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I am still not following. If every household gets a baseline income–say based on average cost of living in an area, or even simply based on the poverty line–why would people who work more and get paid more accordingly feel they are not compensated for their time?

UBI doesn't mean everyone gets the same amount of money no matter what they do–it means everybody gets the same amount of money as a baseline. If they are able they can hold a job just like they do now that pays a wage just like it does now. The person who is disabled, unable to find work because of lack of skills or education, or doing unpaid work gets the baseline money, but does not work a job where they earn a salary.

A version of this already exists in Alaska–not an amount that is livable on its own, but the same basic idea. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/alaska-free-money-residents-hints-how-universal-basic-income-may-work

The thing is, if working isn't tied to capitalism, then it's actually easier to find work because you don't have to worry only about what provides enough money to survive. Someone "unemployable" may be perfectly suited to be a caregiver, artist, odd-jobber, or anything else that would not be able to financially sustain them because of low pay or a limitation on the hours they are able to work. I think UBI would lead to more societal engagement, not less, because people would be able to choose how they engage without worrying about whether it would pay the rent.

To your second point, I'm not sure I understand. If it's a universal basic income, does that not mean that everyone has their basic needs met? Those who would like more than that and have the capacity to do so could still seek higher paying jobs in order to have the lifestyle they want above and beyond basic needs. Why would they be bitter about other people getting those same basic needs covered but not earning more money?

because most of the community in here consists of IT guys

Is this data that has been collected, or anecdotal?

WikiTok Bloomscroll through Wikipedia articles

This gives me the same feeling that I got from StumbleUpon

This is the way. People suggest the silicone ones but I need to stack, gimme the rigid ones. The cover makes it even better.

Good catch. I'm not agoraphobic, but I have definitely never returned to pre-covid levels of leaving the house/socializing. I used to go out to socialize a few times a week, and left the house every day. Now it's a few times a month at that.

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cut a sliver out of it with a breadknife

what??

I'm embarrassed about being a slob. I'm definitely messy and it's a point of friction in my marriage. (I'm trying to get better but it's hard to reprogram stuff from childhood.)

I dated a woman for 13 years who absolutely, positively, would not clean, and didn't know how to use a garbage can. Would drop trash on the floor and leave it there until I finally got sick of it and cleaned it up.

Fuck. I feel like an army drill sergeant now in comparison.

Physically? Not great.

Mentally? Bad.

But existentially? Also quite unwell.

Solidarity ✊🏻 same here

I gota temp ban for saying a Nazi should die, and then I think the client that need to the permaban was someone about how some cop should die (a specific one who did something heinous as far as I can tell from the of the thread where my deleted comment was).

Yeah I used Relay and when the API stuff happened I saw the reddit experience that people had apparently been having for years and was floored that people still used it, it's so annoying. The constant ads, the community/post suggestions for shit I wasn't subscribed to, all the weird avatar and badging stuff.

I was not successful in my attempts. No matter what privacy measures, whether I let the account sit and I just lurked and upvoted before trying to subscribe/post/etc, got suspended almost immediately several times before I gave up.

✊🏻 did you also say something to offend the oligarchs

I don't disagree, but what are the other/additional ways these announcements should be made that are effective? Besides word of mouth.

Get permabanned for saying nazis should die lol

Honestly I am still struggling to avoid it, I browse a lot still, but they are no longer getting my content for free because I literally cannot.

https://neocities.org/ is great too

This is so terrifying to me. I feel like it'll end up like the Black Mirror episode with the subscription model, getting more and more expensive with fewer features.

Great list, exactly what came to mind for me. I loved My Friend Flicka so much. Also Misty of Chincoteague had a whole series.