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  • BassTurd@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlImperial soldiers be like
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    5 days ago

    I have a good friend that is a cardiologist in the air force. Joined the military when he got into med school to cover his tuition and the get guaranteed residency. He’s never been deployed over seas, never been in a war area, and never designed a process or item that has led to an indirect killing. An exception could be if he saved someone that went back to kill someone, but that would be true for all doctors military or not, so that’s not a valid comparison.

    There are many military jobs that are simple office jobs like accounting. Not everyone of them is linked to battle.

    If you think these more mundane jobs indirectly lead to military related casualties, you better start hating on your local grocery store, because odds are they have given supplies to a soldier that eventually indirectly killed someone. Or probably any public service a soldier could use, because indirectly, that may help the soldier kill someone.





  • Some default to those positions because we live in a misogynistic society that promotes that thought. Everyone of my closest friends and last couple of bosses are male and the primary chefs I. Their households. My wife usually takes out the trash, recently set mouse traps, cleared one, but I usually do the hair job. Not because I’m a man, but because hair is gross and my wife doesn’t deal well with slimy drain hair. This idea of “pink job” and “blue jobs” (my label not yours) is antiquated and bad.










  • BassTurd@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldRandom drug test
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    2 months ago

    At least in the US, we’re at will employment. So while we may not be able to forced to pee in a cup, we can and will be terminated if we don’t comply.

    Most places that have heavy machinery or manufacturing have formal drug policies with random testing. I have a relative that’s an electrician and he’s been randomly selected and had a coworker fail a test. Instead of firing the guy outright,they gave him an option to go to some class instead. He quit and changed careers given that choice.




  • I want to reenforce the other response you got with yes to all of you questions. I use steam and discord daily on my Linux install. I don’t use blender, but as mentioned is was developed for Linux, so should have no issues. If you have an old laptop or something around, try flashing on a distro and give it a whirl. Otherwise you may be able to get something dirt cheap on Craigslist if you want to have a lengthy try without configuring a dual boot, running off the install drive, or nuking your current setup.

    I went all in on mine fairly blind and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made in a couple of years. Go with something more stable if you’re hesitant or not well versed in computers and terminal. I went Arch because I wanted to force myself to learn more about how Linux is built and operates. It took me a full day to get loaded to a desktop mostly reading the wiki and deciding what items I wanted and how I wanted them configured. Linux 10 years ago is so different from the current versions, so if you’ve tried it before with issue, forget that experience and treat it as a first time experience.


  • BassTurd@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldthe og
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    2 months ago

    I’m just honest about situations whether that honesty is positive or not. I don’t go out of my way to stir the pot, but if you have a conversation with enough people about how we’re understaffed and underpaid, it kind of has that snowball effect of grouping everyone together against “The Man”.