so frustrating to see the dnc use a gay black immigrant woman to peddle their genocide
ColonelKataffy
joined 2 years ago
the persistent dry echoey coughs that make up an office soundscape
you ever think about how every time you do a load of laundry, by the time you take it out of the dryer, you have less laundry than when you started?
i mean, cream cheese and mashed avocado is probably decent tasting, but it isn't guacamole 
uhh idk mastodon? i live in a city and we have a pretty decent alternative news/magazine, so i read through that when i get bored. otherwise, just scroll through page after page of hexbear threads which are just redirect links to news articles i'm not going to read with 0 comments in the thread. 
frustrating to see how the narrative over these encampments for palestine is going to shift to be a discussion about protestors vs police.
ABC fire extinguisher is what it looks like to me
glad i singlehandedly cost hillary the election by voting for stein in 2016
Reds? Battleship Potemkin? Battle in Seattle? Matewan?
it's nice that the zoomers will get to have their own
really get the point across that you work for the system, not the other way round
i've heard of tow truck companies and places with restricted parking (like apartment complexes) in texas doing the "we took it upon ourselves to tow your car because we thought it was parked incorrectly. you owe us $1500 for the tow and storage please and thank you" stories. that exact thing happened to a friend in california who didn't drive every day, so they didn't know their car had been towed from the apt complex, racking up storage fees, for several days.
there's also an issue of police responding to auto accidents and calling in tows for the damaged vehicles. typically, the tower uses special rates for police-initiated-tows that cost the drivers exorbitant rates. most of the tow truck drivers i've interacted with are simply workers, putting in long hours at a dangerous job, helping stressed people deal with a major financial burden. there are surely owner-operated tows out there looking eagerly for a juicy opportunity to ruin someone's day. i think some states have laws that prohibit towers from spontaneously offering their services to discourage "that's a nice car you got there. would be a shame if something happened and you needed a tow" situations, and the tow request must be initiated by the driver.
think that's everything i know about the tow truck industry
really makes you feel like you're part of history