agamemnonymous

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[–] agamemnonymous 0 points 5 days ago

The tipped minimum wage in the US is far less than 96% of non-tipped. Federally it's more like 70% of standard minimum wage, in my state it's about 75%.

[–] agamemnonymous 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If your justification for a behavior is that it's fine because all the people who don't behave that way will compensate, your behavior is unjustified.

[–] agamemnonymous 12 points 5 days ago

The United States had their own Brexit 250 years ago

[–] agamemnonymous 0 points 5 days ago

Still, different angle of attack.

[–] agamemnonymous 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

In space, you are the bracing surface.

[–] agamemnonymous 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I fear the transitional period implied by some of these changes will be what gets you. You have unlimited authority; you can't just snap your fingers like a genie, you'll need to implement these policies. These things take time, and they'll cause chaos and uncertainty, followed by confusion as people adjust. If you're not careful with your rollout, you risk waves of disapproval.

[–] agamemnonymous 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fibonacci numbers are easier than ln(5) to calculate on the spot tho

[–] agamemnonymous 74 points 5 days ago (9 children)

False. Leg position is different, one allows additional bracing. NASA virgins caught red handed.

[–] agamemnonymous 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just in case

[–] agamemnonymous -2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

You're a customer, you don't have a "job". You have a bill for goods and services. You choose which goods and services you purchase. The bill presented to you at an American restaurant is calculated based on sub-minimum wages due to the tipping convention. There are some restaurants which calculate their bill with a living wage, and do not solicit tips, and this is reflected in higher prices.

By patronizing a restaurant that pays based on tipped wages, and not paying a tip, you are saving money by exploiting the system at the literal expense of the employee. Choose not to purchase from companies that secure low prices by exploitation, or write your representative to end the tipped wage laws that perpetuate that exploitation.

Just remember that the only one who suffers when you didn't tip a tipped-wage worker, is the worker.

[–] agamemnonymous 1 points 6 days ago

Weak, sure. It's also a public argument made by an official Libertarian Party politician. Most of the stronger ones come from more anonymous libertarians. If that's what they're saying in public, etc. etc.

[–] agamemnonymous 1 points 6 days ago

I wouldn't support at a place like that at all.

That's perfectly fine. If you don't approve, don't give the business your money. If you do, you're complicit.

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