Aviandelight

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[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification. I've been wondering all day how I was on Reddit for years and never saw this. It's because I purposely stayed off the site (and most of the internet for that matter) on April 1st every damn year.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Humans bond over shared experiences and silly humor is one of them. It's no different from sharing pictures of our pets or talking about our favorite hobbies/tv shows. If your tired of junk food consume something different for a little while. I'm finding that I have participated in more unique communities here on Lemmy than I ever did on Reddit.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

Years ago I went to the Philly ComicCon with some friends. On the first day we're walking in and I see this huge shadow come up behind me and then over top of me and then I see the tallest person I've ever seen walking directly in front of me. Turns out it was Peter Mayhew. He literally walked over my small 5'0" self. It was surreal.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

Evidence of the first chicken dinner.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

He is a cute little potato.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you read my original comment I specifically stated that tipping culture needs to end. You are having an argument with yourself at this point.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Let me make this real simple for you. When a worker does not report their tips properly they cheat themselves out of the full benefits of their social security. They also cheat themselves out of the percentage match that their employer should be paying into social security. Everyone who gets paid under the table is cheating themselves out of the full compensation they should be receiving for their labor. The rich don't need to cheat us if we cheat oversleves. This is why we need financial literacy in schools.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 15 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Yes actually I am. When the worker cheats on their tip taxes then the company also doesn't pay their percentage of social security taxes for the worker. The company frickin loves this btw because they pay less and the liability for accurate reporting lies on the worker. So the worker gets double cheated and will eventually receive less of their benefits than they should.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 49 points 2 years ago (11 children)

I'm really disappointed in this article. Tipping culture needs to go away. It is disingenuous on all fronts. The customer gets lied to about the price of something. The company gets to subsidise their workforce to the detriment of the employees. And some employees will not file their earning correctly and commit tax fraud. If companies paid a living wage with benefits the employees would be much better off and the public wouldn't be left holding the bag. NPR should have done an article about the real costs of tipping culture on the public. Tipped employees get shit for minimum wage, no health benefits, and will not be able to contribute/pull from the full benefits of social security later in life. And the public will be continually stuck trying to fix this stupid problem all because of greedy ass companies skimming as much money as they can from us.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

The opening scene to Ori and the Blind Forest. Was not expecting such an emotional scene right off the jump.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

There's a big difference in a 2 hr plus movie that's all fluff and one that actually has substance/is compelling. I can't sit through modern movies anymore because the story isn't really worth my time or attention.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So you guys don't do domino kidney donations? This is something that is sometimes done in the US. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20199504/.

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