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Re:When tipping was considered un-American (2015) by CivBase on Monday November 23, 2020 @09:57AM (#25187316)
What are you talking about? It's less than $4/hr in most states. Only 15 states have tipping wages higher than that (out of 43 who have legal tipping wages).

https://www.minimum-wage.org/tipped

Only 2 of those states have a tip credit of less than $3/hr.

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Re:When tipping was considered un-American (2015) by xenihn on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:07PM (#25192525)
Where do you think most HN posters live?
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Re:When tipping was considered un-American (2015) by CivBase on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @02:05AM (#25196064)
From what I have seen, all over the world.

You're probably implying that most HN users live in CA, OR, and WA where tipping wages are not legal.

Hopefully you're not referring to the NYC area. NYC tipping wage is $5/hr less than minimum. NY state is almost $4/hr under. NJ and MA are more than $7/hr under. DE and RI are more than $6/hr under. MD is more than $5/hr under. PA is more than $4/hr under. CT isn't too bad, though, at within $2/hr under.

Somehow I doubt you're implying most HN users live in HI, IA, or ND - the only other states with legal tipping wages within $3/hr of minimum. I also doubt you're implying most HN users live in AK, MN, MT, or NV - the only other states without legal tipping wages.

Not that it matters. Even if the overwhelming majority of HN users lived in a west coast state (maybe it used to be that way, but I'm skeptical of that now), most HN users also probably don't work as restaurant staff. A bad thing isn't less bad just because it doesn't directly affect you.

Do you have an actual point to make against anything I've said?

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