After so many years of people constantly asking, why I still wear a mask, sometimes I just want to walk around in my North 7600 Full face Respirator *BECAUSE* it scares the hell out of people.
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Njord
@Njord@mastodon.gamedev.place
mastodon 4.7.3I run @kitsunegames@mastodon.social with @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place Narrative designer and lead writer for Kitsune Tails ( also Kitsune Zero)
Amateur Extra class ham radio license holder
I mostly post weird polls and pictures of my cat. Sometimes I also post about Covid.
Location: Cyprus (An EU member state in Western Asia)
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Since there was a little confusion, @Njord@zeroes.ca is, indeed me. I'm just trying a new server
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@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad
This reminds me of the utter terror of UK to US plug converters. Uk voltage and US plugs, all the danger of both, none of the safety of either 😉
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@briankrebs@infosec.exchange In a sane world, intentionally charging scammers a premium would make them accomplices in the fraud
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@munin@infosec.exchange @Pepijn@mastodon.online
yeah, my experience living on a farm for a decade or so tells me that, if some kids sat on a farmer's cow, they'd probably be in serious trouble if they were caught
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@nafmo@social.vivaldi.net @dirtyoldtown@mefi.social @lachralle@social.vivaldi.net
To be fair, Americans pay taxes, too ( and it's often a lot closer to European rates than you'd think), but all of that money is redistributed to oligarchs.
Us taxes absolutely are wealth redistribution, but it's primarily from the middle class to the ultra wealthy.
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@12thRITS @KormaChameleon @catsalad
UK style electric (which is what we have here in Cyprus, too) is *REALLY WEIRD* about bathroom electrical outlets, yeah
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@sabik@rants.au @nafmo@social.vivaldi.net @dirtyoldtown@mefi.social @lachralle@social.vivaldi.net
That's nto surprising, really. The Us economy has devolved into a rent seeking economy in recent years
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@nafmo@social.vivaldi.net @dirtyoldtown@mefi.social @lachralle@social.vivaldi.net
Social Insurance and Sales taxes are about half as high in the US as the EU, but property taxes make up for a LOT of that difference, since they're generally several thousand dollars a year.
Income taxes, on the other hand cap out at 49% if you live in California (and roughly the same in New York city, which has a municipal income tax as well as state and federal), because you pay income tax both to the State and Federal government.