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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile California shit the bed with their related proposition. Such a disappointment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

California gets labeled a blue state but I live here so I know how many fuckin idiots there are walking around.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I don’t understand why companies that don’t exclusive cater to the rich want to stop the raising of minimum wage. That means more people will have the money to use your service more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It's not about how much they have, it's about how much more they have compared to everyone else

They want the populace to be desperate and willing to do anything for the wealth they've accumulated. That's what it's about, not directly just the number they've accumulated, it's the power behind that number.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Short-sightedness.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It means they're less profitable in this and the next quarter.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

It ain't about the money, it is about sending a message and the message is fuck you pleb!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

“We’ve been fighting for two long years,” Badel stated, referencing ride-hail drivers’ battle to get a minimum wage law passed in the state. He said his message to lawmakers was this: "Uber and Lyft, especially Uber, notorious for their shady lobbying … should not be allowed to dictate what becomes law in this state.”

Lobbying is 100% the problem.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/uber-technologies/recipients?id=D000067336

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/lyft-inc/recipients?id=D000067782

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Tech innovations

Nobody knows what it means, but its ~~provocative~~ disruptive

It gets the people going

[–] [email protected] 63 points 5 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Good call, I’ll update the title

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Does Minnesota have to be so awesome, I ask rhetorically?

Thank you, and thank you Minnesota - leading by example.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Every time, even NPR. Clickbait can suck it.

Thanks for saving the click.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At least they said it in the first sentence of the first paragraph. The real clickbate assholes hide that info deep into the body of the article.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Good call-out. Those kinds are so annoying, and accomplish nothing. I just jump 2/3 down the page and scan for the word and leave when I found it. They got 0 impressions, 0 clicks, and wasted their bandwidth serving up the junk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Thank you, wish we could vote on a new title as a community, a'la stack overflow

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Lemmy allows title editing. I will just change the title from what NPR previously wrote.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I mean upvoting works and it comes at the top then. When I click on a link I often copy the article or the relevant section and paste it in the comments.