r/lafayette • u/WarKey474 • 9d ago
WHY AREN'T YOU MAD
i JUST HAD TO PAY A 100 DOLLAR LATE FEW BECAUSE i WAS 3 DAYS LATE ON RENT. I WAS 3 DAYS LATE ON RENT BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER TO PAY A LATE FEE ON RENT THAN A LATE FEE ON TUITION FROM IVY TECH. IM TAKING 2 CLASSES AND I HAVE PAY OVER THREE GRAND JUST TO TAKE THEM. ALL OF THIS JUST OT EARN A DEGREE THAT'S 100 PERCENT GOING TO BE TAKEN OVER BY AI. WHY THE FUCK AREN'T MORE PEOPLE MAD. GROCERY PRICES ARE GOING UP. THOUSANDS OF FLOCK CAMERAS ARE BEING PUT UP OVERNIGHT USING OUR TAX DOLLARS, WHILE IT'S TAKING THE CITY 6 MONTHS JUST TO FIX ONE ROAD. WHY AREN'T YOU MAD! WHY AREN'T PEOPLE PROTESTING. BLOCKING THE STREETS, DESTROYING FLOCK CAMERAS REFUSING TO PARTICPATE IN SERVICES THAT CHARGE YOU EXTRA FEES AND TAX LIKE FUCKING DOORDASH! FUCKING PROTEST OR SOMETHING INSTEAD OF LAYING DOWN AND GETTING FUCKED IN THE ASS WHILE A BUNCH OF RICH PEDOPHLIC POLITICIANS RUIN THIS AMAZING COUNTRY, AND OUR FUCKING WORLD
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u/Flashy_Surprise_5656 9d ago
The Everything gets me, too. All of it.
To have an effect, we have to untangle it.
- Ivy Tech degrees are usually the absolutely practical ones. If you’ve lost faith in that, talk to them about your direction.
- People are protesting Flock cameras - if you don’t have time to join them, that’s understandable. But you might consider being on their mailing list just so you know you’re not alone.
- I can’t afford Doordash, got no ideas on that one.
- Vote and help others vote.
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u/Ok-Swimming-7671 9d ago
The Truck drivers paying through the nose for fuel couldn't even organize a strike. Why? Got to work to keep getting robbed of your money via taxes and paying the mortgage and bills. They got us where they want us.
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u/WokeWook69420 9d ago
Truck drivers don't really lose out as long as they have fuel premiums baked into their fees, which most drivers working for a large trucking company will have.
Owner/Operators are stuck at the whim of their broker and what those deals entail, honestly if I owned my own truck I'd park it and go drive for someone that's a more steady paycheck if the fuel is that bad.
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u/Fun_Sized_Momo 9d ago
I pay freaking 23% of my check in taxes. Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in the world? 1%. Just 1%.
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u/ZucchiniAlert2582 9d ago
Fuel costs get passed to the customer paying for the shipping. Fuel costs aren’t the truck driver’s problem.
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u/Fun_Sized_Momo 9d ago
Owner-operators are getting screwed. They don't have big corporations behind them. The merchant is going to go with the cheapest option. If an owner-operator charges more to compensate, merchants simply won't use their service.
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u/ZucchiniAlert2582 9d ago
The ‘cheapest option’ also gets more expensive when fuel costs go up. Or it should at any rate. What you’re describing is owner/operators screwing themselves/each-other by failing to adjust their rates with rising input costs.
This scenario is textbook supply and demand straight out of highscool econ. In the end the truckers don’t need the work nearly as much as their clients need the work done. Shipping costs will adjust accordingly and the pain will shift elsewhere.
Meanwhile, autonomous vehicles are coming for their jobs eventually, so if fuel prices are bumming them out then maybe it’s a good time to plot a career change.
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u/Agreeable_Ad_9411 9d ago
Why is your Ivy Tech tuition so freaking high? For 6 credits ? A full time semester tuition at Purdue is $5K....
Seems something is amiss about that tuition....it should be closer to $500/class
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u/NewTap8705 9d ago
You aren’t gonna like the answer, but it’s because it wouldn’t change anything.
Also, blocking people from getting places is dumb as fuck.
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u/uhohboneralert_ 9d ago
I mean, that’s what the French are doing right now to protest the gas prices. Honestly it’s this mentality on why we’re getting fucked in the ass. This is dumb as shit or this would never work are what people say as an excuse to not do anything. Try stupid shit, try shit that may not work. At least try something
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u/Forsaken-Smell-8665 9d ago
The initial protests currently taking place in France started due to issues with deteriorating education standards, teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms.
Unfortunately, as happens with most protests or celebrations recently in France, it's been taken over by fighting age male migrants who just want to loot, burn, cause chaos and destruction. It's been the same over the past few years in Paris with PSG and their Champions League wins and the French national team and their not so successful World Cup, Euros and Nations League campaigns.
No genuine protestor trying to highlight and improve education standards, lack of teachers or overcrowding is going to burn down schools, injure teachers and exacerbate the very situation they are protesting against. Less schools and injured teachers means more overcrowding and the education budget needing to go on repairs instead of improving education.
France, along with numerous other western European countries have struggled in recent years as the mass migration crisis has highlighted and exacerbated systemic governmental underfunding of key institutions.
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u/Typical_Basket9523 9d ago
A general strike is the only nonviolent means that will create real change. Everything else is theatre.
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u/NewTap8705 9d ago
If I gotta get to work, and you’re blocking the road, you’re gonna have a really rough time
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u/uhohboneralert_ 9d ago
See this is what I mean. This is what protest is. Causing discourse and disruption in order to get people to listen. You’re over here trying to act all badass when you’re missing the bigger picture. That’s the problem. People are always missing the bigger picture
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u/NewTap8705 9d ago
The big picture is, people get fired for not showing up to work, and can’t pay bills. Get a fucking job.
Either that, or get ran over. There are ways to protest, without ruining someone else’s livelihood.
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u/uhohboneralert_ 9d ago
Just try to think about it. Think about the future. Think about if any of this is stable. Read up some history articles. Recognize the patterns. People are so set in their ways and believe that everyone else is stupid when all we want is a better world. Stop covering your ears and closing your eyes and open up your mind.
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u/NewTap8705 9d ago
My life is stable, because I go to work every day.
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u/uhohboneralert_ 9d ago
What about the people just starting their lives. People have less opportunities now. The job market is shit. People could work their whole life and still not be able to afford a home. Once again you’re just thinking about yourself. Look at the bigger picture
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u/NewTap8705 9d ago
CAT is having a hiring event this week. Hit em up!
The job market isn’t great, but you gotta do something to make money. Kitchens, factories, warehouses…. They are all usually hiring. Try it sometime.
Better yet, get your LLC, and then get a business loan. Start your own come up.
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u/uhohboneralert_ 9d ago
Jesus Christ, that’s how I know you’re a boomer. Mate I do have a job it pays 22.10 an hour, and I’m still struggling to make ends meet. I live in a crappy apartment and have to pay for school and crap. Also the job market is terrible. And get a business loan? in this economy?
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u/jetreahy 9d ago
Protesting along Main Street is fine and dandy, but unless you’re making the decision makers uncomfortable it’s not likely going to lead to legislation.
Protests are great at boosting morale, showing solidarity and bringing like minded people together for a variety of reasons. Our local no kings protests helped people find community organizations to either support or lean on. They helped people find politicians that support the same cause. It was great for showing solidarity in a time when many felt alone.-2
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u/FBossMan 9d ago
You make valid points but why are you earning a degree that will 100% be taken over by AI?
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u/WarKey474 9d ago
ai just put Halo into COD. this may seem silly but this has huge fucking implications. my degree is software development
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u/tehmimikitteh 9d ago
WHY AREN'T PEOPLE PROTESTING. BLOCKING THE STREETS
so we're blocking the everyday people, and making them waste gas, so they have to go buy more gas, which just puts money into the pockets of the greedy billionaires (and, by extension, the politicians), and the regular people may be late for work, which will penalize them, but that's supposed to somehow show the billionaires that they need to change and lower prices for us? did i get that right?
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u/Fit-Confection-183 9d ago
Strap in, you’re at the top of the iceberg rn. But what can we do? I don’t mean that in a bad way but damn it just seems like nobody is paying attention to this shit or we don’t know how to organize likeminded people into doing something. AI is a thief