Interesting. Our local art museum pays their philanthropic director about $170k. Smaller org of course.

Last time I checked prison was the real alternative.

You think a zoo CEO being paid $1.2 million per year is normal? Really???

Wow, that’s crazy. I just checked out my local zoo and there are only 2 executives with a pay package of $200k. The rest are unpaid trustees.

Where in the world is that? I have never heard of renters paying for maintenance.

In fact, every single rental agreement I signed over 25 years said “contact the landlord if there is a problem” which was backed up by state law.

Houses are not “one time labor.”. Housing requires constant scheduled maintenance and upkeep over time.

Not to mention the financing required to pay for it all,which is normally spread over 30 years.

Landlords also do repair and maintenance (jokes aside) to maintain the property in good working order / habitability.

At least, they are generally required by law to do so. Your laws may vary.

Landlords also prep the unit for habitation between tenants and handle all of the paperwork for rent and utilities (depending).

Maintaining housing is very expensive, and many people cannot afford to just drop $25,000 to redo a kitchen or reroof a building when it is required.

So landlords are basically the middle manager between your living at the property, and all of the maintenance and financial details. You pay rent to them for that service.

Bread costs are a tiny % of prepared food. You are mostly paying for rent and labor of the employees.

Who, thanks to COVID, realized they were all getting fucked and did a silent rebellion and now make about half of what a professional office worker makes. Those dastardly socialists! 😠😠😠

Ironic in that they bake their own bread in the actual store daily.

Yes. And fancy burgers around here cost between $11-16. We’re talking super fancy burgers, mouth watering medium-rare locally grown beef, crazy sauces you’re never heard of, actual fucking grilled onions, etc etc. and beer, they serve beer.

Meanwhile the fast food burger joint is basically the same price, but you get overcooked pink slime.

How much could a banana cost? $10?

You would probably have around 200-220 sheep actually

Since when does wearing a brown hoodie convey that one is a genius?

Well, he is an actor…

Now you have an engineer do that. Boeing?

And what possible way has Ukraine lost this war?

Russia’s goal was to topple Ukrainian government and see his complete control over the entire country in 3 days.

Here we are, 3 years into the war and Russia has lost something like 14,000 vehicles, over half a million casualties, and what have they achieved exactly?

Besides turtle tank technology of course.

Stuff? That isn’t very much money. Our monthly grocery bill alone is over $1,000. Plus rent. Plus car payments. Insurance. We’re already over $5,000 a month.

I don’t know what to tell you, but I work in business in the US and work in invoicing in the construction industry.

Everything is done via paper, full stop.

Bank transfers do not generate invoices, full stop. Company to company payments are made using a PO or check. Nothing else, in my experience, are accepted.

These are for amounts of $1 to tens of millions of $$$.

You can over $5000 in cash with you at all times???

Also, most all US small to mid sized business transactions are by check.

I’m not going to take a suitcase with over $10,000 to the city to pay a permit fee, or $50,000 Venmo to pay a business partner.

Unless you are in the marijuana industry, then you have to…

Man, I would never pay rent or a mortgage payment with a deposit. I did that once, and they claimed I didn’t pay several times, and I had no receipt. I had to pay my bank $20 to provide proof of deposit (several times) Fuck that. Also fuck US Bank.