If only large numbers of workers could get together, maybe even unify, to set a price for their labor. Some kind of labor union type thing.
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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Nah, the only "labour union" that's allowed to make demands of their employers are currently the ones responsible for beating the shit out of and arresting people in labour unions.
There's a reason they militarized the police across America, and it wasn't to stop petty crime.
I took a wrong turn today on my way to a job interview, and when I went to turn around I came across one of the spots where the local sheriff department hid one of their giant military vehicles because when they had them all in one place it was attracting a lot of negative attention and newspaper articles. They technically never said they got rid of them, but most people assumed they did
But I know where one is now and it doesn't have any cameras pointing at it. It'd be a shame if someone cut their valve stems, wedged sharp pipe segments under the wheels, and started a fire underneath it.
Be careful around those tires, especially if it's an MRAP. They're high psi and under a ton of pressure. You usually have to use a remote inflater, just in case one of them blows when you're filling them up.
A better route to disable any armoured vehicle would be to spray the window with acetone or a high strength ammonia. Ballistic glass has a polycarbonate layer that protects it from scratches and chips. The chemicals will make polycarb fog up really bad. The field of view in any armoured vehicle is already so bad they won't be able to use it if it gets any worse. That's unless they send the whole vehicle to one of the few private places that can delaminate it. It's very expensive and time consuming.
100%, never stab a large vehicle tire. I was waiting in the ER once and some guy got pulled in by an ambulance and squad car, apparently when he tried slashing a semi tire, the thing blew out it sidewall and broke the guys arm, and he ended up with the shiv/screwdriver lodged in his leg.
I wonder how hard it would be to fill paintballs with acetone and other solvents...
Guessing the solvent would probably melt the casing of the paint ball. Acetone is a polar aprotic solvent, so it can bond with water and dissolve fats. I'm guessing the shells of a paint ball would probably be made out of a glycol or gelatin substance.
You'd prob be better off filling and throwing/slingshots a lightbulb or some other thin glass container.
Freeze the paintballs and inject the solution in the center? Then allow to thaw just as you get in firing range?
I hope you have access to a supply of liquid nitrogen...
Grainger industrial supply. They don't ask questions
An hour of labor is very expensive except for the people you own, I mean employ.
Not true! Lawyers are charging almost $500 per hour.
Well, it's not exactly like they're working. They have interns for all the heavy lifting and sifting through court casesfor relevant stuff.
"It's one ~~banana~~ hour of labor, Michael. What could It cost, 10 dollars?"
What could it cost, $7.25?
Don't forget that equifax is now generating employee scores so employers can figure out who is the most desperate and will take the lowest pay, on top of who will actually be a good employee
Freeze your Work Number
Is equifax the only one doing it?
Apparently there are far more than I realized:
https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_consumer-reporting-companies-list.pdf
Fuck man, I never concented to any of this
Just signed up but they said send me an email with ways to identify me before freezing. Wonder if they will even send it?
I did mine like 5 years ago, so I don't remember what they did. Good luck!
Wow, social scores are so communist and dystopian.
Profit = revenue - expenses
If you want to maximize profit, you have to increase revenue and decrease expenses; that means raising the price of your product and/or service while also cutting your production costs. Labor is often the single largest production cost, so reducing labor costs is often one of the most effective ways to cut business expenses.
It isn't fair, it's capitalism. This is how capitalism works. The profits of a relative few - specifically the business owners, investors and executives - are the priority. All of us are expected to prioritize THEIR profit above all other considerations, even our own lives and well being.
Less-skilled labor is flat, more-skilled labor is up. The K-shaped economy. Nearly everything is completely different depending on which group you are talking about
That's been my experience, i changed jobs 6 months ago and got a 50% bump.
An hour of labor definitely went up in price, it just doesn’t show on the paycheck side. Unless you look at the withholdings, some of it’s there.
I realized a while ago that I can’t afford to hire myself.
I heard that phrase when I was young, about people in some poor place making shoes. They can't afford what they make. I can't afford myself either and never had at any point in my career, but this seems like a thing of capitalism.
Have you tried ordering an hour of labor from any company? Those have gone up as well.
Have you tried paying an employee an hour of labor as a company? Paying an hour of labor has also gone up significantly.
Yeah, if you want to hire temporary workers it costs like £30 per hour but they get £10, all these very necessary middlemen
When is you how direct, it costs 100k to how an employee you pay 66k/hr.
You need to pay half of the social security, half of the unemployment, and in California, its 18k/yr for medical, (36k if he has a family), payroll tax, and that is if you provide zero retirement benefits.
Depends on whether that hour of labor is going to a company that then pays a fraction of the fee to the employee or not. If so, the employee makes the same and the company increased the price.
Notice how that's been the state of things for decades?
Notice how just because it is doesn't mean it still has to be.
We literally made up the rules. The world doesnt catch fire just because some numbers on a piece of paper change
Because most of you didn't upcharge for your labor.
I see the OP hasn't been to a car mechanic shop lately
shop rate being near $200 even for private shops is wild
I wonder what the techs are making
this person does not buy hours of labor apparently
Heh. I hear that. Every subcontractor i use has gone up.
Inhabitants of the internet think that 99.9% of the US population make $7 an hour.
