I can't speak for the residents of your town, but I too would be delighted to see bird pictures everywhere ๐
VikingHippie
joined 2 years ago
Great idea! I'll suggest that to the Connect devs as soon as I find out how ๐
"Boop picture to open. Boop again to close"
Not many people know it, but penguins are excellent brick layers and if they were smart enough, ostriches and emus would make excellent guard birds! Also, kiwis are just adorably awkward, so they're there to keep the morale up ๐
Aww, look at that vicious chonker! ๐โค๏ธ
Exactly like Brock Turner, rapist who got convicted to 3 months of wrist slapping.
I don't think that people deserve things for free
First, your server isn't getting anything for free, they're working for their wage and tips.
Second, when it comes to the absolute basics necessary to survive then yes, people who could not otherwise afford to live should ABSOLUTELY get things for free.
people should be able to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't affect others
Stiffing your server DOES affect others, though.
as a customer I should not be expected to tip as in pay the restaurants, employees or whatever
True, but right now it's the least bad alternative to starving and homeless servers.
I do not go to restaurants and I encourage others to do the same
Which is even worse for the servers since fewer customers means fewer tips and may eventually mean getting fired.
You're basically taking food out of the mouths of those who (used to) serve you and their children.
Not to be confused with Handsy Bill who's serving 7 months at the local penitentiary.
The definition of libertarian I was referring to is the American right wing libertarian.
Basically it's a childishly selfish belief that you owe nothing to the society that supports you and everything would be better if people were left alone to neglect and abuse each other.
That's an unfair exaggeration, of course, but not by much. It's basically rebranded anarcho-capitalism and idealised selfishness disguised in rhetoric about liberty and self-determination.
If you're going to be part of society, you should pay your part and if not, you should watch out for bears.
Lovely bit of malicious compliance ๐
That's the risk of doing anything satirical these days. Satire isn't dead like some people say, it just has more booby traps.
morally an ethically not letting society dictate. What you do with your own money is the correct stance
Eww, sounds like some anti-tax libertarian filth ๐คข
it's absolutely ridiculous that people make statements trying to guilt trip you into thinking that you owe it to someone else to give your hard-earned money to them because their employer decides not to do it.
Answered your own rhetorical question. If the employer was forced to pay them a living wage (or did so voluntarily, but that's as rare as an ethical bank), you wouldn't need to tip, but until then, you're gonna have to pay so that the person who just performed a service for you doesn't go hungry or homeless.
And no I'm not saying don't tip
Could have fooled me!
what I'm saying is don't support businesses that expect you to pay their employees wages.
You should have led with that, then, rather than sounding like a deranged libertarian (but I repeat myself) for the first half of your reply
what I'm saying is don't support businesses that expect you to pay their employees wages.
I agree in principle, but in reality they're as like a politician that doesn't accept any form of bribes: extremely rare and in many areas they don't exist at all
I significantly cut down eating at restaurants
Good for you, but if everyone did that, servers would all get fired rather than just underpaid.
absolutely hate the narrative of people guilt tripping other people because they choose not to tip. That is their obligation in right and they should absolutely not feel bad about it whatsoever.
Aaand we're back to the libertarian tantrum of focusing on "-I- shouldn't have to" rather than "their bosses should have to" ๐
That's a classy-ass pineapple! ๐