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RizzRustbolt, in What companies have made your blacklist?

Subway should be on everyone’s list.

blusterydayve26, (edited )

I’ll consider taking them off the list after they start making food product they can legally be considered bread in Europe again.

Fal,
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This is the stupidest take in the world

RizzRustbolt,

They could make the best god damned sandwiches in the world. But that still doesn’t mean they should still exist as a company after what they did.

Gingernate,

What did they do?

RizzRustbolt,

Sheltered pedophiles in their c-suite.

Mr_Blott,

You could just fuckin tell us mate, nobody’s impressed

I looked up wiki and it could be any number of things that’s got your knickers in a twist

angstylittlecatboy, (edited ) in What companies have made your blacklist?

Facebook and Elon Musk’s companies (both’s effects on global society are way more egregious than other tech companies,) pretty much any company that wears faith on their sleeve

pirrrrrrrr, in What companies have made your blacklist?

Sony, Apple.

Nonameuser678, in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?
@Nonameuser678@aussie.zone avatar

I dramatically strain for something that’s too high up for me to reach it. Pretend to try and weild the force to pull it towards me. And then wait until my very tall partner just comes along to grab it.

LittleTransPunk,
@LittleTransPunk@lemmy.world avatar

As a tall person who came in here for tips to help our shorter comrades, we don’t mind it at all and most of us feel like mini heroes when we do this

Nonameuser678,
@Nonameuser678@aussie.zone avatar

Thank you for your service

SkaveRat,

feel like mini heroes

ಠ_ಠ

LittleTransPunk,
@LittleTransPunk@lemmy.world avatar

Socially mini, not physically mini

elbarto777,

Understood, Little Trans Punk ಠ_ಠ

LittleTransPunk,
@LittleTransPunk@lemmy.world avatar

Social presence size :-P

SpaceNoodle,

Big damn heroes

illi,

Aint we just

Iamdanno,

My (comically so) shorter wife always says “I need your highness!” if she can’t reach something. I’m always glad to help out my subjects, LOL

boogetyboo,
@boogetyboo@aussie.zone avatar

Don’t forget the “nyeeeeeehhhhhhh” noise that accompanies the dramatised physical effort

Mouselemming, in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?

I have a nice aluminum stepladder. I discovered the handiest place to store it is behind the living room curtain. Much easier than in a closet. And much safer than climbing on chairs!

AmosBurton, in What companies have made your blacklist?

IRS - customer service is atrocious!

jabathekek,
@jabathekek@sopuli.xyz avatar

Tax evasion is hawt.

TechNerdWizard42,

This one little trick they don’t want you to know will save you hundreds every month! Click here!

gutternonsense,

Ask your representative(s) to support (more) funding for the IRS.

KISSmyOS, in What companies have made your blacklist?

Google, Amazon and Facebook will never see another cent, ad-view or personalized data point from me.
So far, this has affected relatively little to be honest. The most impact was losing access to WhatsApp.

Pyroglyph, in What companies have made your blacklist?
@Pyroglyph@lemmy.world avatar

Lenovo.

Years ago they ran a competition along with their “GoodWeird” campaign. I got high enough on the leaderboard of their little web game to win a (substantial) prize yet they refused to ever respond to me.

I don’t care if ThinkPads are good, fuck them. Especially fuck their marketing team.

jabathekek,
@jabathekek@sopuli.xyz avatar

Yep, also their warranty is crud, and it’s really hard to contact the right people. Never again.

blusterydayve26, (edited )

Also the whole enabling genocide for money thing:

allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2

ETA: IBM, not Lenovo, wrong company.

Gingernate,

That’s IBM, not Lenovo

blusterydayve26,

You’re right, I got the direction of acquisition backwards, I’d thought IBM acquired Lenovo, not the other way around, my apologies. My vote is for IBM then.

Jarix,

Lenovo was IBMs manufacturing arm until they separated. Age of incident is important

Emerald, (edited )

Lenovo was founded in 1984, long after ww2

lemann, in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?

Somewhat related;

Recently saw a video where the presenter attended a press event, but ended up watching the thing from other attendees’ phones being held in the air, because the presenter wasn’t tall enough to see the stage 😢

I guess it could be a nice hack at concerts if you can’t see the stage properly

KISSmyOS, (edited ) in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?

Life(lengthening )hack: Office chairs aren’t stepladders.

DreamySweet,

Nothing with wheels is.

ValiantDust, in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?

I stand on the wheels of cars when scraping the windshield or removing snow so I can reach the middle of the windshield. Doesn’t work with every car though.

weariedfae, in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?

My feet don’t touch the ground on chair height toilets. I don’t know about you but it is very uncomfortable to try and use it while your feet are dangling. To solve this I’ve repurposed a single step stool that lives in the restroom at home.

For most other things I have a thing-grabber, tongs, and a tall person I can summon by pathetically crying out “tall person!”

atrielienz,

A squatty potty stool might be helpful there.

PlutoniumAcid,
@PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world avatar

Aka. Stool Stool

SkaveRat,

I have a thing-grabber, tongs, and a tall person

is that all the same person?

DreamySweet,

Don’t be pathetic, summon your servant with pride.

RBWells, (edited ) in What companies have made your blacklist?

I’ve never been to Cracker Barrel because when I was younger they fired all their gay employees, were taken to court over it, fought and won.

Chick fil a same sort of reason, stupid discrimination.

Have never been to Applebee’s because I don’t have to and why would I?

Bank of America because they once stacked withdrawals over deposits, said I was overdrawn by 0.60 for some immeasurably short period of time, and slapped a $35 overdraft fee on my account. I called, bitched until I got my $35 back, and closed the account. Hate them with a burning passion. Have had to deal with them at two jobs since and they seem still as bad.

Pyroglyph,
@Pyroglyph@lemmy.world avatar

Most of these make sense but the Applebee’s one isn’t really on your shitlist. From what you’ve said you just seem indifferent to it, much like you’d be indifferent to any other store you have no interest in.

RBWells,

Yeah boycott may be too strong a word, it’s more like they are at the bottom of my list in what I look for in a restaurant, and I live where there are other options. I do object to them but on grounds of being a chain, generally shitty to employees and not good or interesting food, I will not give them dollars but don’t hate them like I hate BOA or Cracker Barrel. They just seem like something that doesn’t need to exist.

ohlaph,

I had exactly the same thing happen to me and did exactly that.

Lemminary, in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?

I’ve never had problems for being short. Maybe I haven’t been paying attention but there’s nothing a stool or a chair can’t fix. Also, climbing on furniture is easy but rare. 🤷‍♂️

Xariphon, in Short(er) people of Lemmy--what are some lifehacks you figured out that've helped you out?

For people in need of a desk or table...

I'm an amateur woodworker and I could use the practice transitioning to furniture making. If you don't mind covering materials and shipping (from New York to you), feel free to message me and we can work something out. I'm not looking to make a killing here, but getting some practice while helping somebody out would be nice.

XenoWarden, (edited )

I’m not sure how to DM people on my Lemmy client Thunder but I might be interested depending on the deets! I’m located in Florida.

Xariphon,

Hmm. I don't know either. Maybe I need an account on your instance? I'm posting from kbin anyway so heck if I know.

XenoWarden,

Tried a different client (Voyager) that did seem to have the ability to DM, so we’ll see if that works!

Xariphon,

I don't seen anything on my end.

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