What if the dm words it like: “you appear to be in a privy. You notice a hole in the wall.”?

I’ve already put more thought into this than I’m comfortable with.

MAGA nut jobs: wtf, I love EVs!

All your boss told you was that if they could, they would pay you less.

All hard work gets you is more work.

To be fair, that’s a lot of xp they just gained.

Arachnophobe here. I regret entering this comment section.

Reputation is key. As you touched upon, nothing short of hearing from others what they went through helps as much.

Like you said, a lot of people wait until they need the service before they think about it. This is usually at the worst time in a person’s life, so emotions are high. It’s best to, at minimum, think about what you would want to have done ahead of time. At the last place I worked, I specialized in helping people pre-arrange services. The whole idea is to put your wishes down so it’s one less thing for your family to worry about. I personally preferred it since it was a much lower pressure situation since no one had to purchase anything at the time, unless they chose to pre-pay, which is strictly optional.

I’ve always looked for directors that are honest (duh) and forthcoming to families on what things are without pushing higher end items. For example, explain the difference of a sealer casket vs an unsealed casket, without using emotional language like: “you don’t want mom drowning in water, right?” Barring not knowing anyone that can give you a recommendation, Google and Yelp are your best friends. It just takes a bit of forethought and looking at what the reviewer is saying. We all have seen the insane reviews that don’t have any bearing in reality.

15 year funeral director here. I’ve worked for both “mom and pop” local funeral homes and a corporate funeral home. I can unequivocally tell you the local ones are some of the most corrupt, greedy places I’ve ever worked for. Charging $15k for funerals, adjusting prices based on what they feel like they can get away with, all while raking in lots of money and paying the staff less than minimum wage after factoring in the expectation of being on call.

I’ve watched owners manipulate grieving widows into buying caskets they can’t afford “because your husband deserves the best.”

I went two months without a day off, all while trying to take care of a newborn, and when I tried to take a day off because I was so exhausted I couldn’t drive safely, I was given tons of grief.

Everything else you said is completely true though. The entire industry is completely corrupt and needs to be dismantled.

See, you made the mistake of not being born into an ultra rich family exploiting people with their borderline slave running emerald mine.

It’s a common mistake, really.

Dear devs: I found a bug in the matrix. The raw milk crowd is deliberately trying killing themselves off in the stupidest way possible. Please fix.

I ended up on NY Post a few weeks ago, and their top headline read: “NYPD Crack down on Pro-Terrorist Students.”

They’re not even trying to appear unbiased.

To steal a quote: America is the land of gun care and health control.

Never forget that ever state that seceded listed slavery, specifically superiority over black people as the reason for secession, codified slavery into law, and the CSA had a federal law stating that no state within the Confederacy could ever be allowed to become a free state.

Kinda puts a damper on the “states rights” argument.

My “heritage” involves kicking the shit out of their “heritage.” Perhaps I should honor mine?

22% of climate scientists are likely funded by big oil. The other 1% are just normal stupid.

It also shows how toothless the extreme MAGA side is. Democrats and moderate Republicans made bipartisan deals to get aid passed and this troglodyte can’t abide compromise. She genuinely thinks compromise is evil.

This is a good move. He’s doing what he can to temper Netanyahu’s attempts at genocide, while still protecting Israel.

I just hope it’s enough to stop the killings. That monster will sacrifice every man, woman and child to stay in power (and out of prison).

Beautiful picture! Seeing the Grand Canyon in person is the biggest “pictures don’t do it justice” scenario I’ve ever been in. It’s impossible to describe the sheer scale of it.

Not defending the asshole, but someone jumping into a deep body of water to save someone else usually results in two people dead. A drowning person will pull someone else down through sheer panic. That’s why most lifeguards will go in with a flotation device to keep them afloat.

Ideally, there should have been a life preserver nearby, barring that, a rope.

Again, fuck that “friend.” May this haunt them the rest of their life.

To be fair, he was supposed to put up over $400 million to prevent asset forfeiture with a hard deadline. He ended up posting bond for about a quarter of that, nearly a month after the deadline with no consequences.

A lot of people are rightfully skeptical that he’ll never face consequences for his illegal acts.

I apologize if you thought I was implying that. I am in no way agreeing that there is a “Deep State” or anything to that effect. I was trying to draw criticism to DeSantis’ use of the word Globalists, which does have antisemitic overtones, while the House just passed a bill that could lead to criticism of Israel in any way would count as antisemitism.

Sarcasm on the internet is hard to convey.