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Cake day: July 15th, 2023

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  • Nothing on Lemmy is posted on basis of “needs to be mentioned”,

    Literally everything on Lemmy was said for a reason. Bad reasons exist, but I like to give people the benefit of the doubt.

    Tipping causes lower wages because it relieves the employers of the obligation of paying their workers. Also, I am talking about systemic change,

    Tipping doesn’t “cause” lower wages. Tipping becoming an expected social norm can cause that, or exacerbate it. But you as an individual choosing not to tip doesn’t really impact that. It certainly doesn’t effect systemic change. If the norm is already present, all you’re doing is literally lowering one individual’s wages by not tipping them, and if it’s not then what you’re doing is making a statement to that individual (ranging from “I come from America” to “you were really exceptional”).