[–] 7 points 2 days ago

The thing is we are going to be seeing far more climactic extremes, in part due to this exact sort of person. Building houses with standards is absolutely more expensive up front and usually heaps cheaper over the longer life of the house.

My in-laws house is built to a pretty damned high standard, compared to my father's. My old man is forever spending money on small repairs, his powerbills are higher (I mean my in-laws are currently net exporters so their powerbills are almost entirely usage charge free), and his property price is largely based on the size of his block, whoever buys it will just knock it down and throw 2-3 units on the land.

It's the Sam Vimes Boots Theory all over again, its expensive to be poor.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 days ago

    Yep, sink the country and send us into debt, tank businesses. But on the plus side we get to have another few years of insufficiently taxing billionaires and corporations while they steal all our data and turn the country into a giant network of datacenters that other parts of the world view as warmly as a wet damp fart on an elevator.

    All so her "base" can feel emboldened to express the racism that sits at the core of their being like a festering, weeping fistula of pure evil.

    What a pack of fucking idiots.

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  • [–] 39 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    There was a time, before Google showed their hand, that I would go out of my way to leave Google reviews. Good, bad or somewhere in between I would document the customer experience.

    Since Google made it clear what trajectory they are on I have returned to the old ways. Amazing service gets a letter, great service gets a quiet word to the manager. Bad service gets a word to the manager at the end of the transaction, terrible service and I just never return again and tell anyone who asks why. Everything in between those extremes gets me acting as a polite customer and that's about it.

    Have I over thought this?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    If I had even the slightest amount of motivation or energy right now I would chuck the always has been spaceman meme under this.

    I love the recent trend of "business owners" telling me how common sense Pauline is.

    When I point out their business is not the type of business she gives the slightest of fucks about they get all upset.

    I have pointed out they can be the sort of business she cares about... But I wouldn't even try without a seven figure expense account. But for some reason that just makes them even more upset.

    "Oh you started a landscaping business and hired a guy for 6 months a few years back while you were having knee surgery. Awesome. Pauline has had more spent on her by Gina in the last week than you make annually, why the fuck would she be on your side? Unless your interests accidentally align with the Billionaire that sock puppet wouldn't hop off Ginas hand for long enough to piss on you if you were on fire."

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