he/him Michigan USA. Computer programmer, avid camper and swimmer. Politically moderate but vehemently anti-Trump. Have a fantastic wonderful day!
he/him Michigan USA. Computer programmer, avid camper and swimmer. Politically moderate but vehemently anti-Trump. Have a fantastic wonderful day!
And even IF you needed a prescription topical antibiotic for a very RARE bacterial skin infection like MRSA - you can get the most popular and most prescribed option for a LOT less than $125, so I am calling bullshit.
"Mupirocin (2%), typically costs between $10 and $30 for a 15g-22g tube without insurance, often available for as low as $10-$15 with a GoodRx coupon. Popular options like generic Mupirocin are highly affordable, with some pharmacies offering them for around $4 with insurance."
The only things (TOPICAL, as opposed to a pill or injection) that require something stronger than Neosporin would be VERY rare like impetigo or MRSA. I highly, highly doubt someone who just arrived in the USA managed to get an MRSA infection within a month. That's rare enough that nobody I've ever met has ever mentioned needing a topical prescription antibiotic ointment.
Antibiotic ointments like Neosporin are over the counter and cost like $5 for a tube even today. They were cheaper in the early aughts. What did your sister need that was $125? https://www.walgreens.com/q/antibiotic+ointment
If your dad had a motorcycle or your mom got her hair and nails done at a salon, you could have had a boat. People think "32 foot ocean-going yacht with a bunk and a kitchen and a bathroom" when someone says boat. A lot of times it's a $5,000 fishing boat you can keep on a trailer in your backyard.
Obviously I made those points up and they don't apply to me personally. But I have owned two boats in my life. One was a sailboat I bought for $1,500 and the other was a pontoon I got for around $8,000. Owning a boat on a lake is not the "rich person flex" most people think it is.
You're right, her come-hither eyes and pouty full lips make it hard to see anything else in the clip.
I agree with you that it motivates people to work much harder and care about the quality of their work. Since I've been in software engineering 23 years, I don't know a lot about other professions. I do know the union workers at my company all get the same bonus that's negotiated in the contract and has nothing to do with their performance.
Our bonus targets are around 18% of your salary. So a software engineer making $120,000 has a $21,600 bonus target. A "Unsatisfactory" review gives you a 70% modifier, so $15,120. If you got a "Standard" performance review, you get a 90% modifier on your bonus. If you got an "Outstanding" performance review, you got a 130% modifier on your bonus. So... the difference between $19,440 and $28,080 just for "successfully doing the bare minimum" versus "going above and beyond."
My company sets a bonus target, then adjusts it based on profit (or lack thereof), then each manager can adjust individual employees up or down -40% to +40% based on individual performance reviews.
Note that in many cases - the IRS has no idea what you owe because of the horrendously complicated set of deductions and credits. They don't know that I paid $8,000 for child care and put $5,000 into my pre-tax Dependent Child Care fund. They don't know what charitable donations I've given. They don't know that I sold a boat in a private sale or that I paid import taxes when I arrived with gold from an overseas trip.
My company does it like this: you have a "bonus target" (often 18% of your salary). You get a modifier for "business performance" (anywhere from 60% to 140%) and a modifier for "individual performance" (anywhere from 60% to 140%). So... this year, the company gave a 120% modifier for everyone. A good performance review gave you an additional 130% modifier, for example, where the very average employees got a 90% individual performance modifier. It added up to quite a lot of money for some.
Never dated one but definitely had crushes on quite a few :)
As someone who has cleaned restrooms, a beneficial side effect to those 9" clearances is being able to quickly mop restrooms floors and use a hose to spray vomit or feces out into a central drain. Full length doors make cleaning a restroom a nightmare.
Just to clarify - "Failing to register for Selective Service (required for men aged 18–25) is a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine." That's not new. I would think auto enrollment to prevent accidentally not registering is a good thing.
But auto voter registration (as opposed to the current voter suppression attempts) would also be a good thing.
TECHNICALLY Iran doesn't supply us with any petroleum products (including oil or natural gas) due to sanctions. The US is a net exporter of oil and gas. Where we do import, 55% comes from Canada and less than 10% from the Middle East. But this shit war in Iran jacked up global prices (helping US oil companies but fucking over consumers).
28% of US-based workers received a performance-based bonus in 2024, and 48% received some type of bonus (performance or just continued employment). I realize that's not a MAJORITY. But it isn't super rare. And I've been in software engineering for 23 years and have never heard of a software engineer who wasn't eligible for a performance-based bonus.
Being cordial and playing the game and showing up to work social events has been very helpful for my career. Aligns with the experiences of the person who created the image above.
I understand that in many professions, that is the case. But I have software engineers on my team who busted their asses last year and got a $35,000 bonus last month, and software engineers who did the bare minimum and got a $15,000 bonus. And they do the same job, and get roughly the same amount of work assigned to them.
I grew up a white guy in a city with about 30-40% Mexicans (mostly immigrants or 1st generation). Then I went away to college in a mostly white county. I missed the food and culture SO MUCH while I was away at college... including the churros. But more so the music and dancing and flank steak and carnitas and tamales and horchata and... and... and...
I agree with you that city minimums can be off. Statewide, though - you can get 1 bedroom (not a studio) apartment in Bakersfield, CA for $1050/month. Can't find anything below $2500/month in Santa Cruz. (Example: https://www.apartments.com/the-rowan-apartments-bakersfield-ca/j26xbk7/)
Federal minimum wage is nonsense anyway. In many counties nationwide, $15/hr is a completely livable wage for one person. $15/hr doesn't even scratch the surface in many others. ($7.50 isn't a livable wage ANYWHERE)
There isn't enough engagement left on this site for any other comment to ever go anywhere near as negative as edward macaroni fork.
Sure, he's not "Trump's cabinet" level bad. He's more like "J.K. Rowling" and her transphobic agenda level bad.
Okay. I provided proof for someone else's story. I am not the person who originally commented the link to the Reddit post. And even though you should take random Reddit posts with a MASSIVE grain of salt - there is a ton of truth in this one.
There was an A&R man named Bruce Dickinson (separate from the Iron Maiden singer and the fictional producer), but this person didn't work on anything Blue Oyster Cult ever did, including "Don't Fear the Reaper", and no song he ever produced had any cowbell instrument, so it's still 100% fictional.
You shouldn't believe them based on a random Reddit post. But 20 seconds of Google searching led me to a video of his bigoted hatred. It isn't a secret. You can avoid throwing shade at someone's opinion just because it doesn't come with facts - especially when facts to back up that opinion are readily available.
I can enjoy art independent of the creator, for the most part, but his hateful diatribe makes me enjoy Iron Maiden's music a little bit less.
SERIOUSLY? "50% have a dick, other 50% a little nip and tuck and you could pass for that as well, which is a very modern thing to do, but in between I'm confused because there's a whole lot of people who don't even belong in any of that, there's a whole bunch of FUCKING PRONOUNS and I don't know what they are. I can't say I really associate with that." This is bigotry and hatred from a nasty Boomer who was relevant in the 1980s and is not relevant today.
The Redditor you are citing is 100% correct. There is (of course) video evidence. https://youtu.be/XRc9CWKeGpQ?t=92
I get the joke, but for those who don't, they used Bruce Dickinson as the name of a fictional music producer for the "More Cowbell" skit on SNL. This is Paul Bruce Dickinson - the talented lead singer for Iron Maiden. If you don't know Iron Maiden - where to begin? Start with this greatest hit but then dig into the catalog further. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxnN05vOuSM