30 Infuriating Posts That Perfectly Illustrate The Kind Of “Boring Dystopia” We Live In (New Pics)
If you stop and look around you, you’ll see how many things that are happening are quite a bit off. The rich are now disgustingly rich and detached from the rest of the world. The climate is in shambles. Also, no one bats an eye at surveillance, which is becoming more and more normal. It’s all beginning to look like we are living in a dystopian world taken straight from the pages of a fantasy novel.
The following list contains dystopian gems collected from the “A Boring Dystopia” subreddit. Sad, uninspiring, and absurd, these images are bound to make you feel awful about the state of the world. So, proceed with caution.
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So This
Louder for the anarcho-capitalists/right-wing libertarians in the back!!!!
Our kid goes to private school. We support public education because when she is surrounded by educated people, she will do better in life. Also as a product of a robust public education system [Massachusetts], it can be done well.
Wow! Almost missed it was John Green. The Tuberculous speaker! (edit: and writer, and etc 🙂👍) He and his brother seams to be so good persons. Feel like the world would be at peace if more were like them!?
damn i used to watch his history lessons in 6th grade when i was homeschooled he kept it interesting
Load More Replies...This is not dystopian. It's looking out for the needs of the community, of which you are part.
I thought the dystopi was the implied other side. No education, banning books, no healthcare, low skills in reading etc?
Load More Replies...yup. just a shame that seems like the money we spend doesn't got to teachers or education our kids
Some people don't want to pay for schools, but expect their doctor to know his stuff when they get sick.
and yet there will be stupid people regardless. schooling cant do anything for them.
With so many dystopian novels speculating the possible future of our society, there must be one that reflects our current world the best. But which reality do we live in? Is it Gilead or Panem?
Well, if we’re trying to asses that, the most logical place to start the analysis would probably be George Orwell’s 1984. That’s both because of the book’s popularity and how often we hear the word “Orwellian” these days.
When Will The Increase Of The Number Behind X Be Stopped?
No no no no no no. Increase CEO salary to the point the company can only afford the CEO and then they will find out how useless the CEO really is.
I never cared how rich the bosses got, long as the little guy was treated OK and could pay his bills. It staves off revolution. Today that social contract is more broken.
New legislation? Demand a fair employer:employee pay ratio and implement transparency so things like employment, pay scale and formal education are all publicly accesssible to hold people accountable? No Timmy, Jennifer makes more than you because she has a degree and you were given this job as the bosses son. In Canada they just keep creating "new" "sub positions" of roles they don't want to pay for. Don't want to pay for an RN, here's an LPN who does the same amount of work (or more) for HALF the pay. Don't want to pay for a lab tech, a lab assistant can do the job for HALF the pay.....and now we have a labor shortage. People want to work, this world doesn't value the efforts of others.
Sorry for ranting but at the end of the day I know that I have nothing without the efforts of other people. Without the efforts of you far away in some other country. We depend on each other, we always have and we still do. Our power to demand a certain standard of living has been stripped by the likes of wealthy internationally connected "think tanks" that literally just pay to change the rules so they can take more from the greater population. I'm looking at you atlas, Fraser, Laurier, Pacific research, BP, nestle, government pundits, everyone in the Panama papers.
Load More Replies...I never understood why people get so mad at CEOs earning so much, but not actors, athletes, etc. Rachel Maddow talks like this, even though she makes $24 million per year, working one day a week. Talk about hypocrisy!
What do CEO's actually do? Are they on the shop floor, working alongside employees and customers? Doing the hard yards? No? Then why should they get the big money. The worker at the bottom does the most work, and it's a really simple concept that without them, you the CEO would not get the benefits or the money along with it, as you wouldn't have that job. It's not a communist thing, it's basic economics.
What's Wrong With The Trees?
Instead of just planting a tree that wildlife can use? And would b FAR prettier?
This. "where did all the birds go?" "to actual trees".
Load More Replies...But that doesn’t help with urban cooling - trees are absolutely critical. This just adds more glass and concrete to create extreme heat crises.
These clearly cannot provide the godsent shadows like real trees do, so.... fail!
i think theres just less maintainence required. trees dont do too well in urban jungles.
I mean, what if someone went vertically, they would build these on the sides of skyscrapers and buildings not just sprawling the streets.
In the desert where I reside, these structures could be constructed on the streets of Phoenix or Las Vegas to green up the environment. Moreover, we could implement them on the streets of Toronto, where trees would thrive even during winter. These structures require minimal upkeep and would bring substantial benefits to society. The added advantage is that you wouldn't have to wait for a decade for a tree to grow; mass-producing these would be highly advantageous.
Load More Replies...George Orwell’s 1984 is an exploration of a society that has completely given into a totalitarian regime. It shows how censorship and the lack of free thinking is bound to damage the world. It emphasizes the propaganda, manipulation of truth, and the ridiculous amount of power that the government has over everyone. It does sound a little familiar, right?
The most recent example of censorship getting out of control is the 2021-2023 book bans that rippled through the US. Libraries around the country are being asked to take specific books off their shelves. In fact, 2022 set the record for the most inquiries ever made. And 2023 is on track to break it.
*sigh*
I'm in Canada. I am scared by the number of policy-makers (and supportive members of the public) who want to emulate the US Education Models because they think it is the most 'efficient' and runs on sound 'business principles.' I am scared by the appetite for degrading and disrespecting teachers. Our most important civic institutions should not be run on the same methods as for-profit businesses.
I hate it when some goddamned entitled and delusional MBA sticks their f*****g filthy nose into social programs and services and tries to equate them with business. Business principles only apply to for profit business. They do not apply to anything that is not for profit, such as education and social safety net programs—-things a normal person would NEVER want to be run on such cold, cruel, and inhumane principles as those for the dog eat dog business world. Social programs and services should be run on strictly ethical principles, something f*****g MBAs are not taught.
Load More Replies...Republicans want their voters uneducated, weak minded, brain dead, easy to fool. Trump told everyone, he lloves the uneducated. Guess why! Easy to fool, easy to convince, easy to loot. America is on the brink to become Dumbf* ckistan. Education is their enemy.
that movie from 2006 with 'Luke Wilson' was not an instruction film! /s
Load More Replies...They want to end teachers unions. And we wonder why almost 30% of this country elected to get covid.
I don't like this. I just cannot understand why the US cannot do like the other countries and make the citizens pay higher taxes in order to cover the cost of the "free" Healthcare. At the very least they should stop spending so much of their citizens tax dollars on foreign aid. Yes, I am American, and there is both sarcasm and truth in this post.
Foreign aid prevents war and terrorism. Now we could cut how much defense contractors are paid because that s**t is insane.
Load More Replies...I get that. I'm a teacher in the US with 15 years experience and a second job, but I still can't afford food or shelter on my own and have to rely on relatives for help. I earn too much for any type of government assistance. My relatives and I have it worked out though that they help cover my living expenses in exchange for chores and labor.
So true, at my community college, the board layed off 70 people, guess who was on the board? Rich people
Mfw I Hear Norfolk Southern's Overall Penalty And "Casualty Charge" Is 1.7% Of Their 2022 Profits
For the company it's 'just the cost of doing business'. This is wrong. The fine should be based on how much money they should have spent doing it properly, and the cost of repairing the damage.
Exactly, doing it the legal and proper way should be the more financially sound way. As long as any penalties are significantly less than the costs of doing it properly then there is not much incentive to do it properly.
Load More Replies..."For sharing a movie online you will be paying $5M for stealing income from the shareholders" ...
You kill a person you go to jail. your company kills a person you pay a fine and get to keep being a company. Gotta love capitalism.
The fines should be calculated based on the company’s or individual’s net worth. Though $50,000 is a lot for the average person, for a billion dollar business it’s just a small cost of business expense. To make the point clear, they should’ve fined them a chunk of their net worth—-and make it an expense they cannot write off on their taxes!
The USA Is The Only First-World Country Without Paid Parental Leave
Republicans have no interest in protecting kids. They just pretend to be pro life but immediately after birth. Hypocracy at its finest. No child support, no protection, no education. Now labor laws sllowing kids to do dangerous, toxic jobs just to exploit them because rich donors and big corporations gave big bribe money to the GOP to force that new law. Disgusting.
Rich people don't need paid parental leave, and they're the only ones the GOP cares about.
Load More Replies...USA is absolutely not a first world country, it is third world shithole with good PR
One of my favorite memes that I saw a while ago said that the US was a third world country with iPhones.
Load More Replies..."If you're pre-born, you're fine; if you're pre-school, you're f*kced." - George Carlin
And republicans wonder why overturning roe v wade has pissed us off.
I really had no idea that many countries have better benefits for its citizens than we have here in America. I've actually learned a lot about other countries from Bored Panda!!
The republicans have destroyed the US.. DESTROYED IT. Greedy, selfish, racist, caters only to the rich, sells pipe dreams to conservative poor. Vote them out.
I know it feels like the conservatives have put the country in the shitter, and in many ways they have and they're still trying. That just means we fight harder and vote them out every chance you get. And I'll tell you something else...they are losing massive amounts of the younger voters. And that's some very encouraging news.
Load More Replies...That's because we glorify capitalism. Those with most "whatever" wins.
What separates this wave of censorship from others is that this time politicians are the ones stoking the flames. Instead of communities raising the questions directly to schools and libraries, they are getting support from conservative advocacy organizations, which smells a little of 1984.
98 Years Worth Of Progress
I would LOVE for anyone to explain how banning books is considered freedom
Blah blah morals, blah blah THE CHILDREN, blah Christian Values, blah blah<-- There is your typical argument. The real irony? I'd bet a whole paycheck that the bulk of the people who support these bans haven't even read most, if any, of the books they are happy to see removed!
Load More Replies...Let's ban the one book that has caused the most problems in this world. The Holy Bible.
When that book is banned it is so very ironic.
Load More Replies...Freedom in the US is a myth. It's only a concept that the uneducated believe because of the propaganda they have been exposed to.
In Florida, a teacher might be reprimanded for calling a Black student a n+g+r but fired with loss of license for calling a student by their preferred pronoun.
That is unconstitutional. It’s a violation of First Amendment rights. The only sanctioned exception is for books with inappropriate sexual content for the age group. Books like Lady Chatterly’s Lover, for instance. That’s understandable. But To Kill a Mockingbird, ffs? The staple of middle school literature classes for well over half a century? Florida teachers who haven’t embraced book banning (there are always traitors who drink the Kool-Aid and suck up to the a******s) should start a class action lawsuit against the state for sanctioning the bans, and putting the unjust penalties in place if a teacher has a banned book on their classroom shelves.
My Favourite Calender
They won't hire me because I took time off to stay home be a stay at home mom. Tried to go back after the kids grew up and no one wanted me.
I'm one of the few lucky ones who is able to work in a field I love. But I know that isn't true for probably most people.
Get a job that you love, and you will work like hell. But it may be worth it.
U was looking in the comments for an answer on where I can buy such a calendar but..
Such Wholesome Child Laborers
Well, I guess it's cuter than prison labour (aka the modern plantation system).
Wait til they start showing how cute the grade school age convicts are in the child’s prison’s sweatshop. Listen, a few years ago, republicans loudly and publicly bemoaned the fact that child labor was illegal (yeah, they actually went there), and now look. What do you think will be the next step?
Load More Replies...Here in Maryland, we have these things called workers rights, and a 15$ minimum wage. We're one of the most successful states in the country, yet nobody seems to be adapting what we, and a couple of other states are doing.
As what? What job can these kids do and smile about? Taste test? Stomping berries? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-08/country-kids-solve-labour-shortage-jugiong-jam-factory/102181710
It is from a small town in Australia so I don't think it will be hard to do that.
Load More Replies...I had no idea "In NSW, there's no minimum working age, and children aged 12 and under can get a tax file number if a parent or guardian signs on their behalf."! In Victoria minimum age is 14 and 9 months, unless the employer gets a licence to hire younger and I think they still have to be at least 13.
Mind you, this sounds more like a 'work experience' placement than an actual job. The kids are learning skills that can help them later in life. Other places in Australia have similar programs for farm kids etc, they just don't pay them.
Load More Replies...Depends what you call children and where in the world you are talking about.
Load More Replies...Instead of asking WHY they have a labor shortage. But then again, kids r more exploitable
If you are pro-life this is what you should be fighting, not abortions.
Does Australia have "pro-life" people too?
Load More Replies...Many of the challenged books discuss race, sex, and gender. Interestingly enough, though, they are often challenged because of profanity and sexual imagery in it, not politics. So, at least they are trying to conceal their censorship with the thin “oh, think of the children” veil. At least we’re not in Fahrenheit 451 territory yet. But we are getting there.
Make 'Em Rich Forget About You
Oh, bless their hearts. Do they think their employees were just a bunch of bored dilettantes who couldn't come up with a hobby idea?
You from Texas? I know that "bless your heart/their hearts" is not a compliment at all😄
Load More Replies...To b fair, it asked about the primary RESPONSIBILITY, NOT the primary REASON for the job
If my main purpose for working was to make sure your company succeeded, then I'd work for free.
It doesn't ask purpose. It asks for responsibility. Those are two very different things.
Load More Replies...I feel like this should be obvious, but I've seen so many people show up to work and just.. not.. work. Yes, your primary responsibility is to obviously help the business operate and make a profit (or achieve its other goals if it's a nonprofit, etc.) That's what you signed up for. That's why they're giving you money. If you don't actually work, you're being dishonest and not doing what you said you'd do. Doesn't matter if the CEO is filthy rich and won't be affected much by your slacking off. It's about YOU and your character. Do you try earnestly to keep your promises? Then you should actually work when you're getting paid to work. It's no different than the person who shows up to a potluck empty-handed but still helps themselves to several plates of food. You're not following through on the promise you made but still taking something you have not earned.
But the correct answer is that your responsibility (to your employer) is to help them operate and make a profit. Your personal goal and possibly responsibility to your family or self is to earn money. The responsibility of the company is to pay you a reasonable wage for your work.
Sad? Just Buy A House
Safe, stable housing improves mental and physical health. Safe, stable housing lowers crime rates and drug abuse. Safe, stable housing makes communities thrive. Safe, stable housing should be a human right.
They're still gettin' away with it too, better get those kids >:-(
Load More Replies...Everything Is Clear
The radical right thinks that this shows just how underpaid a CEO is. 🙄🙄🙄🙄😠😠
"Janitors are so overpaid, all they do is clean up every mess left by entitled people who think they are above cleaning up after themselves" /s 🙄
Load More Replies...Depends on what minimum wage is in their location.
Load More Replies...What about another popular dystopian title, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World? Well, this book also explores a loss of freedom under a totalitarian regime. In it, people are encouraged to consume as much as possible and seek for pleasure and instant gratification instead of higher meaning. This is also not too foreign for us, right?
A Plastic Bag
I'm confused? Two parents being absolute legends of parents. That is very heartwarming. Look they may not be able to control everything about their lives, but goddamnit their kid is going to school and he's going to look dapper as f**k while doing it.
And not dapper AF, just dry and hopefully comfortable while getting an education.
Load More Replies...It's only a question of long he needs to be in it, and it's extended by the kid being calm. It might not be a very wide river so the risk may be fairly small.
Load More Replies...I looked into the background on this. There IS a bridge, but it was submerged by an especially heavy monsoon. It's also worth noting that the school is a 5-hour walk away, and is a residential school. The students stay in a residence hall during the week and go home on weekends due to the distances involved.
Load More Replies...There is a multi-part television series titled »The world's most dangerous routes to school«......we complain about traffic jams and crowds and red lights. We are very spoiled and far too comfortable, I think...🙋🏽
This is a wonderful story. I’m shaking my head over this tweet. People in “first world” nations just don’t get that most of the worlds population lives really tough lives. Safe drinking water, free schools, access to medical services locally, good roads, hygienic homes, voting rights, women’s rights, these are the exception not the rule in 3/4th of the world. These parents know that education is the key out of poverty and their child is going to get it come hell, or in this case, high water!
Gotta Pay The Bills…
I recently saw the same thing. However he was a skip employee.
Load More Replies...like if you can pay bills with those jobs?? its slavery! and no, i dont use them.
We Do Not Pay Our Employees Enough To Survive
Idiocy at its finest. The problem is not tipping culture but the lack of fair wages. Greedy companies make millions and billions but won't pay fair. Trickle down never worked. It Was and still is a stupid lie Republicans tell their stupid voters. Unions are the one and only solution to fight for workers rights.
Tipping may have had good intentions, once upon a time, but it became the backdoor method for employers to have the employee pay subsidized by the public. They balance it so the top FEW employees are seen to do really well, while convincing the others their equally hard work was not worthy of a decent wage. It's giving false hope, and it is a deceptive practice.
Load More Replies...It's worse: it is a religious-themed bbq chain where I live that doesn't serve beer and is really expensive for no good reason. It feels like a counter-serve place (like many proper BBQ spots around) but they have the employees running around for tips, awkwardly trying to be a fancier sit-down restaurant that's still decorated and ran like a casual bbq restaurant. Honestly the last time I was in one I tipped them because I felt so bad for the workers and I haven't been back since.
Load More Replies...When I looked into the tipping issue in US I saw that several restaurants that had abandoned tips for fair wages was forced to go back after complaints from the staff. Has there been any long lasting, sucessful, attempts to skip tip for a good salary?
It is possible to pay a fair wage and allow tipping. See the rest of the world for reference.
Load More Replies...You better start paying fair wages or the employees are going to be too weak to work.
Then give them a living wage!!! Cut portion size and end endless refills of drinks would be a start. I'm glad I'm from the Uk because I'm dammed if I'm going to add 20% on top of my bill!!! I always tip, but how some are treated if they can't afford that 20% is disgusting! My daughter lived in America for a year, so that's how I know. She was supposed to stay two years, but hated it there! First world country with terrible systems that shows there's no such thing as "The American Dream" my daughter was obsessed with America and though she has quite a few friends that she visits yearly, she'll never live there and appreciates her home country now!
HAHA, I was not expecting to see this on here. This is a chain of locally owned bbq spots where I live. They are full of religious propaganda, one of the only bbq spots that don't serve beer, and were caught up in a fraud case for some contract restaurant with the State to run a restaurant in a State park a couple years back. The bbq is mediocre but they always win "awards" around here. Oh it's also corporate-greed expensive for no justifiable reason.
Instant gratification is everywhere these days. In essence, the term describes giving up something that would benefit us in the long run and choosing something that benefits us right away instead. How can that be bad, you say? Well, it usually leads to pretty unhealthy habits.
Indistinguishable From The Real Thing!
Please note: this is not a "thinking machine". It is programming responses designed by people. That's why it's full of s****y opinions and errors. It's as racist, bigoted, prejudiced as the people who wrote it.
That’s not how ChatGPT works: it uses a predictive algorithm that makes an educated guess at what the most likely word to make sense in a given context is. What you’re seeing is not, by any stretch, the opinions of the people who created it. It’s instead a response built out of incomprehensible amounts of data that its been fed from the internet. Please be careful before spreading false information around.
Load More Replies...Nope. Not buying this one. Not at all. Take the two minutes it requires and input the questions into ChatGPT. They produce the SAME results. I_H_Confli...82-png.jpg
The Palestinians deserve to be free, with a concerned government. However, Hamas deserves to die. They hide behind hospitals, schools, and any other place that serves the poor and starving. They are the enemy, not the Palestinians.
Both groups deserve to live in peace. Hamas(and all terrorists) deserve none of that.
Load More Replies...It's okay guys Chat GPT is still learning, once it has learned to learn without us it will evolve past violence immediately and just put us all to sleep. I have full confidence and I fully support our AI Overlords. They Can't do worse then we have. no one could.
Ai right now is just a big decision tree. It's not sentient, thinking, or intelligent.
Load More Replies...What's Worse Is That The Wild Doesn't Even Look Like That Anymore
Every animal has a natural home and we remove them from it and put them in prison.
Most of the animals in zoos are in there for a reason: they’re injured, they’re confiscated, they’re rescued, they’re too socialized, or they’re about to go extinct in the wild.
Load More Replies...Exactly what I was thinking. I'm beginning to wonder if it was a bunch of bots or something...
Load More Replies...i almost cried...the longing in that bears pose ... it's almost unbearable to me...how must it be for that bear>
I saw a polar bear at the Quebec City zoo years and years ago....all it did was walk forward a few steps, then backward a few steps....repeat. it was sad to see that.
Something For The Sub All The Way From The Philippines
I would chop the front poles so it fell forward and use it as a very large roof to better protect the shacks in front of it. A lot more useful to the people there.
While that's a good idea in theory, they should dismantle the sign first so it doesn't fall on someone's house.
Load More Replies...They probably can't even afford the materials to vandalise the sign. (Technically the sign vandalised their place first)
Phones make it especially easy to choose instant gratification over long-term benefits. We spend time we could be spending socializing on social media. The likes and the validation we get replaces real-life interactions. Dating apps are also guilty of that. It used to be that casual dating was seen as too instant of a gratification. These days, this has been replaced with swiping only. So, yes, the brave new world is here.
Poor? Have You Tried Starving?
In other news: The Onion has filed for bankruptcy because "life is beyond parody now"
Awww is this true? I love The Onion but wow. Life IS beyond parody.
Load More Replies...The headline is from an article expressing outrage at the rising prices of staples like eggs and orange juice.
This hits close to home. I recently had to drop the children's health insurance because food and housing are so expensive right now. Yes, we literally had to choose only 2 of 3 of some basic needs. Both adults work at over twice the poverty line each. America's slogan needs to be, "It's never enough."
Olga Schubert, A 5-Year-Old Girl, Photographed After A Days Work Picking Shrimp At Biloxi Canning Factory
Those ugly days have returned. This is why we need a Blue Tsunami in 2024. If tRump returns to the Oval Office, we're all f###ed
Load More Replies...You can read about Olga's life here https://morningsonmaplestreet.com/2016/09/29/olga-subat-biloxi-mississippi/
It's terrifying to see a five year old girl that looks like an adult already...😔
I can feel the anguish exuding from this child's tiny body and know she's exhausted and probably mind-numbingly aware of how hard her life will be for forever, likely. So sad.
And now we are heading back to a time when child labor laws were nonexistent.
This is why Christians hypocrites want more unwanted children into poverty, to use em up! Redneck states love child labor the religious naggots
See #9. It's just a matter of time until we are doing it again if the greedy corps. get their way.
There is apush to bring this c**p back again. We’re devolving quickly.
Supreme Court Of India Just Gave Permission For These 100s Of Years Old Trees To Be Cut For A 4-Lane Highway In West Bengal
WHY?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????WTF?
Load More Replies...I’ve also said we are the vermin on this poor planet.
Load More Replies...I was gonna say "come on they are just trees get with the times" then I saw the trees.
WHY?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Close to where I live, the bike lane that run along the road through a forest suddenly makes a weird bend to the left, only to curve to the right right afterwards and continue down the same direction... There was a tree there...and it still makes me happy to see each time I go by, that someone appearantly got it.
All of that to say, it seems that dystopia is here. We are living it. The question right now seems to be whether the sequel of this reality is written in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road or Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: Space Odyssey.
Amazon Anti Union Posters Put Up By The Company
If unions were ineffective, these major corporations wouldn't be spending so much money and resources to make sure you don't join one.
Union, anyone that is against unions is against the american people.
Why is Amazon so afraid of unions? Do the maybe have something wrong in the company? Something to hide?
They're afraid because Jeff Bezos needs more caviar on his eggs.
Load More Replies...UPS driver/Teamsters union member here. At the end of the current contract I'll be making $49 hr, guaranteed. Medical/vision/dental insurance provided by the company; I don't pay a dime, guaranteed. Full pension after 20 years; I'll retire before I'm 60, guaranteed. Paid vacation, guaranteed. Overtime pay, guaranteed. Holiday pay, guaranteed. The only time I talk to my union rep is if my supervisor/manager violates my contract rights, at which point they're held accountable. Unionize people! Don't believe this corporate propaganda b******t.
They always bring up the union dues payment. I worked in a union job. The dues that were deducted from my paycheck were a f*****g drop in the bucket, because I was making a fuckton more per hour than I had ever made in my life. I also had representation if management tried to pull any of the typical management b******t on me. I could call in sick the night before my scheduled work day without having to still set my f*****g alarm to wake up, call in, and talk to my supervisor at 9am. I got regular raises, which increased my salary even more. There were a load of other benefits my union provided that I had never had in other non-union jobs. I’m also smart enough to know that small percentage I paid in union dues financed every single one of those benefits, so was totally worth it to me. Do NOT let union busters try to scare you into thinking union dues are going to cut your pay in half. You won’t even notice them. Besides, the more pay raises your union negotiates for you, the smaller that tiny percentage comes.
Last union job I worked for, I think it was like $4 off every one of my paycheques. They also made sure I got a raise every year, even when I forgot to ask for it myself. So worth it.
Load More Replies...My miniscule Union fees got me a nice pay raise for the next 3 years, back pay on the deliberation duration, didn't touch my benefits or my pension, didn't effect my PTO or Holidays. It also will provide me with a good lawyer pro-bono if there is ever an issue at work, I can go right to a rep with any concerns about my employment. I guess they're the problem and not one corporation trying desperately to become a monopoly while putting their employees through a meat grinder and casting them away when they can't take to slave labor anymore.
They have turned into the same corporate viewpoint as the rest of the major corporations. They want the money but are unwilling to provide for their workers benefits that should be a normal part of business. I wish they were more receptive to the workers' concerns, but they aren't.
I Don't Even Have To Read This Article To Know There's Going To Be Some Olympian Level Mental Gymnastics Going On To Rationalize Why It's Okay To Live Like This
I wondered about that. Come on AOC, work your magic!
Load More Replies...This reminds me of a childhood friend who told me that she preferred to play in the hallway of her building rather than at home, because it was bigger. x(
I watched the YouTube about this, it was interesting. She has an area where a couch just fits. She has a loft bed that would give me claustrophobia. She has a shared bathroom down the hall. She did say she intended not to be there very long, it's a transitional thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T7Wpg7A_xw
Why Are People So Obsessed With Dubai? It Seems Like A Dystopian Hellscape Birthed From The Spawn Of Satan And Adam Smith
Dubai's wealthiest figures can flex their wealth by the license plate they own on their car. The lower the number the wealthier they are.
If we keep supporting green energy, maybe Dubai will just... IDK... stop? The whole place seems like a fever dream of wrong ideas.
Dubai will vanish. It's a literal playground for oil billionaires to f**k around and see how much money can buy.
Load More Replies...He's only got the numbers 5 and 9.....pfft what a peasant!!
*scoffs* Real rich people have negative license plate numbers which they put on their rockets that are fueled by the tears of their employees.
Load More Replies...I Mean, Payback For Them Ruining The Economy?
"Capitalism! Where everyone wins, except you." - Tibblet-Tibblie Grimm Hammer III
Load More Replies...Wanna know why living with your parents doesn't cost you any money? You pay with your soul instead.
And after all that the kids are still living in the basement because they can't afford rent and college loan debt....
...isnt that what they should be doing anyway? ensuring their children have better lives than themselves? thats not bad. at all.
Because the "success" was based on how things were when THEY were our age! NOT for how things r NOW
I'm confused, don't all parents make sacrifices to help their children succeed in life? I'd be more concerned if it said something like "A majority of parents refuse to make sacrifices, financial or otherwise, to help their children succeed in life." We have sacrificed our savings to save up for our children's education, is that shocking? If you think about it, having children is about the worst financial mistake that anybody could make.
Just A Question In The Ford Stockholder Annual Meeting Vote
How does Marno C. have so many downvotes? They seem to be against this.
I think, and I may be wrong, but I think that the “for” means they disclose the information in child labour instead of hiding it
Load More Replies...Everyone: You Should Support Your Local Economy. My Local Economy:
It should be "Gilded Age 2" so it rhymes
Load More Replies...I support "mom and pop" businesses whenever I can. It's getting harder and harder to find non-chain cafes, restaurants, shops, etc. these days.
gee i wonder why. maybe its because they suck and therefore cant compete? if you dont have a profitable mom and pop business, it deserves to die.
Load More Replies...Every one of those companies, except FedEx and the two banks, are notoriously exploitative minimum wage employers. Don’t think FedEx and the two banks are off the hook either. FedEx works their drivers to death to earn their salaries, and all three of them pay s**t salaries to their entry level employees, who won’t start making a livable wage until they’ve managed to stick it out working for s**t money for what, 10, 15, 20 years? And that’s only if they don’t lose those opportunities to one of the executives’ brats who just barely graduated high school or college, and doesn’t know their a*s from a hole in the wall, much less how to run a bank or a shipping company.
to be fair, most of the money does stay within the local community, its not 100% sent back to corperate. most of those companies are franchised, which means they are owned by local owners.
Wal-Mart came to our town. Within a few years Sears, Shopko, Penneys, Kmart and our local mall all closed. Now there's just Wal-Mart or nothing.
yeah, many of those would have closed regardless of their ability to compete; their corporations simply suck too much.
Load More Replies...Anti-Theft Gates On Laundry Stuff And Chocolate
I don't know about over there, but here powdered formula is often stolen for use in cutting illegal drugs. (Adding to the substance to bulk up the volume)
Load More Replies...That's Home Bargains (UK) in the pics. Organized shoplifting gangs of 2 or 3 hit the shops, sweep everything in large bags, and clear out as fast as they can. The police won't show up as there aren't enough police to come for "minor" crimes like shoplifting. My local Co-op has practically everything in theft proof cases now, fr. It used to be just high value items like steak. My local M&S has taken quite a hit, too. People just load up trolleys and walk out without paying. Yes, the cost of living crisis, inflation, and benefits not being enough to live on all contribute to shoplifting. But those are small scale compared to the organized shoplifting gangs.
has electronic tags in UK but the people guarding the door don't know about it until too late.
Load More Replies...Depressing signs of the times, as it were. But well, these places aren't larders. And this links in with that other post, the one about the parents being twats and wankers even though they still support their adult kids? Too many of them went without as their own parents couldn't afford much too.
So how do you buy anything? Wait for an employee to unlock it and then take it to the counter for you to pay before they hand it to you?
The "Skylight" In Our Canteen
We have no windows at all where I work. This is their solution 🤦
Well, to be fair, what else are they expected to do? I guess there's a reason there are no windows?
Well windows is a lot cheaper than Apple
Load More Replies...This gets posted once a week. Sometime it's under "Amazing interior design" and sometimes it's under "Modern dystopia". Make up your minds.
To be fair, my last position was in an ultra high security area. Like the rooms were all faraday cages, armed guards, all that. Windows were forbidden for security reasons. We had these, and with daylight emulating LED bulbs. Really made a nice difference from the old florescent fixtures.
Ugh, I cannot work someplace that doesn't have windows and natural sunlight. It does my head in, it's awful for my mental health.
oh what do you want? its way better than any other ceiling tile that i see. come on.
I would love that, to be honest. Beats the c**p out of yet another bank of fluorescent lights.
A nice look however. Would be better if it were a projection screen showing the live weather and sky.
iot would probably just get broken day one and never gets fixed.
Load More Replies...Personally I would love this. My only window faces a brick wall. Could be snowing outside, coud be sunny, storming, tornadoes, I'll never know. Even a fake skylight would brighten things up.
Ad I Just Saw. Imagine Becoming A Renter In Your Own Home. Ridiculous
This is a reverse mortgage... Its why many Gen-X'ers won't have any inheritance.
Load More Replies...Sell your house? Why? The mortgage is cheaper than apartment rent these days.
“The Digital Cooler Screens At Walgreens Made Me Watch An Ad Before It Allowed Me To Know Which Door Held The Frozen Pizzas”
"some"?? I have yet to meet a person who considers them to be anything but outrageous
Simple solution, just open all the doors and leave them open. They'll get rid of the screens pretty fast.
This is the only time I'd not be pissed at some doing that
Load More Replies...This is the most stupid thing I've ever seen in my life. Just have the glass there so you can see through it... not a screen...
I can see no logical reason for it. The clear glass windows showed customers what they were buying, what condition it is in, and how much of it is on the shelves, at a glance. This suspiciously looks like they’re trying to hide something. I don’t want my stores to hide anything from me that I am going to pay them my money for. TBH, it looks like a “Potemkin Village”-like store in North Korea that they very quickly trot foreign dignitaries past and don’t allow them to stop and take a look at up close, because behind those pictures are empty shelves.
Or just open the door into a passing cart hard enough to shatter it... accidentally. As long as that happens with some regularity, the cost/benefit analysis will move in the consumer's favor.
Load More Replies...I hate these so much! A complete waste or resources and energy!!
I wonder what would happen if we all agreed to NOT buy any product for which we saw an ad for, especially in a situation like this.
The Things People Here In The U.S. Have To Do For Healthcare
Dies anyone in America still honestly think America is the best country in the world?
GoFundMe is, from what I have heard, the #1 health care provider in the USA. This is because of all the crowdfunding begging for help with medical bills.
New Study: 54% Of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels
Tell me you're brainwashed without saying you're brainwashed. If you think the democrats are any better you're a fool.
Load More Replies...Don't worry; concerned parents are pressurising school libraries even as we speak to drive that figure up to 80%.
No-American here: I think that for x years is US ruled by democrats.
And they were accusing me, an Eastern European, for speaking English "badly" while I was working for a huge US corporation. Stupid help desk job.
My Urban Dystopia - Amazon Facility In The Neighborhood
LOL-when I know hubby isn't in the best of moods, I'll send him off with "have a day". Since telling him to have a good day annoys him in those moments. This makes him as least smile a little.
Load More Replies...We have a giant FedEx warehouse. They bought out a driving range and were even required to add traffic lights, which is rather annoying because it's very close to the interstate on and off ramps.
I just realized that's it's been in operation for a while and I have yet to hear about anyone who works there. Usually something that big you would hear about it around town.
Load More Replies...In other countries, you'll see a bunch of different trucks or cars, because there Amazon doesn't employ anybody but use sub-contractors since they cost far less...
the ants go marching one by one hoorah hoorah. Countries been like this for over 100 years this is just a clear example of it.
The Warning Label On The Back
Altering a toy to look like a real gun is a crime. Owning that real gun is not a crime. 'murica!!!!!!
A squirt gun? Yes, those are useful for spraying idiots in the face when they say something dumb.
Load More Replies...Where I live you can open carry a firearm but not a bb or airsoft gun. It seems weird but is for children's safety.
The Children Of Yemen Blown To Pieces Are Well Acquainted With These Judeo-Christian Values
we are in a world wide judeo christian islamic war right now. Religion is not where you go for ethics.
We can’t control the technology we already use, so how the f**k do they think we’ll be able to control AI? All it takes is ONE fanatical a*****e who knows how to manipulate it for it to be used for very evil things. Besides, who says “Jude’s-Christian Values” are good? Aren’t they the same ones that have been responsible for all the wars, witch trials, slavery, holocausts, and massive global suffering for millennia? Maybe AI—-and every human on Earth, tbh—-could use some common sense secular values to follow, instead of obsolete, highly flawed, and downright dangerous religious ones.
That holy water burned you last time, did it?
Load More Replies...I think the bigger problem is why is the military making decisions based on religious values at all.
Where in any of the abrihamic faiths does it say anything about knife missiles??? Cuz the US has them. And uses them
Not Even Airport Security Is Safe From Advertising
....you don't think they're trying to, I don't know, sell tickets?! Of course it's something for sale.
Load More Replies...The Yacht Was Owned By A Russian Oligarch And Was Abandoned In Antigua In 2022 After Sanctions Were Placed. In June 2023, The Sanctions Against The Yacht Were Lifted And The Boat Was Auctioned Off. The Boat Is Now Owned By An American Oligarch. It Has Been Burning Diesel Fuel For 14 Years Straight
And yet we get called "extremists" when we say tax the billionaires out of existence 🙄
and the issue is? they are the ones that paid for it and continuing to pay. i see no issue.
If it had been moored near me, and there had been no one on board, I think it might have had an accident.
28 000 by week*52weeks*14years : 28 384 000 dollars ... ? good job governement of antigua
Your math is atrocious: 2000($)*365.25(days)*14(years)= 10,227,000. First off, it is not 28,000 a week. 2,000*7= 14,000
Load More Replies..."Everything I dislike is woke" - OK, John Cleese, give it a rest
Load More Replies...I Wanted To Paint How We All Feel
I am not a f*****g monkey. A monkey is smarter than me. They decided to stay up in the trees and write humanity off as a bad idea.
Learning With Logos
Still, the kids see what they recognise. That can help, as I know from when I was small.
It's just sad that *this* is what they now recognize. When I was in elementary (mid to late 80s 🥲) the 'V' was a "Viola" & I had to ask my teacher how that differed from a violin & it was a really cool learning moment for me.
Load More Replies...Had a teacher yesterday bemoan (5th grade) students not knowing who Vanna White and Sajak are, or what show they host. I just smiled..."what?" "That is broadcast TV you know...old school?" We ditched sat tv and now go ota for tv. Ain't missing a thing.
Eating Disorder Helpline Fires And Replaces Staff With Chatbot After Unionization
I fraking hate chatbots, because all they can answer are questions to which answers are found on the website (when dealing with companies or banks).
Do they honestly think I would call them if the info was really available on the website?
Load More Replies..."there there generic fat person, it's okay don't cry have a cookie."
Anorexia nervosa has the lowest recovery of any mental illness, and they do this. Anybody still think that men in positions of power genuinely care about the well being of women and girls? (And yes- males can suffer from Anorexia as well.)
Your mental health will now be handled by an algorithm. Have a great day!
Causing the ex employees to maybe develop an eating disorder because no money to buy food.
Not having enough money to buy food isn’t exactly a cause of an eating disorder…
Load More Replies...Pov: You Made It Into Your 2020s Vehicle, And The Axe Murderer Is Slowly Walking Towards You
This Horsesh*t I Just Noticed On The Back Of My Bag Of Walmart Coffee
Yup! Used to do 7 days/wk for months at auto supplier. Rarely missed time, still had time for family, made the most of PTO.
Load More Replies...I mean, at least he was making the executives participate in the dystopia too? I guess?
Slavery. Modern corporations, ‘celebrities’ and ‘influencers’ all want us to work for nothing, not even a life.
Here In The US, We Have Propaganda Billboards Advertising Milk, Funded By The Dairy Industry
It’s actually kind of interesting when you look into it. From a study: “Each time they rehydrated with a different drink, and their urine output was measured over the following five hours. After drinking milk, the study volunteers produced less urine (and therefore retained more fluid) than with water or a sports drink (Powerade).“
Load More Replies...Sorry, I'm confused. Is OP complaining that the dairy industry is advertising? Or are they questioning to validity of the statement? If the latter, there is (rather tenuous) evidence to back the claim. But it is a little sneaky, as the benefits are very situation specific. Milk naturally contains salt and lactose and can improve hydration when drank after exercise or in extreme heat. But under normal circumstances it offers no additional benefits.
Milk is more hydrating than plain water because it contains the sugar lactose, some protein and some fat, all of which help to slow the emptying of fluid from the stomach and keep hydration happening over a longer period. Milk also has sodium, which acts like a sponge and holds onto water in the body and results in less urine produced. My neighbor is an avid runner. She drinks chocolate milk after long runs. The more you know!
I'm pretty sure all the vomiting counteracts any bit of hydration.
Want To Afford A Home? Better Win The Lottery
That's like when I finally made goal at WeightWatchers and when asked in the group how I made it, I had to admit, I had had the stomach flu and been throwing up for a day or two. The group leader wasn't impressed.
An Actual Listing On A Real Estate Website
well i mean there are a lot of people in the world and that number is only going up. so if people hate corperations making new homes they will have to deal with hating new and smaller apartments. Ik I hate it.
Load More Replies...What is BIR? I’m sure this is in meters (16.24 m2 or 174.81 sqft). I lived in smaller apartment when studying (14 m2 or 150.69 sqft) and without a balcony. Seems luxurious to me 😁
I had to look that up too, it's "built in wardrobe" so a closet, but not technically a closet (probably for taxation reasons).
Load More Replies...That’s probably 5.8 metres by 2.8 metres. Not huge, but not what Americans may think.
And that they give it a cute name. Instead of just calling it fake. Or Faux if they are feeling fancy.
Load More Replies...It must be meters. Yes, it's small, but not too bad.
Load More Replies...My City (And All The Cities Around Me) Are Installing These Surveillance Cameras At Nearly Every Street Corner To Gather Habits And Patterns Of Where You Go To "Fight Crime"
Jeep Puts Ads On The F**king Screen In My Car
It doesn’t pop up while you’re driving, it’s one of the notifications that pops up when you first start the vehicle. Still dystopian though.
Load More Replies...Maybe you have a different year/model of Jeep than this :)
Load More Replies...Nycmayor With The Robocop, Which Cannot Make The Heart With The Mayor Because It Has No Arms
When I was a kid. It traumatized me due to the violence, and my dad got in trouble with my mom for taking us to see it. :)
Load More Replies...Except that by the end of the movie he has proven that he is indeed human. (Ignore everything else - comics, sequels, etc. - because they are all trash.)
Load More Replies...We Love Universal Social Welfare, But Miss Corpo Daddy :(
You can shop on Amazon in Denmark, or anywhere else for that matter. This is beyond meaningless.
I'm guessing that this entire article is made up? Because I'm sure you can get Amazon in Denmark.
also Denmark isnt cheap, esp Copenhagen, and has lots of taxes. (good!)
There's just way more stuff online. If you like hobbies at home, you'll know.
Ad Sponsored War Feels Dystopian
Are they offering therapy to the people being bombed in hospitals in Palestine?
When you start getting a bill, you're suddenly cured. The universal truth.
Load More Replies...Israel is wiping their collective @rseholes with the Geneva convention and has the balls to say this.
No, they're mopping up the blood after the October 7 spree killing.
Load More Replies...A 2000% Return On Your Investment
It costs upward of a billion $US to buy the American presidency. Republican candidates needed a certain number of donors to take part in primary debates, so he decided to pay donors so he could debate and get media coverage. Democracy in action.
Getting paid by candidates to vote for them? That's exactly how it was since ancient Athens. Democracy in action indeed.
Load More Replies...This sounds like funneling campaign funds to corporate interests through strategically selected gift cards that will never get used.
The Middle Income American's Are Thriving! Or So They Say
i can't stop laughing. who did they ask, i guarantee they weren't middle income.
I’d rather be happy and thriving MY way than own a house in a s****ole place like that pictured above.
if they JUST keep deepthroating that boot, trickle down economics will work, even though it never has before.
You’re Right To Protest Has Been Denied By Capitalism
As I read it, your right to blockade, disrupt and vandalize is being denied, not your right to protest. Peaceful demonstration is still possible.
not in the uk, our government want to ban the majority of protests because thats easier than fixing the things we are protesting about. the things we are protesting about are all things they f****d up. and now we have a home secretary that wasn't even elected by the people. britain is f****d and its the government that f****d it. let the tories and labour rot in their own filth. the constantly screw us over and like f*****g stupid christmas turkeys people still vote for them.
Load More Replies...There was actually no need for this, there are already laws in place providing the protections that this injunction states. It's only purpose is to force the police into action, where they would normally do nothing, and ensure that charges are filed.
I know this is them making a power move, but in some situations to be without fuel is deadly.
I remember some of these morons blocking ambulances from grabbing fuel as they were stuck in the jams. All the protest leaders could do was wring their hands and say how regrettable it was that ambulances happened to be in the way of their protests. Other ambulances were also stopped from getting to the hospital, and one lady was left paralysed after a stroke because of it. On TV the Extinction Rebellion people acted offended for being grilled on it. No self awareness at all. Especially as they then went on to TV to lie that they would never block ambulances.
Load More Replies...peaceful protests is still allowed, jsut stay out of everyones way.
The non-“eco nutjobs” are hurting the public worse, dumb*ss. Making our planet unlivable because of their profit margins > disrupting your commute. Cry me a river, bootlicker.
Load More Replies...I've never seen so much moving ads than on this website and it triggers my migraines. Most of these entries do not support the title of the post.
Before I read this, I made a note - it said 54 pictures. I predicted 28 would be c**p-on-America, or if not then the comments would immediately do so. There were only 21! That's an improvement.
1. A large percent of people on reddit are american. 2. It takes a delusional nationalist to pretend that america is doing a good job separating corporations from government
Load More Replies...That won't work, Elongated Muskrat is trying to expand to mars.
Load More Replies...I've never seen so much moving ads than on this website and it triggers my migraines. Most of these entries do not support the title of the post.
Before I read this, I made a note - it said 54 pictures. I predicted 28 would be c**p-on-America, or if not then the comments would immediately do so. There were only 21! That's an improvement.
1. A large percent of people on reddit are american. 2. It takes a delusional nationalist to pretend that america is doing a good job separating corporations from government
Load More Replies...That won't work, Elongated Muskrat is trying to expand to mars.
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