This is correct. Also because congress changes the tax code hundreds of times per year, it is practically impossible for an individual to keep up with every minute change. You could try filing by yourself, but you’ll end up working with those tax preparers, paying them a fee instead.

NOOOO YOU NEED TO USE AN AC TO DC CONVERSION BRICK NO BATTERY IS DESIGNED TO TAKE DIRECT AC POWER FROM THE GRID YOURE GONNA CAUSE A LITHIUM FIRE NOOOO

“You see kids, you tried, and you didn’t succeed.”

“The lesson is, never try.”

• Homer J. Simpson

Both look amazing tho

“It’s not your loot, just your turn to use it.”

Your applicable skills could be applied elsewhere, be it at private companies or in other public sectors. You could also - wild thought - work alongside your co-workers to prevent those who are trying to harm the citizens you were appointed to protect from attacking us, such as ICE impersonators.

TL;DR, please find another job if you don’t like the labels and stigma, or put some effort into changing the perspectives of the citizenry.

slaps kettle

This bad boy could cause so many caffeine overdoses…

This is when we say YAAY and give all of the upvotes

Iraqi Military became Iraqi insurgents/rebel forces (During US Occupation). Especially with all of their weaponry and training practically falling into the laps of the US’s opposition during the war.

Didn’t the US federal government learn in Iraq the consequences of stiffing paychecks to existing service members… ?

Guess not.

*When the light is running low…

*And the shadows start to grow…

Decentralized control is probably the biggest asset we have to fight back against these issues. Each instance host has motivation to keep their community in the best shape possible, for users and visitors.

If one instance is having struggles, you can migrate to another - and instance hosts could share tactics and information about the process of management.

I love this place! My account’s gonna get Thanos snapped with the lemm.ee shutdown though, hopefully I can migrate before then…

Waitaminute… isn’t that a German recipe (Or if you’re counting the “blue candy” variant, American)?

Lol it exists irl too

The actual friends with benefits experience

Man, now instead of throwing your controller, you’re punching your controller into drywall

This is da way

Thats usually a consequence of fiduciary responsibility, no? If you’re not publicly traded, you have no such chains. Valve is privately held, and therefore untouchable in that regard. They also release their software to the public pretty often (OpenXR for VR, indirectly contributing to the Wine project via Proton, and now TF2 with a non-commercial license).

Unless the next head of the company makes an IPO, the path seems steady. And even if the IPO occurs, the momentum is already kickstarted, and we have access to the fruits of their labor (funded by our game purchases).

Wouldn’t the ease of access for music piracy in comparison to video piracy be the true barrier keeping them in check? Audio doesn’t exactly have massive file sizes, and the ability to rip audio from any source has become more accessible than ever.

I wonder when streaming services may have their “Napster moment”.