• 4 Posts
  • 82 Comments
Joined 5 months ago
cake
Cake day: March 7th, 2025

help-circle





  • It does, and almost feels like there’s a resurgence of it to me. But maybe I’m just seeing it for the first time. Went to a show with Stand Atlantic, Magnolia Park, and The Home Team and they nail that alt rock vibe pretty well while still adding modern touches. And I found that just looking at local shows at moderately sized venues near me.








  • Hazmatastic@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    29 days ago

    Yeah, but they’re just different colors of a Where the Wild Things Are ripoff. Do not see the point. Beanie Babies had more of a point. Fucking Funko Pops have more of a point, at least those are related to a character from something you like. These are just weird creepy dolls, 90% of which are probably going to be collecting dust in a year or two.



  • As mentioned by another, a lot of it really is compensation. Most jobs won’t pay your missed days for jury service. They can’t fire you, no, but they also dont have to pay you. If you have kids, live paycheck to paycheck, then get a letter from the government saying you will be needed for an unspecified amount of days, possibly weeks, and won’t get paid for it, it doesn’t seem like much of an opportunity. Better have those sick days saved up, cause if not, you may not make rent.

    Luclily they usually pull a large pool of people so that is sometimes not an issue. My last jury summons, I told the judge that I wasn’t paid for being there and the loss of income would cause me financial hardship. “Thank you sir, you’re excused.”

    Employers respect jury service only as far as the law requires them to. They do not respect it enough to make service economically viable for their employees.