I worked for my father as a roofer. Safety, HAH. The day I quit working he was mocking me for how slowly I was moving on a 16/12 pitch roof that was 120ft from the ground at the bottom edge. We never had ropes or harnesses. I bought my own protection gear since he didn't believe in using it. I was not underage, he kept pushing me over and over to go faster, I'm standing there on a single board roof jack one slip away from falling to my death. He pushed past me on the jack and I slid slightly and I yelled at him. He told me if I didn't like it to quit. So, I did. I haven't talked to him since. That was 32 years ago. Construction is hazardous across the board but every piece of roof work I have seen since then has been lacking in safety.
Jfc. Toying with the life of your own child is not good parenting Not even "he did the best he could" parenting. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that but proud of you for having the guts to stand up for yourself. Not many of us do.
"No one's ever been fired for complaining about safety". Translated from corpo to English: "We fired the person complaining about safety using some other excuse as a reason, when we tolerate that behavior from literally everyone else including them until they complained about safety".
Also, "the company has high standards for performance and not everyone is suited for this work" sounds a lot like that time Musk asked his staff to "be ready to go hardcore"... F*cking slave drivers.
This part. That's why the kids are doing the job most adults won't. They either don't know that they should be complaining about OSHA violations or they're too afraid of losing their job to be the one to do it.
Not to mention, North Carolina, where the company is based, is an at-will employment state. So they can terminate at any time, for any reason. They can just cut someone loose and say, "Sorry, we no longer need your services, buh-bye now," and that's that. So. I'm sure they never fired someone and listed the official reason as retaliation for safety concerns. Because no one would be that stupid. What a ridiculous response.
I work at a….popular high end cosmetic store… and can say that it’s horrifying the number of parents who are buying these $80 creams for their kids who know nothing about what they’re buying. It’s become our job as retail employees to try to talk down the parents in order to prevent damage to these kids skin. That and half the kids coming in can’t afford these items and end up stealing instead. Our inventory loss this past year was over $800,000.
In the US the goalpost has moved from "Child labour is bad" to "Children shouldn't work in some jobs" to "Children should be at least covered by OHSA in their jobs". And I find that dystopian to no end. Wtf is wrong with the US.
The fact that we've been using child labor for a very long time period like read the comments I'm not the only person who worked in construction as a child I started at 10 years old working on a rodeo ranch for a guy who ran a couple of construction businesses as well. Started working on roofing when I was 13 to 16. I brought an immigrant or a migrant I just come from a home with a single mom and no I'm not a man I am a woman so I was a 10-year-old little girl working at these rodeo ranches and dangerous conditions and then jump straight into construction and did that in my younger years for a long time. I nearly had my head taken off when I was working on a roof I was picking app some debris on the groundand making sure we didn't have any nails that had been left on the ground with a magnet I happened to bend down and pick something app when something slid off the roof and landed just passed me on the groundit was one of the metal sheets that was supposed to go on the roof had slid off while they were installing it and would have killed me those things are thin enough to get pretty deep especially if they're going at a high enough pace enough that angle that it was at I wouldn't have made it. This country has been running off people in poverty wages but we won't call it poverty wages because poverty is making less than a $1000 a month in this country for some f****** reason. Hell many people can't even live on $2000 a month rent in a lot of places is a $1000 a month. This country has been pushing people to get their kids into some kind of workforce or pushing the kids into a workforce by these factors. Like I remember seeing my mom struggling to not use the $5 that somebody had given me that was in her purse and digging out change from the bottom of her purse for gas. I remember the struggle and I remember when my dad finally came back and the relief it was to our family to have another paycheck. But my mom who was already disabledCould finally not work herself as hard but I still felt that I wanted to make sure my younger siblings never had to work so I made sure I was always working provide any extra cushion.
I don't think anything really changed, just some spin for the sake of optics. At the end of the day poor kids are working instead of staying in school or enjoying childhood, same it's always been for recorded history.
I think that kids over the age of 14-15 should definitely be encouraged to work, BUT, they shouldn’t be allowed to work more than 15 hours a week, not later than 8-9pm on a weekday after school. Schools should also have a say in it, because I don’t think kids struggling at school working is super helpful. HOWEVER, like I said, I do think kids should be encouraged to hold part time jobs, it helps them become more responsible, learn important social skills, work ethics and makes them more responsible. They also learn the value of money this way.
@@ellaella5537 I agree. Not any formal or informal employment but I always did things like shovel neighbors snow for a few bucks, or joined my dad at work on PA days instead of being home alone where I'd help open and pack boxes. Mind you, this was a small company, no forklifts or machinery in the shipping area. Just a box cutter and tape dispenser.
My partner worked in construction for years, roofing, painting, electric, and so on. One thing he always says he was told was, "If you slip off a latter or roof, you're fired before you hit the ground," With the part they don't say out loud being if you're fired you have no protections, workman's comp, or insurance.
This is 100% true for all workers, especially for migrant workers. I used to be a case worker to help people get medical insurance. I’ve met a lot of migrant workers who got fired after getting injured on the job. Instead of getting workers comp or medical coverage, the workers were usually threatened when they tried to get a lawyer. Many shady employers use fear tactics to prevent migrant workers from exercising their rights as employees.
I heard my daughter, 11, telling her friend, also 11, she doesn’t need retinol. She then came over to me and asked if I think her friend needed retinol and I went “NOOOO.” It’s worrying. Like everyone is so scared of aging and having regular skin. It’s terrifying.
Some types of Retinol can help with acne and some teenage girls start puberty really young... So i mean... It all depends on what they want to treat and how to go about that.
@@britters220unfortunately that’s not it. This girl is at my house every other weekend. She has less breakouts than my own 11 year old. She just saw it on TikTok that she needed it.
Why is that terrifying? I've been using tretinoin (20 times stronger than retinol) since I was 13 and people often tell me I have the best skin they've ever seen. I don't think an 11 year old would really benefit from it yet, but anyone who enjoys beauty would be wise to look into retinoids
I'm a 30 year old woman and these days I'm mistaken for being my 21 year old brother's LITTLE sister! I wear minimal makeup and the teen girls wear such thick makeup and use such heavy skincare (I assume) and dress in such a way that genuinely makes them look older, yet they are using things to supposedly stave off aging... It's really scary. I'm not even flattered any more that people genuinely don't believe me when I say I was born in 1993 because it means that these poor girls are going thru all this far too young. I am ever thankful my mother never let me get sunburned (even if now she's worried I will get cancer from the sunblock and 5G... that's a whole other battle 😓)
it absolutely broke my brain when Phil said “roofing is the second most dangerous job for kids only to agriculture“ I had just been thinking “this is absolutely insane dangerous Work”! Then it snapped into my head the crazy jobs that I was doing starting at eight years old… Using old Pharm equipment that is been illegal for 50 years for adults to use let alone children. Working on open fields in days it was over 100° without shoes. This happened in this century. I was eight in the 2010s.
How people are out here are concerning themselves with how many POC people are starring in which shows and whether it is racist to say Latinos vs. Latinx, when there is active CHILD LABOUR in the country, is absolutely beyond me. People complain about statues of ex-slave owners standing around in towns, while wearing shoes made by child slaves in THIS century. It's 2024 and there should be NO reason at all for young children doing back-breaking labour. 10 year-olds should be going to school, play with their friends, maybe take part in club activities and perhaps do some basic house chores, not roofing or working fields. And people should work against THAT kind of practice.
@@cassidybrewer Farm kids start early. I had an incident where I almost had my back broken when I was twelve. Lucky the hay bale fell the way it did, so it broke my fall.
When Phil talks about big shows that normally meant 20-25 minute shows instead of the shorter 14-20 minute shows. These 30+ minute shows however have been an absolute treat. If this content is manageable to produce I would absolutely love to see more!
I LOVE the longer episodes. Honestly would watch an hour show. Also, I watch EVERYTHING on 2x speed. Phil is the only show I watch at normal speed the whole time.
When I was child my Dad, who is originally from Guatemala, slipped multiple discs that would ruined in his back forever. He was injured while working on installing tile for a community college. Thus he was unable to work and since he was getting paid under the table no one wanted to pay for his medical bills- this situation led to him to be in tremendous amount of physical and emotion pain because he could no longer provide for his family. Years later he confessed to me that he had plans to take his own life after this incident . This is all to say that most of the people hiring contractors see them as disposable bodies- and this more times than not, is directed at black and brown bodies!
It's the same here in NZ with pasifika and filipino workers. It's really hard to see these folks deal with such issues and not have any way to help... I can't even imagine what their families and they must go thru 😞 I'm sorry your dad had to go thru all that
Is it always directed at black and brown bodies? Where I'm from, it's mostly white bodies, with a few brown bodies. But I'm from rural America, which is mostly white. The farm work there is mostly done by white guys, with a few South American Migrants, and South Africans on work visas. And those South Africans are mostly white. Just last year, one of them working on a local farm accidentally chopped his foot off with a machete. That guy(white) couldn't get any help either and was instead stuck with tens of thousands of dollars worth of Dr bills, and was unable to find work after that. Another guy(also white) had a tractor up on a jack and the jack gave out and it crushed his pelvis. Again, he was unable to get anything from it or any help, and he is now disabled but getting disability or any kind of help has been an up-hill battle.
As the father of a 14yr old girl, thank you for covering the beauty products story. I’ve had to question products, my kid has bought or been gifted. Turning to my wife, to give me guidance & know if I’m over reacting. I watched this part for the first time alone & then had my kid watch with me. It allowed us to have a convo afterwards & WE have a bit more guidance on the topic.
I'm really happy you had this conversation. There are many reputable influencers, including certified dermatologists, at your disposal. I recommend Hyram and Doctorly. They literally just did a video on this topic and give alternatives suitable for that young age group. There are oso many others, but look at their credibility and affiliations. In short, CeraVe and Cetaphil should be sufficient for that age. No retinols or retinoids or active ingredients that can damage sensitive skin. Best of luck!
as someone with no experience in parenting, my two cents is that working with them to make the best purchasing choices will work wonders. you're doing good.
Wow!! You are an incredible fatter & conversation like these with your daughter is sooo important, especially when fathers take the initiative with their daughters. These open honest conversations are vital. I pray that you both always have that open, safe bond in truly being transparent with one another. 🙏
I also have a daughter. They are 20 now. I did the same thing as you when they were younger. Instead of jumping into "talking at them," I opened videos and articles as you did and read and watched them together. This sparks the conversation naturally verses "Hey, I need to speak to you about something." Although, that is fine as well. Each scnerio has it's place, clearly. This method (as you described) will always be the least "abrasive" IMO. This way they don't just say "dad is just being dad." I am certain you've felt that way before. LOL. Good job daddio.
Companies also feed into the teenage attention - Drunk elephant has a “smoothie glossary” encouraging people to mixes multiple of their products together - which is ineffective in terms of general skin care (serums, creams, and oils won’t be placed on your face evenly). They use a cute way to attract teens (like slime did back in the day) to make potions/mixes -> which leads to overconsumption etc. their products have a flat top where it’s easy to mix various products
I'm 23 and for years now my skin has just been pimple scrub and moisturiser. When i was a teen i bought all this expensive skincare one day, just because i had a huge acne outbreak and felt insecure about it, and all it did was aggravate it and make my skin burn. I returned to my usual and my skin has been fine since, and ive had many people asking what i use because its so smooth. Unfortunately a lot of the time its genetics, but also, simple is best
I'm the opposite, ive always had horrible skin in midsleschool and early high-school until I started an actual routine full of products which i still use to this day and my skin is insanely smooth and haven't had a breakout in forever im now 21.
Women also have another puberty and hormone change in their 20s. My skin completely chained to being super oily and getting cystic acne and my sibling started experiencing the same thing a few months apart from me (were only about a year apart in age so def genetics too). We had to go to a dermatologist and get medication to help
My 6 year old niece asked for makeup for Christmas this past December. She specifically said she wanted “real makeup, not toy makeup”. I was flabbergasted! She’s just a baby in my eyes still!
My sister stole my mom's makeup and slathered her face with it at 7, about 2 decade ago ...... why are you clutching pearls and over-reacting over this like it's a new development among kids when it's been happening for years? They're kids... you expect them to be rational and innocent forever? Comments like this make me realise that the generation that grew up with disney movies and consolation prizes are now guardians of kids.... that is more flabbergasting and scary.
6 years old is a baby for sure but kids will explore and have fun. The only thing to be concerned about is where/who is making her want ‘adult’ makeup from? And if they’re a good or bad influence
No, no, she Is still a Banys, I can't even Imagine it, my niece is 2 years old and I am already emotionally preparing myself to deny her so many, many things.
@@ibendover4817Your example is quite different from what they were saying. Stealing mom's makeup and using it is normal. Wanting lipgloss or a little sparkle eyeshadow on a big day is okay too. It isn't wrong for a kid to like or want to play with makeup. However, lately, these kids want $25 lipsticks and $40 facial creams that meant for grown adults. A 7 year old doesn't need retinol lmao. They are also menaces to store employees. Idk maybe your sister was doing all that too, but I kinda doubt it. I am also baffled at why you are soooo upset over their comment. It was very not "pearl-clutching". Also...6 year olds aren't rational, but they are innocent, but go off I guess.
My 4 year old said the same thing and my wife got it for her, just like kiddie play makeup, but still like real makeup that you put on. Every time she says "look how pretty I am with makeup" I always make sure to say "you were pretty before the makeup too!" Like let her have fun, but she's at a formative age. I need to hammer this shit into her head now that makeup by itself ≠ beauty
As someone who has worked in roofing and then later solar installation in Arkansas, Florida, and South Carolina, in the summer, it’s heartbreaking and infuriating to hear these children are having to go through this. Often, the days can be 12 hours long in the scorching heat, with no lunch breaks because you just wanna get the job done, and while the pay was pretty good for me, that’s not universal, especially for migrants. I was doing that kind of work when I was in the best shape of my life and it still took me out every single day, not to mention all the close calls I had with those steep inclines. I’ve seen friends get seriously injured from falling or careless work practices and that shit is beyond traumatizing. Kids should be allowed to be kids and that shouldn’t be a controversial opinion, but here we are I guess.
Personally im more annoyed at how the family part was glossed over. He was used up as a piggy bank and now that he will cost money instead of providing, they are like uh we don't want him back.
A somewhat similar thing to the Chiefs shooting happened here at Tennessee Tech this Tuesday. Someone discharged their firearm in a bout of road rage and hit a local business. My sister was on campus when it happened, and I can't begin to describe how it feels to have a loved one in potential danger like that.
@@-BlazeK- dont be childish enough to reduce the issue to "he cant give us money, we dont love him anymore" dude. if the familiy lived in a 1 room house (as in a house thats only 4 walls and a roof) they most likely lived in the most rural and poorest parts of Honduras where basic necessities like water, electricity and health care arent and cant be provided every day. the family's options are either have him stay in the US with his uncle where maybe one day he will be compensated by his irresponsible contractors and recieve the health care he needs. or buy him a ticket that cost around 200$ when most jobs outside of the urban areas in latin america pay around 300 $ a month and food for a family of 4 has been calculated to be around 400$ a month. and thats not even taking into account others thing they would have to pay like electricity. basically if they fly him back to his country, they starve for a month. and bring their son in desperate need of medical attention into a place lacking the infraestructure to treat him for miles and if they go to places within their country to do so they most likely cant afford it (trip, housing, medical attention, food).
@@-BlazeK-uh, he didn't gloss over the family part though, just you did. Didn't you hear the part where Phil said that the kind of medical care he needs is HOURS AWAY?? I mean, if you're gonna buck up and pay for the family to move then by all means! He really does wanna go back and I'm sure they'd love to see their boy again. Why don't you step up?
@@-BlazeK- he didn't gloss over it, you just can't see it past your life's filter. My parents come from a rural Mexican town and I can tell you that I've seen people who cannot afford health care have no other choice than to die at home because it's cheaper than to stay in the hospital to try and get better. Not to mention that a lot of the doctors have been known to turn or throw away patients and even keep their body hostage until the family can pay for the treatment. Maybe go and live in these countries before spouting your BS that the family didn't want him because he no longer provided for his family and hopefully you will maybe see that the world is bigger than the US
Thank you for talking about the skincare issue. Our daughter is soon-to-be 11 years old and we are constantly fighting this battle with her. We are in the aesthetics industry, so skincare is part of our work and she sees all these products we sell and use and wants to be like us. No matter how much we tell her it isn't needed at her age, she sees her friends have it, asks other family members (grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncle, etc) to buy it for her. All because of social media and this growing trend of "missing out on the next cool thing." I will be showing her this segment as sometimes the same message from someone other than a parent will sink in! 🤞 But regardless, it is an uphill battle and we are winning, but we have more knowledge on skincare than the average public. So I can see how other parents can give in and buy it without knowing what is actually in the products.
The reaction to Twomads death reminds me of the Munchkins singing about the wicked witch’s death in the wizard of Oz. It makes me think that he caused a lot of terror in those people’s lives and if they want to shout to the air how happy they are to feel safe I’m not going to judge them
As an hispanic guy, I was forced to work with my stepfather in construction doing electrical work at age 13 during summers. no one really checked for my age. worst part is that my stepfather wouldn't even pay me well. probably less than federal minimum wage. he used to yell at me all the time too. all those summers made me develop some type of ptsd. i literally can't step into a construction zone without feeling extremely anxious. now i can't work in any construction trade legitimately because of that. i wonder if there is anyone that just like me too. forced to work by their parents at a young age for their own gain.
11:35 my husband had a stroke at age 28. He was in a coma for over two weeks. Even after he finally woke up, every day he was at the hospital , he had to go through so many different therapies and treatments. For years, we went to, physical speech, and occupational therapies every single day after he was finally released from the hospital. it has been one nightmare after another, and countless expenses. if he did not have me, he would’ve had nobody to make sure he got the therapy and treatment he needed. He would’ve had nobody taking care of him and getting him through that hell, and he would not have recovered at all. Now he can walk again and speak again, but it’s so hard to watch . it’s been over 10 years now and he struggles and suffers every single day That could happen to a child and there’s nobody there to help him and Medical team to get him back on his feet is not just a tragedy. It is a travesty. It would cost us less to give him healthcare so he can get back to work and get back to being a kid . It would cost us less to make sure he can function and take care of himself, then to allow him to suffer like this. It is so important within the first year of a brain injury, or any major injury to get treatment immediately . That treatment can be the difference from being able to walk again from being able to talk again for free being able to feed yourself. My husband hasn’t made any improvements in years now. And it’s so painful. He just turned 40. Did you could never survive without me. I’m 36 been diagnosed with terminal cancer. My insurance won’t cover me because they’re only for doctors in this country this type of cancer and none of them are within work or anywhere near me. & All the treatment in the world give me my life back and won’t extend my life past a couple years. We already don’t have enough to survive. But when I die, I don’t know who’s going to take care of him, terrified because he deserves better than that. HealthCare is a human right because without it, PEOPLE DIE. human beings die for nothing treatment, when there is treatment out there that could save them. Everything about this country is total crap.
If you’re in the US, look into Medicare. I’m 32 & on dialysis. End stage renal failure and cancer are *usually* automatic approvals. If you can get it you can go anywhere in the country for treatment. Not sure if you’ve looked into it but it might be helpful. I wish you and your husband the very best. 🫶
I'm 35 and went down the skincare rabbit hole in my early 20s. I developed a complicated routine and found I wasn't getting the results I expected/was sold. Simplifying my routine to 4 products has significantly changed my skin. Cleanser, SPF, moisturizer. Retinol at night.
My dad used to be a roofer, he never fell because he was careful but sometimes he'd come home with a nail through his hand or foot or leg, that lady saying she didn't want to turn away kids in need makes me sick. At least they'll be walking away at all
With Twomad, I hadn't heard of him until this show, but I feel compelled to say this: I worked for Hospice for a few years and experienced many situations around death that taught me many things. The biggest lesson being that the choices you make in life are not undone in your death. I am also the survivor of sexual abuse and sexual assault. The nature of these experiences makes it hard to speak out publicly because of the way abuse affects the mind. I've been in therapy for many years and still can't help but be hyper vigilant. I know that predators have families who will grieve them, but the day one of my predators dies is the day I will feel safe enough to shout and scream the things that they did. I will not feel for their family and I will not have to. They will need to depend on their own support networks as they grieve. I didn't have a support network. This person's death will feel like freedom to me. As a society we have to understand that Hollywood is not reality and space needs to be held for us all in all of our different facets. There is no perfect paradigm.
100,000%. Not every victim feels this way, but to tell people they’re wrong for being relived when a predator leaves this earth-yeah. That won’t be me. Additionally, yes, an abuser leaves behind a grieving family, but the important thing to note is that those very same people maybe have been complicit in the way the predator ended up the way they did.
Yes, the fact that no one is saying he didn’t do those things just the “why bring it up now” shows that they care more about polite decorum than any actual morality.
@@Yeahyankeethat’s a messed up thing to say about someone’s family. Just because they can be complacent doesn’t mean they always are. That’s a very dangerous assumption to be propping up
@@Yeahyankee I agree with this but I also feel kinda weird about the whole thing bc clearly so many people were aware of this and yet, despite it almost being common at that point, no one spoke up before this??? Like obviously the victims didn’t feel safe but there were so many other people that saw his behavior, heard him talk like that, and thought he clearly was a danger to his own fan base, that weren’t his victims, and no one commented on it. It’s the first time I’m hearing about this so maybe this just didn’t reach my circle but just like how the family may have been complicit, I feel like so many other RUclipsrs also were. Like so many victims are coming out, and in my mind I can’t help but think that the amount of ppl would have been smaller. But I am very glad that people finally feel fully safe to speak on him being awful, and that there’s gonna be no more victims Edit: As for making memes of him, if his family is hurt about the memes made of him, just imagine how his victims felt about him continuing to hurt others :))))
@@Yeahyankee Except it was never proven by Jameskii that he was a “grapist pdf file” like he claims. If that’s really how you feel about him based off a single tweet, then you’re worse than Goldi, the woman supposedly sa’d by Twomad. She isn’t celebrating his death, and sends condolences to his family in her latest pinned tweet because she personally knew how troubled the guy really was. The likely explanation is that Twomad and her were in a relationship where Twomad demanded sexual acts at a time when she didn’t want to give it. There’s proof that they did have consensual intercourse (he posted chats of their conversation where they’re both seen joking about it), but the behavior of the rapidly deteriorating mind of Twomad caused him to do things she didn’t want to entertain at the time. By then he was already too far gone. The pdf file claims stem from him posting a picture of a 13 year old’s outfit on his Instagram/Twitter, with captions saying something like “hospital outfit :3,” but that was just a repost of a photo that she herself posted on her own Instagram. It doesn’t help his situation at all, and it’s clearly not something to be joking about. But does he care? No, because he thinks he’s being funny and that getting reactions from people means he’s being “based.” What he did was shitty, unacceptable, and just fucking weird. In his own drug-addled and internet-bleached mind, he was playing a character. But it’s clear that Goldi didn’t actually want to sue him with a lawsuit to the point that he ends up in jail. But Jameskii, the “nice guy” who’s been beefing with Twomad since 2019, comes out and says “fuck it, I’ll pay for it,” trying to gain some moral sense of high ground against someone he hates. Feeling pressured by such a big name RUclipsr, it’s hard to say no when you have such a backing; she basically had to accept otherwise people would see her as a liar. Notwithstanding the ragebait schizoposts and harassment of others, I’ve yet to see definitive proof of Jameskii’s claims not attributable to the insufferably edgy trolling of Twomad’s posts. He was an annoying asshole with a mental health issue, but he deserved his own defense like any other human being. He was just too unserious to care. And now we’ll never get to see just how far down the rabbit hole goes. Or exactly what he did to others. In his own words, he wanted to see if he could “win by being based the whole time.” To deflect and joke about serious allegations, solely just to get a laugh out of the few people from his dwindling follower count. I wish things turned out differently. He used to be a great entertainer, but somewhere down the line he lost his way. I’m not excusing any of the actions he genuinely committed, but I also don’t want to see his entire reputation dragged through the mud because of some guy who’s been at his neck for the past 4+ years who can say whatever he wants because he’s dead. I hope that Jameskii can provide unbiased evidence that shows Twomad’s actions and how they affected others, so that we can have closure for all the victims and people affected by him. But considering he couldn’t wait 10 minutes until after the confirmation of his death to “collect his thoughts,” that’s unlikely. That’s my $0.02.
The thing about anti-satellite weapons is that, once they start using these things it will quickly become impossible for us to leave earth for any reason. There's already a scary amount of debris in orbit flying around like super-bullets, adding to that is amazingly short-sighted.
The fun comes when shit starts to fall down, as is they make sure that it doesn't fall over inhabited areas. But when it becomes a lot you can't control anything.
This makes me think of Elon wanting 40 thousand starlinks in the next few years. Each only lasting around 5 years before hopefully deorbiting and burning up before hitting earth
Also that such weapons are very unlikely to actually be particularly effective, simply because of 2 reasons: 1. We already have intercontinental nukes - we don't need more range until the defense systems for those are good enough to protect against MAD. And to use the satellites _as_ said protection, we need enough in orbit that there's always one near each launchsite at all times (Otherwise it wouldn't be timely or reliable enough). 2. If those weapons are put in orbit and become an actual threat worth countering (which they do when MAD stops being an option) then it will be surprisingly easy to deal with them. Like OP mentioned, once enough debris is in orbit it will become a field of self-perpetuating flak. Until active or ablative shielding effective enough is developed, there is no way to protect them. And even disregarding that issue, the fact that they are in orbit makes it _very_ easy to take one down (the hard part is putting something in space - and we can already do that - then the rest becomes math). Even less conventional methods (the traditional cube-sats that go kamikaze or "shoot" a metal piece on a collision course) like lasers from the surface are theorized to be quite feasible if you throw enough money and resources at the problem. @@kittehgo Debris falling down randomly isn't too much of an issue. The debris is small enough, much of it will burn up and what does not will still not actually cause much damage (and the amounts aren't enough for the probability of important stuff being hit is a concern (unlike regular rain)). Sure, some casualties are likely to be expected from such an event, and even a lot of infrastructure, but you won't see nations topple from it (or even being particularly damaged economically).
Correction: it would make it impossible for satellites to orbit earth. Leaving and exiting planet would still be very much possible, albeit slightly riskier.
My uncle fell off the roof of a job site he was working on at 45yo. He had 3 strokes and was in a coma for months before "recovering" He has had severe dementia since, He recently has gone 6 months without essential diabetic medication because he cannot remember that he has diabetes. He has no partner or children, nobody to look out for him other than his nephew(me) checking on him. He worked a decade in construction and one day just fell. Working on a roof that day has completely altered his life. He lives on 12,500 a year, a settlement he signed after waking up from the coma. No place at all for children
I work for a whole sale building distribution company and I have heard from more than I can count on my hand of my contractors telling me about how their young children help them out, and do extreme labor. I actually just had one of my clients 15 years old son fall off a roof they were working on, and instead of having him rest he had him come make the orders with me while healing. It's so much of family when it comes to contracting and the subcontracting, everyone knows everyone in the industry, it's just normal for them.
My dad is a contractor in North Alabama who bids for these smaller contracts. The way child labor is being done is by these small teams that often have a relative who vouches and takes responsibility for them. I remember having to go to work for my dad for my 6th grade fall break putting a roof on a Duncan doughnuts in Decatur so they wouldn’t lose money by not getting the job done when they said they would. I got paid 10 bucks an hour and now will never take up my dad’s business because of the hatred i have for that job.
The child labour story really upsets me. I was a child who was exploited through labour, and though I’m thankful for the opportunities I was given to provide for my family, it should never have been my job in the first place. I was happily overworked by my employers, and granted I did ask for it, it set a precedent where I was not only the best and most hard working, but I couldn’t ask for days off or call in sick without fear of repercussions. Like having my hours taken away, or losing my advancement opportunities that I needed in order to earn more to take care of my family with. And one thing that isn’t talked about enough, is the predators that seek you out when you’re forced to grow up too soon. Especially as a young girl, being forced to become the mother figure of the home and take care of my family and my siblings. Makes you grow up too soon, and men notice that. Child labour isn’t okay, and it’s why we need more programs to help ease the weight of poverty of families so kids aren’t forced to become caretakers.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm so sorry you had to live through all that! In an attempt to put a smile on your face, my dumb ass thought, at first, you meant child birth when saying child labour 😂 (I just had a son yesterday, my minds on baby things)
My little sister is barely 20 and wants preventative botox. it was heart breaking to hear and when I pushed why, she cited how it’ll stop future wrinkles from forming… these image based apps and more specifically filters are putting so much pressure on youth.
I was at the parade yesterday with a friend of mine. We got there at 5:30 a.m. so we could get a good spot close to the rally. As soon as the players stopped talking, we both got this feeling that we needed to leave and start heading to the car. Within a couple of minutes we started getting phone calls asking if we were okay and telling us what the news was saying. If we hadn't left when we did, we would have been caught up in everything. There were so many people just walking around calmly with no idea what was going on. There were so many kids and families around because schools were out for the day. My heart hurts for everyone that got hurt and all the families effected. What started out as a fun day ended with a dark cloud hanging over all of the memories that were made and all the great conversations that were had with everyone celebrating around us.
@iRadinVerse it matters to any American that's tired of being mislead, think and believe what you want but I'm not about to let the media make guns seem like the issue, there was over 700 officers there, (not including undercovers) If this was planned and motivated I and another of thers would like to know by some one who was actually there.
@@ScorchedAce94 why the fuck are people taking their guns to parades? Add stuff like concealed carry laws and we live in a society now where someone anywhere at any moment could be carrying around you and could murder you in an instant.
that hasn’t been 100% figured out yet but they haven’t actually caught the shooter yet. guns were handed off to some kids associated with the initial group. it wasn’t a shoot out and it seemed like the other person that was arguing or people arguing were all from the same group. they have 2/5 people that were directly involved detained and maybe one additional in the hospital at the moment. The guy in all red was just a drunk. Hes been released. We were just a few minutes ahead of the area heading out the west side back to crossroads. even when people found out it was a shooting everyone wasn’t that bothered. i think a lot of ppl were thinking it was some drunks shooting or some gang stuff. generally assuming it was small scale. there have been a few shootings down town in the past so i think a good bit of people may have been desensitized to it. Personal speculation I think it was gang related and they were planning something based on how much amo they had and how many people in their group new about it but info will probably be slow to come out since theyre minors
I worked as an apprentice electrician in Oklahoma for a year. 7 day weeks for 10 months. Lot of climbing and pulling and wiring and bending pipes and honestly everything we did took safety as a really high priority. We always had good equipment and were made to use best practices. A pair was found cutting corners and were fired on the spot. But in Oklahoma electricians have a state licensing system so they work years and years to get that license and they don't want to endanger losing it. Sites are also mandated to have 1 to 1 journeyman to apprentice ratio which I think also helps keep things done right. Roofing sounds terrifying by comparison.
I'm a roofing contractor. I've got the option where i am to take on an apprentice (usually around 15yo) the 1st year of pay would be prety much entirely paid for by the state. But this idea of having a 15yo on a roof with power tools, and not having 100percent of my attention on their safety due to my own workload terrifies me. For contracts under a week i cannot justify scaffolding and specific teenagers sized harness plus clips and industrial ropes are extortionate and will not stop them cutting their fingers, putting the angle grinder through their leg or nailing themselves to something with the nail gun. I don't understand how theses companies can be stupid enough to have children on these worksites
9:52 my dad was a roofer back in the early 2000’s. He fell off a 1 story roof and landed on his feet, but it shattered his heel. He’s been physically disabled ever since. There’s a metal screw in his foot that causes him constant pain. My dad was lucky and also a grown man born in this country. And even then it was like pulling teeth for him to get worker’s comp. I can’t imagine the headache these literal children are going through.
As someone who did a decent amount of roofing and construction work, it breaks my heart to hear about kids working in such conditions. I worked 10 hour days for over a year, no workers comp, no insurance. Everything was under the table. Carrying those shingles up those ladders is no joke at all whatsoever. Depending on the shingle, they’re at least 50 lbs. a stack. I left that job because I was constantly in fear of falling and hurting myself. Absolutely horrifying.
The roofer situation is so awful. :( I had friends and family who came from Honduras to work, and they were all roofers. One day ICE raided a job site and arrested all of them except for my friend. He stayed on the roof out of sight until they left. They took the ladder down so he was stuck up on the roof all day in the heat.
Jimmy’s mom being the one in charge of handling complaints about Jimmy or his company seems like a recipe for disaster. Edit: Let’s add an *IF she’s in charge
IIRC She has a military background too, I remember a long time ago thinking to myself how beneficial having his mom help structure the foundation of his business must have been Video said she’s not apart of HR, I’d imagine she’s in everyone’s business though and most likely people talk and confide in her and she’s in jimmys ear (which makes sense) So a lot of people feel like things go in to action before they realize they should have talked to HR department NOVEL HERE, lol. But my mother’s company where she works, they had to do company wide training , educating every employee on HOW to engage with HR. As newer people into corporate would look at talking to HR akin to “snitching” which cannot be the culture.
I’m really glad I didn’t grow up when social media was this massive. I’m willing to bet that I’d fall down some of those rabbit holes if I was that age using TikTok. I don’t envy parents that have to keep an even closer eye on the stuff their children consume so they don’t become too hyper focused on things like “looking 10 years younger” when they are 9 years old.
Grew up on construction sites, am a contractor now. It’s a wild world out there. When I was an apprentice I saw 1 guy die, 1 fall off a roof, bunch of cut off fingers of different degrees, insane drug and alcohol use. I was lucky, one of the Forman that really knew his stuff took a few of us under his wing.
When I was around 19, I got a sample of under-eye cream in the mail with my other cosmetics. Unfortunately, I didn't know anything about what "anti-aging" meant in terms of ingredients. I tried it out and within days I had giant, bloody cracks in my skin. I was too busy with school to get to a dermatologist, and now I have permanent eye bags where those cracks healed. Some of those kids are really putting themselves at risk for painful reactions and will end up in a physician's office wondering what went wrong.
I was hired at a young age to work as a cleaner and warehouse organizer at a contracting company, but I was on roofs and working in bio-hazardous environments within weeks. I was happy to, as much as I was nervous, but I was also paid an incredibly low wage and actually ended up being kicked around by management in several ways. My similarly aged cousin worked there with me for a while and we still sometimes get lost in conversation talking about how crazy, fucked up, and dangerous the whole thing was. I remember a few instances where my presence was actually a potential danger to other people on site because of how young and inexperienced I was.
My father is a framer and a subcontractor fell on the job site he was working on when I was a kid. OSHA showed up later that week and inspected his setup, not the subcontractor. They found $100k+ in findings ($10k for not having a railing on unfinished temporary steps, small things like that). We almost lost our house over it. While he was in their office debating it, he overheard them talking about an incident of a serious injury on a site, but the contractor was uninsured and not registered. They said to drop the case, it wasn't worth it. If OSHA isn't getting paid, they won't take the time. The incentives to make them do their job (protect workers) are misaligned and something needs to change.
Hell, I remember how difficult it was as a teenager who had (and still has) 'bad' skin, and the only people really influencing that were my peers. Even now, my skin's still not great, but it no longer tanks my self-esteem to see acne or redness; that's just my skin doing skin things. I spend £30 on a handful of skincare products to manage the PAINFUL aspects of my 'bad' skin, but I try not to focus on how it looks. I can't imagine how much different my approach to my appearance would've been if I'd been exposed to all of the stuff kids are nowadays. Skincare products, make-up, and cosmetic procedures to alter the way we look are pushed by a whole load of influences/celebrities, and that's something I know from being on the outskirts of it - I'm a 30-year-old woman who couldn't care less if someone thinks I'm ugly. I'm not their target audience; instead, it's literally CHILDREN who haven't even had a chance to develop a real sense of self and strong self-esteem. It's predatory. I wish there was more focus on natural beauty or healthcare instead, because I can guarantee there are thousands of kids watching social media and feeling utterly disgusted with themselves to the point where they're willing to go and try all of these expensive products just in the hopes of being considered 'pretty' enough to be worth something to people who don't even know they exist.
As someone who’s worked in makeup and skincare for a while; retinol isn’t suggested for use until you’re 25 unless you have cystic acne. Sephora and other stores n e e d to put an age limit on products with retinol. Not even to mention the whole Sephora Kids epidemic
So parents can just ignore that and buy it for their kids anyways? Call me old fashioned, but to me that's the bigger problem. Not even just with this story but many of the stories I hear about kids these days. My first thought is not that it's on the company, it's "why do parents not do what the name implies... AND PARENT!!!"
@@DrevisNEWS It sucks that people dont parent their kids properly but there has to be some group effort here. It's not really the stores fault that parents are listening to their childs wants. They're just there to provide merchandise that is legal to sell. I would think it's a bit up to the influencers to share in their videos that their skin care routine is for people around their age. Kids should be able to still watch them, just be more mindful about future skin routines.
because some parents are idiots. It's either we start being proactive and making decisions for them so that they could be justifiably criticized without the "no one said anything otherwise" defense or we just let the children destroy themselves because their parents can't be arsed to pay attention to their kids. @@DrevisNEWS
i had a siezure the other day and woke up from a 3 day coma because of an interaction with my medicine.. its crazy that 2mad died... my 8 yr old daughter found me im so thankful and proud of her i could have died myself as my blood was being robbed of oxygen..
Really liking these longer shows - the team from video editors to the writers are doing just an amazing job to put together something like this in such a short period of time.
My girlfriend knows one of the people who was working security at the parade, and he said during the safety briefings and trainings, everyone was tuned out and brushing it all off, more concerned about getting to see the players and enjoy the parade. Her office was mostly empty because everyone was at the parade, some even in the area of the shooting, and it was extremely stressful as they waited to hear if all their coworkers were alright.
Ex Pro Canadian Roofer, and overall tradesman; I started roofing when I was 19yo for minimum wage (9.45$/hour), untrained or skilled, and was mocked for my perceived weakness, which at that age and mind set, was essentially a challenge to my integrity.. So not only did I push forward, I pushed myself harder, and took up the mantel of learning things and doing things I wasn't even paid to do! Hired as a general labourer, I was nailing shingles down of my own within the first three weeks while also doing everything that was required to even be able to nail said shingles down, despite not being paid for it! I was introduced to safety gear and trained loosely on how to use it, but not required once they knew I wasn't an idiot that was going to purposely walk off the roof... But also told that if I did fall off the roof, with or without the safety gear, I was fired before I hit the ground, and they'd all disavow my working for them.. We laughed, but with a sense of unease that there was some truth spoken there... -.- Safety? Safety in roofing is a double edged sword and anyone long in the trade will tell you the same thing, let alone anyone who passed an official course for working at heights; Most roofs you are on are actively more dangerous to use the gear than it is not to because if you are left hanging in that gear for more than 5 minutes, you'll loose blood circulation to your legs to a point where amputation maybe be needed depending on how much you weigh, which factors into how much blood flow is cut off... And if you were knocked out on the way off the roof, or upon reaching the maximum length of your lanyard to then pendulum into the wall below, which then maybe knocks you out, you cannot alter your weight around from leg to leg as to increase the available time for rescue! If that's not the case, you may pendulum straight into a window, which could very well cut you in half once the top half of the window you just smashed through comes crashing down upon you! If neither of these happen, and you're just knocked out left hanging for ten minutes, you're now a paraplegic! If left for 15 minutes, YOU"RE DEAD! PERIOD! The moment the pressure is released, the blood clots created in your lower extremities travel through your veins, into your heart, and it's cardiac arrest! You're dead before you even knew you were dead! The safety gear involved in roofing is not designed to save your life! It's designed to keep you from hitting the ground! Plain and simply! From there on, there is supposed to be an active plan that all members on site are supposed to train for in this emergency case, on each individual site because each site is different and presents new challenges for getting you down and out of that situation as fast as possible... Now... Who the fuck is paying for that training time? Hmm? The employer? And how is he supposed to afford that when the customer doesn't understand or care about such things, and so would be furious to see such a charge on their estimate?! Your employer would loose the sale of that job site to another roofer before it even began! AND IN FACT, in the case of the young boy who fell three fucking stories onto a concrete slab, had he been caught by a harness, there is no visibly quick way for any ONE PERSON to get a 32ft ladder up to that kid!!! And if most of the crew are young children or adults who cannot man handle a 32 foot ladder, that kid would of just hung there until fire rescue! HE"D BE DEAD TODAY FOLKS!!! If there's only one ladder on site that can reach that high, that means everyone needs to get off the roof, take the ladder down, bring it around the house over the locked fence, re-set it up on the back side, and then try to reach the kid! FFS!!! How fast do you think it'd take?! This is why most of us would rather be like that kid, and just hit the ground! And the last thing about safety gear; Because it's mandated by law to have these, and since such mandates, the price of ANY form of safety gear has risen by literally 1000% since these laws came into play! They legit see you coming at the hardware store and begin to salivate at the sales their about to make on safety gear alone! Not to mention that the gear, if you are compliant with the laws, the moment you even see a fray in the material, IT's NO GOOD AND NEEDS BE REPLACED! If you don't and an inspector comes along to check up on your crew, and it's gear, and see's the fray, you'll get fined an amount worth your whole day on the job, and so will your employer! Imagine that conversation once the inspector is gone.. You both get fined by the way for each individual infringement, no exceptions... It gets real pricy real fucking quick! --- Here's the real issue with roofing, and trades in general; It's a free market enterprise where everyone in the field is competing with everyone else, which means in order to get the job, your contract needs to be the cheapest on the market, or no sale! Do you think the employer is going to take a pay cut? LOL! No intelligent man is going to accept these jobs because not only do they pay equivalent wages to what you can find in McDonalds or Wallmart, but again, the cost of the safety gear you'll need to even perform the job, let alone the tools you need to make the job efficient so that you're not sharing tools among crew members, which can cause delays that come with warnings and performance words of discouragement, that could all lead to possible pay cuts! You essentially need to place yourself in debt prior to even getting in! Hell, here in Canada, you need to have a "working at heights" training certificate, that comes with a licence card that must be presented once asked for! That licence was something I didn't need for my first few years working, but was eventually made into law compliance... So now employers need to pay for this for their new workers, or demand it first hand before hire (This gives a VERY small mark up to your perceived and negotiable value if you have it baseline, which depending on the reason for hire, may actually end up costing you the job).. And so if no one in their right mind is going to take these jobs no more due to the risks, initials costs, and headaches involved, who the fuck is left to work do you think? Children and young adults who don't know any fucking better! That's who! And our god damn educational systems are actively what push us into these jobs too because teachers within the system are just as likely to half ass their jobs just the same as everyone else of these inspectors aforementioned in this story by Phill who cannot be bothered to search for the very thing they are employed to ensure doesn't happen (Low grades and the constant """you know, if you just "worked" hard at what you did, you could get anywhere and everywhere you dream of going in life..."""... Yeah fuck you teach! How about you actively explain the assignment next time rather then just passively tell us that everything we need to learn for this assignment is in w/e textbook!)!!!! And it's not just roofing.. Like other people have noted and recounted themselves, all trades have this issue! I myself have been in and out of trades since I was 9yo, helping out family with construction projects, and being hired under the table by landscaping and construction... 19yo roofing was my first on the books experience.. And don't even get me started about factory work! I left trades for fear of injuring my back, only to end up injuring my back in a factory setting! Have not been able to work since 2019 before the pandemic started! If I could go back and do it again, I'd stay in trades because at least then, not only could I say that I legitimately WORK for a living as opposed to everyone else who has a simple job that pays better, but I was also able to say that I actively placed roof's over the heads of people, and as such, am a principle reason for why people get to sleep well at night... Gives a good sense of societal accomplishment being in trades.. It's real fulfilling work if you look past the bullshit..
I really hope a bunch of people read this, because yeah.. There are volumes of wtf when it comes to trades, especially trades at heights, mostly brought upon due to free markets without regulations, which allow home owners to just buy the cheapest work available... And I didn't even get into the caveat of the fact of, being that it's such a cut-through industry, and the pay for what is easily one of the top 5 hardest forms of work someone can even apply for is as low as it is respective for the work involved, the workmanship and attention to detail that ensure the roof materials are installed by factory compliance in order to secure an effective roofing system... Well an effective roofing system is exactly what you DON'T get because people are just slapping that shit on as fast as they can so they can move onto the next job! You end up like me, constantly mocked and told that you take too long if you do w/e is needed to ensure a proper water tight seal throughout the whole roof! A 15year warranty installed shingle will end up being a 10 year down the line re-roof... Roofing companies know this, so they routinely change their names or move area's entirely to avoid the call back or insurance claim..
I'm a newish mom. My daughter is 15 months but the story of the mother of 2 being murdered indiscriminately just breaks my heart. I make sure my girl is buckled, I drive safe, I call the nurse hotline anytime she has an unusual symptom, I make sure everything is childproofed, i take care of my mental health and try to make sure she has a loving environment so her mental health stays stable as much as possible as she grows.... just to be reminded that anything can happen because of a maniac. Yesterday you talked about Parkland and I also knew one of the victims, Helena Ramsay (her family is not involved in social movements and media for their privacy and mental health but I fell like her name needs said just as much as those who are active for justice). I worked with her brother Ellis and was close friends with him and remember vividly when I found out. Why must the world be like this? Such unnecessary suffering. Wars and shootings and evil. This is the bad place
My friend's daughters were in Oxford High School when that shooting happened. She moved her family to Michigan a couple years before it happened and one of the biggest draws to that area specifically was how safe and highly rated the schools were. They have not known a day of peace since that shooting. They didn't die but their trust, safety, and security did.
I’m a KC local and l just wanna say that the whole community is in shock. Everyone is talking about it. I don’t know anyone that was hurt, but I personally know many people that were feet away from the shooting. I was even at the parade mere hours before the shooting. It’s truly awful.
Also, shoutout to my incredible AP US Gov teacher for jumping right back into class today by teaching us all about the history of guns in the US and the second amendment. If you see this, Mrs. Schmer, you rock!
My wife was there and saw the shooter running into the crowd with the gun at his waist. She's still shaken up but she's been self medicating all day.... maybe one day we'll be back to normal, but it's going to be a while.
Yeah, I’m still feeling it. Really set in for me when my fiancé and I started exchanging Valentine’s Day gifts and she broke down crying saying how glad she was that I was safe. Hope you and your people are doing ok
And most men that where in the parade there are all beta man. If every adult in america has a gun ... crime will be lower. Bet it was someone high off fental lol
About the anti-aging story, I can't blame anyone (regardless of age) for having an internalized fear of aging when all of us grow up in a culture that values youth & beauty to the point that you're literally treated worse if/when you don't fit those standards. In a way it's not just a fear of wrinkles, it's the fear of how others will treat you & how you're told to feel about yourself :(
As someone who started working in various areas of Construction when I was 13, Roofing Included. Its crazy how little safety measures are thought about. I was helping build various buildings up to 4 stories tall and had no safety harness, no helmet, or any Protective Equipment. The fact that I was not one of those kids who sustained any serious injuries is a miracle but hearing about it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Construction work is notorious for ignoring safety to cut corners on costs and seeing that there are still kids who have to do this to survive and support their families is heartbreaking
I am not a migrant but grew up in a small town. I helped with roofing, cleaned up a building after a fire, worked on farms and also worked on construction sites.
Child labor is everywhere. I was 14 when I started working while going to school. Cleaning rooms at a Roadway inn. Mrs. Hu paid well. Her competitors across the street would call child labor on her. She'd just send us home with a days pay. We'd be right back the next day. Even though some of our cousins the same age were working for the competitor as well. You can imagine the chemicals and the various things you find in a seedy motel room. I had 38 rooms to clean every shift. But that's nothing. My heart breaks for the kids going in at midnight till seven in the morning at dangerous food processing plants. Losing limbs or their lives. How many states have dropped the working age now? It's about to get a whole lot worse.
Honestly the biggest thing I have with the whole cops vs acorn thing that just hit me today, is not that they were jumping at their own, or their partner's shadow, but that they absolutely UNLOADED.... Without knowing what, who, or where their target was.... What would have happened to someone standing a bit down from where they were just throwing lead and got hit because they couldn't take time to assess what, where, or who the threat was? They literally unloaded like a kid in a video game that thought they heard something from "uhh.... over that way?"
I worked on roofs for a while installing solar panels, I remember that a colleague of mine stepped on a skylight and just disappeared from the roof, and next thing we know just a massive BANG. He fell down around 10 meters and landed on his chest on a metal frame. We used safety gear, we did it all and still, when the safety gear fails or isn't used, you are at the mercy of the wind an gravity, and I can assure you, they don't play nice
It’s so depressing seeing that being older/mature is so demonized. Growing old should be seen as a privilege, not a fear that CHILDREN worry about. Not only does skincare need to be regulated, ageism is what needs to be addressed. Side note- love smile lines. Keep smiling!
I'm only 27 and literally just one single year of chronic sleep deprivation caused by working third shift has visibly accelerated the aging in my face to the point where I've developed dark circles, eyebags, and sunken cheeks, all over the course of months, very suddenly. A lot of people completely underestimate how extremely easy and permanent it is to get any sign of aging on your face, usually completely irreversible marks. Really happy I live in a society where i have people calling me old and ugly just for trying to have stable income and I could be mocked for the rest of my life...
Yeah, it's a distrust that is propagated by older people themselves, ergo the misconception that age equals wisdom. Age gives you the opportunity to gain wisdom; it's not an innate characteristic of it. There are so many old people with dangerously conservative ideologies that conform to their ideal world when they were in their 20s or 30s. The propagation I mentioned before happens in politics and the money machine attached to it. It's literally no wonder everyone is scared of being old. Being old in this country all too often means being scared, being weak, being unloved, being stuck in your ways (connected to the inability of our brains to process and learn as we get older), being broke, having bad health. The list goes on... It doesn’t necessarily have to be this way, but the way Americans are forced to live their lives, and under the monetary and psychological stresses we must endure, it's just our current reality. The problem ISN'T that people view older people negatively; it's that being older is objectively negative. Change that, and people's opinions will follow. Your cognitive dissonance about the mechanism that creates these negative feelings doesn't help the problem either. And it's probably because of the aforementioned lack of ability to be flexible of mind. So yeah, fix the problem, not the symptom.
@@sativadiva2389 I’m sorry you’re pushing yourself, and I’m here to tell you that you’re young. I mean you haven’t even hit your 30s yet for christ’s sake (which I believe is still young)! Those lines are a sign that you’re a hard worker. Terrible that anyone should have to work three jobs to support them or their family, but you are beautiful with and without visible aging. You. Are. Beautiful.
@@WubbyPunch I never said all old people were wise, I said growing old should be seen as a privilege. Meaning that many people don’t get to live long enough to see a gray hair. How you feel about particular old people should not influence the entire group. There are morons of every age, race, gender and sexuality. But those problems start and end at those individuals- not any box their identity may check.
Aging wouldn't matter if it was just a number ticking up. But that's not reality... Those smile lines we have are signs our skin is breaking down in real time. Our joints are degrading and our minds are fraying. There's not a single party of you that age will leave untouched and while it's better than the alternative, getting older sucks for many more reasons than social stigma.
This hits the problem our society has with extreme overconsumption, which has been increasing for years. It's the 10-year-olds in Sephora/Ulta, the adults fighting in Target over Stanleys, fast fashion, & some social media creators making their entire personality buying/shopping constantly. I agree that I do not like kids on social media either and there is a lack of kid/adolescent stores. And I'm not excusing the kids, but I have seen first-hand (former retail manager) grown adults destroy the testers/use them & engage in rude behavior. Makes me wonder if there is a correlation and they are these children's parents? I can only hope this is a fading trend/fad. Glad to hear from dermatologists!
Thanks for sharing the skincare story. My daughter has been into skincare lately and asking for crazy unaffordable things. I understand where it’s been coming from now. She also has low self esteem which we’ve been worried about
For those not keeping track we have had mass shootings at schools, parks, parties, supermarkets, movie theaters, military bases, colleges, salons, night clubs, churches, bowling alleys, congressional baseball games and a super bowl parade, There is nowhere safe in this country.
I've been the victim of SA and I'm trying to put myself in the same headspace; how would I react if my assailant was found dead? Honestly, I have a lot of feelings about that and I could easily see myself doing something similar. Death wouldn't make him NOT a rapist. I don't know if I care about his posthumous reputation. But it's a tough line to cross.
It’s a trap because if you wait to say anything. People will say you’re lying otherwise you would have come out sooner. There is just no winning with SA deniers
That's the nuance I see in this case. How much time should pass before a victim is allowed to come out with their story? And would taking more time hurt the grieving family less? Or should victims never come forward because of the pain the tainted memory would cause the people who loved him? I imagine his victims were extremely triggered by all the post-mortem praise he was receiving and felt they had to speak their piece. I don't envy their position one bit.
I'm a work comp adjuster in Oklahoma with 21 yrs of experience. It's getting so bad with younger, non insured workers getting injured. In my state you see a lot of family members working the family business in roofing. In oklahoma, roofing is BIG biz (storm capital). A lot of these work comp cases don't get reported, particularly with the younger workers so they don't get anything.
Jimmy strikes me as a workaholic, and I can say firsthand that working for a workaholic can be a miserable experience. They can often forget that not everyone is like that, and you can easily burn yourself out trying to keep up with them.
He is and hes very vocal about that fact. Hes also very vocal about the fact that he expects the people who work for him to be the same. If you see this and still compete for a job with him you shouldn't be surprised when that is the case. If hes not breaking any laws I dont consider him having done anything wrong morally either.
@@andyb1653 You have to define "Pushing your employees too hard" because that is not a statement with any actual measurement, it's different for every person If your employer expects and pays you to work X and you work X but you feel like you're being pushed too hard... that means you have the choice to stop working for them or get yourself to the point where you can work X I know i couldn't work the amount i'm sure the people do based on what i've heard and seen from people that have been on set and the documentaries/behind the scenes videos, but I also wouldn't go into the job and then be surprised that the level of work needed to be done to produce said videos wasn't immense
@@ninjablade2Let me tell you this working hard regardless of whether you like it or not puts stress on your heart. It's a good way to die young. I've seen it happen enough. Never take sides with a job that creates this environment.
i wasn’t a fan of twomad’s by any means but i was very familiar with him as a presence because of who i watched when i was younger. i think two things can be true at once: twomad was not a good person in the slightest and he left a legacy of hurt, misery, and disgrace behind, but 23 is also way, way too young to die for anyone, even someone like twomad. the whole situation is incredibly tragic: the fact that he was able to spiral into the monster he ended up becoming and victimizing all the people he victimized without being incarcerated or institutionalized first is a tragedy in itself, and not just for him but also for all the people he dragged down with him and hurt along the way as he spiralled. like what a waste of a life, i wish we were focusing on that more and the failure of our system to intervene before tragedy occurs, monsters are made, and lives are ruined in situations like this that involve mental illness and substance abuse rather than defaulting to “haha rest in piss loser” and ending the conversation there.
It's always sad when someone isn't able to get the help they need, but I'm also not gonna be mad at those coming forward with their allegations, they deserve to be heard.
“It’s not okay to laugh and meme about Twomad’s death.” Twomad: Who has done this and would’ve done it if it was anyone else. Edit: “You’re not any better.” Neither are you people finger waggling, where tf were you when he was doing it?
It's not about the respect he does or does not deserve. It's about his family that is left behind and is in mourning at the moment. They deserve comfort and peace.
I live in KC. I have good friends and family that went to the Chiefs parade. One friend that was less than 50 feet away from where it happened. Thankfully, he's okay but is extremely shaken up. I pray for not only the victims that were directly injured and killed from the senseless violence, but for the thousands who are indirectly affected with anxiety and the images they saw. There's likely children afraid to go outside again. Something must change.
I live in KC too and I also know many people who went. I wasn’t even there and I feel traumatized by the news, as I immediately jumped to my phone to text my friends. Several of them couldn’t get ahold of their loved ones. It was chaos.
Here's the thing, though - I'm betting that this was either some form of gang violence or an even more innocuous form of violence like conflict between idiot friends/acquaintances. I'm curious what the full story will be. But - regardless, this is a conflict that seems like it involved handguns. Short of banning all firearms, what law or policy would have actually prevented this? What would you see change? My answer to the first is...none. Idiots will be idiots and no just law will prevent that even in this fashion. My answer to the second is more nuanced. I believe we need more firearms education. We need less stigma against guns; we need to increase the cultural comfort level with guns BECAUSE this will in turn help us all to promote a strong, thriving, and pervasive gun safety subculture. It already exists; but the more people engage with and understand both safe handling methods and firearm-centric legal and moral and de-escalation standards - the more people who understand and promote these things, the fewer such tragedies will occur. This is a short-term and long-term solution if maintained. Any solution will have to be maintained to be a long-term solution. Attempting the opposite would increase these events in the short-term and thr long-term.
@@jer1014t2ththe answer is the very safety considerations and prohibitions that exist in other countries, which the majority of US citizens want, but pewpew company lobbyists don't.
@@jer1014t2thyknow what’s really funny is that 800+ police officers, all with guns and supposedly trained to respond and prevent these situations didn’t seem to notice the clear altercation that other witnesses heard beforehand. They also weren’t the ones to catch one of the KIDS who started this, a citizen of KC had to. So let me ask you this, in a situation where two juveniles most likely got ahold of guns through their parents who don’t lock their firearms up, in downtown KC with near a THOUSAND police officers within the area who were so incapable to do anything, in what world would you say giving people more access to guns is a good idea? This is a non-issue in any other first world country and our compared rates of shootings on average prove that our lax gun law is the most likely candidate. Education does not fix people getting access to guns who shouldn’t. Education does not fix the system not appropriately screening or preventing gun sales, like the shooting in Texas literally days ago. If you watch this show you know that woman in that shooting had a previous history and was still legally able to obtain a gun. You cannot expect people to be willing (or even capable, many people shouldn’t own a gun) to be around MORE firearms in this situation, not reasonably anyway.
Speaking on roofs. I was hauling shungles and stapling tar paper when i was 12. Its kind of an open secret in the small contractor space that "Its a family business" similar to small farms. When labor is short, kids have to "step up".
I can't believe kids out there are so diligent with their skincare routine! I tried when I was a teenager I tried washing my face a lot but kept getting acne. Oddly enough as soon as I stopped washing my face I stopped getting really bad acne
Said it yesterday but I’ll say it again about the KC shooting I live in KC, I was in a country club, during the winding down of the lunch rush so the restaurant was about half full. The immediate reaction to it was of course a lot of fear and phone calls but, after about 30 minutes and everybody started talking nobody was surprised. Everyone that I heard talking was saying something along the lines of “well what do you expect? That many people and with how bad the crime has gotten”. That sentiment that they were holding broke my heart guys. There was no empathy for the victims, no grief for the families, just “Eh, what do you expect”. I don’t know if it speaks more to the clientele or the mass shooting fatigue we’re all feeling
@@ellaella5537it’s a red state, i’ve literally spoken to people who actually think that a feasible solution to the school shootings is to add more officers with more firearms, no thought about stray bullets or the damage something as heavy as a pistol can do to someone even without a bullet my father literally hates Pumped Up Kicks because it talks about a school shooting yet believes damn near any gun control law would be a slippery slope that would lead to the Liberals taking/outlawing all of their firearms
@@ellaella5537 Our governor here in Missouri was at the parade rally and had to take cover from the gun fire. He is also the same governor that signed into law removing all limitations to obtaining a gun. Anyone can carry here. No mental health checks. No criminal records checks. We are open carry of any type of gun.
@@ellaella5537 As someone in a country with some of the most strict gun laws in the world Mexico, they are useless we have way more shooting daily that shootings yearly in the US, it just doesn;t work like you think, bad guys will get weapons easily, also Brazil is the same and a lot of Latin American countries are super strict with guns and shit is super bad here, i believe that education and culture is what makes gun violence low, because Switzerland has really lax gun laws and has almost 0 shootings a year, and is an higly educated country, and unlike in Mexico they don't have a culture or idiolizing criminals, or in the US gansters.
The "the children yearn for the mines" types should be all over that roofing story. It's way safer to have them underground than on roofs, obviously. /s
Worked roofing with my dad because we didn’t have money while I was in college. The most exhausting job I’ve ever worked and almost fell off multiple times. Roofing companies don’t do enough to protect their workers
I feel like a geezer at 22 telling people about how consumerism is making kids grow faster. Children are highly susceptible to advertising, and they become victims of it every day now, younger and younger. It’s not going to be a “generational” trend, consumerism has bled into childhood and has no plans of leaving. With basically 0 regulation for advertising to kids online, companies are reaching kids faster than ever before.
Love the long form content Phil! It's crazy having watched you grow from hundreds of thousands of subs to the titan you are now. Keep on doing your thing. You deserve success.
i had a doctor that over-prescribed me when I was like 12. I was using topical clindamycin (used for acne, but I was dealing with clogged pores and wasn't cleaning my face right because my mum wasn't skincare savvy and we didn't know how really) when I really didn't need it but we didn't know better at the time. I now have constant blackheads and clogged pores because my skin is really sensitive and gets greasy when the wind blows in the opposite direction. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, especially not young girls so I really hope we're able to reign it in before these girls end up with damaged skin and the self-esteem issues that come with it
that antibiotic prescription wouldn't have caused that at all... That's just your genetics; your immune system, skin cell turn over and natural oil production levels due to hormones. Historical antibiotic use, especially of that type, don't have a role in any of that at all. Sorry.
Same, I was just listening to the video while doing something else and the moment I heard the name I stopped what I was doing and came back to watch the video to check that it was not the same Anthony lol
I was there in Kansas City at the parade where the shooting happened. It was really crowded and aggressive from the start, with police having to stop people from climbing the fence and a fight in the crowd just an hour earlier. I got caught in a crowd crush and I remember thinking that the only thing the cops were there for was to protect the private property that was fenced off, not us.
I am a contractor in texas, and the child labor issue is BS. The excuse for needing minors is "that they can not find worker's." The complete sentence is "they can not find enough workers that will work for the wage offered." Peoppe wants to still be able to pay 15$ for semi skilled and $20 for skilled labor. The economy has changed significantly in the last 4 years. Unskilled people working in entry-level service positions, which can be difficult at times, are not as skill intensive or physically intensive. And yet consumers and companies still think that 15$ for someone to do semi skilled construction work outside is viable.
I wish the child labor in construction was new, or limited to the South. But in the early 2000's in Oregon, my parents hired a crew to reside their house at the time. One of the laborers looked suspiciously young to my mom, so she asked him how old he was in her best "don't lie to me, child' voice. He said he was 14. She told him to go home, called the contractor and told him that boy was far too young to be working on her house. The contractor played the "I didn't know, he told me he was over 18" card and my parents ended up choosing someone else to do their siding. I remember hearing boys at my middle school talking about the construction work they did over the summer in the 90's. Kids who are desperate and young have no idea that they have value outside of the money they can give their families right now, and no concept of personal safety. It's why we banned child labor in the first place. We're supposed to value children's lives and well-being, and instead we keep praying on them.
Kudos to your mother from noticing that and calling out the contractor for what it blatantly was. While I wholeheartedly agree and are on-board with your closing statement in regard to [paraphrased] "This is why we outlawed child labor in the first place", in so many or other words, however, there's a disturbing trend in a few states coincidentally or not under GOP control like, for example, Arkansas where Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Governor, having literally signed legislation rolling back child labor laws which is a disgrace! Similarly in Ohio, too, I think. If there are others they're not coming to mind at the minute but nonetheless sets a terribly dangerous precedent, in my view.
In regard to skin care, my mom is a licensed master esthetician and was a teacher for several years when I was going through puberty. And while she was able to buy me and my sister professional products, she made it very clear that they weren’t necessary. A good cleanser for you skin type, a moisturizer to replace the oil stripped by the cleanser that also matches your skin type, and a little facial sunscreen is everything you need to maintain your appearance. I’m now a 22 yo Guy who sometimes gets mistaken for a teenager (the lack of facial hair doesn’t help) because I had her help and lessons about taking care of my skin. Most dermatologists will offer consultation for free if now very cheap.
09:00 The story of the child being denied further care because of insurance, churned my heart to a pulp and enraged my soul. There's a lot of bad things in the world, but when it affects children's health... (thank you for sharing Phil)
I used to work in roofing for a very short period. I wasn't on the instalation team but the inspection team. They let me work uneducated on safety protocols. I was not comfortable climbing on the roof by myself. I had expressed my concern multiple times only to be met with a scoff. Those roofs are scary especially if you don't have the boots to be up there. My company made it seem as if they would supply my the gear I needed to succeed only to tell me it was my responsibility when I left. I could not imagine letting a kid go up on those roofs no safety. The roofing industry needs to be reworked and reviewed by safety professionals because what's happening right now is not okay. It is a toxic work environment with too much harmful competition.
@@JumpingTunaas somebody who's love someone found out they were a monster and then that monster went to jail and died in jail. You can speak badly of the Dead. A monster in life is still a monster in death. And this oh so sanctimonious now that they're dead nonsense, it's just that nonsense. You need to remember people for the who they were. Not who you wish they were. Now in this guy's case I don't know enough about him to know if he was a monster or not. I don't know if the accusations levied against him are true. I will say if there's that many accusations that are coming out where there's smoke there is fire. But bad people in life are still bad people now that they're dead.
@@JumpingTuna In the case of Twomad you're actually wrong. He didn't have a single friend and he died a monstrously evil person. I don't even know if he was close with his family.
@@LLandS18except the hate put towards such activities could go into something like mental health and figuring out what drives people to these degrees to begin with. As the YTer Phil highlighted said, "I'm not sure what this guy watched that caused him to become a monster". Instead we're really not going to learn anything here. Comments rising saying "he'd have done the same to other YTers" justifying the hate. So what's going to happen is one camp is going to continue laughing and brushing this off. Another camp is going to have their day as accusations come out. But no one's going to learn anything.
My experience with "skin care" is that I didn't start washing my face until high school. I also never had acne until high school. In middle school I had a few girls question me about what I used to wash my face, and I'd reply "water" while being very confused. Overwashing your face at a young age can be more damaging than not doing anything.
About “beauty”/skin care: I once bar tended for a meeting of people in the beauty industry. One thing that they said that stuck in my mind is that they knew a drawback to using their products is that over time, their lotions ended up drying up the skin faster than it ‘normally’ would if they’d never used them. Basically using the stuff created the need to continue using it. They compared it to using stuff like Armor All in leather. Sure it looked great application, but eventually you’ll find you’d need to keep using it to prevent pre-mature cracking of the leather. The stuff basically creates it’s own necessity by accelerating what it’s supposed to prevent 🤷🏻♂️
Retinol is definitely something kids and honestly people under 25 should stay away from unless they have cystic acne. It promotes cell turn over which starts to decline on your mid 20's. You absolutely don't need it before then and it can irritate the skin, potentially leading to acne scars. I wish people would just stick to "Wash your face with a gentle cleanser, mousterize, and sunscreen. Only add things if you are struggling with acne." but instead you have little kids wanting to get stuff that will no doubt just damage their skin. I'm also so confused why parents would just get all this super expensive stuff for their kids without knowing anything about it. Like Drunk Elephant is VERY expensive, do they just hand them money and walk away??
The story about the skincare is super unnerving. I remember feeling pressured at 12-13 to get rid of my acne and moisturize whatever. I thought the pressure social media was Putting on kids a decade ago was bad. This is next level. Poor kids.
when I was a teen I went to a dermatologist for my acne and I was honestly surprised when he recommended a simple gentle cleanser because I thought I needed something more intense but I didn’t. The reality was I was young and didn’t know how to take care of my skin. I never used moisturizer and only really washed my face in the mornings… so having a doctor actually explain to me how to care for my skin was super helpful. I have grown since then and my skin is a lot better now as a young adult but i still don’t overdo it since my skin is sensitive so it’s really wild for me to see younger kids doing such intense routines 😅 I think it’s good they’re interested in how to take care of themselves but I think social media might spoil that sadly. I think it’s best to hear from a professional like a dermatologist
My family owned one of the largest construction companies for barns and chicken houses(the massive ones) in South Alabama. I worked several summers on the job sites as a kid and teenager. Being the owner's grandkid definitely made my safety a higher priority than pretty much anyone else on the site, however, I was still working on heavy tin rooves 20-30ft in the air, drove trucks and trailers around, operated power tools, and more. The site was rarely safety or OSHA compliant, but that was the norm for every other company down there too. If your workers were 100% legal and your safety was 100% compliant you could never get the jobs done fast and cheap enough to keep up with competitors. And the state was in on it. Even "surprise" safety inspections came with a phone call an hour before-hand. We'd just have certain employees take a lunch in town and have everyone else with 2 feet on the ground and a helmet on.
@SuperMadman41 It can be, but not applicable, really, in this situation. Even being the largest construction business south of Montgomery at one point only provided a very limited amount of wealth. More than most people will see in their life, but still less than 1000th of what the actual wealth class looks like. An example being the business failed and the money was all lost unless than 1 generation. You couldn't spend Elon's or Bezos's wealth in 20 generations. (Without gambling it all on buying failing companies) While, I don't think my grandfather was perfect, he never took advantage of his employees and always paid them very well. He would go out of his way to make sure they were taken care of. He just didn't really care about work safety. The part I agree with you on is that the state being complicit in allowing it all to happen while also not providing the necessary protections for the employees. My grandfather was kind enough to pay extra to the immigrant workers who were helping their families. To the point that they earned more than anyone else per hour. And he fully supported and helped several of them on their path to citizenship. None of that was required, and if anything, it would attract the negative attention of the state. This was in the same town, mind you, as the plant that made national news recently for having several child workers. (Which was not a secret to anyone local. Everyone knew and even reported it.) States like Alabama love child labor and undocumented labor, but hate when those laborers get attention or demand to be treated like human beings. The laws are only selectively enforced as a means of punishment and intimidation. It's only when you scale that broader and include multi-state or international labor abuse that we start talking about generational wealth gathering. *not to say I won't admit to receiving nepotism. But I will say that nepotism alone doesn't cause generational wealth disparity. Even with the use of undocumented labor.
As someone that works on the safety regulator side I will say that roofing is hands down one of the most problematic sectors of the construction industry. Year after year, decade after decade, people are still falling off rooves at an alarming rate despite knowing full well the risks and how to control them. In some cases people are taken advantage of yes, but even people that know better think its not going to happen to them until it does. From our side we really have no idea how to fix it, because little seems to work, not laws, not fines, not training, not education, nothing seems to have much effect on the injury rate and its maddening. All we hope to do is prevent one fall at a time and just hope others learn. It's so heartbreaking to see these kinds of stories. Oh and putting kids in the bite is just a special kind of preventable cruelty.
As someone who has lived in the Kansas City metro area for most of their life, it breaks my heart that this is now one of the ways KC has made the news. Imo, the police handled the shooting amazingly. In Missouri you don't need to have a license to own a gun, you don't need to register it, you don't have to have training. This was an open event with 1+ million people in attendance. Police presence was known & seen. I'm not sure how else they could have dealt with it other than changing the laws, which the governor is trying to do, or not having a parade & having the celebration where people have to go through metal detectors & have their bags checked.
I work as a Cable Tech for a massive company C***ast, we have specific rules to stay off of roofs, but as with most manual labor jobs there is a unspoken rule to get the job done. That being said back in june i fell off a roof, about 15 feet and broke multiple bones in my hip, my elbow, wrist and hand. Suffered a lot of nerve damage, most permanent as well as some spinal injuries. That said I got off lucky. Kids should not be employed in any manual labor job with high accident risk, let alone roofing. feeling bad for a kid and giving them a job means nothing when that job can result in their permanent injury or death.
I worked for my father as a roofer. Safety, HAH. The day I quit working he was mocking me for how slowly I was moving on a 16/12 pitch roof that was 120ft from the ground at the bottom edge. We never had ropes or harnesses. I bought my own protection gear since he didn't believe in using it. I was not underage, he kept pushing me over and over to go faster, I'm standing there on a single board roof jack one slip away from falling to my death. He pushed past me on the jack and I slid slightly and I yelled at him. He told me if I didn't like it to quit. So, I did. I haven't talked to him since. That was 32 years ago. Construction is hazardous across the board but every piece of roof work I have seen since then has been lacking in safety.
Damn. Respect for sticking up for yourself.
I'm sorry about that man. That's rough. :/
Jfc. Toying with the life of your own child is not good parenting
Not even "he did the best he could" parenting. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that but proud of you for having the guts to stand up for yourself. Not many of us do.
16/12 roof with 120' drop? Is that a typo?
Stand tall brother
"No one's ever been fired for complaining about safety".
Translated from corpo to English: "We fired the person complaining about safety using some other excuse as a reason, when we tolerate that behavior from literally everyone else including them until they complained about safety".
That’s all I hear too. The funny part is, they actually think their version is believable.
Also, "the company has high standards for performance and not everyone is suited for this work" sounds a lot like that time Musk asked his staff to "be ready to go hardcore"...
F*cking slave drivers.
This part. That's why the kids are doing the job most adults won't. They either don't know that they should be complaining about OSHA violations or they're too afraid of losing their job to be the one to do it.
Not to mention, North Carolina, where the company is based, is an at-will employment state. So they can terminate at any time, for any reason. They can just cut someone loose and say, "Sorry, we no longer need your services, buh-bye now," and that's that. So. I'm sure they never fired someone and listed the official reason as retaliation for safety concerns. Because no one would be that stupid. What a ridiculous response.
*cough COUGH* NIJISANJI *COUGH COUGH COUGH*
I work at a….popular high end cosmetic store… and can say that it’s horrifying the number of parents who are buying these $80 creams for their kids who know nothing about what they’re buying. It’s become our job as retail employees to try to talk down the parents in order to prevent damage to these kids skin.
That and half the kids coming in can’t afford these items and end up stealing instead. Our inventory loss this past year was over $800,000.
I used to work at gamestop, and the way parents will just buy anything for their children is kind of wild
Whats wrong with these parents? They kids dont even need it!
california?
@@jesusbarrera6916this affects any kid from any state lol. Do beauty stores and Tik tok not exist in Georgia or something?
@@mr.burkenstock4188 that didn't answer the question
In the US the goalpost has moved from "Child labour is bad" to "Children shouldn't work in some jobs" to "Children should be at least covered by OHSA in their jobs".
And I find that dystopian to no end. Wtf is wrong with the US.
The fact that we've been using child labor for a very long time period like read the comments I'm not the only person who worked in construction as a child I started at 10 years old working on a rodeo ranch for a guy who ran a couple of construction businesses as well. Started working on roofing when I was 13 to 16. I brought an immigrant or a migrant I just come from a home with a single mom and no I'm not a man I am a woman so I was a 10-year-old little girl working at these rodeo ranches and dangerous conditions and then jump straight into construction and did that in my younger years for a long time.
I nearly had my head taken off when I was working on a roof I was picking app some debris on the groundand making sure we didn't have any nails that had been left on the ground with a magnet I happened to bend down and pick something app when something slid off the roof and landed just passed me on the groundit was one of the metal sheets that was supposed to go on the roof had slid off while they were installing it and would have killed me those things are thin enough to get pretty deep especially if they're going at a high enough pace enough that angle that it was at I wouldn't have made it.
This country has been running off people in poverty wages but we won't call it poverty wages because poverty is making less than a $1000 a month in this country for some f****** reason. Hell many people can't even live on $2000 a month rent in a lot of places is a $1000 a month. This country has been pushing people to get their kids into some kind of workforce or pushing the kids into a workforce by these factors. Like I remember seeing my mom struggling to not use the $5 that somebody had given me that was in her purse and digging out change from the bottom of her purse for gas. I remember the struggle and I remember when my dad finally came back and the relief it was to our family to have another paycheck. But my mom who was already disabledCould finally not work herself as hard but I still felt that I wanted to make sure my younger siblings never had to work so I made sure I was always working provide any extra cushion.
I don't think anything really changed, just some spin for the sake of optics. At the end of the day poor kids are working instead of staying in school or enjoying childhood, same it's always been for recorded history.
I think that kids over the age of 14-15 should definitely be encouraged to work, BUT, they shouldn’t be allowed to work more than 15 hours a week, not later than 8-9pm on a weekday after school.
Schools should also have a say in it, because I don’t think kids struggling at school working is super helpful.
HOWEVER, like I said, I do think kids should be encouraged to hold part time jobs, it helps them become more responsible, learn important social skills, work ethics and makes them more responsible. They also learn the value of money this way.
They should spend that time learning skills that lead to being a successful adult. Not waste time at a dead end job. @@ellaella5537
@@ellaella5537 I agree. Not any formal or informal employment but I always did things like shovel neighbors snow for a few bucks, or joined my dad at work on PA days instead of being home alone where I'd help open and pack boxes. Mind you, this was a small company, no forklifts or machinery in the shipping area. Just a box cutter and tape dispenser.
My partner worked in construction for years, roofing, painting, electric, and so on. One thing he always says he was told was, "If you slip off a latter or roof, you're fired before you hit the ground," With the part they don't say out loud being if you're fired you have no protections, workman's comp, or insurance.
This is 100% true for all workers, especially for migrant workers. I used to be a case worker to help people get medical insurance. I’ve met a lot of migrant workers who got fired after getting injured on the job. Instead of getting workers comp or medical coverage, the workers were usually threatened when they tried to get a lawyer. Many shady employers use fear tactics to prevent migrant workers from exercising their rights as employees.
I heard my daughter, 11, telling her friend, also 11, she doesn’t need retinol. She then came over to me and asked if I think her friend needed retinol and I went “NOOOO.” It’s worrying. Like everyone is so scared of aging and having regular skin. It’s terrifying.
Some types of Retinol can help with acne and some teenage girls start puberty really young... So i mean... It all depends on what they want to treat and how to go about that.
@@britters220unfortunately that’s not it. This girl is at my house every other weekend. She has less breakouts than my own 11 year old. She just saw it on TikTok that she needed it.
Why is that terrifying? I've been using tretinoin (20 times stronger than retinol) since I was 13 and people often tell me I have the best skin they've ever seen. I don't think an 11 year old would really benefit from it yet, but anyone who enjoys beauty would be wise to look into retinoids
I'm a 30 year old woman and these days I'm mistaken for being my 21 year old brother's LITTLE sister! I wear minimal makeup and the teen girls wear such thick makeup and use such heavy skincare (I assume) and dress in such a way that genuinely makes them look older, yet they are using things to supposedly stave off aging... It's really scary. I'm not even flattered any more that people genuinely don't believe me when I say I was born in 1993 because it means that these poor girls are going thru all this far too young. I am ever thankful my mother never let me get sunburned (even if now she's worried I will get cancer from the sunblock and 5G... that's a whole other battle 😓)
@@ialec0because there seems to be this increasing trend of younger and younger kids worried about looking like adults
it absolutely broke my brain when Phil said “roofing is the second most dangerous job for kids only to agriculture“ I had just been thinking “this is absolutely insane dangerous Work”! Then it snapped into my head the crazy jobs that I was doing starting at eight years old… Using old Pharm equipment that is been illegal for 50 years for adults to use let alone children. Working on open fields in days it was over 100° without shoes. This happened in this century. I was eight in the 2010s.
How people are out here are concerning themselves with how many POC people are starring in which shows and whether it is racist to say Latinos vs. Latinx, when there is active CHILD LABOUR in the country, is absolutely beyond me. People complain about statues of ex-slave owners standing around in towns, while wearing shoes made by child slaves in THIS century.
It's 2024 and there should be NO reason at all for young children doing back-breaking labour. 10 year-olds should be going to school, play with their friends, maybe take part in club activities and perhaps do some basic house chores, not roofing or working fields. And people should work against THAT kind of practice.
Wow, 8 years old??
Pharm?
Farm/Pharm. Yay autocorrect and Phonics?
@@cassidybrewer
Farm kids start early. I had an incident where I almost had my back broken when I was twelve. Lucky the hay bale fell the way it did, so it broke my fall.
When Phil talks about big shows that normally meant 20-25 minute shows instead of the shorter 14-20 minute shows. These 30+ minute shows however have been an absolute treat. If this content is manageable to produce I would absolutely love to see more!
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It actually when I do my skincare routine lol
10000% agreed. The ability for him to get a little deeper into a few core topics
I LOVE the longer episodes. Honestly would watch an hour show.
Also, I watch EVERYTHING on 2x speed. Phil is the only show I watch at normal speed the whole time.
I’m glad someone said it!! I was coming to comment this, thank you for putting it so nicely
When I was child my Dad, who is originally from Guatemala, slipped multiple discs that would ruined in his back forever. He was injured while working on installing tile for a community college. Thus he was unable to work and since he was getting paid under the table no one wanted to pay for his medical bills- this situation led to him to be in tremendous amount of physical and emotion pain because he could no longer provide for his family. Years later he confessed to me that he had plans to take his own life after this incident . This is all to say that most of the people hiring contractors see them as disposable bodies- and this more times than not, is directed at black and brown bodies!
It's the same here in NZ with pasifika and filipino workers. It's really hard to see these folks deal with such issues and not have any way to help... I can't even imagine what their families and they must go thru 😞 I'm sorry your dad had to go thru all that
Is it always directed at black and brown bodies? Where I'm from, it's mostly white bodies, with a few brown bodies. But I'm from rural America, which is mostly white. The farm work there is mostly done by white guys, with a few South American Migrants, and South Africans on work visas. And those South Africans are mostly white. Just last year, one of them working on a local farm accidentally chopped his foot off with a machete. That guy(white) couldn't get any help either and was instead stuck with tens of thousands of dollars worth of Dr bills, and was unable to find work after that. Another guy(also white) had a tractor up on a jack and the jack gave out and it crushed his pelvis. Again, he was unable to get anything from it or any help, and he is now disabled but getting disability or any kind of help has been an up-hill battle.
As the father of a 14yr old girl, thank you for covering the beauty products story.
I’ve had to question products, my kid has bought or been gifted.
Turning to my wife, to give me guidance & know if I’m over reacting.
I watched this part for the first time alone & then had my kid watch with me.
It allowed us to have a convo afterwards & WE have a bit more guidance on the topic.
This is so incredibly sweet and healthy, being a great father 💕
I'm really happy you had this conversation. There are many reputable influencers, including certified dermatologists, at your disposal. I recommend Hyram and Doctorly. They literally just did a video on this topic and give alternatives suitable for that young age group. There are oso many others, but look at their credibility and affiliations. In short, CeraVe and Cetaphil should be sufficient for that age. No retinols or retinoids or active ingredients that can damage sensitive skin. Best of luck!
as someone with no experience in parenting, my two cents is that working with them to make the best purchasing choices will work wonders. you're doing good.
Wow!! You are an incredible fatter & conversation like these with your daughter is sooo important, especially when fathers take the initiative with their daughters. These open honest conversations are vital. I pray that you both always have that open, safe bond in truly being transparent with one another. 🙏
I also have a daughter. They are 20 now. I did the same thing as you when they were younger. Instead of jumping into "talking at them," I opened videos and articles as you did and read and watched them together. This sparks the conversation naturally verses "Hey, I need to speak to you about something." Although, that is fine as well. Each scnerio has it's place, clearly.
This method (as you described) will always be the least "abrasive" IMO. This way they don't just say "dad is just being dad." I am certain you've felt that way before. LOL. Good job daddio.
Companies also feed into the teenage attention - Drunk elephant has a “smoothie glossary” encouraging people to mixes multiple of their products together - which is ineffective in terms of general skin care (serums, creams, and oils won’t be placed on your face evenly). They use a cute way to attract teens (like slime did back in the day) to make potions/mixes -> which leads to overconsumption etc. their products have a flat top where it’s easy to mix various products
I'm 23 and for years now my skin has just been pimple scrub and moisturiser. When i was a teen i bought all this expensive skincare one day, just because i had a huge acne outbreak and felt insecure about it, and all it did was aggravate it and make my skin burn. I returned to my usual and my skin has been fine since, and ive had many people asking what i use because its so smooth.
Unfortunately a lot of the time its genetics, but also, simple is best
True.
My parents just use a regular soap bar,water and sometimes zalf/salf.
I'm the opposite, ive always had horrible skin in midsleschool and early high-school until I started an actual routine full of products which i still use to this day and my skin is insanely smooth and haven't had a breakout in forever im now 21.
I’m 23 and just use the same towel I dry myself with and my skin is great😂
yeah for me its mostly diet sugar = spots. only stuff id use is collagen or something
Women also have another puberty and hormone change in their 20s. My skin completely chained to being super oily and getting cystic acne and my sibling started experiencing the same thing a few months apart from me (were only about a year apart in age so def genetics too). We had to go to a dermatologist and get medication to help
My 6 year old niece asked for makeup for Christmas this past December. She specifically said she wanted “real makeup, not toy makeup”. I was flabbergasted! She’s just a baby in my eyes still!
My sister stole my mom's makeup and slathered her face with it at 7, about 2 decade ago ...... why are you clutching pearls and over-reacting over this like it's a new development among kids when it's been happening for years? They're kids... you expect them to be rational and innocent forever? Comments like this make me realise that the generation that grew up with disney movies and consolation prizes are now guardians of kids.... that is more flabbergasting and scary.
6 years old is a baby for sure but kids will explore and have fun. The only thing to be concerned about is where/who is making her want ‘adult’ makeup from? And if they’re a good or bad influence
No, no, she Is still a Banys, I can't even Imagine it, my niece is 2 years old and I am already emotionally preparing myself to deny her so many, many things.
@@ibendover4817Your example is quite different from what they were saying. Stealing mom's makeup and using it is normal. Wanting lipgloss or a little sparkle eyeshadow on a big day is okay too. It isn't wrong for a kid to like or want to play with makeup. However, lately, these kids want $25 lipsticks and $40 facial creams that meant for grown adults. A 7 year old doesn't need retinol lmao. They are also menaces to store employees. Idk maybe your sister was doing all that too, but I kinda doubt it.
I am also baffled at why you are soooo upset over their comment. It was very not "pearl-clutching". Also...6 year olds aren't rational, but they are innocent, but go off I guess.
My 4 year old said the same thing and my wife got it for her, just like kiddie play makeup, but still like real makeup that you put on. Every time she says "look how pretty I am with makeup" I always make sure to say "you were pretty before the makeup too!" Like let her have fun, but she's at a formative age. I need to hammer this shit into her head now that makeup by itself ≠ beauty
As someone who has worked in roofing and then later solar installation in Arkansas, Florida, and South Carolina, in the summer, it’s heartbreaking and infuriating to hear these children are having to go through this. Often, the days can be 12 hours long in the scorching heat, with no lunch breaks because you just wanna get the job done, and while the pay was pretty good for me, that’s not universal, especially for migrants. I was doing that kind of work when I was in the best shape of my life and it still took me out every single day, not to mention all the close calls I had with those steep inclines. I’ve seen friends get seriously injured from falling or careless work practices and that shit is beyond traumatizing. Kids should be allowed to be kids and that shouldn’t be a controversial opinion, but here we are I guess.
Personally im more annoyed at how the family part was glossed over. He was used up as a piggy bank and now that he will cost money instead of providing, they are like uh we don't want him back.
A somewhat similar thing to the Chiefs shooting happened here at Tennessee Tech this Tuesday. Someone discharged their firearm in a bout of road rage and hit a local business. My sister was on campus when it happened, and I can't begin to describe how it feels to have a loved one in potential danger like that.
@@-BlazeK- dont be childish enough to reduce the issue to "he cant give us money, we dont love him anymore" dude.
if the familiy lived in a 1 room house (as in a house thats only 4 walls and a roof) they most likely lived in the most rural and poorest parts of Honduras where basic necessities like water, electricity and health care arent and cant be provided every day.
the family's options are either have him stay in the US with his uncle where maybe one day he will be compensated by his irresponsible contractors and recieve the health care he needs. or buy him a ticket that cost around 200$ when most jobs outside of the urban areas in latin america pay around 300 $ a month and food for a family of 4 has been calculated to be around 400$ a month. and thats not even taking into account others thing they would have to pay like electricity.
basically if they fly him back to his country, they starve for a month. and bring their son in desperate need of medical attention into a place lacking the infraestructure to treat him for miles and if they go to places within their country to do so they most likely cant afford it (trip, housing, medical attention, food).
@@-BlazeK-uh, he didn't gloss over the family part though, just you did. Didn't you hear the part where Phil said that the kind of medical care he needs is HOURS AWAY?? I mean, if you're gonna buck up and pay for the family to move then by all means! He really does wanna go back and I'm sure they'd love to see their boy again. Why don't you step up?
@@-BlazeK- he didn't gloss over it, you just can't see it past your life's filter. My parents come from a rural Mexican town and I can tell you that I've seen people who cannot afford health care have no other choice than to die at home because it's cheaper than to stay in the hospital to try and get better. Not to mention that a lot of the doctors have been known to turn or throw away patients and even keep their body hostage until the family can pay for the treatment.
Maybe go and live in these countries before spouting your BS that the family didn't want him because he no longer provided for his family and hopefully you will maybe see that the world is bigger than the US
Thank you for talking about the skincare issue. Our daughter is soon-to-be 11 years old and we are constantly fighting this battle with her. We are in the aesthetics industry, so skincare is part of our work and she sees all these products we sell and use and wants to be like us. No matter how much we tell her it isn't needed at her age, she sees her friends have it, asks other family members (grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncle, etc) to buy it for her. All because of social media and this growing trend of "missing out on the next cool thing." I will be showing her this segment as sometimes the same message from someone other than a parent will sink in! 🤞 But regardless, it is an uphill battle and we are winning, but we have more knowledge on skincare than the average public. So I can see how other parents can give in and buy it without knowing what is actually in the products.
The reaction to Twomads death reminds me of the Munchkins singing about the wicked witch’s death in the wizard of Oz. It makes me think that he caused a lot of terror in those people’s lives and if they want to shout to the air how happy they are to feel safe I’m not going to judge them
11:27 "I'm not going to make it my duty to go out and look for it." Lady that is LITERALLY your job.
That's government employees for you haha
That’s probably why she left the department. She didn’t want that to be her job. Her lack of empathy is sickening though.
As an hispanic guy, I was forced to work with my stepfather in construction doing electrical work at age 13 during summers. no one really checked for my age. worst part is that my stepfather wouldn't even pay me well. probably less than federal minimum wage. he used to yell at me all the time too. all those summers made me develop some type of ptsd. i literally can't step into a construction zone without feeling extremely anxious. now i can't work in any construction trade legitimately because of that.
i wonder if there is anyone that just like me too. forced to work by their parents at a young age for their own gain.
In roofing, it's pretty common to hear, if you fall, you're fired before you hit the ground.
Any contracting lol I fell off a ladder and broke my pelvis 3 years ago, boss packed up and moved before I was out of the hospital 😂
11:35 my husband had a stroke at age 28. He was in a coma for over two weeks. Even after he finally woke up, every day he was at the hospital , he had to go through so many different therapies and treatments. For years, we went to, physical speech, and occupational therapies every single day after he was finally released from the hospital. it has been one nightmare after another, and countless expenses. if he did not have me, he would’ve had nobody to make sure he got the therapy and treatment he needed. He would’ve had nobody taking care of him and getting him through that hell, and he would not have recovered at all.
Now he can walk again and speak again, but it’s so hard to watch . it’s been over 10 years now and he struggles and suffers every single day
That could happen to a child and there’s nobody there to help him and Medical team to get him back on his feet is not just a tragedy. It is a travesty.
It would cost us less to give him healthcare so he can get back to work and get back to being a kid . It would cost us less to make sure he can function and take care of himself, then to allow him to suffer like this.
It is so important within the first year of a brain injury, or any major injury to get treatment immediately . That treatment can be the difference from being able to walk again from being able to talk again for free being able to feed yourself.
My husband hasn’t made any improvements in years now. And it’s so painful. He just turned 40. Did you could never survive without me. I’m 36 been diagnosed with terminal cancer. My insurance won’t cover me because they’re only for doctors in this country this type of cancer and none of them are within work or anywhere near me. & All the treatment in the world give me my life back and won’t extend my life past a couple years. We already don’t have enough to survive. But when I die, I don’t know who’s going to take care of him, terrified because he deserves better than that.
HealthCare is a human right because without it, PEOPLE DIE. human beings die for nothing treatment, when there is treatment out there that could save them. Everything about this country is total crap.
Not "everything" about this country is crap. However, access to healthcare most certainly is. I feel for you two.
Life is business to the people higher up on the totem pole. They're out of touch because it's not happening to them.
Oh but, it doesn't matter, cause ppl like us don't matter, never have, all that matters is the bottom line: money
If you’re in the US, look into Medicare. I’m 32 & on dialysis. End stage renal failure and cancer are *usually* automatic approvals. If you can get it you can go anywhere in the country for treatment. Not sure if you’ve looked into it but it might be helpful. I wish you and your husband the very best. 🫶
Im so sorry for you and your husband. What you had to endure is so much. It's tragic. I wish you all the best
I'm 35 and went down the skincare rabbit hole in my early 20s. I developed a complicated routine and found I wasn't getting the results I expected/was sold. Simplifying my routine to 4 products has significantly changed my skin. Cleanser, SPF, moisturizer. Retinol at night.
My dad used to be a roofer, he never fell because he was careful but sometimes he'd come home with a nail through his hand or foot or leg, that lady saying she didn't want to turn away kids in need makes me sick. At least they'll be walking away at all
The situation around Twomad’s death is almost too fitting for someone like him, just pure chaos.
haha good point
Not knowing the guy it feels like being told to catch up on a 10 season series that just ended.
@@jivy1022 true! Like putting water on a chemical fire :')
@@SEAZNDragon Literally every rapper who dies in his 20s who was incredibly famous on soundcloud and my old ass has never heard of em.
It’s very fascinating how that happens. It even happened while he was on overwatch, where everything started for him.
With Twomad, I hadn't heard of him until this show, but I feel compelled to say this: I worked for Hospice for a few years and experienced many situations around death that taught me many things. The biggest lesson being that the choices you make in life are not undone in your death. I am also the survivor of sexual abuse and sexual assault. The nature of these experiences makes it hard to speak out publicly because of the way abuse affects the mind. I've been in therapy for many years and still can't help but be hyper vigilant. I know that predators have families who will grieve them, but the day one of my predators dies is the day I will feel safe enough to shout and scream the things that they did. I will not feel for their family and I will not have to. They will need to depend on their own support networks as they grieve. I didn't have a support network. This person's death will feel like freedom to me. As a society we have to understand that Hollywood is not reality and space needs to be held for us all in all of our different facets. There is no perfect paradigm.
100,000%. Not every victim feels this way, but to tell people they’re wrong for being relived when a predator leaves this earth-yeah. That won’t be me. Additionally, yes, an abuser leaves behind a grieving family, but the important thing to note is that those very same people maybe have been complicit in the way the predator ended up the way they did.
Yes, the fact that no one is saying he didn’t do those things just the “why bring it up now” shows that they care more about polite decorum than any actual morality.
@@Yeahyankeethat’s a messed up thing to say about someone’s family. Just because they can be complacent doesn’t mean they always are. That’s a very dangerous assumption to be propping up
@@Yeahyankee I agree with this but I also feel kinda weird about the whole thing bc clearly so many people were aware of this and yet, despite it almost being common at that point, no one spoke up before this??? Like obviously the victims didn’t feel safe but there were so many other people that saw his behavior, heard him talk like that, and thought he clearly was a danger to his own fan base, that weren’t his victims, and no one commented on it. It’s the first time I’m hearing about this so maybe this just didn’t reach my circle but just like how the family may have been complicit, I feel like so many other RUclipsrs also were. Like so many victims are coming out, and in my mind I can’t help but think that the amount of ppl would have been smaller. But I am very glad that people finally feel fully safe to speak on him being awful, and that there’s gonna be no more victims
Edit: As for making memes of him, if his family is hurt about the memes made of him, just imagine how his victims felt about him continuing to hurt others :))))
@@Yeahyankee Except it was never proven by Jameskii that he was a “grapist pdf file” like he claims. If that’s really how you feel about him based off a single tweet, then you’re worse than Goldi, the woman supposedly sa’d by Twomad. She isn’t celebrating his death, and sends condolences to his family in her latest pinned tweet because she personally knew how troubled the guy really was.
The likely explanation is that Twomad and her were in a relationship where Twomad demanded sexual acts at a time when she didn’t want to give it. There’s proof that they did have consensual intercourse (he posted chats of their conversation where they’re both seen joking about it), but the behavior of the rapidly deteriorating mind of Twomad caused him to do things she didn’t want to entertain at the time. By then he was already too far gone.
The pdf file claims stem from him posting a picture of a 13 year old’s outfit on his Instagram/Twitter, with captions saying something like “hospital outfit :3,” but that was just a repost of a photo that she herself posted on her own Instagram. It doesn’t help his situation at all, and it’s clearly not something to be joking about. But does he care? No, because he thinks he’s being funny and that getting reactions from people means he’s being “based.”
What he did was shitty, unacceptable, and just fucking weird. In his own drug-addled and internet-bleached mind, he was playing a character. But it’s clear that Goldi didn’t actually want to sue him with a lawsuit to the point that he ends up in jail. But Jameskii, the “nice guy” who’s been beefing with Twomad since 2019, comes out and says “fuck it, I’ll pay for it,” trying to gain some moral sense of high ground against someone he hates. Feeling pressured by such a big name RUclipsr, it’s hard to say no when you have such a backing; she basically had to accept otherwise people would see her as a liar.
Notwithstanding the ragebait schizoposts and harassment of others, I’ve yet to see definitive proof of Jameskii’s claims not attributable to the insufferably edgy trolling of Twomad’s posts. He was an annoying asshole with a mental health issue, but he deserved his own defense like any other human being. He was just too unserious to care. And now we’ll never get to see just how far down the rabbit hole goes. Or exactly what he did to others.
In his own words, he wanted to see if he could “win by being based the whole time.” To deflect and joke about serious allegations, solely just to get a laugh out of the few people from his dwindling follower count. I wish things turned out differently. He used to be a great entertainer, but somewhere down the line he lost his way. I’m not excusing any of the actions he genuinely committed, but I also don’t want to see his entire reputation dragged through the mud because of some guy who’s been at his neck for the past 4+ years who can say whatever he wants because he’s dead.
I hope that Jameskii can provide unbiased evidence that shows Twomad’s actions and how they affected others, so that we can have closure for all the victims and people affected by him. But considering he couldn’t wait 10 minutes until after the confirmation of his death to “collect his thoughts,” that’s unlikely. That’s my $0.02.
The thing about anti-satellite weapons is that, once they start using these things it will quickly become impossible for us to leave earth for any reason. There's already a scary amount of debris in orbit flying around like super-bullets, adding to that is amazingly short-sighted.
The fun comes when shit starts to fall down, as is they make sure that it doesn't fall over inhabited areas. But when it becomes a lot you can't control anything.
This makes me think of Elon wanting 40 thousand starlinks in the next few years. Each only lasting around 5 years before hopefully deorbiting and burning up before hitting earth
Also that such weapons are very unlikely to actually be particularly effective, simply because of 2 reasons:
1. We already have intercontinental nukes - we don't need more range until the defense systems for those are good enough to protect against MAD. And to use the satellites _as_ said protection, we need enough in orbit that there's always one near each launchsite at all times (Otherwise it wouldn't be timely or reliable enough).
2. If those weapons are put in orbit and become an actual threat worth countering (which they do when MAD stops being an option) then it will be surprisingly easy to deal with them. Like OP mentioned, once enough debris is in orbit it will become a field of self-perpetuating flak. Until active or ablative shielding effective enough is developed, there is no way to protect them. And even disregarding that issue, the fact that they are in orbit makes it _very_ easy to take one down (the hard part is putting something in space - and we can already do that - then the rest becomes math). Even less conventional methods (the traditional cube-sats that go kamikaze or "shoot" a metal piece on a collision course) like lasers from the surface are theorized to be quite feasible if you throw enough money and resources at the problem.
@@kittehgo Debris falling down randomly isn't too much of an issue. The debris is small enough, much of it will burn up and what does not will still not actually cause much damage (and the amounts aren't enough for the probability of important stuff being hit is a concern (unlike regular rain)). Sure, some casualties are likely to be expected from such an event, and even a lot of infrastructure, but you won't see nations topple from it (or even being particularly damaged economically).
Hell deploying more nuclear weapons to be used is short-sighted, but f*** we humans are just apes and God damn machines!😂😢
Correction: it would make it impossible for satellites to orbit earth. Leaving and exiting planet would still be very much possible, albeit slightly riskier.
My uncle fell off the roof of a job site he was working on at 45yo. He had 3 strokes and was in a coma for months before "recovering" He has had severe dementia since, He recently has gone 6 months without essential diabetic medication because he cannot remember that he has diabetes. He has no partner or children, nobody to look out for him other than his nephew(me) checking on him.
He worked a decade in construction and one day just fell. Working on a roof that day has completely altered his life. He lives on 12,500 a year, a settlement he signed after waking up from the coma.
No place at all for children
That’s so scary to think one day changed everything. Thank goodness he has you to help out. I hope the pressure to care for him isn’t too crushing 😢
Children heal quicker..
I work for a whole sale building distribution company and I have heard from more than I can count on my hand of my contractors telling me about how their young children help them out, and do extreme labor. I actually just had one of my clients 15 years old son fall off a roof they were working on, and instead of having him rest he had him come make the orders with me while healing. It's so much of family when it comes to contracting and the subcontracting, everyone knows everyone in the industry, it's just normal for them.
My dad is a contractor in North Alabama who bids for these smaller contracts. The way child labor is being done is by these small teams that often have a relative who vouches and takes responsibility for them. I remember having to go to work for my dad for my 6th grade fall break putting a roof on a Duncan doughnuts in Decatur so they wouldn’t lose money by not getting the job done when they said they would. I got paid 10 bucks an hour and now will never take up my dad’s business because of the hatred i have for that job.
Are you mexican or white?
As fellow Alabamian I feel you man.
What does that even matter @@akiva1168
@@akiva1168why?
@@DanfromtheDen stay out of this
The child labour story really upsets me. I was a child who was exploited through labour, and though I’m thankful for the opportunities I was given to provide for my family, it should never have been my job in the first place. I was happily overworked by my employers, and granted I did ask for it, it set a precedent where I was not only the best and most hard working, but I couldn’t ask for days off or call in sick without fear of repercussions. Like having my hours taken away, or losing my advancement opportunities that I needed in order to earn more to take care of my family with.
And one thing that isn’t talked about enough, is the predators that seek you out when you’re forced to grow up too soon. Especially as a young girl, being forced to become the mother figure of the home and take care of my family and my siblings. Makes you grow up too soon, and men notice that.
Child labour isn’t okay, and it’s why we need more programs to help ease the weight of poverty of families so kids aren’t forced to become caretakers.
I did roofing at 11 and every summer growing up…. Didnt have a choice
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm so sorry you had to live through all that!
In an attempt to put a smile on your face, my dumb ass thought, at first, you meant child birth when saying child labour 😂 (I just had a son yesterday, my minds on baby things)
Fuck yeah
Congratulations!@@PureNrGG
Snowflake
My little sister is barely 20 and wants preventative botox. it was heart breaking to hear and when I pushed why, she cited how it’ll stop future wrinkles from forming… these image based apps and more specifically filters are putting so much pressure on youth.
The fuck? You're an older sibling, make fun of her
I was at the parade yesterday with a friend of mine. We got there at 5:30 a.m. so we could get a good spot close to the rally. As soon as the players stopped talking, we both got this feeling that we needed to leave and start heading to the car. Within a couple of minutes we started getting phone calls asking if we were okay and telling us what the news was saying. If we hadn't left when we did, we would have been caught up in everything. There were so many people just walking around calmly with no idea what was going on. There were so many kids and families around because schools were out for the day. My heart hurts for everyone that got hurt and all the families effected. What started out as a fun day ended with a dark cloud hanging over all of the memories that were made and all the great conversations that were had with everyone celebrating around us.
So was it a targeted mass shooting attempt or just two dudes who argues had a shoot out and innocent ppl were with strays?
@@ScorchedAce94the end result is the same so who gives a fuck?
@iRadinVerse it matters to any American that's tired of being mislead, think and believe what you want but I'm not about to let the media make guns seem like the issue, there was over 700 officers there, (not including undercovers) If this was planned and motivated I and another of thers would like to know by some one who was actually there.
@@ScorchedAce94 why the fuck are people taking their guns to parades? Add stuff like concealed carry laws and we live in a society now where someone anywhere at any moment could be carrying around you and could murder you in an instant.
that hasn’t been 100% figured out yet but they haven’t actually caught the shooter yet. guns were handed off to some kids associated with the initial group. it wasn’t a shoot out and it seemed like the other person that was arguing or people arguing were all from the same group. they have 2/5 people that were directly involved detained and maybe one additional in the hospital at the moment. The guy in all red was just a drunk. Hes been released. We were just a few minutes ahead of the area heading out the west side back to crossroads. even when people found out it was a shooting everyone wasn’t that bothered. i think a lot of ppl were thinking it was some drunks shooting or some gang stuff. generally assuming it was small scale. there have been a few shootings down town in the past so i think a good bit of people may have been desensitized to it. Personal speculation I think it was gang related and they were planning something based on how much amo they had and how many people in their group new about it but info will probably be slow to come out since theyre minors
I worked as an apprentice electrician in Oklahoma for a year. 7 day weeks for 10 months. Lot of climbing and pulling and wiring and bending pipes and honestly everything we did took safety as a really high priority. We always had good equipment and were made to use best practices. A pair was found cutting corners and were fired on the spot. But in Oklahoma electricians have a state licensing system so they work years and years to get that license and they don't want to endanger losing it. Sites are also mandated to have 1 to 1 journeyman to apprentice ratio which I think also helps keep things done right. Roofing sounds terrifying by comparison.
I'm a roofing contractor. I've got the option where i am to take on an apprentice (usually around 15yo) the 1st year of pay would be prety much entirely paid for by the state. But this idea of having a 15yo on a roof with power tools, and not having 100percent of my attention on their safety due to my own workload terrifies me. For contracts under a week i cannot justify scaffolding and specific teenagers sized harness plus clips and industrial ropes are extortionate and will not stop them cutting their fingers, putting the angle grinder through their leg or nailing themselves to something with the nail gun.
I don't understand how theses companies can be stupid enough to have children on these worksites
9:52 my dad was a roofer back in the early 2000’s. He fell off a 1 story roof and landed on his feet, but it shattered his heel. He’s been physically disabled ever since. There’s a metal screw in his foot that causes him constant pain. My dad was lucky and also a grown man born in this country. And even then it was like pulling teeth for him to get worker’s comp. I can’t imagine the headache these literal children are going through.
My dad had a similar experience. Thank you for sharing!💗
As someone who did a decent amount of roofing and construction work, it breaks my heart to hear about kids working in such conditions. I worked 10 hour days for over a year, no workers comp, no insurance. Everything was under the table. Carrying those shingles up those ladders is no joke at all whatsoever. Depending on the shingle, they’re at least 50 lbs. a stack. I left that job because I was constantly in fear of falling and hurting myself. Absolutely horrifying.
The roofer situation is so awful. :( I had friends and family who came from Honduras to work, and they were all roofers. One day ICE raided a job site and arrested all of them except for my friend. He stayed on the roof out of sight until they left. They took the ladder down so he was stuck up on the roof all day in the heat.
Jimmy’s mom being the one in charge of handling complaints about Jimmy or his company seems like a recipe for disaster.
Edit: Let’s add an *IF she’s in charge
“My mom investigated me and said I didn’t do anything wrong”
Compliance officer*
Not complaints officer 💀
IIRC She has a military background too, I remember a long time ago thinking to myself how beneficial having his mom help structure the foundation of his business must have been
Video said she’s not apart of HR, I’d imagine she’s in everyone’s business though and most likely people talk and confide in her and she’s in jimmys ear (which makes sense)
So a lot of people feel like things go in to action before they realize they should have talked to HR department
NOVEL HERE, lol. But my mother’s company where she works, they had to do company wide training , educating every employee on HOW to engage with HR. As newer people into corporate would look at talking to HR akin to “snitching” which cannot be the culture.
@@RootedHatI think it was more referring to the fact that some have said she was more akin to head of HR than compliance.
Tell me you didn't listen without telling me you didn't listen...
I’m really glad I didn’t grow up when social media was this massive. I’m willing to bet that I’d fall down some of those rabbit holes if I was that age using TikTok. I don’t envy parents that have to keep an even closer eye on the stuff their children consume so they don’t become too hyper focused on things like “looking 10 years younger” when they are 9 years old.
Grew up on construction sites, am a contractor now. It’s a wild world out there. When I was an apprentice I saw 1 guy die, 1 fall off a roof, bunch of cut off fingers of different degrees, insane drug and alcohol use. I was lucky, one of the Forman that really knew his stuff took a few of us under his wing.
When I was around 19, I got a sample of under-eye cream in the mail with my other cosmetics. Unfortunately, I didn't know anything about what "anti-aging" meant in terms of ingredients. I tried it out and within days I had giant, bloody cracks in my skin. I was too busy with school to get to a dermatologist, and now I have permanent eye bags where those cracks healed. Some of those kids are really putting themselves at risk for painful reactions and will end up in a physician's office wondering what went wrong.
I was hired at a young age to work as a cleaner and warehouse organizer at a contracting company, but I was on roofs and working in bio-hazardous environments within weeks. I was happy to, as much as I was nervous, but I was also paid an incredibly low wage and actually ended up being kicked around by management in several ways. My similarly aged cousin worked there with me for a while and we still sometimes get lost in conversation talking about how crazy, fucked up, and dangerous the whole thing was. I remember a few instances where my presence was actually a potential danger to other people on site because of how young and inexperienced I was.
My father is a framer and a subcontractor fell on the job site he was working on when I was a kid. OSHA showed up later that week and inspected his setup, not the subcontractor. They found $100k+ in findings ($10k for not having a railing on unfinished temporary steps, small things like that). We almost lost our house over it. While he was in their office debating it, he overheard them talking about an incident of a serious injury on a site, but the contractor was uninsured and not registered. They said to drop the case, it wasn't worth it. If OSHA isn't getting paid, they won't take the time. The incentives to make them do their job (protect workers) are misaligned and something needs to change.
Hell, I remember how difficult it was as a teenager who had (and still has) 'bad' skin, and the only people really influencing that were my peers. Even now, my skin's still not great, but it no longer tanks my self-esteem to see acne or redness; that's just my skin doing skin things. I spend £30 on a handful of skincare products to manage the PAINFUL aspects of my 'bad' skin, but I try not to focus on how it looks.
I can't imagine how much different my approach to my appearance would've been if I'd been exposed to all of the stuff kids are nowadays. Skincare products, make-up, and cosmetic procedures to alter the way we look are pushed by a whole load of influences/celebrities, and that's something I know from being on the outskirts of it - I'm a 30-year-old woman who couldn't care less if someone thinks I'm ugly. I'm not their target audience; instead, it's literally CHILDREN who haven't even had a chance to develop a real sense of self and strong self-esteem. It's predatory. I wish there was more focus on natural beauty or healthcare instead, because I can guarantee there are thousands of kids watching social media and feeling utterly disgusted with themselves to the point where they're willing to go and try all of these expensive products just in the hopes of being considered 'pretty' enough to be worth something to people who don't even know they exist.
As someone who’s worked in makeup and skincare for a while; retinol isn’t suggested for use until you’re 25 unless you have cystic acne. Sephora and other stores n e e d to put an age limit on products with retinol. Not even to mention the whole Sephora Kids epidemic
So parents can just ignore that and buy it for their kids anyways? Call me old fashioned, but to me that's the bigger problem. Not even just with this story but many of the stories I hear about kids these days. My first thought is not that it's on the company, it's "why do parents not do what the name implies... AND PARENT!!!"
@@DrevisNEWS It sucks that people dont parent their kids properly but there has to be some group effort here. It's not really the stores fault that parents are listening to their childs wants. They're just there to provide merchandise that is legal to sell. I would think it's a bit up to the influencers to share in their videos that their skin care routine is for people around their age. Kids should be able to still watch them, just be more mindful about future skin routines.
because some parents are idiots. It's either we start being proactive and making decisions for them so that they could be justifiably criticized without the "no one said anything otherwise" defense or we just let the children destroy themselves because their parents can't be arsed to pay attention to their kids. @@DrevisNEWS
@@DrevisNEWSa lot of people don’t know that parent is also a verb
i had a siezure the other day and woke up from a 3 day coma because of an interaction with my medicine.. its crazy that 2mad died... my 8 yr old daughter found me im so thankful and proud of her i could have died myself as my blood was being robbed of oxygen..
Really liking these longer shows - the team from video editors to the writers are doing just an amazing job to put together something like this in such a short period of time.
My girlfriend knows one of the people who was working security at the parade, and he said during the safety briefings and trainings, everyone was tuned out and brushing it all off, more concerned about getting to see the players and enjoy the parade. Her office was mostly empty because everyone was at the parade, some even in the area of the shooting, and it was extremely stressful as they waited to hear if all their coworkers were alright.
Ex Pro Canadian Roofer, and overall tradesman; I started roofing when I was 19yo for minimum wage (9.45$/hour), untrained or skilled, and was mocked for my perceived weakness, which at that age and mind set, was essentially a challenge to my integrity.. So not only did I push forward, I pushed myself harder, and took up the mantel of learning things and doing things I wasn't even paid to do! Hired as a general labourer, I was nailing shingles down of my own within the first three weeks while also doing everything that was required to even be able to nail said shingles down, despite not being paid for it! I was introduced to safety gear and trained loosely on how to use it, but not required once they knew I wasn't an idiot that was going to purposely walk off the roof... But also told that if I did fall off the roof, with or without the safety gear, I was fired before I hit the ground, and they'd all disavow my working for them.. We laughed, but with a sense of unease that there was some truth spoken there... -.-
Safety? Safety in roofing is a double edged sword and anyone long in the trade will tell you the same thing, let alone anyone who passed an official course for working at heights;
Most roofs you are on are actively more dangerous to use the gear than it is not to because if you are left hanging in that gear for more than 5 minutes, you'll loose blood circulation to your legs to a point where amputation maybe be needed depending on how much you weigh, which factors into how much blood flow is cut off...
And if you were knocked out on the way off the roof, or upon reaching the maximum length of your lanyard to then pendulum into the wall below, which then maybe knocks you out, you cannot alter your weight around from leg to leg as to increase the available time for rescue!
If that's not the case, you may pendulum straight into a window, which could very well cut you in half once the top half of the window you just smashed through comes crashing down upon you!
If neither of these happen, and you're just knocked out left hanging for ten minutes, you're now a paraplegic!
If left for 15 minutes, YOU"RE DEAD! PERIOD! The moment the pressure is released, the blood clots created in your lower extremities travel through your veins, into your heart, and it's cardiac arrest! You're dead before you even knew you were dead!
The safety gear involved in roofing is not designed to save your life! It's designed to keep you from hitting the ground! Plain and simply! From there on, there is supposed to be an active plan that all members on site are supposed to train for in this emergency case, on each individual site because each site is different and presents new challenges for getting you down and out of that situation as fast as possible... Now... Who the fuck is paying for that training time? Hmm? The employer? And how is he supposed to afford that when the customer doesn't understand or care about such things, and so would be furious to see such a charge on their estimate?! Your employer would loose the sale of that job site to another roofer before it even began! AND IN FACT, in the case of the young boy who fell three fucking stories onto a concrete slab, had he been caught by a harness, there is no visibly quick way for any ONE PERSON to get a 32ft ladder up to that kid!!! And if most of the crew are young children or adults who cannot man handle a 32 foot ladder, that kid would of just hung there until fire rescue! HE"D BE DEAD TODAY FOLKS!!! If there's only one ladder on site that can reach that high, that means everyone needs to get off the roof, take the ladder down, bring it around the house over the locked fence, re-set it up on the back side, and then try to reach the kid! FFS!!! How fast do you think it'd take?! This is why most of us would rather be like that kid, and just hit the ground!
And the last thing about safety gear; Because it's mandated by law to have these, and since such mandates, the price of ANY form of safety gear has risen by literally 1000% since these laws came into play! They legit see you coming at the hardware store and begin to salivate at the sales their about to make on safety gear alone! Not to mention that the gear, if you are compliant with the laws, the moment you even see a fray in the material, IT's NO GOOD AND NEEDS BE REPLACED! If you don't and an inspector comes along to check up on your crew, and it's gear, and see's the fray, you'll get fined an amount worth your whole day on the job, and so will your employer! Imagine that conversation once the inspector is gone.. You both get fined by the way for each individual infringement, no exceptions... It gets real pricy real fucking quick!
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Here's the real issue with roofing, and trades in general; It's a free market enterprise where everyone in the field is competing with everyone else, which means in order to get the job, your contract needs to be the cheapest on the market, or no sale! Do you think the employer is going to take a pay cut? LOL!
No intelligent man is going to accept these jobs because not only do they pay equivalent wages to what you can find in McDonalds or Wallmart, but again, the cost of the safety gear you'll need to even perform the job, let alone the tools you need to make the job efficient so that you're not sharing tools among crew members, which can cause delays that come with warnings and performance words of discouragement, that could all lead to possible pay cuts! You essentially need to place yourself in debt prior to even getting in! Hell, here in Canada, you need to have a "working at heights" training certificate, that comes with a licence card that must be presented once asked for! That licence was something I didn't need for my first few years working, but was eventually made into law compliance... So now employers need to pay for this for their new workers, or demand it first hand before hire (This gives a VERY small mark up to your perceived and negotiable value if you have it baseline, which depending on the reason for hire, may actually end up costing you the job)..
And so if no one in their right mind is going to take these jobs no more due to the risks, initials costs, and headaches involved, who the fuck is left to work do you think? Children and young adults who don't know any fucking better! That's who! And our god damn educational systems are actively what push us into these jobs too because teachers within the system are just as likely to half ass their jobs just the same as everyone else of these inspectors aforementioned in this story by Phill who cannot be bothered to search for the very thing they are employed to ensure doesn't happen (Low grades and the constant """you know, if you just "worked" hard at what you did, you could get anywhere and everywhere you dream of going in life..."""... Yeah fuck you teach! How about you actively explain the assignment next time rather then just passively tell us that everything we need to learn for this assignment is in w/e textbook!)!!!!
And it's not just roofing.. Like other people have noted and recounted themselves, all trades have this issue! I myself have been in and out of trades since I was 9yo, helping out family with construction projects, and being hired under the table by landscaping and construction... 19yo roofing was my first on the books experience.. And don't even get me started about factory work! I left trades for fear of injuring my back, only to end up injuring my back in a factory setting! Have not been able to work since 2019 before the pandemic started! If I could go back and do it again, I'd stay in trades because at least then, not only could I say that I legitimately WORK for a living as opposed to everyone else who has a simple job that pays better, but I was also able to say that I actively placed roof's over the heads of people, and as such, am a principle reason for why people get to sleep well at night... Gives a good sense of societal accomplishment being in trades.. It's real fulfilling work if you look past the bullshit..
I really hope a bunch of people read this, because yeah.. There are volumes of wtf when it comes to trades, especially trades at heights, mostly brought upon due to free markets without regulations, which allow home owners to just buy the cheapest work available...
And I didn't even get into the caveat of the fact of, being that it's such a cut-through industry, and the pay for what is easily one of the top 5 hardest forms of work someone can even apply for is as low as it is respective for the work involved, the workmanship and attention to detail that ensure the roof materials are installed by factory compliance in order to secure an effective roofing system... Well an effective roofing system is exactly what you DON'T get because people are just slapping that shit on as fast as they can so they can move onto the next job! You end up like me, constantly mocked and told that you take too long if you do w/e is needed to ensure a proper water tight seal throughout the whole roof! A 15year warranty installed shingle will end up being a 10 year down the line re-roof... Roofing companies know this, so they routinely change their names or move area's entirely to avoid the call back or insurance claim..
Horrible stuff! Thx for the write up
I'm a newish mom. My daughter is 15 months but the story of the mother of 2 being murdered indiscriminately just breaks my heart. I make sure my girl is buckled, I drive safe, I call the nurse hotline anytime she has an unusual symptom, I make sure everything is childproofed, i take care of my mental health and try to make sure she has a loving environment so her mental health stays stable as much as possible as she grows.... just to be reminded that anything can happen because of a maniac. Yesterday you talked about Parkland and I also knew one of the victims, Helena Ramsay (her family is not involved in social movements and media for their privacy and mental health but I fell like her name needs said just as much as those who are active for justice). I worked with her brother Ellis and was close friends with him and remember vividly when I found out. Why must the world be like this? Such unnecessary suffering. Wars and shootings and evil. This is the bad place
Sounds like you're a good mom. I hope she has a bright future in a better world than the one we're in now.
My friend's daughters were in Oxford High School when that shooting happened. She moved her family to Michigan a couple years before it happened and one of the biggest draws to that area specifically was how safe and highly rated the schools were. They have not known a day of peace since that shooting. They didn't die but their trust, safety, and security did.
I’m a KC local and l just wanna say that the whole community is in shock. Everyone is talking about it. I don’t know anyone that was hurt, but I personally know many people that were feet away from the shooting. I was even at the parade mere hours before the shooting. It’s truly awful.
Also, shoutout to my incredible AP US Gov teacher for jumping right back into class today by teaching us all about the history of guns in the US and the second amendment. If you see this, Mrs. Schmer, you rock!
My wife was there and saw the shooter running into the crowd with the gun at his waist.
She's still shaken up but she's been self medicating all day.... maybe one day we'll be back to normal, but it's going to be a while.
@@JustStopPlayingGames Best of luck to both of you! My heart goes out to your whole family
Yeah, I’m still feeling it. Really set in for me when my fiancé and I started exchanging Valentine’s Day gifts and she broke down crying saying how glad she was that I was safe. Hope you and your people are doing ok
And most men that where in the parade there are all beta man. If every adult in america has a gun ... crime will be lower. Bet it was someone high off fental lol
thank you for including the clip of the legally blind woman and John, the bamf who helped. they're always the ones that my heart ache for the most.
About the anti-aging story, I can't blame anyone (regardless of age) for having an internalized fear of aging when all of us grow up in a culture that values youth & beauty to the point that you're literally treated worse if/when you don't fit those standards. In a way it's not just a fear of wrinkles, it's the fear of how others will treat you & how you're told to feel about yourself :(
As someone who started working in various areas of Construction when I was 13, Roofing Included. Its crazy how little safety measures are thought about. I was helping build various buildings up to 4 stories tall and had no safety harness, no helmet, or any Protective Equipment. The fact that I was not one of those kids who sustained any serious injuries is a miracle but hearing about it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Construction work is notorious for ignoring safety to cut corners on costs and seeing that there are still kids who have to do this to survive and support their families is heartbreaking
I am not a migrant but grew up in a small town. I helped with roofing, cleaned up a building after a fire, worked on farms and also worked on construction sites.
Child labor is everywhere. I was 14 when I started working while going to school. Cleaning rooms at a Roadway inn. Mrs. Hu paid well. Her competitors across the street would call child labor on her. She'd just send us home with a days pay. We'd be right back the next day. Even though some of our cousins the same age were working for the competitor as well. You can imagine the chemicals and the various things you find in a seedy motel room. I had 38 rooms to clean every shift. But that's nothing. My heart breaks for the kids going in at midnight till seven in the morning at dangerous food processing plants. Losing limbs or their lives. How many states have dropped the working age now? It's about to get a whole lot worse.
US never really outlaw child labor after the 1900s, it’s a lie, as long you’re a migrant child, it doesn’t matter.
Honestly the biggest thing I have with the whole cops vs acorn thing that just hit me today, is not that they were jumping at their own, or their partner's shadow, but that they absolutely UNLOADED.... Without knowing what, who, or where their target was.... What would have happened to someone standing a bit down from where they were just throwing lead and got hit because they couldn't take time to assess what, where, or who the threat was? They literally unloaded like a kid in a video game that thought they heard something from "uhh.... over that way?"
I worked on roofs for a while installing solar panels, I remember that a colleague of mine stepped on a skylight and just disappeared from the roof, and next thing we know just a massive BANG. He fell down around 10 meters and landed on his chest on a metal frame.
We used safety gear, we did it all and still, when the safety gear fails or isn't used, you are at the mercy of the wind an gravity, and I can assure you, they don't play nice
It’s so depressing seeing that being older/mature is so demonized. Growing old should be seen as a privilege, not a fear that CHILDREN worry about. Not only does skincare need to be regulated, ageism is what needs to be addressed. Side note- love smile lines. Keep smiling!
I'm only 27 and literally just one single year of chronic sleep deprivation caused by working third shift has visibly accelerated the aging in my face to the point where I've developed dark circles, eyebags, and sunken cheeks, all over the course of months, very suddenly. A lot of people completely underestimate how extremely easy and permanent it is to get any sign of aging on your face, usually completely irreversible marks. Really happy I live in a society where i have people calling me old and ugly just for trying to have stable income and I could be mocked for the rest of my life...
Yeah, it's a distrust that is propagated by older people themselves, ergo the misconception that age equals wisdom. Age gives you the opportunity to gain wisdom; it's not an innate characteristic of it. There are so many old people with dangerously conservative ideologies that conform to their ideal world when they were in their 20s or 30s. The propagation I mentioned before happens in politics and the money machine attached to it. It's literally no wonder everyone is scared of being old. Being old in this country all too often means being scared, being weak, being unloved, being stuck in your ways (connected to the inability of our brains to process and learn as we get older), being broke, having bad health. The list goes on... It doesn’t necessarily have to be this way, but the way Americans are forced to live their lives, and under the monetary and psychological stresses we must endure, it's just our current reality. The problem ISN'T that people view older people negatively; it's that being older is objectively negative. Change that, and people's opinions will follow. Your cognitive dissonance about the mechanism that creates these negative feelings doesn't help the problem either. And it's probably because of the aforementioned lack of ability to be flexible of mind. So yeah, fix the problem, not the symptom.
@@sativadiva2389 I’m sorry you’re pushing yourself, and I’m here to tell you that you’re young. I mean you haven’t even hit your 30s yet for christ’s sake (which I believe is still young)! Those lines are a sign that you’re a hard worker. Terrible that anyone should have to work three jobs to support them or their family, but you are beautiful with and without visible aging. You. Are. Beautiful.
@@WubbyPunch I never said all old people were wise, I said growing old should be seen as a privilege. Meaning that many people don’t get to live long enough to see a gray hair. How you feel about particular old people should not influence the entire group. There are morons of every age, race, gender and sexuality. But those problems start and end at those individuals- not any box their identity may check.
Aging wouldn't matter if it was just a number ticking up. But that's not reality...
Those smile lines we have are signs our skin is breaking down in real time. Our joints are degrading and our minds are fraying. There's not a single party of you that age will leave untouched and while it's better than the alternative, getting older sucks for many more reasons than social stigma.
This hits the problem our society has with extreme overconsumption, which has been increasing for years. It's the 10-year-olds in Sephora/Ulta, the adults fighting in Target over Stanleys, fast fashion, & some social media creators making their entire personality buying/shopping constantly. I agree that I do not like kids on social media either and there is a lack of kid/adolescent stores. And I'm not excusing the kids, but I have seen first-hand (former retail manager) grown adults destroy the testers/use them & engage in rude behavior. Makes me wonder if there is a correlation and they are these children's parents? I can only hope this is a fading trend/fad. Glad to hear from dermatologists!
Thanks for sharing the skincare story. My daughter has been into skincare lately and asking for crazy unaffordable things. I understand where it’s been coming from now. She also has low self esteem which we’ve been worried about
For those not keeping track we have had mass shootings at schools, parks, parties, supermarkets, movie theaters, military bases, colleges, salons, night clubs, churches, bowling alleys, congressional baseball games and a super bowl parade, There is nowhere safe in this country.
All we're missing now are police stations, political rallies, Congress and the white house. Maybe it would be enough motivation to change things.
@@GTOmegaZ3000As mentioned, congressional baseball game. That didn't move the needle.
@@GTOmegaZ3000 police stations shooting happen and white house shooting like when someone shot at the oval office when obama was president
@@kingofhearts3185 and Gabby Giffords was shot at a supermarket campaign event which killed 6 including a federal judge
@@TheJttv Well there we go, it has happened. i follow this stuff decent bit and never knew, got a name or place I can look up?
I've been the victim of SA and I'm trying to put myself in the same headspace; how would I react if my assailant was found dead? Honestly, I have a lot of feelings about that and I could easily see myself doing something similar. Death wouldn't make him NOT a rapist. I don't know if I care about his posthumous reputation. But it's a tough line to cross.
It’s a trap because if you wait to say anything. People will say you’re lying otherwise you would have come out sooner. There is just no winning with SA deniers
My abuse was different but I can honestly see myself feeling safe and able to talk about something like that once they were finally dead.
That's the nuance I see in this case. How much time should pass before a victim is allowed to come out with their story? And would taking more time hurt the grieving family less? Or should victims never come forward because of the pain the tainted memory would cause the people who loved him? I imagine his victims were extremely triggered by all the post-mortem praise he was receiving and felt they had to speak their piece. I don't envy their position one bit.
Victims owe nothing to the family of their abuser.
why did they wait for him to die before coming out with all these allegations?
23:42 "Kids buy creams they can't even spell"
Tbf, that applies to me too as an adult. They got complicated names man 😅
I'm a work comp adjuster in Oklahoma with 21 yrs of experience. It's getting so bad with younger, non insured workers getting injured. In my state you see a lot of family members working the family business in roofing. In oklahoma, roofing is BIG biz (storm capital). A lot of these work comp cases don't get reported, particularly with the younger workers so they don't get anything.
Jimmy strikes me as a workaholic, and I can say firsthand that working for a workaholic can be a miserable experience. They can often forget that not everyone is like that, and you can easily burn yourself out trying to keep up with them.
He is and hes very vocal about that fact. Hes also very vocal about the fact that he expects the people who work for him to be the same. If you see this and still compete for a job with him you shouldn't be surprised when that is the case. If hes not breaking any laws I dont consider him having done anything wrong morally either.
@@midosabbaghOsha compliance in the workplace _is_ required by law. That's why they can fine you.
@@midosabbagh Pushing your employees too hard is morally wrong. He scores points for being honest, sure, but it's still wrong.
@@andyb1653 You have to define "Pushing your employees too hard" because that is not a statement with any actual measurement, it's different for every person
If your employer expects and pays you to work X and you work X but you feel like you're being pushed too hard... that means you have the choice to stop working for them or get yourself to the point where you can work X
I know i couldn't work the amount i'm sure the people do based on what i've heard and seen from people that have been on set and the documentaries/behind the scenes videos, but I also wouldn't go into the job and then be surprised that the level of work needed to be done to produce said videos wasn't immense
@@ninjablade2Let me tell you this working hard regardless of whether you like it or not puts stress on your heart. It's a good way to die young. I've seen it happen enough. Never take sides with a job that creates this environment.
When every episode is jumbo-sized, none of them are! I'm here for the new normal of Phil giving us every bit of news coverage we could ask for.
i wasn’t a fan of twomad’s by any means but i was very familiar with him as a presence because of who i watched when i was younger. i think two things can be true at once: twomad was not a good person in the slightest and he left a legacy of hurt, misery, and disgrace behind, but 23 is also way, way too young to die for anyone, even someone like twomad. the whole situation is incredibly tragic: the fact that he was able to spiral into the monster he ended up becoming and victimizing all the people he victimized without being incarcerated or institutionalized first is a tragedy in itself, and not just for him but also for all the people he dragged down with him and hurt along the way as he spiralled. like what a waste of a life, i wish we were focusing on that more and the failure of our system to intervene before tragedy occurs, monsters are made, and lives are ruined in situations like this that involve mental illness and substance abuse rather than defaulting to “haha rest in piss loser” and ending the conversation there.
The long ones are so worth it, and just the thing I wanna listen to while I'm on my way home from work. I appreciate your growing efforts.
It's always sad when someone isn't able to get the help they need, but I'm also not gonna be mad at those coming forward with their allegations, they deserve to be heard.
“It’s not okay to laugh and meme about Twomad’s death.”
Twomad: Who has done this and would’ve done it if it was anyone else.
Edit: “You’re not any better.” Neither are you people finger waggling, where tf were you when he was doing it?
It's not about the respect he does or does not deserve. It's about his family that is left behind and is in mourning at the moment. They deserve comfort and peace.
One persons immoral acts don't make your immoral acts moral.
Be better not the same...
I feel like it's more of a "don't step to their level" and a "they don't deserve it" type of situation
@@laurenmoore8220 he didn’t care about anyone else, people will give his family the same treatment that he gave anyone else
I live in KC. I have good friends and family that went to the Chiefs parade. One friend that was less than 50 feet away from where it happened. Thankfully, he's okay but is extremely shaken up. I pray for not only the victims that were directly injured and killed from the senseless violence, but for the thousands who are indirectly affected with anxiety and the images they saw. There's likely children afraid to go outside again. Something must change.
I live in KC too and I also know many people who went. I wasn’t even there and I feel traumatized by the news, as I immediately jumped to my phone to text my friends. Several of them couldn’t get ahold of their loved ones. It was chaos.
Here's the thing, though - I'm betting that this was either some form of gang violence or an even more innocuous form of violence like conflict between idiot friends/acquaintances.
I'm curious what the full story will be.
But - regardless, this is a conflict that seems like it involved handguns.
Short of banning all firearms, what law or policy would have actually prevented this? What would you see change?
My answer to the first is...none. Idiots will be idiots and no just law will prevent that even in this fashion.
My answer to the second is more nuanced. I believe we need more firearms education. We need less stigma against guns; we need to increase the cultural comfort level with guns BECAUSE this will in turn help us all to promote a strong, thriving, and pervasive gun safety subculture. It already exists; but the more people engage with and understand both safe handling methods and firearm-centric legal and moral and de-escalation standards - the more people who understand and promote these things, the fewer such tragedies will occur.
This is a short-term and long-term solution if maintained. Any solution will have to be maintained to be a long-term solution.
Attempting the opposite would increase these events in the short-term and thr long-term.
@@jer1014t2ththe answer is the very safety considerations and prohibitions that exist in other countries, which the majority of US citizens want, but pewpew company lobbyists don't.
I was scared by the news because I work in a building right next to union station :(
@@jer1014t2thyknow what’s really funny is that 800+ police officers, all with guns and supposedly trained to respond and prevent these situations didn’t seem to notice the clear altercation that other witnesses heard beforehand. They also weren’t the ones to catch one of the KIDS who started this, a citizen of KC had to. So let me ask you this, in a situation where two juveniles most likely got ahold of guns through their parents who don’t lock their firearms up, in downtown KC with near a THOUSAND police officers within the area who were so incapable to do anything, in what world would you say giving people more access to guns is a good idea? This is a non-issue in any other first world country and our compared rates of shootings on average prove that our lax gun law is the most likely candidate. Education does not fix people getting access to guns who shouldn’t. Education does not fix the system not appropriately screening or preventing gun sales, like the shooting in Texas literally days ago. If you watch this show you know that woman in that shooting had a previous history and was still legally able to obtain a gun. You cannot expect people to be willing (or even capable, many people shouldn’t own a gun) to be around MORE firearms in this situation, not reasonably anyway.
Man, I witnessed the christchurch terror attack and every shooting I see just takes me back
Speaking on roofs. I was hauling shungles and stapling tar paper when i was 12. Its kind of an open secret in the small contractor space that "Its a family business" similar to small farms. When labor is short, kids have to "step up".
Same here. I was a gopher for several years as a 14 year old and on until i turned 18 and started working elsewhere.
Exactly, I was roofing at 12. Why is it suddenly a tragedy that migrants are doing it?
@@hyland6 because it's considered child abuse in the rational world. 🤷♀️
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
"Mental health problem" meanwhile the world has the same mental health problems
I can't believe kids out there are so diligent with their skincare routine! I tried when I was a teenager I tried washing my face a lot but kept getting acne. Oddly enough as soon as I stopped washing my face I stopped getting really bad acne
Said it yesterday but I’ll say it again about the KC shooting
I live in KC, I was in a country club, during the winding down of the lunch rush so the restaurant was about half full. The immediate reaction to it was of course a lot of fear and phone calls but, after about 30 minutes and everybody started talking nobody was surprised. Everyone that I heard talking was saying something along the lines of “well what do you expect? That many people and with how bad the crime has gotten”. That sentiment that they were holding broke my heart guys. There was no empathy for the victims, no grief for the families, just “Eh, what do you expect”. I don’t know if it speaks more to the clientele or the mass shooting fatigue we’re all feeling
The convo wasn’t about how insane your gun laws or non existent gun laws are in the US?
@@ellaella5537it’s a red state, i’ve literally spoken to people who actually think that a feasible solution to the school shootings is to add more officers with more firearms, no thought about stray bullets or the damage something as heavy as a pistol can do to someone even without a bullet
my father literally hates Pumped Up Kicks because it talks about a school shooting yet believes damn near any gun control law would be a slippery slope that would lead to the Liberals taking/outlawing all of their firearms
@@ellaella5537 Our governor here in Missouri was at the parade rally and had to take cover from the gun fire. He is also the same governor that signed into law removing all limitations to obtaining a gun. Anyone can carry here. No mental health checks. No criminal records checks. We are open carry of any type of gun.
@@ellaella5537 As someone in a country with some of the most strict gun laws in the world Mexico, they are useless we have way more shooting daily that shootings yearly in the US, it just doesn;t work like you think, bad guys will get weapons easily, also Brazil is the same and a lot of Latin American countries are super strict with guns and shit is super bad here, i believe that education and culture is what makes gun violence low, because Switzerland has really lax gun laws and has almost 0 shootings a year, and is an higly educated country, and unlike in Mexico they don't have a culture or idiolizing criminals, or in the US gansters.
@@ellaella5537 it’s rough being an American post 9/11
The "the children yearn for the mines" types should be all over that roofing story. It's way safer to have them underground than on roofs, obviously. /s
Outdoors in the fresh air! Kids love it!
"They love building houses, just look at what my nephew did in Minecraft"
Worked roofing with my dad because we didn’t have money while I was in college. The most exhausting job I’ve ever worked and almost fell off multiple times. Roofing companies don’t do enough to protect their workers
I feel like a geezer at 22 telling people about how consumerism is making kids grow faster. Children are highly susceptible to advertising, and they become victims of it every day now, younger and younger. It’s not going to be a “generational” trend, consumerism has bled into childhood and has no plans of leaving. With basically 0 regulation for advertising to kids online, companies are reaching kids faster than ever before.
Love the long form content Phil! It's crazy having watched you grow from hundreds of thousands of subs to the titan you are now.
Keep on doing your thing. You deserve success.
i had a doctor that over-prescribed me when I was like 12. I was using topical clindamycin (used for acne, but I was dealing with clogged pores and wasn't cleaning my face right because my mum wasn't skincare savvy and we didn't know how really) when I really didn't need it but we didn't know better at the time. I now have constant blackheads and clogged pores because my skin is really sensitive and gets greasy when the wind blows in the opposite direction. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, especially not young girls so I really hope we're able to reign it in before these girls end up with damaged skin and the self-esteem issues that come with it
that antibiotic prescription wouldn't have caused that at all... That's just your genetics; your immune system, skin cell turn over and natural oil production levels due to hormones.
Historical antibiotic use, especially of that type, don't have a role in any of that at all. Sorry.
@@britters220 that's... exactly what I'm talking about. I was prescribed something I shouldn't have been and my skin got destroyed.
I won't lie, I was just passively listening and heard Anthony Padilla fell and has memory loss and went THE RUclipsR?
Same, I was just listening to the video while doing something else and the moment I heard the name I stopped what I was doing and came back to watch the video to check that it was not the same Anthony lol
I was there in Kansas City at the parade where the shooting happened. It was really crowded and aggressive from the start, with police having to stop people from climbing the fence and a fight in the crowd just an hour earlier. I got caught in a crowd crush and I remember thinking that the only thing the cops were there for was to protect the private property that was fenced off, not us.
ACAB
I am a contractor in texas, and the child labor issue is BS. The excuse for needing minors is "that they can not find worker's."
The complete sentence is "they can not find enough workers that will work for the wage offered."
Peoppe wants to still be able to pay 15$ for semi skilled and $20 for skilled labor. The economy has changed significantly in the last 4 years. Unskilled people working in entry-level service positions, which can be difficult at times, are not as skill intensive or physically intensive. And yet consumers and companies still think that 15$ for someone to do semi skilled construction work outside is viable.
I wish the child labor in construction was new, or limited to the South. But in the early 2000's in Oregon, my parents hired a crew to reside their house at the time. One of the laborers looked suspiciously young to my mom, so she asked him how old he was in her best "don't lie to me, child' voice. He said he was 14. She told him to go home, called the contractor and told him that boy was far too young to be working on her house. The contractor played the "I didn't know, he told me he was over 18" card and my parents ended up choosing someone else to do their siding. I remember hearing boys at my middle school talking about the construction work they did over the summer in the 90's. Kids who are desperate and young have no idea that they have value outside of the money they can give their families right now, and no concept of personal safety. It's why we banned child labor in the first place. We're supposed to value children's lives and well-being, and instead we keep praying on them.
Good on your mom for not continuing to use that construction company and that she sent home the boy for his own saftey.
Kudos to your mother from noticing that and calling out the contractor for what it blatantly was. While I wholeheartedly agree and are on-board with your closing statement in regard to [paraphrased] "This is why we outlawed child labor in the first place", in so many or other words, however, there's a disturbing trend in a few states coincidentally or not under GOP control like, for example, Arkansas where Sarah Huckabee Sanders is Governor, having literally signed legislation rolling back child labor laws which is a disgrace! Similarly in Ohio, too, I think. If there are others they're not coming to mind at the minute but nonetheless sets a terribly dangerous precedent, in my view.
In regard to skin care, my mom is a licensed master esthetician and was a teacher for several years when I was going through puberty. And while she was able to buy me and my sister professional products, she made it very clear that they weren’t necessary. A good cleanser for you skin type, a moisturizer to replace the oil stripped by the cleanser that also matches your skin type, and a little facial sunscreen is everything you need to maintain your appearance. I’m now a 22 yo Guy who sometimes gets mistaken for a teenager (the lack of facial hair doesn’t help) because I had her help and lessons about taking care of my skin. Most dermatologists will offer consultation for free if now very cheap.
09:00 The story of the child being denied further care because of insurance, churned my heart to a pulp and enraged my soul. There's a lot of bad things in the world, but when it affects children's health... (thank you for sharing Phil)
As a migrant from Honduras myself, the story about Anthony hit really close to home. It’s so sad and I hope he gets better.
I used to work in roofing for a very short period. I wasn't on the instalation team but the inspection team. They let me work uneducated on safety protocols. I was not comfortable climbing on the roof by myself. I had expressed my concern multiple times only to be met with a scoff. Those roofs are scary especially if you don't have the boots to be up there. My company made it seem as if they would supply my the gear I needed to succeed only to tell me it was my responsibility when I left. I could not imagine letting a kid go up on those roofs no safety. The roofing industry needs to be reworked and reviewed by safety professionals because what's happening right now is not okay. It is a toxic work environment with too much harmful competition.
Loving the longer format. I can watch a whole episode over my lunch break.
I honestly feel so bad laughing at the memes about Twomad dying playing Overwatch 2, but condolences to his family
Don’t feel bad, dude was a pedo
@@JumpingTunaas somebody who's love someone found out they were a monster and then that monster went to jail and died in jail. You can speak badly of the Dead. A monster in life is still a monster in death. And this oh so sanctimonious now that they're dead nonsense, it's just that nonsense. You need to remember people for the who they were. Not who you wish they were. Now in this guy's case I don't know enough about him to know if he was a monster or not. I don't know if the accusations levied against him are true. I will say if there's that many accusations that are coming out where there's smoke there is fire. But bad people in life are still bad people now that they're dead.
@@JumpingTuna In the case of Twomad you're actually wrong. He didn't have a single friend and he died a monstrously evil person. I don't even know if he was close with his family.
@@LLandS18except the hate put towards such activities could go into something like mental health and figuring out what drives people to these degrees to begin with. As the YTer Phil highlighted said, "I'm not sure what this guy watched that caused him to become a monster". Instead we're really not going to learn anything here. Comments rising saying "he'd have done the same to other YTers" justifying the hate. So what's going to happen is one camp is going to continue laughing and brushing this off. Another camp is going to have their day as accusations come out. But no one's going to learn anything.
They raised him to be the shitty dude he turned out to be, they're most likely garbage people as well.
"No one's ever been fired over safety concerns," says every company firing people with safety concerns lol
Also, "the company has high standards for performance and not everyone is suited for this work" says every slave driver.
My experience with "skin care" is that I didn't start washing my face until high school. I also never had acne until high school. In middle school I had a few girls question me about what I used to wash my face, and I'd reply "water" while being very confused. Overwashing your face at a young age can be more damaging than not doing anything.
About “beauty”/skin care: I once bar tended for a meeting of people in the beauty industry. One thing that they said that stuck in my mind is that they knew a drawback to using their products is that over time, their lotions ended up drying up the skin faster than it ‘normally’ would if they’d never used them. Basically using the stuff created the need to continue using it. They compared it to using stuff like Armor All in leather. Sure it looked great application, but eventually you’ll find you’d need to keep using it to prevent pre-mature cracking of the leather.
The stuff basically creates it’s own necessity by accelerating what it’s supposed to prevent 🤷🏻♂️
Retinol is definitely something kids and honestly people under 25 should stay away from unless they have cystic acne. It promotes cell turn over which starts to decline on your mid 20's. You absolutely don't need it before then and it can irritate the skin, potentially leading to acne scars. I wish people would just stick to "Wash your face with a gentle cleanser, mousterize, and sunscreen. Only add things if you are struggling with acne." but instead you have little kids wanting to get stuff that will no doubt just damage their skin.
I'm also so confused why parents would just get all this super expensive stuff for their kids without knowing anything about it. Like Drunk Elephant is VERY expensive, do they just hand them money and walk away??
The story about the skincare is super unnerving. I remember feeling pressured at 12-13 to get rid of my acne and moisturize whatever. I thought the pressure social media was Putting on kids a decade ago was bad. This is next level. Poor kids.
when I was a teen I went to a dermatologist for my acne and I was honestly surprised when he recommended a simple gentle cleanser because I thought I needed something more intense but I didn’t. The reality was I was young and didn’t know how to take care of my skin. I never used moisturizer and only really washed my face in the mornings… so having a doctor actually explain to me how to care for my skin was super helpful. I have grown since then and my skin is a lot better now as a young adult but i still don’t overdo it since my skin is sensitive so it’s really wild for me to see younger kids doing such intense routines 😅 I think it’s good they’re interested in how to take care of themselves but I think social media might spoil that sadly. I think it’s best to hear from a professional like a dermatologist
My family owned one of the largest construction companies for barns and chicken houses(the massive ones) in South Alabama.
I worked several summers on the job sites as a kid and teenager. Being the owner's grandkid definitely made my safety a higher priority than pretty much anyone else on the site, however, I was still working on heavy tin rooves 20-30ft in the air, drove trucks and trailers around, operated power tools, and more. The site was rarely safety or OSHA compliant, but that was the norm for every other company down there too.
If your workers were 100% legal and your safety was 100% compliant you could never get the jobs done fast and cheap enough to keep up with competitors. And the state was in on it. Even "surprise" safety inspections came with a phone call an hour before-hand. We'd just have certain employees take a lunch in town and have everyone else with 2 feet on the ground and a helmet on.
This is how rich people get rich, stay rich & pass their wealth, sometimes power, down to the next generation🙈🙉🙊
brooooooo KNOWS he did not mention WORKERS COMP INSURANCE. TRashhhhhhhhhhh
@SuperMadman41 It can be, but not applicable, really, in this situation. Even being the largest construction business south of Montgomery at one point only provided a very limited amount of wealth. More than most people will see in their life, but still less than 1000th of what the actual wealth class looks like. An example being the business failed and the money was all lost unless than 1 generation. You couldn't spend Elon's or Bezos's wealth in 20 generations. (Without gambling it all on buying failing companies)
While, I don't think my grandfather was perfect, he never took advantage of his employees and always paid them very well. He would go out of his way to make sure they were taken care of. He just didn't really care about work safety.
The part I agree with you on is that the state being complicit in allowing it all to happen while also not providing the necessary protections for the employees. My grandfather was kind enough to pay extra to the immigrant workers who were helping their families. To the point that they earned more than anyone else per hour. And he fully supported and helped several of them on their path to citizenship. None of that was required, and if anything, it would attract the negative attention of the state. This was in the same town, mind you, as the plant that made national news recently for having several child workers. (Which was not a secret to anyone local. Everyone knew and even reported it.)
States like Alabama love child labor and undocumented labor, but hate when those laborers get attention or demand to be treated like human beings. The laws are only selectively enforced as a means of punishment and intimidation. It's only when you scale that broader and include multi-state or international labor abuse that we start talking about generational wealth gathering.
*not to say I won't admit to receiving nepotism. But I will say that nepotism alone doesn't cause generational wealth disparity. Even with the use of undocumented labor.
As someone that works on the safety regulator side I will say that roofing is hands down one of the most problematic sectors of the construction industry. Year after year, decade after decade, people are still falling off rooves at an alarming rate despite knowing full well the risks and how to control them. In some cases people are taken advantage of yes, but even people that know better think its not going to happen to them until it does. From our side we really have no idea how to fix it, because little seems to work, not laws, not fines, not training, not education, nothing seems to have much effect on the injury rate and its maddening. All we hope to do is prevent one fall at a time and just hope others learn. It's so heartbreaking to see these kinds of stories. Oh and putting kids in the bite is just a special kind of preventable cruelty.
As someone who has lived in the Kansas City metro area for most of their life, it breaks my heart that this is now one of the ways KC has made the news. Imo, the police handled the shooting amazingly. In Missouri you don't need to have a license to own a gun, you don't need to register it, you don't have to have training. This was an open event with 1+ million people in attendance. Police presence was known & seen. I'm not sure how else they could have dealt with it other than changing the laws, which the governor is trying to do, or not having a parade & having the celebration where people have to go through metal detectors & have their bags checked.
I work as a Cable Tech for a massive company C***ast, we have specific rules to stay off of roofs, but as with most manual labor jobs there is a unspoken rule to get the job done. That being said back in june i fell off a roof, about 15 feet and broke multiple bones in my hip, my elbow, wrist and hand. Suffered a lot of nerve damage, most permanent as well as some spinal injuries. That said I got off lucky. Kids should not be employed in any manual labor job with high accident risk, let alone roofing. feeling bad for a kid and giving them a job means nothing when that job can result in their permanent injury or death.