Etterra

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 1 week ago

I've had this happen at places that then refuse to just adjust the next bill. The IRS is notorious for that actually. What's that, you owe $3? You better fucking pay up, there's no way we're just going to take it out of your next year's taxes.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

They were lost due to a rounding error.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 1 week ago

This reminds me of the old saying "It's better to have something and not need it than to need something and not have it." Insurance is largely built around this principle. Not counting the corruption in exorbitant prices that's a different topic.

Are you familiar with firewatch duty? When somebody is doing any work that could produce a fire in an environment, they need to have someone there to supervise who can do something if a fire breaks out. Grab an extinguisher, hit the alarm, stuff like that. This is pretty normal in businesses, because if the guy doing the work say, welding, accidentally said some self on fire, there needs to be somebody there to put it out. The chances of it being necessary or extremely low, but the consequences of not having someone there in an emergency are extremely high.

This can lead to situations that seem silly. A buddy of mine was once on fire watch duty while someone was repairing a manhole or sewer grate or something like that in the middle of an empty parking lot. He just grabbed it off his chair and sat there shooting the shit with the guy while hanging on to the fire extinguisher for like 4 hours. There is nothing to catch fire except possibly the guy doing the work.

Anyway, keep on doing your job. On the off chance that you need to do something, it'll be good that you were there to do it. If not, at least people can sleep happier knowing that the job is being washed over by people who know what they're doing.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 20 points 1 week ago
[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

We know, that's the point. Zuck is latched onto the Orange Idiot's ass just like the rest of the billionaires & CEOs.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

She's still better than him.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

They're afraid of giving one-legged men the power to luck their asses.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I got a really cool Lego set one time. Though it did have one defective piece in it.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 39 points 1 week ago

Well then you're an idiot and deserve whatever MAGA does to you. You literally asked them to do it.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 18 points 1 week ago

Good work in school young man.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 65 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Etterra@discuss.online 22 points 2 weeks ago

They treat those elephants horribly so tourists can come use them as a tourist attraction. Never go to one of them.

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