Interesting I just assumed bots and grifters determine what gets voted to the top.

I recall that from many years ago. Some of the wayward white American culture on that site is definitely off putting. That user was generally received well which says a lot about the soul of a community (or if it even has one).

If this is maxing their looks then that gene pool was utterly fucked to begin with.

Sounds like an American cultural issue to me. Haven’t really seen this anywhere else in the world.

Be revolutionary, put your family over your employer.

If that’s revolutionary, we may be beyond saving.

It was effective in India also, playing a key role in bringing an end to the scourge that was the British Empire.

But civil disobedience isn’t received the same way anymore. People have become so accustomed to convenience that if you stand between them and the corner store or them and their Amazon delivery, some actually believe you should die for it.

These are the idiots that put the ruling class in the position that they hold today. Is it any wonder why they have so much power?

There’s nothing impressive about a man going back to work the day after their child was born unless they somehow popped the newborn out of their precious little asshole.

All it means is that they’re willing to put their wife at risk of post partum depression and that they don’t give a shit about their child. Not a thing to be proud of there.

For those that are unaware, retiring in place is actually a great way to describe American politicians.

Boomers keep their job till they go to the grave but they stop working at 65, coasting while collecting a paycheck and having others pick up their slack.

Most Americans dump their kids in daycare at 3 months of age.

Not due to any fault of their own. FMLA (federal leave) only provides 3 months of unpaid time and many states and employers do not provide any additional coverage. So, both mom and dad are often back to work three months into their baby’s life.

If they don’t go back to work then they lose healthcare coverage since that’s tied to employment in the US.

If it sounds dystopian… Welcome to the ‘greatest country on earth’.

Oh and by the way, daycare costs $1500/month so you might have to work extra to make up for all that unpaid leave you took.

I’ve often heard it framed as you aren’t ‘productive’ during that time.

Which is true if you don’t think that investing time in your family is worthwhile.

The majority of America’s working class are wage slaves who grind themselves to dust with a smile on their face making bank for their capitalist overlords while telling themselves they’re “built different”

Go to any small American town and you’ll meet hundreds of examples of when ‘rugged individualism’ goes wrong.

As a Canadian living in the US I cringed hard reading OPs post.

The state I’m in offers shit pay for leave but I was fortunate enough to be able to take it.

I don’t see why anyone in the right financial position wouldn’t.

America has an incredibly toxic hustle culture that’s obsessed with productivity and gives little credence to mental health, physical health or work life balance. Women feel some degree of pressure from it but it’s especially harmful to men.

I can only imagine how American women feel though many of them are brainwashed into thinking it’s masculine for a father to largely ignore their family for work.

McDonalds app already does this. Their shit food is absolutely terrible value if you don’t use their app. You’re basically trading your personal info to get a few dollars off a Big Mac.

A majority of one particular demographic voted for Trump in the past three elections which PoC and I assume anyone reading this is acutely aware of.

Almost always higher pay but worse everything else. It’s a golden goose to extract revenue from but actually being American is kinda cringe especially when the USA chants break out.

Definitely true. We had a German professor with an essentially incomprehensible accent teaching calculus at our college. Basically everyone had to learn it from the textbook.

The father still lives in Russia though.

The reality is that it was a mistake to give boomers unfettered access to the internet. Just like we dont hand Ipads to 5 year olds and let them click anything on YouTube.

Artists create original content.

This might be too complicated for the average consumer at CVS, which tends to skew towards an older demographic.