Too late to explore the world with on a ship, too soon to explore space, just the right time to finance fucking door dash.
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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I live on a sailboat. It's not too late. Sure, you may not be discovering new lands, but making an ocean passage is still seriously challenging.
People can't even afford food without putting it on credit. If that isn't the most dystopian thing I dunno what is
One that gets me is the federal minimum of $7.25 wage hasn't been increased since 2009. It's the inverse of the atomic test clock at Hiroshima that is reset whenever a nuclear weapon is tested or used; the clock it portends doom whenever it's count of days is low, the federal minimum wage's punishing condemnation to poverty of tens of millions of citizens exponentially increases in pain each year it doesn't change while other goods and services have exploded in cost even in the last 5 years let alone since the great recession when it last went up.
In reality the federal minimum wage is often far more than employees receive so things are worse than $7.25 per hour. Many southern/red states lobbied and passed "tip credit" laws that allows them to steal their employees' tips if they make more than $7.25 per hour to reduce their earnings to the federal amount. The actual minimum wage that employers may pay a tipped employee after stealing their tips is $2.13 per hour.
The restaurant and lodging association are a huge lobbying arm that will pivot nicely into the Sharecroppers Management Association where once you go into debt with Doordash they'll help "place" you in a restaurant where you can repay your "burrito debt".
They can't afford food or they can't afford a taxi for their burrito?
doordash is THAT overpriced.
Exactly. Menu price is 30-50% higher, then add probably $15 in bullshit fees, and a tip for the driver. It's just not worth it anymore.
Not only do I need a personal chauffer for my burrito, but now I can finance the whole thing!
This isn’t exactly a new trend. Instacart has been offering this for groceries, which is just as bad.
I think this is for things like large parties. Like using it as a catering service.
Doordash wouldn't be the first delivery company partnering with Klarna.
Instacart has been for months
I think this is more general. Klarna must make the line go up, like any company that participates in capitalism. The obvious BNPL angles have been covered for ages now.