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America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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0des wrote: post #12

An otherwise insightful (but somewhat crass) comment seems to have been immediately [dead] upon being posted, but I think they might be on to something. Readers: I hope you don't mind me momentarily intervening in the voting process, but I will post the comment below for others who may not have show-dead turned on to see. EDIT: Even more curious, the majority of this accounts otherwise normal posts seem to be [dead]…

There’s a little-used feature on HN that allows one to “vouch” for a flagged comment that is made for these situations.

Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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newaccount2021 wrote: post #2

I think its more basic: 1. the restaurant they used to work at isn't there anymore 2. they moved back in with the parents and stopped giving a shit about the future 3. still living off their unemployment and stimulus...it will go to zero one day, but not today 4. even with a substantial raise, most jobs they qualify for will still leave them impoverished, so whats the point America's unemployed need deflation more th…

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Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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Post by 0des »

nostromo wrote: post #21
0des wrote: post #12

An otherwise insightful (but somewhat crass) comment seems to have been immediately [dead] upon being posted, but I think they might be on to something. Readers: I hope you don't mind me momentarily intervening in the voting process, but I will post the comment below for others who may not have show-dead turned on to see. EDIT: Even more curious, the majority of this accounts otherwise normal posts seem to be [dead]…

There’s a little-used feature on HN that allows one to “vouch” for a flagged comment that is made for these situations.

I use vouch all the time, including several times today, however I've never seen it on a comment, only threads in [new]

Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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nostromo wrote: post #21
0des wrote: post #12

An otherwise insightful (but somewhat crass) comment seems to have been immediately [dead] upon being posted, but I think they might be on to something. Readers: I hope you don't mind me momentarily intervening in the voting process, but I will post the comment below for others who may not have show-dead turned on to see. EDIT: Even more curious, the majority of this accounts otherwise normal posts seem to be [dead]…

There’s a little-used feature on HN that allows one to “vouch” for a flagged comment that is made for these situations.

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Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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indymike wrote: post #18
0des wrote: post #12

An otherwise insightful (but somewhat crass) comment seems to have been immediately [dead] upon being posted, but I think they might be on to something. Readers: I hope you don't mind me momentarily intervening in the voting process, but I will post the comment below for others who may not have show-dead turned on to see. EDIT: Even more curious, the majority of this accounts otherwise normal posts seem to be [dead]…

> A 50% drop in housing costs will serve them better than a 15% raise. The number of Americans who would benefit from a substantial deflation rises every day. Except servicing existing debt would become nearly impossible as wages went down, but that pesky car payment stayed at $500/mo.

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Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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Post by nostromo »

0des wrote: post #23
nostromo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s a little-used feature on HN that allows one to “vouch” for a flagged comment that is made for these situations.

I use vouch all the time, including several times today, however I've never seen it on a comment, only threads in [new]

Click on the comment’s date. Then you’ll get the option to vouch for it. (Assuming you meet some unknown karma threshold.)

Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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Post by devwastaken »

0des wrote: post #12

An otherwise insightful (but somewhat crass) comment seems to have been immediately [dead] upon being posted, but I think they might be on to something. Readers: I hope you don't mind me momentarily intervening in the voting process, but I will post the comment below for others who may not have show-dead turned on to see. EDIT: Even more curious, the majority of this accounts otherwise normal posts seem to be [dead]…

Unemployment doesn't last very long, nor do you make much because it's based on what your income was. COVID gave special rules that extended and substantially increased the amount. That has since passed, and the amount was enough to only afford rent, food, and maybe a car payment in an affordable town.

Housing and public transportation. The two things cities don't want to fix, because city boards are fascists that know only the wealthy of the city control it.

Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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Post by 0des »

nostromo wrote: post #26
0des wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use vouch all the time, including several times today, however I've never seen it on a comment, only threads in [new]

Click on the comment’s date. Then you’ll get the option to vouch for it. (Assuming you meet some unknown karma threshold.)

Nostromo, thank you very much, I'll do that. Have a great weekend and thanks for showing me 'the way' :)

Also, do you happen to know why this person's seemingly normal comments appear to be [dead] within 0 minutes of their post?

Re: America’s unemployed are sending a message: Safety and compensation matter

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Post by toomuchtodo »

nostromo wrote: post #26
0des wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use vouch all the time, including several times today, however I've never seen it on a comment, only threads in [new]

Click on the comment’s date. Then you’ll get the option to vouch for it. (Assuming you meet some unknown karma threshold.)

You have to have 31 karma to vouch for a comment. If you vouch for too many comments that break site guidelines, you’ll have the vouch feature taken away.

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20356579

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