In a thread about a strictly American thing, in America. Like I said different regions have different conditions. Universal statements are not viable.

The article is about America. This is a specifically American phenomenon. If you're not talking about the States, your points aren't relevant to the topic.

It's not a gotcha, it's analysis. I'm not making a point about whether or not tipping should be integral to the American restaurant industry. I'm only saying that without legislation, it will be. Up until that point, businesses that try to switch to tipless will either revert or fail.

Is he just more used to miles? If he intuitively knows good mileages for various cars, I wouldn't be surprised that he has to convert to miles to evaluate.

It's like if someone who uses Fahrenheit asks what temperature it is to determine what they wear. If you tell them "15°C", it wouldn't be unusual for them to have to convert to 59°F, because they intuitively know how to dress for 59°F but no idea how to dress for 15°C.

Sounds great. How do we get there? Campaign finance laws are written and voted on by politicians. Why would a politician funded by oligarchs cut off their own funding?

If you want campaign finance reform, you need politicians in office who are willing to vote for it. Which means you need to get them into office. Which means their campaigns need funding.

That means we need a plan to fund campaigns in the current landscape, before reform.

No it is not but it is the geographic market we're talking about, one of those fundamental factors of the trade space. It's like telling someone in Arizona that they don't need A/C because people in Alaska chug along just fine without A/C. The conditions of one region do not translate to all regions.

The USA restaurant industry is built on the expectation of tips. Restaurants that try to change, change back because raising menu prices alienates customers (even though it shouldn't, this is what the research shows). If tipless restaurants are going to be broadly viable, tips must be eliminated across the board, which can only happen through legislation. Because, again, restaurants that switch voluntarily lose business to the restaurants that retain tipping.

Then the vast majority of restaurants are not viable. Again, your business analysis is not viable. An opinion that ignores fundamental aspects of the trade space isn't worth the cost to light the pixels to display it.

You are combining the two distinct possibilities I referenced as consequences for a restaurant that stops accepting tips:

1. Raise menu prices, lose business to competitors

2. Do not raise prices, fail by not covering expenses

Either way, it's not sustainable to voluntarily go tipless, which is why those who tried, revert. You're the one that said that made them unviable. Did you mean to say something else?

I don't think you understand the competitive pressure of every other restaurant not raising their menu prices 20% alongside you. Do you think that a business isn't viable if they can't absorb a 20% labor increase without raising prices?

I suspect you are not a reliable or competent business analyst.

How so? Jesus has a number of very specific teachings, foremost among them being to love your neighbor as yourself. Calling people out for calling themselves Christians while obviously ignoring the central tenet of his message is no different than calling out someone who calls themself a vegan while obviously eating a bucket of KFC.

The No True Scotsman fallacy is when you declare a label (Scotsman) to be conditional on some unrelated factor (putting sugar in porridge) instead of the actual condition (being from Scotland).

Following the tenets of Jesus is the definitive condition of being a "Christian". Going to a church every week and singing the songs doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the farmer's market and chanting in protests makes you a vegan. It doesn't matter what you call yourself if you don't do the thing you're singing about.

Is this draining the swamp?

To contain the arrows of time and entropy, obviously.

I think that's part of his point

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As a biological male, I have never had a gynecological exam. Does the doctor typically not wear a mask? Gynos, not to be weird, but do y'all sneak a whiff to aid diagnosis? I can definitely pick up on variations in the way my wife smells, I know at least some are health related. Do you use ambient smell to help diagnose, or is it totally superfluous? Do you typically wear masks?

Did Salvador Dali have a manager?

Yes, I agree with you

...unified definitions are the most reliable way to make sure everyone understands each other's words going into dialogue. Unless everyone includes a glossary with their contribution to the dialogue, there's no other way to ensure understanding.

Ondsel was a suite of mods that made FreeCAD much more user friendly. V1.0 incorporates most of these, and I didn't really have any major complaints about it. I used older versions, and yeah they sucked balls. It's better now.

I don't see anyone, on the left, disparaging public figures for being gay. I see plenty of people disparaging gay public figures for being hypocrites.