ShieldsUp

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[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

I use the coffee grinders at WinCo regularly in AZ. I'm surprised to not see many other comments saying so! They also have a fantastic bulk section. I hope it never goes away.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Are you calling non tippers the assholes, and not the business owners or practice of tipping in general? Tipping is out of control and a stupid obligation as it is currently being used.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

Typical, but not required! If it was required they would probably write bullshit anyway, but this is not even the minimum of standards they are trying to uphold. A supreme joke of a court.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago

I have been reading through this book on the matter: The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14894629-the-half-has-never-been-told

The descriptions of violence toward slaves is heavily discussed and is quite eye-opening to me, since this is not the version I was taught in school!

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are ignoring the propaganda and corruption these folks experienced their entire lives, in a time where media was even more tightly controlled than it is now. This generalization and attack on an age group (not mine, I'm millennial) misses the entire point in my opinion. Getting mad at boomers is not in any way helping, especially as it relates to this article. People have been fooled their entire lives and I feel bad for all of us.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The young people will be the new boomer scapegoat soon enough. The latest generations are not immune to propaganda and corruption from politics.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website -1 points 1 week ago

Any other insult around the facts of what he said or did would be much more helpful than this.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sure, I just can't help but imagine how I personally would react if this became common for all patients.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

I think I would be offended if some robot came up to try and provide emotional support. Its fake, and reminds me that our society values profit over human life. This should not be normalized as a necessity due to missing money that is going to the pockets of administrators, owners, insurance, and whoever else...this is pathetic.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago

Nothing in the image itself, but someone else posted this link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/tear-gas-protesters-broadview-ice/

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. Evans said he was a Marine during President Ronald Reagan’s term. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

How can you tell? Just curious as a Marine veteran. We used to do jumping jacks and pushups in the gas room until the last man couldn't take it anymore. Those were the days!

Edit: Oops nm, I found the source on this guy.

[–] ShieldsUp@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then don't adjust the theme?

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