium 3 at 830 Pm on a Tuesday night! but lets not invite Meep_Launcher because he’ll leave the game early”) but at least everyone will be aware of the situation before hand.

    Ideally, your friends will work around the person with the most restrictive schedule, “only 2 hours? lets play some love letter, DND Inn fighting game, and Port Royale”. If they really want to play Monopoly, you can suggest a better time when you would be interested in playing where you’d have sufficient time to finish the game.



  • Power over Western nations may have been a strong word, but they do have influence. We don’t know their plan, but we can look at past trends: they’ve attacked Georgia, they’ve attacked and controlled Crimea, they’re attacking and controlling parts of Ukraine. Not fighting Russia hasn’t stopped Russia, so with Russia now at war with Ukraine, stopping them there seems like a necessity. Maybe now they’ll learn that imperialism is dead, and looked badly on by other nations. They shouldn’t be rewarded for this bad behavior against our allies.

    You’re right, the war could have been avoided, but Russia decided not to avoid war. All they need to do is leave ukraine and it will stop, but they won’t.