Off topic, but shout out to the Ubuntu font for looking so nice. Love to see someone using it in the wild
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2026
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Off topic, but how many asses have you assassinated?
A gentlemen doesn't kill and tell
David, don't you know that you got kicked out of the DNC for sharing such common-sense ideas? The people should have NO say in their leadership, that's the meritocracy... far too obvious /s
Not a meritocracy, a corporatocracy
I had a long conversation with Mitch, he said he doesn't want anyone worrying about him, he's doing fine.
GOP won't vote for it. They already get the benefits and therfore Noone else needs them
Wait a second. This is a meme community so I assume you're joking but... don't you lot have paid sick leave or parental leave?
Depends on the state and employer. They're talking about making it mandatory at the federal level.
If I got this right, you usually have a limited amount of sick days in the US. If they're out, you're out of luck.
Often times there's no distinction between sick time and leave. So if you take a day off because your sick that's one less day for a vacation.
Some jobs don't even give you leave. You don't work you don't get paid.
You actually don't have any guaranteed sick leave. Some companies will give a few days to you for exclusive sick leave, some will require you to use your PTO, some (like my current) require a doctor's note for any sick leave use, some don't.
Now you start to understand how COVID spread so fast here.
You're right, and that's IF you're lucky enough to be granted sick leave. It's not a legal requirement. I, for example, have none. When I'm sick I don't get paid.
So if you are contagious, you are forced to spread it?
Exactly so.
This is so outlandish to me. There are so many studies that show how bad this is, also on an economical level...
Meanwhile my colleagues can even call in sick when their kids are ill.
The modern US is very anti-science 😭
That's just so insane. How are people ok with that like, "yeah that's fair, I want more conservatives to run my life because they're making life harder for me and rob me of any sense of reciprocal goodwill towards society! USA USA USA!"
No, the Mitch act would be for paid DEAD leave.
it also counts if hes an undead lich.
Paid parental and sick leave isn't law there? I thought you guys had at least that one.
Often the government also pays for parental leave. Places like Australia it's up to 26 weeks at minimum wage to help families settle in with newborns and new costs.
In the land of the free it's the companies that are free to do whatever and people have limited rights
Nope.
At the federal level, there's no laws covering any paid time off for anything. Sick, vacation, holiday's, parental, etc.
We TECHNICALLY have parental leave, but COBRA is hedged in with so many caveats it's useless for a lot of people.
Yea, but it's not paid (federally), and unpaid leave is only guaranteed for people that work for companies with more than 50 employees.
Best we can do is up to 3 months a year of unpaid leave.
And best of luck getting another job to recommend you after taking it
So, "temporarily unemployed", basically. Right when people need income the most.
Edit: I more understand the "not in this economy" remark from Idiocracy's intro, when the smarter couple is deciding to hold on having kids. It's obviously a consideration around the developed world, but not really movie-worthy.
Please, no. We should not make all of the workers die and then conceal their deaths.
Medicine In The Caring Home...pays for all prescriptions, doctor and nurse visits, hides actual ability or response time to public, continues to hold contracts far out of date..