▲ 118 ▼ Wow the job market is absolute shit. (hexbear.net) submitted 2 days ago by SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments Started applying today to put my feelers out there to see if anyone even responds. Like the best I can find is $18 an hour factory work. This was the same kind of work that existed during covid, nothings changed! It's still shit!!
[–] duderium@hexbear.net 32 points 2 days ago (4 children) My current literary project has the Chinese invading the USA. I can dream, can’t I? 🥺 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago (1 child) This was the original version of the 2012 Red Dawn, but they changed it to the DPRK so they could make money in China. Apparently it still wasn't released in China permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] duderium@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago (1 child) Except don’t the good guys lose in red dawn? My book has the USA attack china, lose badly, then get invaded and fracture into warring states. I actually wrote the first draft before the iran war started so it’s kind of outdated now 😳. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) I don't remember what happens in the shitty new one (all I really remember is the Subway product placement), in the old one all the ”heroic” high school kids die by the end and it's at least a little ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] duderium@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 child) Oh lol I only saw the old one and got bored when the kids started winning. It was pretty good until that point though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago Yeah same. I watch a lot of old Cold War crap just 'til us commies start losing, though, most of it's good til then and crap the rest of the way to the end. ⓘ This user is suspected of being a bear. Please report any suspawcious behaviour. permalink fedilink source parent [–] miz@hexbear.net 35 points 2 days ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago I'm about a 3rd of the way through a SciFi novel about an frozen mining planet that's under occupation but the resistance gets it's hands what's basically a large version of a Star Trek replicator to start 3D printing rockets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 36 points 2 days ago (1 child) This was the original version of the 2012 Red Dawn, but they changed it to the DPRK so they could make money in China. Apparently it still wasn't released in China permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] duderium@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago (1 child) Except don’t the good guys lose in red dawn? My book has the USA attack china, lose badly, then get invaded and fracture into warring states. I actually wrote the first draft before the iran war started so it’s kind of outdated now 😳. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) I don't remember what happens in the shitty new one (all I really remember is the Subway product placement), in the old one all the ”heroic” high school kids die by the end and it's at least a little ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] duderium@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 child) Oh lol I only saw the old one and got bored when the kids started winning. It was pretty good until that point though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago Yeah same. I watch a lot of old Cold War crap just 'til us commies start losing, though, most of it's good til then and crap the rest of the way to the end. ⓘ This user is suspected of being a bear. Please report any suspawcious behaviour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] duderium@hexbear.net 21 points 2 days ago (1 child) Except don’t the good guys lose in red dawn? My book has the USA attack china, lose badly, then get invaded and fracture into warring states. I actually wrote the first draft before the iran war started so it’s kind of outdated now 😳. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) I don't remember what happens in the shitty new one (all I really remember is the Subway product placement), in the old one all the ”heroic” high school kids die by the end and it's at least a little ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] duderium@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 child) Oh lol I only saw the old one and got bored when the kids started winning. It was pretty good until that point though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago Yeah same. I watch a lot of old Cold War crap just 'til us commies start losing, though, most of it's good til then and crap the rest of the way to the end. ⓘ This user is suspected of being a bear. Please report any suspawcious behaviour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) I don't remember what happens in the shitty new one (all I really remember is the Subway product placement), in the old one all the ”heroic” high school kids die by the end and it's at least a little ambiguous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] duderium@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 child) Oh lol I only saw the old one and got bored when the kids started winning. It was pretty good until that point though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago Yeah same. I watch a lot of old Cold War crap just 'til us commies start losing, though, most of it's good til then and crap the rest of the way to the end. ⓘ This user is suspected of being a bear. Please report any suspawcious behaviour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] duderium@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 child) Oh lol I only saw the old one and got bored when the kids started winning. It was pretty good until that point though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago Yeah same. I watch a lot of old Cold War crap just 'til us commies start losing, though, most of it's good til then and crap the rest of the way to the end. ⓘ This user is suspected of being a bear. Please report any suspawcious behaviour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago Yeah same. I watch a lot of old Cold War crap just 'til us commies start losing, though, most of it's good til then and crap the rest of the way to the end. ⓘ This user is suspected of being a bear. Please report any suspawcious behaviour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago I'm about a 3rd of the way through a SciFi novel about an frozen mining planet that's under occupation but the resistance gets it's hands what's basically a large version of a Star Trek replicator to start 3D printing rockets. permalink fedilink source parent