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The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.ml•Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thought213·2 years agoSo plastic is made from oil, right? And oil is made from Dinosaurs. So we’re just surrounded by Dinosaurs. Even micro-Dino’s.
Is this their revenge?
This is absolutely true. My former employer (a big box retail company) reduced my pay while I was on holiday. I had been there for years and accrued a bunch of pay rises - but the company got bought out and the new owners thought they could strip me of these because they felt they were temporary and non-contractual.
I got some legal advice that basically said they can’t do that sort of thing and had a meeting scheduled with HR. I went in with my notepad, I stayed calm - pleasent even - no angry shouting or slamming tables with fists, I just politely asked them questions and wrote down everything they said, then read their answers back to them to confirm thats what they said. I had about 6 questions prepared and by the 4th they were visibly uncomfortable, it was an amazing feeling making them squirm like that. After I got done asking my questions, I dropped the legal advice I had been given on them and it was obvious the answers they gave supported my case very heavily. They panicked and reversed all there decesion plus I got back-pay.
But if the first thing I had done is charge in making accusations and quoting the law I know nothing constructive would have happened.
See the goal is to bury them in their own words.
Edit: predictably the company went bust the next year. So long Office Outlet!
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto Memes@lemmy.ml•Better believe you're getting a text from the openers in the morning about how you missed one dish on the rack.4·2 years agoHe speaks the true knowledge
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldOPto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is a Lemsip Max just a paracetamol?2·2 years agoThank you!
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The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto Videos@lemmy.world•Tossing Satellites into Orbit with SpinLaunch: Is that Possible? | Interesting Engineering11·2 years agoIt can also do laundry
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.ml•World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days31·2 years agodeleted by creator
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto Movies and TV Shows@lemmy.film•The Beekeeper Trailer #1 (2024)English717·2 years agoAnother male power fantasy where one man solves all the worlds problems using only violence and everyone around him is amazed.
Oh! And its ok when he does it because he was trained by a super cool secret agent program you guys don’t know about they’re in another school.
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.ml•Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds491·2 years agoThey are everywhere. I’m a microplastic and think its too much.
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•It took me 16 years to figure out why I hate a Journey song. What song did you hated until you figured out why?8·2 years agoI can’t live, if living is without you - I absolutely hate this song. One of the worst sentiments ever.
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto UKCasual@lemmy.world•Tunesday - Slap yer beats in hereEnglish3·2 years agoNow playing Exmilitary by Death Grips
Hello Metal Detectors perhaps you can help me: I’m into all sorts of music and I’ve listened to modern day metal.
What confuses me is that Led Zeppelin has also been described as Metal and Heavy Metal. I listened to Led Zeppelin 4 and it has accoustic folk songs on it.
So I guess my question is when did todays metal start to sound like metal? Is there any connective tissue with Metal in the late '60s / early '70s and now?
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto UKCasual@lemmy.world•UK folks, if you could only listen to one album forever which album would it be?English61·2 years agoOne?!
You mean one from (almost) every year right? With the average scores from Rate Your Music for comparison? I never leave the house without mine.
/ Bob Dylan - The Free Wheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963) RYM 3.95 / Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965) RYM 4.16 / Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966) RYM 4.15 / The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) RYM 4.22 / Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom Prison (1968) RYM 4.13 / Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) RYM 4.04 / Neil Young - After the gold rush (1970) RYM 4.08 / Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971) RYM 4.10 / David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars (1972) RYM 4.26 / Neil Young - On the beach (1974) RYM 4.08 / Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night (1975) RYM 3.94 / Tom Waits - Small Change (1976) RYM 3.77 / Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979) RYM 4.11 / Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980) RYM 4.26 / The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (1984) RYM 4.08 / Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985) RYM 4.16 / Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985) RYM 4.04 / The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (1986) RYM 4.12 / The Smiths - Louder than Bombs (1987) RYM 4.14 / Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988) RYM 4.04 / Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique (1989) RYM 3.93 / Sonic Youth - Goo (1990) RYM 3.80 / My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) RYM 4.25 / Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992) RYM 3.97 / Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992) RYM 3.70 / Portishead - Dummy (1994) RYM 4.16 / Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994) RYM 3.82 / The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) RYM 3.88 / DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (1996) RYM 4.13 / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞ (1997) RYM 4.15 / Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West (1997) RYM 4.08 / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada (1998) RYM 4.16 / Tom Waits - Mule Variations (1999) RYM 3.86 / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (2000) RYM 4.21 / Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000) RYM 4.05 / Radiohead - Kid A (2000) RYM 4.25 / Deftones - White Pony (2000) RYM 3.96 / Daft Punk - Discovery (2001) RYM 4.05 / Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction (2001) RYM 3.72 / Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) RYM 3.86 / Boris - Feedbacker (2003) RYM 3.99 / MF DOOM - Madvillainy (2004) RYM 4.33 / Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005) RYM 3.64 / Boris - Pink (2005) RYM 3.87 / J Dilla - Donuts (2006) RYM 4.11 / Tom Waits - Orphans (2006) RYM 3.88 / Destroyer - Destroyer’s Rubies (2006) RYM 3.73 / Burial - Untrue (2007) RYM 3.98 / Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (2007) RYM 3.81 / Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007) RYM 4.28 / Portishead - Third (2008) RYM 3.94 / Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009) RYM 3.74 / Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010) RYM 3.82 / Death Grips - Exmilitary (2011) RYM 4.12 / Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread (2011) RYM 3.33 / Death Grips - The Money Store (2012) RYM 4.08 / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! (2012) RYM 3.73 / Deafheaven - Sunbather (2013) RYM 3.72 / Iceage - You’re Nothing (2013) RYM 3.42 / Swans - To Be Kind (2014) 4.03 / Death Grips - Jenny Death (2015) RYM 4.01 / Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016) RYM 4.13 / Radiohead - Moon Shaped Pool (2016) RYM 3.94 / Death Grips - Bottomless Pit (2016) RYM 3.91 / Li gua Ignota - Caligula (2019) RYM 3.77 / Sunn O))) - Life Metal (2019) RYM 3.38 / The Strokes - The New Abnormal (2020) RYM 3.73 / Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready (2021) RYM 3.81 / Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (2022) RYM 3.93
…sorry for the wall of text.
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto UKCasual@lemmy.world•has there been a telly thread this week? there is now.English3·2 years agoI don’t watch TV all that much anymore, I don’t know where to start so I just wait for something to ‘blow-up’ and be something everyone talks about then I’ll know what to do.
I work full time so normally after work I just fall down the youtube wormhole so my shout-out goes to Red Letter Media out of all that.
The only TV on my to-do list currently is ‘Barry’ and ‘Silo’
The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is it just me, or are conspiracy theories trending right now?3·2 years agoThis too, is a conspiracy…
I am 40 and ready to die.
So its half accurate.
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Oh this is easy to prove. See life is disapointing. If it were all made up by my brain I’d have all the sex and never be rejected and the bank account would have a lot more zeros in it printed in black.
Also I have no impuse control, theres not a reality where my brain would invent pizza and not let me eat it 24/7.