heartily supported, in a similar situation atm
― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
I am big time supporter of primary/secondary school uniforms....
designed by Hugo Boss
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
j/k on the last bit, couldn't help myself, sorry.
we have had a lot of people going on maternity/paternity leave at work and i'm tired of picking up their slack so i would like to be granted non-maternity leave as a benefit for not having kids, and i think it should be the law
― kim tim jim investor (harbl), Monday, February 13, 2012 6:46 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I can see how this would be really annoying BUT I think it's pretty much criminal that there is no standard federal maternity leave law in the US beyond the 3 month unpaid BS in the FMLA.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
i work for st govt but i think people are still unpaid. i know it's not a vacation, i just think there should be leave for everyone is all. not that fascisty i guess
― kim tim jim investor (harbl), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
People from other countries are seriously astounded when they find out that we don't have one and I'm similarly astounded when my friends in the UK get to stay at home for nearly 10 months (yes, I know that's not at full pay).
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - Yeah everyone should be able to take some time off tbh. I would be pissed too if I were in that position, I think.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
iirc we're at about 6 month's and i think it might even be full pay, with an option of another couple unpaid after.
Whether that's public sector only (or if it's even accurate) i couldn't say
Anyway, once i'm in, it'll be out. A long weekend is all yer gettin
― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
lol
D-Mac - that sounds similar to what they have in the UK. Here companies are required to let a woman take up to 3 months but don't have to pay a cent. A lot of places who do offer paid maternity leave cap it at 6 weeks. SIX WEEKS!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know much in the way of babbies but I do know that 6 week old ones are still very very small.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
that is small, ime many of them can't even use simple survival tools like i dunno can openers or microwaves til at least a year
― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
FMLA
seriously don't know, hard to imagine this is not fuck my life, america
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
back to spirit of thread and points previously touched upon:-
Murderers, rapists, child abusers and ppl driving slowly in the fast lane would be dealt with a minimum of expense to the public purse
― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
just as jesus would have wanted it
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
nice to see deems expanding on those progressive views he trailed before
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
jesus hadn't the troika to placate iirc
― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
the other 67%?
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
Schlump - Family and Medical Leave Act
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
this isn't the 'expand upon yr progressive views' thread tbf- i di bleev that's all the other threads
This is a fascist safe thread imo
― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
otm this is where facists come together and express themselves openly, and nobody judges them, it's a liberating and accepting environment
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, not that liberating, I guess
yeah i mean obv if you say the wrong thing itt the secret police are gonna have a field day, it's not 'safe' safe
― beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
ppl driving slowly in the fast lane
o god yes! this probably belongs more in the "things that make you irrationally angry" thread, but there should be signs on every public arterial explaining that when traffic is heavy you should not be in the leftmost laneS unless you are passing someone and/or travelling faster than the general speed of traffic.
also there should be signs on every smaller road explaining that you MUST stop for ALL pedestrians, even at unmarked intersections, even if they're just waiting to cross. i fantasize about suddenly having untold riches and being able fund PSAs to this effect.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:25 (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ty
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
i have a lot of rules abt driving, but max has already outlawed cars, so
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
is it fascisty in this context to say i don't support legalizing hard drugs? i'm never sure if the status quo is just pro-marijuana or pro-legalizing everything. idc about pot but i don't like hard drugs and would fear a world where corporations would be able to advertise them.
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:32 (twelve years ago) link
ya pretty fascisty
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
also rich people should be illegal
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
to clarify i am against the drug war and the way it's been executed but i'm not willing to swing in the other direction, personal experience w/things sort of trumps s3 of the wire for me
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
*swing entirely in the other direction
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'm not in favor of legalizing drugs either
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
well duh, cause nobody would need a pharmacist
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
you wanna be the only oxy dealer in town
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
I've secretly wanted everybody that disagrees w/ me to be dead
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
then usually i wake up in a cold sweat many miles away from home
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
i am not in favor of legalizing all drugs. only certain drugs. and i'm totally cool with them turning into profitable industries as a result. look forward to the day when "big buzz" has lobbyists defending the placement of weed vending machines in school lunchrooms.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
oxy and prostitutes, see your friendly druggist xxxp
― ploppawheelie V (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
i'm honestly cool with all drugs being legal just cuz i'll be loling when drug dealers move onto other product like kazoos
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
zachylon, legalization of a drug doesn't require it to be unregulated. I imagine that heroin, if it became legal, would be treated more as a state monopoly than as an ordinary consumer product, with colorful packaging, a dozen flavors, and glossy full-page brand-driven magazine ads.
― Cosy Moments (Aimless), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
i don't really support state monopolization either
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
and i'm talking abt amurrca here -- anything that is regulated can quickly become unregulated given the right congress/potus.
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/vSLmq.jpg
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno I can imagine some interest groups that would be against heroin being legally purchased at a gas station
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
by interest groups I mean 'basically everyone in america'
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:52 (twelve years ago) link
true. but i'm still going to be fascisty about it.
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
well, wishing real hard that it will all go away on its own doesn't exactly work, you know.
― Cosy Moments (Aimless), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
there are more than two options available. there are plenty of countries with fewer drug-death rates than the US that got there without legalizing everything.
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:07 (twelve years ago) link
tell me more
― Cosy Moments (Aimless), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
people who die from use of the drug are just a small piece of the problem
― iatee, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
i'm all for legalizing drugs and using tax proceeds to fund free rehab for anyone who wants it. which sounds crazy but its better than the body count/generations in prison/corrupt for-profit jail/police seizure racket going on now.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link