JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

@Free_Press , proof that St Patrick was real, and still has influence...

In America, as in all places that humanity lives, we tend to play a national game of whack-a-mole. We label each of the holes as a national issue, and we split into groups to focus on our particular hole. The entirety of the game is to not have ANY moles up. And to accomplish this, we focus on our mole, and keeping it down. What we overlook is that when we knock ours down, it forces another up someplace else. And if we force ours to stay down, it can cause massive repercussions on other holes elsewhere in society. We need to judge if allowing a bit of release, allowing our mole to pop up, overall helps society. Or does forcing our mole down hurt society even more.

Maybe a big government spending program that feeds kids is a mole. Spending taxes taken by force from the people is generally a 'mole', a bad thing. But if this lowers starvation rates, and crime statistics... See how this works?

@freemo , braggart. Of COURSE you see it, and it's trivial.

Don't think something you see as obvious is obvious to all, or even a few others.

IN America, we have a lot of people named Steve who commit major crimes. I'm talking theft, rape, murder, arson, child abuse, etc. Major crimes. In India, they have almost no crimes committed by Steves. Same with China and Japan.

What should our solution be to our Steve problem??

I am going to assume you do not understand what I am talking about. I am also further going to assume you CAN understand what I am talking about. And once you understand this, viscerally, you will know to change your argument. I will further assume that you won't, because you hear about the 'Steve' problem so often with such emotion that you don't care to be right, or logical, but being politically correct is the end goal.

@kainoa , I remember giving a coworker a ride home from work close to 40 years ago. He was an amatur photographer, and I just didn't understand the art of it. He explained to me in that short ride what he looked for, and pointed to some electrical wires overhead. I SAW it. Those wires were art. I don't see things like that until they are pointed out, but I saw it.

You just pulled that memory out for me, and thank you. I would have walked past that reflected light, but you saw it, and were able to show it to me.

@PDFlynn and in real life, the guy looks like Peter Griffin.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social remember, this coming election is the most important election of your lifetime, and because of this you have to support the major party candidates. Or all is lost.

@donni a perfect way to spend a Friday...

@sezduck , no, because I can use my phone for almost everything I would need from those services. And I really think of a car as a tool, designed to fill a need, and not a trophy or a toy.

@lowqualityfacts I have zero freckles and...

Never mind.

@Free_Press putin is going to make his diplomat a hero of Russia, and then toss him out a window for getting his ass kicked.

@msquebanh @dillonthebiologist in case you're curious, this post is why I followed you.

@CorvidCrone @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social my gods you have a foul confrontational demeanor. You may be happier addressing someone else, or on twitter.

@eric , I discovered that at 13.

@CorvidCrone @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social and, if I ever attempt to excuse or diminish child labor, I will remember your advice.

I won't remember your advice.

@CorvidCrone @Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social the 242 other children are the story. The article I read didn't say the kids were cooking food, but were in the kitchen where food was being cooked. That is a not so subtle difference. I doubt we know all the details, but I will say that the average child laborer is not 10 (unless it's on the family farm) as many have tried to push as the story.

@lowqualityfacts this is a bad idea if you are trying to remember events centered on people.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social , that's just it, they weren't on any payroll. They were just there apparently for day care issues. There are many other cases where McDonalds has hired children, and worked them illegally. This just looks like kids at work, potentially helping dad by fetching buns or something, NOT working. My mother used to take me to work too, as a 10 year old. Ya, I 'helped', but mostly I was just there and didn't have any duties.

@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social , as long as it isn't in MY part of the boat, everything is fine, right?