Fester

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[–] Fester@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree it is, but if you spend that amount regularly, it’d be better to try to reduce your budget, painful as it may be, than to snowball toward ever-increasing payment obligations that match or surpass your monthly total for grocery trips anyway.

These articles make it seem like it’s a routine. If it’s for one-time temporary relief, then that’s another thing.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago (15 children)

They’re talking about installment plans through your credit card. You pay a fee to split a charge into monthly installments, usually of your choosing. By paying the monthly installment and the rest of your balance from other charges, you can avoid interest kicking in, even while you owe the full amount. The fee is usually a % of the purchase, like 3% or 1% per month or something.

It can make sense on a large one-time purchase, but it’s weird to do it for frequent purchases like groceries.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Those old people probably had steady hours and earned reliable paychecks. That’s not how it’s done anymore. Employees work part time, if it can even be called that. A single restaurant has something like 200+ employees, and some can go weeks without having any hours.

Those senior employees were too expensive. They probably weren’t fired or laid off. They were probably phased out in a flood of new hires so they would quit and not collect unemployment. Nowadays your server could have worked there for 2 years and have a few months’ worth of experience or less.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

Brain worms, so hot right now.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Plus someone’s baby crying in the background

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

”thanks for the candy”

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 63 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It’s like a warning about wild animals at a campsite.

Never approach the wildlife or make it feel threatened. Do not make sudden movements. Doing so may provoke an attack. Never feed the police. It cannot tell the difference between fingers and french fries.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s because racism, religion, etc. are tools conservatives use to get rubes to vote against their economic interests. For the people in power, it’s only about power and money. They couldn’t give two fucks about culture wars, abortion, immigration, or anything else outside of riling up and distracting poor people so they fight each other and not them. Some tools work best in the US and different tools are needed in India. You just need the right tool for the job.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not to mention sea level rise’s unpredictable effect on inland rivers. River avulsion can be both directly catastrophic and cause long-term drought and other problems in cities and communities that rely on their rivers being… where they are. Shit’s gonna fuck everyone up.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

22/M/CA/Less interested in weed

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