Heh. Username checks out! I didn’t think to look at that.
That boggles my mind. Especially since I’m in a high-cost of living part of Canada and my price is in Canadian dollars (which are worth less than American dollars, which tends to be the internet standard for “$”).
Then again, our prices don’t include tips…but ~$30 (in CAD) is what I pay including a ~20% tip
Where the heck is “here” that haircuts are closer to $100 than the are to $0?
Cab drivers have been way too sketchy where I live for my entire life.
Rideshares let me call them through an app, track my ride by GPS, let me see the full fare (including all taxes and fees) up-front, and always let me make 100% of my payment by credit card without complaint from the driver.
If taxis offered that where I live, Uber would’ve been dead on arrival like it is in Korea.
Man, people downvoted this like you didn’t post it in NoStupidQuestions! Lol
And when politicians make things “simpler”, it works against the interests of the people! Lol
I tip 15% to all service employees.
My rule of thumb is to tip more to service workers that incur more personal expenses.
Restaurant workers? 10~15%. (They make at least minimum wage where I live just like takeout/fast food workers. I wish I could tip them 0% culturally)
Barbers/hairstylists? 15~20%.
Rideshare drivers get 20% minimum or more if it’s a cheap fare.
…a haircut/trim is $80 where you live?
It’s under $30 where I live, and some places are cheaper.
He’s completely ruined any positive sentiment I had for Fear Factor.
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
He’s not the reason why the civilised world sneers at 'Murica, but he’s a huge symptom of it
As a Canadian, I used to sneer at the US like one would sneer at an immature sibling.
Now, “Made in the USA” feels dirty. I don’t feel like the USA can recover its place of former global respect in my lifetime.
With a lot of companies no longer doing physical games, then would that give rise to more Piracy?
Probably about the same. People always find a way.
How will video game preservation work then?
Games are just data, whether physical or digital. What gets lost is the servers for online functionality an such.
I dunno, he seems to have MALE pattern baldness. It seems more like he was getting gender UNaffirming care?..
Heh. That makes sense!
Didn’t people say StackOverflow did this to junior devs (perhaps to a lesser extent)?