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Sincerely, go fuck yourself.

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I've been workshopping a new pithy phrase:

"If your financial situation is dependent on other people giving you things, you are a beggar."
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That's ok, but keep workshopping it.

This reminds me of street thugs who talk about how you'd better respect them and yada yada yada. Respect, like tips, is earned.
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wtf
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Pretty sure mandatory tipping is illegal unless specified somewhere, like the print on menus that say, "Tips are automatically included for parties of 6 or larger."

Also, and I cannot stress this enough, FUCK the out of control tipping culture.
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Leisher wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:58 am FUCK the out of control tipping culture.
Amen.
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Let's add "would you care to donate" into the tipping pool.

There's a reason every company does this now, and it's not because they give two fucks about anyone or anything. (Most... there are always exceptions.)
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Leisher wrote: Wed Jun 11, 2025 2:42 pm Let's add "would you care to donate" into the tipping pool.

There's a reason every company does this now, and it's not because they give two fucks about anyone or anything. (Most... there are always exceptions.)
Yuuuup.

If the stakeholders and C-level execs gave the same percent of their income as they ask of the schlubs at the register there wouldn't be any charities left anymore. All the problems would be solved.
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In Japan now. The lack of tipping is nice.
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Alhazad wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:22 pm If the stakeholders and C-level execs gave the same percent of their income as they ask of the schlubs at the register there wouldn't be any charities left anymore. All the problems would be solved.
The only problem with that is most charities are corrupt.
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I used to think I was pretty cynical, but maybe you're more cynical than I am. :D
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I think I'm more of a realist.

We've posted here and seen the lists of how much charity executives make and how much of each donation actually gets to those in need. Not all, of course. There are definitely good ones out there.

We need really severe punishments for people who commit fraud in the name of charity and limits on executive compensation. After all, charities are not in the money making business. No reason there cannot be laws limiting their ability to commit "legal fraud".
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I hate the "charities" that call my half senile dad. Firefighters, policemen, veterans, and all bullshit
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That's where we need much stricter punishments.

Committing fraud via charity should be 20 yrs with no parole plus a full forfeiture of all assets. Doing it to SRs is another 20 yrs. Invoking police, fire, military, etc. is another 20 yrs.
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To be clear, I'm not against actual veterans charities, etc, just the fake veterans ones. Which is most egregious.
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I understood.

IMHO, stolen valor should be treated like impersonating an officer, federal official, etc.
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