I don't know, I'm a pretty left leaning person. The vitriolic, almost violent responses to some of my comments is shocking. I knew Lemmygrad was a thing here, along with tankies, honestly it's off putting to say the least. OP talks about Reddit being an echo chamber. I got news for you. This place is just as bad for lefty type discourse being regurgitated. My experience is that it has been anything but friendly.

Big ol fuck spez. Sync just closed down. I'm done with Reddit.

I'm a sync ultra user. My sense of superiority is only eclipsed by my ignorance of what FOSS stood for. But seriously use what you like. I just want lemmy to grow.

Possibly the most effective health and safety signage I have ever seen.

Holy shit, I haven't seen goofus and gallant in about 40 years.

Lol, yep I hate to say it but the stick bicycle meme applies here pretty hard.

I'm a land lord, did exactly what people say we all did. 15 years ago I bought two 200k homes for 30k each (30k was the down payment) the houses are worth over 600k each now..

they are an income plan for my kids so they don't have to necessarily worry about taking a better paying job instead of something they want to do. Probably a little naive now. But I run the houses at a bare minimum profit just so the government won't come after me due running a loss on my taxes. I have raised rent only enough to do that.

I pay for a property management firm to take care of the properties so that the tenants have 24 hour response to issues. I've had the same tenants for 12 years in both properties. Every 4 years or so I have one of the rooms that the tenants want renovated. It's a right off so doesn't costa fortune ava the house gets slowly updated. Not every landlord is an asshole. Some of us play the long game without screwing people. But I realize that I am part of the problem. I am part of the reason for less supply in the market. But selling my properties will make my children's lives less secure and I'm not willing to do that. So i do partially deserve some of the blame.

Edited to add down payment info.

Farmers almanac, the astrology of meterology.

Nice, I hope the app is making enough to keep the updates coming.

Tell me you're trolling? It's an industrial lathe. Probably non functional, but if turned on would shred that kid like tissue paper in a lawnmower.

27,000 deaths a day approximately. According to the WHO 150,000 people die every day right now. 385,000 people are born every day. I mean it sounds bad, but in this context it doesn't sound that bad....

I owned an f150 for 11 years. It's honestly been my favorite vehicle. However, in the time I owned it, I used it to tow my motorcycles and race gear, I renovated almost every room in my house, and I had a seven kilometer drive to work. It was an extremely useful vehicle. Anyone that needs a truck will immediately argue with you that they aren't necessary... For some people. My kids got a little older, and I need to drive them and their friends around, I sold the bikes, and I sold the truck for 50% of what I paid for it. I bought a 6 seater explorer. You may not like trucks, but they have their uses. If they sold UTEs in the USA/Canada I would have bought one in a second. I used to carry a tow strap too to pull civics out of the ditch during snow storms.

Ahhhh, all these posts make so much more sense. Lol

I also would like to know what the fuck is going on here and am I missing out?

Can I ask, what the heck is FOSS?

I am a sync refuge. Happy to be here!

I bought sync for reddit, i will buy it for Lemmy.

I think the majority of adults get tested are to A) work towards narrowing down therapies that work well did them, B) access funding from disability programs with the government. Do you have any desire to do either those things?

Having antagonistic unions is just as detrimental to making a company successful as having complete assholes for management. They both have a part to play. Good managers work with their employees to ensure they have everything they need. No place is perfect, but pretending the "boss" is somehow responsible for the policies of a company large enough to need or benefit from a union frankly indicates that in all likelihood you have never worked in one. Bargaining should be done in good faith, on both sides. Otherwise both sides lose.

Look, I honestly wasn't trolling. Industrial jobs are inherently very tough on the body. I've worked in the steel industry for quite a few years. Skin in particular will take the brunt of the damage. Although in coal, unless you are dedicated to using your ppe religiously it may be your respiratory system that is going to suffer. Most people here won't have any clue what a coal mine will do to your skin. Is your environment wet, dry, humid, hot. I imagine most will envision dust, lots of dust. I suspect probably that your lack of exposure to sunlight due to working a mine is going to work in your favor, but if you are exposed to anything that irritates your skin, a dermatologist would be a good start. What do your co-workers look like? Those that have worked the mine for many years, what skin conditions are misty prevalent? For lots of us in industry, we use our hands a lot, so scarring and dry skin from washing is common. We will often wear latex free gloves under our regular gloves if we know our gloves will get saturated. My point initially was that if it was such large concern a different career is likely you're best option. If the coal industry is really your preference you may have to accept that a hard job can be hard on the body. A good skin care routine that anyone would perform will likely do the job. I'm really sorry if I came off flippant. I didn't mean to, and I didn't mean to upset you.