I guess nobody in the room was familiar with French, or ever had the curiosity to wonder what CÔTE D’IVOIRE means.

I almost wish the AI threw in some fake countries.

Kalmiba.

Marwambo.

And they’d just happily talk about the happenings in those countries.

Oh yes, the country called “Ivory Coast” is a land-locked nation…

I can’t believe nobody caught at least that.

That’s the first I’ve heard of that

I believe you!

Today, I’ve learned of the second Strait I can name.

Though this name is a bit harder to remember the exact spelling.

Straits have never come up so much in conversation

It was created after the collapse of the Golden State Party, a party founded by a group called Freedom 14, after its leader was exposed as a felon.

Is this what’s going to happen to the Republican party?

You can take them outside, but they should be leashed.

And I don’t know why you’re making a demand like that. Why is your attitude like this?

If your usual reaction to finding out you’re doing something wrong is to demand a stranger change drastic things about your life to resolve a problem you’re causing, then it’s harder to have sympathy for the situation you described in your original post here given that we only have one side of the story.

“Outdoor cats” as pets shouldn’t be a thing

Based on good laws and regulations in countries where the freedoms of the people outweighs the freedoms of corporations.

I think you missed the conversation thread or something?

Which people?

a dui 25+ earlier.

Thats a misdemeanor in the US.

25+ years earlier is silly to block someone, but if “misdemeanor” means minor crime, that’s fucked up.

Anyway, the US turns away people who have ever used weed in their lives. In Canada, it’s legal to use it regularly.

I think you’ve just gotten used to replying to people who disagree with you, haha

I agree with you that people should tip in places where tipping is expected to make up wages.

I just think required tipping as a concept is a way to take advantage of the consumer, and it shouldn’t exist for that reason alone.

The way that it’ll be made to not exist is by going to restaurants that don’t do tipping. Or switch entirely to takeout, lol

You’ve got the wrong person. I tip, and probably too much.

I don’t want tipping to end because I expect to pay less. I want it to end because it’s inherently deceptive to the customer. As is tax not being included in the sticker price.

Yeah, what I’m saying is that I don’t want to be nickle and dimed, because it makes me feel like a victim of deceptive marketing.

No matter how strongly you know that your $9.99 burger is actually $14.00 (or more because tipping on the machine is often calculated after tax), psychological studies show that $9.99 tends to subconsciously mean “under $10” to people…and to services like Google Maps.

We’ve created this culture that it’s okay to subconsciously deceive the customer to extract an extra $0.01 (or $1.00) out of every purchase…and an extra 10%…and an extra 20% if it’s at a restaurant.

People who set a price limit for themselves of $20 will gladly go into a restaurant and buy something that’s $19.99 and feel like they’ve stayed within their budget.

This is the problem. I don’t like living somewhere where “buy a meal for under $10!” means I need to spend at least $15.

So you’re fine if restaurants raise their prices 20%,

But not fine simply doing the math to add that 20% yourself?

Yes, exactly.

What is the real difference there?

Well…

The price would then be the same, you’d just get a lower “advertised” price.

It’s this. It’s misleading advertising. And this kind of misleading advertising is proven to get people to spend more money, which is exactly why restaurants do it.

Same thing with not including tax in the advertised price. It’s all about screwing over the customer. Nothing else.

EDIT: I’m sorry people are being so hard on you. I’m not here to insult you and downvote you for having an opinion I dislike, lol

And it’s already higher from the tax! Lol

90% of waitstaff (if not more than that) LOVE tipping culture because they get more money than they’d ever be making hourly by serving without tips.

(Talking about servers in places with tipping culture, of course)

Why the Whataboutism? This is true, built relevant to the post.

I didn’t say it wasn’t valid, I just said it’s disrespectful. Generally, it is. While you’re ok with it, not everyone who’s fat is ok with it.