And we conquer that fear daily.
Many could be tempted to attribute that to our bravery, our grit, our resolve.
They'd be overlooking the simple explanation that some of us fear hunger and cold slightly more than we do the grueling and backbreaking 9-to-howlongisitreallyfuckineedtosleep hours.
Some nostalgia of those times when people had the skills and the means to work on the things they own. Nowadays it feels like it doesn't matter that you paid full price for your car, or even your tractor for that matter, they're finding ways of keeping their paws on everything. I haven't traded in my diesel van because of this, though it's getting heavy with the miles on it...
In any case, not that those times were necessarily better, sounds like people just got by, and thats all too familiar.
I thought it was calling someone childish and immature, like, "come back when your balls drop", but well, gender neutral.
w my boys, good job showing that men don't turn to slobbering buffoons at the sight of breasts, no matter how shapely. If they do it's always by choice, and unless you're roleplaying something kinky, it's always the wrong one.
I'm probably just really tired, but why would people expect that? Posting cool stuff is a huge service that I'm really grateful for, I wouldn't have such an amazing feed without all of you guys who are active posters, if anything you should be offered uh... services, if so desired, not requests to provide them wtf.
Yeah, the way to change work conditions is strikes, nothing else really helps. But it works for the exact same reason the book did - because if workers are striking they can't make money, so they agree to work regulations so they can keep profiting.
I suppose a big part of it is that around here, the government pays a decent chunk of money when you scrap an old (> 15 years) car, it can go up to $4k (converting to us dollars) if you're buying an EV to replace it, doesn't have to run or anything.
That's one thing I always thought was weird, I occasionally fall asleep watching those "I offered to mow their lawn for free" videos on YouTube, and there's always like a car graveyard on people's backyards, several cars as old as sin and almost sunk into the overgrown weeds and bushes. You never see that here, at most you'll find an old pet project the owner has been meaning to work on but hasn't found the time for in the last 20 years or so...
An old battery you can always trade in for at least $20 a piece in store credit in several places, or more if you're trading it for a new one, they never even checked them just asked me to throw them on the pile with the other ones.
Oh dear no. Talking to someone face to face like some primitive caveman? Dear lord, I'd rather be a hermit.
* goes back to painting his cavern wall *
Oh yeah, easily a handful, maybe more.
Broken down cars can be sold for scrap value, why dump them in the sea? Especially if they're models with sought-after parts that can be sold.
Same with car batteries, they give you money for those things, why would anyone throw them?
Dear lord. I don't think I can stomach that read, but when I hear people (Americans really) bitch about government regulations, this is the kind of bullshit that comes to mind and makes me boil...
I mean, they'll have to get in line.