• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    I remember my mother taking me into a store when I was a child where people were striking.

    I asked why they were yelling since I couldn’t read the signs. I was told “because they’re lazy and think they should be paid more than people like your father”

    It was many years before I understood what they were mad about, and that they do NOT believe they should be paid more, they believe everyone should be paid more but they only have control over their own employment.

    Nowadays whenever I see employees striking, I give them a little fist out the window and a meep meep and shop somewhere else.

    Don’t cross picket lines, your nacho cheese or deodorant can be bought somewhere else. Bonus points if you call the employer to inform them that you are shopping elsewhere until their employees conditions have been met and they decide to end the strike.

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      I’ll never understand that logic… No, your father is horribly underpaid and instead of joining forces with the unions to get better working conditions and wages, we’re gonna shit on them so we have no leg left to stand on.

      Brilliant

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    The Elk is probably thinking it finally met some sensible humans who know how to take a minute to sit and look around.

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    2 days ago

    If you ever want to see an Elk close up I would definitely recommend visiting Estes Park during Rutt (spelling?) season.

    Lived in Denver for a couple years and my wife and I would always drive up there to see them!

    Glad to see the Elk showing solidarity!

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        Only if you get close enough that one can charge you. Otherwise it’s a good time to see them all put in the open and mashing antlers.

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          Yeah they’ve kinda learned that they are safe in Rocky Mountain National Park and in Estes so they’re chill. Still wild animals though and I wouldn’t really wanna be that close to one like in the picture.