Medical documentation still isn’t required, and only the direct supervisor can make a decision…

So this can be met by a supervisor saying “you still need telework, right?” Once a year.

There may be pressure from higher ups to deny telework, but this is why we have a chain of command.

Just need middle management to plant their feet for employees

In case you’re wondering how anyone can think the climate is the big issue…

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yassamin_Ansari

In 2025, Ansari was among a minority of House Democrats to back legislation rebuking the International Criminal Court (ICC) over arrest warrants issued against Israeli leaders. Ansari argued that the ICC’s actions were inappropriate, stating that “As a liberal democracy with an independent judiciary, Israel has the responsibility of investigating allegations of wrongdoing”.[47]

And

According to financial disclosures, Ansari’s father lent her between $250,000 and $500,000 for a condo payment.[49] Ansari’s financial disclosures from October 2023 showed that she owns two properties in downtown Phoenix and made between $15,000 and $50,000 in 2023 by renting one. Ansari also estimated in the disclosure that her assets were worth between $2.5 million and $8.3 million.[50]

She’s a millionaire landlord whose also pro-genocide…

The climate is pretty much the only aspect of the party platform voters and her agree on. She can’t talk about fixing any of the other big issues.

Good?

Shit ain’t exactly stable for 99.9% of us.

If arresting pedos also substantially changes the way our society works, that’s a win-win

Any Dem governor not doing the same needs voted out

We dont have time for politicians who think we still have time to hold back.

India is a huge country with lots of wealth inequality.

While there have been gains in the last decade, in some areas it’s still common to not have indoor toilets in every residence, that’s people dealing with poverty.

It’s not like they just don’t want bathrooms, they can’t afford them.

Cracking jokes at their expense is very bad form, but there’s an equal chance you were just ignorant and legitimately asking, so I’m leaving the comment up.

But in any area where “open defecation” is widespread in a community, it’s almost never because everyone prefers it. It’s what happens when the infrastructure for a biological need doesn’t exist. There’s literally no other option.

We’re fighting fascism buddy…

I meant in general that is what’s happening in 2015…

based on your personal, ever changing, in-group language.

Again, this isn’t a personal opinion, there have been multiple academic studies showing the effect language choices like this on thinking since the 1980s at least.

It’s not “ever changing” but if 40 some years is too fast for you, lots of conservatives feel the same.

I just don’t spend a lot of time interacting with someone who views a personal inconvenience like this apparently is as such a big deal and worth hurting others.

But again, lots of conservatives do. MAGA 100% agrees with you, and regretably there’s a lot of them these days.

So I’ll leave you free to talk with the people you agree with.

The Gen Z stare is typically described as a vacant, unresponsive gaze, often replacing traditional greetings or small talk in service roles. Millennials and older generations have taken to social media to share stories of being met with this stare by young workers, interpreting it as a sign of disengagement or a lack of soft skills. Gen Zers, in turn, argue that the stare is a reaction to awkward or nonsensical customer interactions, or simply a preference for authenticity over forced pleasantries.

This has been a thing since at least the 1980s…

Hard to find good old pictures these days cuz there’s so much ai slop, but:

https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/13-38.jpg

The girl on the right exhaling smoke is 100% the same vibe and has been a response by teens to older people trying to engage them for literal generations now.

I’d bet money on everyone complaining about it t now, did it at least once to someone else when they were younger.

They’re just mad they’re just n the other side of it now.

You’re arguing about word choices and message

Because that effects how people think and treat others…

This isn’t just my opinion, this has been studied extensively, not just for word choice within one language but how different languages cause people to think differently.

I thought you just weren’t aware, but I provided a couple sources and you’re getting angry and still wanting to aide with the fascists on the right…

That kind of only leaves one reason for why you’re still denying science…

So something like “begging person” or “beggarly person”?

Why are you so insistent to use “beg”?

“Someone asking for donations” maintains their dignity and communicates the point clearly…

Personally, if you called me a German, a furry or a vegetarian, I wouldn’t mind, even though none of these attributes encompass my entire existence.

Ok…

But we don’t call people what we would like to be called, we don’t set the minimum of respect for everyone else

If didn’t have a home, job, or food, you might be less willing to be dehumanized.

The privileged are usually the least sensitive to that.

Like, I’m 6’4", if someone that’s 6’6" walked up and said “Hey shorty, what’s up”. I won’t give a single fuck.

If I was a 5’2" man, I might be offended, and if I said a 5’2 man had to be ok with it because I was, I’d be a jackass.

That’s literally preschool level empathy, and it’s depressing so many people here never learned that

So…

Not only do you view dehumanizing language as “no big deal” you’re actively choosing to spend your free time online to argue with people about how we shouldn’t put any effort into it.

Like…

Are you just ignorant on how language changes thinking? Or do you understand how serious this is and just deciding to side with the fascists on this (and probably other) topics?

https://news.umich.edu/word-choice-hidden-meanings-can-influence-our-judgment/

https://studyfinds.org/language-influences-reality/

Like. This should be “common sense” but there’s been studies on it for decades.

Do you really not understand how word choices effect a message?

A direct link to social media would still be against the rules for this community…

…

We’re fighting fascism buddy…

If someone saying it’s better to use adjectives than nouns is enough for you to want to meet in the middle with fascists, it sounds to me you were looking for an excuse to tell people to get closer to fascism

If it’s essential…

Why are we letting a private corporation who only cares about increasing profit margin in the next quarter?

Shouldn’t that be a nationalized industry so we can plan what’s best for the country long term?

Why are we privatizing something so necessary?

You’re not supposed to follow logic to it’s rational end!!!

If we did that, capitalism wouldn’t still be happening!

It’s insane how many people keep posting screenshots of social media

Go on… what is the newer term?

Using adjectives to describe an aspect of a person instead of a noun to reduce them to a single aspect…

Use adjectives to describe people, not nouns to label them…

Super basic, and applies to almost ever scenario.

It’s about not reducing someone to one attribute, and it’s been around for like a decade at least in western society.

Anyone got any thoughts about this?

Calling them “beggers” is shitty and outdated…

And with you saying the people who help others only do it for religious reasons…

It makes me think you should be saying what geographic area you’re in when asking these questions, because it just doesn’t sound like any western country.

All this stuff might be normal where you’re from, but not where most Lemmy users are.

Or maybe there’s another reason you keep using terms that are outdated in Europe/Canada/America?

What?

Ignoring posture is not a good plan long term.

Do whatever you want, but you’re going to regret it for decades. If you get upset people are trying to help you, acting like this will get them to stop trying. But that isn’t a good result for you

So when two years ago, the steel mill successfully trialed a hydrogen gas-powered blast furnace, the first time the fuel had been deployed in this fashion anywhere in the Americas, she was delighted. It cost an estimated $1.6bn, and the Biden administration, through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), coughed up $500m to help cover the cost of installing the technology.

Dems giving billions of dollars to corporations hoping $20 trickles down is fucking stupid.

It never makes it to the people, so the people don’t feel like they’re being helped, and a Republican wins elections.

Dems need to help Americans directly, then the people will vote for them. If a corporation dies, so the fuck what? They’re trying to have as few employees as possible and to pay them as little as possible. It’s not a secret. That’s literally what capitalism means.