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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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An hour spent commuting is 1/16th of your daily life, and that hour is by far the biggest risk to your life every day. You should be getting triple pay to ameliorate the hazard risk it represents.

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[–] flueterflam@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

$150 per hour? I'm in salaried software engineering and barely making a third of that after a promotion.

If what you propose happens, all the prices of everything would skyrocket... It seems good on paper, but it ignores all the greed of capitalism..

For better or worse, (the latter for rich folks...) there "needs" to be tiers of incomes (in Capitalism). Bumping the minimum just bumps the prices. We've already experience it with minimum wage bumps in the US. We don't have an actual solution that works at the moment in the US because minimum wage increases automatically lead to greedier CEOs.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I mean, I agree with a lot of what you said but also we haven't had any federal minimum wage bumps in a decade and a half. States that follow federal minimum wage haven't exactly kept their cost of living frozen.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

You have to admit that what you are getting paid is to low though considering what it takes to do what you do. Even doctors and lawyers are not making what they should as the issue is at the extreme top.