totallynotaspy

That's just salaried folks though. The vast majority of american workers are hourly or contractors. Per the Dept of Labor's own site:

The Wage and Hour Division is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the welfare of the nation’s workforce with a focus on low-wage, underserved workers. In fiscal year 2023, we successfully recovered over $274 million in back wages and damages for more than 163,000 workers nationwide.

Wage theft is when employers don't properly pay their employees and is a HUGE problem because it isn't always out of malevolence, it can be as simple as the time clock not properly computing overtime, etc.

If you don't think that $274 million is large amount, think about how the vast majority of these things never get reported to the authorities; that number should be higher.

Source for quote: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/data

That sucks that happened to you, but thanks for the chuckle at the absurdity of the situation!

This, I've known people who got knocks on their door by the FBI and SS for posting dumb shit they weren't serious about as a "joke." They take that shit seriously I guess only when its lone wolves that can't do as much damage and not people rich enough to fund a small army.

Because doing crap like this is how the rich avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

And yes running it a loss is a legitimate thing:

1. Open up subsidiary company that you know/think will operate at a loss or near loss
2. Use the negative profit to offset positive profit from another subsidiary (main operations for example)
3. Parent company now has lower NET Profit!! Thus paying less in taxes since your "income" is now much lower than it was before.
4. Laugh at the taxman because you just got away with stealing from your countrymen

That's just an off the cuff example, obviously it can be a little more complicated depending on the jurisdiction

The cautionary note against "feminist propaganda" is a reminder that Game Science have yet to respond to allegations of pervasive sexist behaviour from November last year. In a lengthy report for IGN, Rebekah Valentine and Khee Hoon Chan described "a studio plagued by claims of sexism", linking this to misogyny elsewhere in the Chinese games industry and on the government-firewalled Chinese internet. The developers have raised the drawbridge in response: when Edders attended a preview event earlier this year, they refused to say anything on the subject in advance.

JFC, fuck this company.

I think they're asking people to find their games on the high seas and stream while crossdressing and just speaking in quotes/ about their forbidden list. 🤔

Yes, it was an animated show:

[(https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=starwars+rebels&ia=web)]

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned, but Electric Vehicles in general. I remember wishing for them to be a thing when I used to drive my family's gas-guzzling vehicles. If you look outside of Tesla, there are plenty of options even affordable ones, it might Leaf you in disbelief.

Yes! I grew up with Warhammer, and I can't tell you how many times as a teen I wished I could just make my own minis, or print something specific to add on while kitbashing.

Fast forward to today and I have a resin printer, unfortunately my free time is a bit less than it was 20 years ago so it doesn't see as much use as I'd like. God I feel old.

Animal services will seek felony animal cruelty charges upon submitting its findings to the Riverside county district attorney’s office, officials said.

Most important part left out of the description. Let's hope the charges stick.

What else to expect out of an imperialist ethno-fascist nation founded by white guilt. It needs glassed.

Kushiel's Dart series is more or less about this if anyone needs a representation of this in literature/media.