Yes… Pledging allegiance… To a flag… Representing a Republic… That exists by/for god…
I mean, I didn’t look into it that much at first, I was in kindergarten FFS, but I remember thinking it was funny that God was mentioned in the pledge, and how he was also mentioned in the prayers at Grandma’s church, and I thought I shouldn’t lie and say the “under god” part since I didn’t believe.
…for which it stands, one nation, under god…
I see it as an extra “thank you” if someone goes above and beyond what I was expecting for a service. It’s not something that should be given out lightly or something that is expected, but I also know that tipping is necessary for people in some jobs to make a living. It’s not a fault of their own, but a fault of a system that saw a benefit they were getting, and was like “oh, we can just under-pay these employees and use tipping as leverage against them.” Do I hate the tipping system in the US? Absolutely. Am I going to impose financial stresses (by not tipping) on the waitstaff at a restaurant in order to make a point about how badly they are compensated for their work? Absolutely not.
it’s easier to get a gun than a doctor’s appointment
A lot of times, it’s cheaper too!
tipping
I don’t think tipping is weird on it’s own, but the default expectation of tipping, and the fuckery around wages that makes tips essential to earning “a living” instead of a nice bonus is definitely weird.
I stopped saying the whole pledge in kindergarten. Didn’t seem right to pledge to a god I didn’t believe in.
Pretty much stopped saying it all together after 9/11
Seconding this. I put my mom’s laptop on Mint because that was easier than supporting her on Windows. She freaking loves it because she’s not constantly bring pestered to sign into accounts, and she has an easy way to get software and features added to her computer without needing to call me.
Yeah, I was going to add that application management is so much better in Mint than the Windows store has ever been. Winget works alright, but you gotta use powershell for it, so “90% of users will think your product is shit.”
My workplace does this on LinkedIn.
I hate it so much, I hate it soooo fucking much.
Well, tetanus is on the list too, and that is definitely still around.
Chicken pox still exists.
It is very much not eradicated.
Neither is measles.
Just look at them.
Manatees.
Number of days since they finished reading a book.
Some dude with no hands just has a DIV/0 error floating over his head.
Eh, I remember using Netscape as a kid in school, very rarely, the browser opened up before then end of a class.
Left out that oulook has two settings for opening links now… Edge, and Default Browser, and Edge is selected by default, even if you have chosen a different browser as your default.
Yep, because soviet spies were godless heathens who can’t/won’t lie about their faith in order to sneak into the US.