Rodeo

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[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I'll be satisfied when the quality of life for average citizens starts going up again.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How much is that expressed as percentage of his total wealth?

A quick search revealed $185b, which is probably his net worth and not his total wealth, but we'll go with it:

8.3 / 185 * 100 = ~4.49%

For reference, I paid over 20% of my total wealth last year.

So I actually paid more than 4x as much tax as Musk did, relative to the amount of wealth we have.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago

As if the women who complain about the word cunt have never used dick or dickhead as an insult.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It must be just little.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's the requirement to report the production of plastic products by plastics manufacturers, not a requirement for companies to recycle.

It does say retailers (why is it limited only to retail companies?) will be incentivized to recycle. But it doesn't say there any requirement to do so.

Also this article is typical in that it only gives the highest level overview of what the concept is, and doesn't provide any details on how companies would be held accountable.

It also doesn't mention whether there are or will be any exceptions made to these rules for the big companies. Billionaire business owners love lobbying for exceptions, and politicians love giving them out, because they can point to the regulations the made and tell citizens what a great job they're doing while still pleasing their ~~masters~~ donors.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

It's pretty light on details, but the idea sounds good. It remains to be seen whether the implementation is as effective.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Sure, but let's incentive companies to do that, not individuals.

I recycle all my plastics at home. The grocery store I work in recycles no plastic at all.

Time for the companies to start doing their fair share.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What the hell is a DEI expert? I didn't see the acronym spelled out in the article.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Why is that your sole data point here? What about amount of sex in general?

Men have less sex in general and do it less frequently, so by that metric men are the underdogs.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

It doesn't matter how tactful you are, somebody will call you a creep for it.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago

The headline reads like an Onion headline as if he is a failed comedian that wasn't funny enough and had to go back to his day job.

But he was fired for posting jokes on social media and won the case to get his job back.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They'll just make certification so expensive only the wealthy will qualify.

You'll never hear another perspective again.

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