Posts by restlesssurfer97

Elizabeth Mendoza said:I gave it a little watch, but honestly, it wasn't really my thing. That kind of stuff is probably more for you folks down in California; I just don't get those local jokes from there.

Eeee, even Karl wasn't having a good time with that one.

Man, that number from Lada idiot 😂😂

In my book, Lili is easily the strongest one out there after Dino 😂

Get off that couch right now, you’re seriously getting on my nerves, just go finish your degree already.

Am I gonna give it? How much... if you just gave me two or three hours, I’d have all of this wrapped up, honestly, everything those people take seven years to struggle through, I’d knock it out in two hours flat.

😂🤣😂

total idiot

just some kid from the sticks

😂

here comes the Arsenal fan 😂🤣

Susan Kim2 said:Can you lend me $10 for coffee and tobacco? I already made plans, and it feels stupid going without my smokes

yeah, exactly 😂

and honestly, the best part is when someone actually drinks it, you seriously can't beat how they play up that face, it’s gotta look just like that in real life too 😂😂

dress a little nicer, you know

I am not dressing any nicer

actually, I'm gonna dress even worse

😂😂🤣

William Gomez5 said:You're just salty because you got hit by Joseph Kennedy's truth bomb.

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I watched all three, and honestly, considering how much our local "comedy" shows usually suck, this stuff is basically the gold standard.

I’ve always wondered why some group of friends doesn't just hang out on a street corner, grab a camera, and film those everyday vibes, because let me tell you, there is endless comedy happening on every single corner in this country.
I get that what seems the simplest thing to do is actually incredibly complicated to pull off, but man, if twenty different groups tried, one of them would definitely hit it big.

Walter Grant5 said:not much more than between you and baseball🤦

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Walter Grant5, man, I’m totally blanking here, what’s even the actual difference between you and baseball? 🤔

Honestly, they don't even know how to act any other way, so it's only fair. 🙏🙏

This guy still hasn't posted anything useful, honestly, just drop some stats or a breakdown in this thread for us, please 🤦

So there you have it. 🙂

ps. this whole thing about opening up the job market to American workers within the EU is really just labor market liberalization seen through the eyes of an American worker. Liberalization.

Honestly, why am I even bothering to argue about this online when I could just crack open a cold Budweiser and chill out like a king during this big game?
Karma’s a real piece of work, we all know that by now, and honestly, it feels like the universe is finally catching up with the likes of Real Madrid and Pep Guardiola with a decades-long streak of bad luck in the Champions League.
Life is actually pretty great when you realize how much joy these tiny, seemingly insignificant things can bring you, and while they don't really change my actual life circumstances, they definitely give my serotonin levels a massive boost. 🙂

Matthew Young35 said:The first group is far more prevalent, which explains why there is such widespread antipathy toward business owners.

You can throw around all the clichés and platitudes you want, but you know exactly what’s happening here. Everyone in America knows.

This nonsense about a labor shortage is frankly irritating.
How can there be a worker shortage in a country where hundreds of thousands of people leave for better opportunities every single year?
Let's call it what it is: there aren't enough workers because the pay sucks.

If you ask me, these guys are actually bigger enemies than the government that even created them, at least that part is pretty obvious.
What’s with the vague talk, though? It's not like you don't understand the massive difference between crony capitalism and actual, classic Western capitalism.

As for this whole thing about the labor shortage, let's not kid ourselves—it’s only been an issue for maybe two years, it’s not some ancient problem from forever ago. And frankly, I’ve been waiting for this, just waiting for the moment when the labor market finally opens up. The whole point is to get all these markets opening up.
But look, if the government doesn't step up with real reforms, we aren't going to see high-quality jobs, we won't have solid employers, we won't have workers, and we certainly won't have tax revenue.
Even though the labor market just started opening up, you can already see things shifting. I don't even need to guess what would happen if most economic activities were fully liberalized; we can just look at the states where our people are fleeing to in droves to see the proof.

Matthew Young35 said:Perhaps not quite like that, but you aren't far off.

Look, I'm not saying this is about being weighed down by the government or the American state, because I've noticed things getting a little messy and mixed up in these debates lately, but if they can't offer a higher salary—or if they do offer one, they'd basically be operating at a loss—then what's the deal?

So you're telling me they're consciously choosing to walk away from profit just because... well, honestly, the reason doesn't even matter that much, the point is they are making a conscious choice to lose money. Whatever, everyone's entitled to their own take on things, you and me included, all five of us.

I really just want to hammer this home one more time, when we're talking about entrepreneurs, we have to make a super clear distinction between those small-time operations run by networks of cousins and buddies, and actual entrepreneurs who play by the rules of the market and the laws of the land here in the States. It's a massive point for this whole conversation.

brightpilot6 said:Does anyone here genuinely believe that market mechanisms operate independently of massive capital flows? How can one argue that they do when single corporations—let alone entire global industries—possess more influence than most sovereign nations?

What a complete delusion.

Exactly, a complete delusion. And honestly, I haven't seen anyone here actually claiming otherwise.

You look at a place like Ireland, where the government lures in companies like Google using these tax loopholes that fly in the face of international standards, basically padding their own treasury while putting an unfair strain on everyone else in the economy.

Then you look at the situation here in America, where the government plays favorites by funneling resources into these hand-picked, politically connected firms, which basically just guts any other healthy business trying to compete fairly.

In both scenarios, it all boils down to exactly what you pointed out earlier.

restlesssurfer97 said:Just walk me through this one more time, though.

The way I’m reading the situation—and tell me if I’m totally off base here—is that you basically think he believed he couldn't pull in $100,000, so he settled for $50,000, and since that wasn't enough to make it worth his while, he decided to just close shop entirely rather than offer better pay and settle for that $50,000 mark.

Is that really how it went down? Feel free to set me straight if I'm tripping.

So that's the gist of it, right? That's the logic you're running with?

It honestly drives me crazy seeing people trash talk restaurant owners, you know, those regulars who spend half their lives sitting in coffee shops just to sit there and badmouth the guys running the place.

I mean, how do you even wrap your head around that? Is it just that classic American envy? Like, everyone secretly wishes they were the boss of some local diner, so they act bitter because they can't pull it off?

Look, if I were actually struggling to put food on the table, I wouldn't be out here trying to open a cafe; I worked my way up through service jobs back when I was a college student, and I realized pretty quickly that it’s not just a grind for the staff, it’s an absolute nightmare for most of the owners too. But whatever, the patrons love to talk smack about the owners, acting like they're some kind of class enemies. 😂