Minimum Wage just went up to $11.50 in Washington State. The price of milk is $2.68 a Gallon.

[jediuser598]

Daralon, go do some open mics. You seem to me, dedicated to entertaining people. Ever been up there? Telling jokes to a crowd?

[Smitty-48]

There's only one way to get even with the man, you can't beat him, so join him, what's the point of getting angry with the man? He doesn't give a rats ass whether you live or die, never mind worries about you being angry with your lot in life. There's always another schmo to take your place, you're totally expendable, rage against the machine is a good name for a rock band, but otherwise a pointless exercise.

[heydaralon]

Daralon, go do some open mics. You seem to me, dedicated to entertaining people. Ever been up there? Telling jokes to a crowd?

I wasnt kidding about having a shit job I hate just like you. Sadly, that is 100% true. As for open mic, people at work used to say that, but I am fairly terrible at actual humor. I just come up with quips and shitposts more quickly than average. This skill is only slightly more valuBle than dogshit. Some of the advice I gave you about using your anger at your status quo are strategies I have been using irl, with mixed results.

[Smitty-48]

Dogshit is more valuable, fertilizes my lawn, wot?

Never mind that all these dogs around here, are literally a revenue stream, I call them my casheesh dogs, they give off shit, hair, and cash, a client just dropped off two dogs, handed me a cheque for $9,000.

He's not even paying, he works for a multinational, so he just bills them for dog boarding, corporate welfare ftw.

[Smitty-48]

People call this the gig economy, and I embrace it, incorporate as a small business, get some investment property, manage your capital gains, and run some gigs with high end corporate clients, beats working for the man.

[nmoore63]

You haven't posted a single fucking data point other than your personal fucking ignorance. Those aren't my numbers, those are THE numbers. You can fuck off until you're ready to make an actual argument instead of expecting me to believe you over the actual data.

Fucking clown.

The government also classifies any business under 500 employees as a “small business”.

Statistics are hard, I understand.

Like you've ever been within a country mile of a statistics class.

You haven't presented a single argument, you understand that right? Not fucking one. All you are saying is, nuh uh." That's it.

Why isn't a 500 employee company not a small company? Because when you hear, "small," you feel like it should be something else? You have no idea why the delineations between the groups are where they are, and thus, you have no way to argue that they should be somewhere else.

All you're doing is presenting your feelz, and wondering why no one considers that to be a real argument.

Why isn't a 231 acre farm a small farm? Again, you have no idea why the segments are what they are, but when you hear, "small farm," you feel like it should be something like a half acre garden.

No brakes on the ignorance train. It's know-nothing o'clock all day long.

My great uncle has a small ranch. 5,000 acres. Definitely doesn't profit more than 100K annual with it.

[Smitty-48]

My great uncle has a small ranch. 5,000 acres. Definitely doesn't profit more than 100K annual with it.

That's because there's no supply management in America, up here, the farmers are like a mafia, profits are guaranteed, if it's a meat, dairy, or poultry family farm, the average receipts are $1.2 million.

[DBTrek]

Daralon, go do some open mics. You seem to me, dedicated to entertaining people. Ever been up there? Telling jokes to a crowd?

Why would you set him up like that?
He’s probably a nice guy, no reason to get him mauled by dissatisfied customers.

[Montegriffo]

Daralon, go do some open mics. You seem to me, dedicated to entertaining people. Ever been up there? Telling jokes to a crowd?

I wasnt kidding about having a shit job I hate just like you. Sadly, that is 100% true. As for open mic, people at work used to say that, but I am fairly terrible at actual humor. I just come up with quips and shitposts more quickly than average. This skill is only slightly more valuBle than dogshit

Nonsense, you just have to work hard on writing a good routine and then practise it until you have the timing right and know it backwards. Then when you get up on stage in front of a room full of people you don't freeze like a deer in the headlights.
I've got enough skills to get a juggling act together and I have done a few routines at my little juggling convention's show in front of good friends but I've not really practised performing properly and it shows.
Practise, practise, practise...

[Smitty-48]

It's like I know a family round here, they're one of the richer families around, I golf with them from time to time, and they run one of those strip clubs that Fife enjoys so much, and they literally do no work at all, they just sit around raking in the cash, strip clubs do attract a criminal element, so they have to stay on top of that, but otherwise, they don't do a lick o' work to speak of.