<midfavila>
i'm asking you because i want to talk to you, not read wikipedia
<midfavila>
>:c
<midfavila>
honestly, zoomers srsly be like this
<kris_>
im sorry i just usually link people The Documentation
<kris_>
its like some weird corn husk thing that gets filled with other stuff
<midfavila>
i c
<kris_>
i get them at this mexican grocery store that has like a "deli" type of thing where they sell them hot
<kris_>
the outside of it is like ground up cornmeal
<midfavila>
that reminds me of my last job
<kris_>
you unwrap the husk and throw that part away obviously
<midfavila>
the one perk was that i got to steal all the leftover greasy shitty gas station food
<kris_>
this is like real food
<midfavila>
which meant i always had tons of taquitos and stuff
<kris_>
see that kicks ass
<kris_>
free food
<midfavila>
i mean technically we were supposed to throw it out and pour bleach on it
<midfavila>
but they didn't pay anyone enough to buy food so we just never saw what anyone did with the food
<kris_>
>pour bleach on it
<kris_>
that's actuakky fucking crazy
<midfavila>
yeap
<kris_>
that just shouldnt be legal
<midfavila>
there was one time the district manager tried to get me to throw out two milk crates worth of bacon
<midfavila>
not like
<midfavila>
bad bacon
<midfavila>
just excess
<midfavila>
i told them to get fucked and that if they wanted it done they could do it themselves
<midfavila>
then *someone* that i definitely don't know or have any relation to took it home and redistributed it afterward
<midfavila>
literally like 2-3 freezers' worth of perfectly good bacon
<kris_>
good
<kris_>
wasting food like that is unhinged
<midfavila>
something something profit margins
<kris_>
im sure that type of behavior is 100% common
<kris_>
midfavila: then maybe they shouldnt be overbuying food that much
<midfavila>
#kisslinux please don't shop at circle k they engage in union-busting activity and abuse their employees btw
<kris_>
but good that they do because that means people like you get to steal it
<midfavila>
hey i never said i did it
<kris_>
i said people LIKE you
<kris_>
not you
<midfavila>
i would never encourage anyone commit crimes or admit to doing anything like that in public
* midfavila
sniffs
<midfavila>
they had us do the same thing with sandwiches and loaves of bread and eggs and milk and stuff
<midfavila>
and when i suggested they could donate it they tried to pull some shit about how ackchooully that opens the company up to legal liability
<midfavila>
but no it fucking doesn't you moron the government specifically has an exemption for good-faith donations
<midfavila>
you even get a tax kick-back
<midfavila>
literally the only reason to throw food away in that environment is to keep it out of the mouths of the poor
<midfavila>
demonic behaviour
<midfavila>
but yeah it was pretty standard for us to have 2, 3, even 4 milk crates' worth of perfectly good food we had to get rid of every night
<kris_>
waste of bleach too
<midfavila>
everything from sandwiches and salad to milk, eggs, bread, meat, whatever
<midfavila>
same company didn't even pay us enough to wash our fucking uniforms
<midfavila>
there were a few times they also just didn't fucking pay us
<kris_>
the only reason i know what circle k is would be due to my friend going there to buy wizard101 gift cards lol
<kris_>
back in the day
<midfavila>
the parent company of circle k owns like a million different c-store brands
<midfavila>
and they run all of them the exact same way
<kris_>
time to start a cstore chain and then get a big payout when they inevitably buy the chain and turn it into garbage
<kris_>
rinse and repeat
<midfavila>
i actually did discuss that idea with my coworkers
<midfavila>
pooling our resources to buy the location and turn it into a worker's co-op
<midfavila>
we pretty reliably made anywhere from 20-40kCAD a day in revenue at that location
<midfavila>
anyway yeah
<kris_>
man the macys i used to work at
<kris_>
during specific times it was upwards of 1m usd in a day
<kris_>
typically at least 500k
<midfavila>
yeap
<midfavila>
it's almost like they have no reason to pay people like shit and it's all made up
<kris_>
tbf we weren't really paid like actual shit
<midfavila>
yes you were
<kris_>
chicago minimum wage is a lot higher than most other places
<kris_>
shit? yes
<midfavila>
you're literally always paid less than you're worth by definition
<kris_>
actual shit? no
<midfavila>
you will literally never be paid sufficiently in a for-profit enterprise
<kris_>
correct
<kris_>
but i am glad that chicago has a pretty bumped up min wage
<kris_>
iirc $16.20/hr minimum
<kris_>
most people in my role were around 20
<midfavila>
that's not bad
<midfavila>
saskatchewan's minimum wage is fucking pathetic
<kris_>
given the federal minimum is still $7.25
<midfavila>
14cad an hour
<kris_>
and some states still do 7.25/hr min
<midfavila>
if minimum wage had *just* kept up with inflation from the 80s it should be around 20CAD an hour
<midfavila>
but considering productivity gains and the disproportionate impact of inflation on essentials like food, shelter, medicine, transit, etc, it should be closer to 25-30
<kris_>
it happens i guess
<kris_>
i don't really know what to say, need some sort of widespread movement for anything to happen
<midfavila>
it's not going to happen
<midfavila>
canadians and americans writ large are completely fucking hopeless
<kris_>
nothing ever happens etc
<kris_>
midfavila: crowdfunding a move to norway
<midfavila>
crowdfunding bribing denmark to buy canada
<midfavila>
pay denmark to buy us
<kris_>
germany is a lot worse off than i thought it was right now
<midfavila>
literally everywhere is fucked
<kris_>
a trans friend there basically fled
<kris_>
but luckily with the EU you can just >fuck off to another country
<midfavila>
the canadian government is moving towards accepting american refugee claimants
<kris_>
i saw a non binary person was allowed to stay
<kris_>
which is nice
<midfavila>
going off the ruling in a recent case regarding an openly que- yeah
<midfavila>
it's been in the news a lot
<midfavila>
somehow even after the american government ~~murdering~~ allowing canadians to die in custody, we haven't changed our stance on america
<midfavila>
honestly i just wish people would fucking do something
<midfavila>
i'm so tired of everyone watching america descend into an openly fascist state and just at like it's normal
<midfavila>
act*
<midfavila>
i mean america has been fascist for a long time now but still
<midfavila>
this has been totally mask off
<midfavila>
and all people can do is go "aw well shucks let's just vote democrat next time guys" as if that's going to fucking do anything
<midfavila>
watching the reaction to south park lampooning trump has been incredibly depressing
<midfavila>
like yes it's entertaining, but also, do you seriously fucking think south park mocking the government has *any* impact? it's all theatre
<midfavila>
same energy as those morons who "protest" and "#resist" by doing fucking interpretive dance
<midfavila>
pathetic
<midfavila>
:|
<kris_>
at a certain point it needs to uh
<kris_>
"escalate"
<kris_>
anyway i've been playing the silent hill 2 remake recently
<kris_>
so far i don't really get the hype
<midfavila>
that point was probably when the marines were deployed with armoured vehicles against american citizens
<kris_>
the point to escalate was a long time ago
<kris_>
by above i mean the hype around silent hill in general
<kris_>
i was under the impression that this game would psychologically rock my shit
<midfavila>
i mean most media sucks
<midfavila>
so
<midfavila>
mmnmhmnm
<kris_>
midfavila: most yes but this is just super well regarded
<kris_>
im not far into it so its unfair to judge but so far its boring
<kris_>
the movie jacobs ladder from the 90s is good