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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009


seems like a lot of effort

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UnfortunateSexFart
May 18, 2008

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oxsnard posted:

Everytime I think my stupid chud country is alone in this world, I remember there is an entire continent of chuds and it makes me feel just a tad bit better

A chud country with $19.49 min wage pegged to inflation, universal health care, one month minimum vacation and employers have to pay an extra 9.5% salary towards your retirement.

Not a Children
Oct 9, 2012

Don't need a holster if you never stop shooting.

euphronius posted:

seems like a lot of effort

They want to make money OP and they don't care who dies

The people making the most money are not in the picture

Bearjew
Apr 18, 2017



UnfortunateSexFart posted:

A chud country with $19.49 min wage pegged to inflation, universal health care, one month minimum vacation and employers have to pay an extra 9.5% salary towards your retirement.

sounds like you hate freedom

Thump!
Nov 25, 2007

Look, fat, here's the fact, Kulak!



euphronius posted:

amazing how the USA shares a lot of characteristics with fascists countrys

I wonder what that means

👏demon👏cracker👏nation👏

FAUXTON
Jun 2, 2005

spero che tu stia bene



https://twitter.com/DeItaOne/status/1261286993918660608?s=19

Bearjew
Apr 18, 2017



I honestly thought JC Penney had gone out of business years ago

InsertPotPun
Apr 16, 2018

Pissy Bitch stan
does no one point out that if we had a robust testing system we COULD come out??
I just don't get it. it's so frustrating that they're yelling at the lockdown itself instead of the cause of the lockdown.
trump is toilet failing in front of the entire world and they're screaming at the pants for being full of poo poo.
i just crafted the perfect metaphor.

TMMadman
Sep 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

This is just the dumbest loving thing and completely unnecessary.

What exactly are they trying to protect against there?

Warmachine
Jan 30, 2012



TMMadman posted:

This is just the dumbest loving thing and completely unnecessary.

What exactly are they trying to protect against there?

Lost profits.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


Bearjew posted:

I honestly thought JC Penney had gone out of business years ago

JC Penny's entire thing has always been 'city department store, but for rurals'. Turns out when rurals don't have money anymore, they can't hang out at the cosmetics counter.

HashtagGirlboss
Jan 4, 2005

Bearjew posted:

I honestly thought JC Penney had gone out of business years ago

I remember a few years ago they brought in some Apple(?) exec to turn them around and eliminated sales and just started pricing poo poo what it was worth without the mark up to mark down game and apparently this pissed off their clientele enormously which just made me laugh because who the gently caress wants to do that much work to figure out if its the right time to buy a pair of slacks

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

FacebookEmpathyMom posted:

I remember a few years ago they brought in some Apple(?) exec to turn them around and eliminated sales and just started pricing poo poo what it was worth without the mark up to mark down game and apparently this pissed off their clientele enormously which just made me laugh because who the gently caress wants to do that much work to figure out if its the right time to buy a pair of slacks

http://www.misbehavingbook.org/

VladimirLeninpest
Jun 23, 2005

gn gorilla
Fallen Rib

FacebookEmpathyMom posted:

I remember a few years ago they brought in some Apple(?) exec to turn them around and eliminated sales and just started pricing poo poo what it was worth without the mark up to mark down game and apparently this pissed off their clientele enormously which just made me laugh because who the gently caress wants to do that much work to figure out if its the right time to buy a pair of slacks

Yes, this was a funny period because they started also marketing more towards millennials and i legitimately found some of their new items that i liked, but then the backlash happened and those items were quickly gone.

twoday
May 4, 2005



C-SPAM Times best-selling author

People make fun of the medieval theory of miasmatic foul air and plague doctor masks, as if their society could come up with anything better

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


FacebookEmpathyMom posted:

I remember a few years ago they brought in some Apple(?) exec to turn them around and eliminated sales and just started pricing poo poo what it was worth without the mark up to mark down game and apparently this pissed off their clientele enormously which just made me laugh because who the gently caress wants to do that much work to figure out if its the right time to buy a pair of slacks

Macys / JCP depend heavily on MSRPs that their products are never priced at and coupons, so that customers feel like they won the shopping game. It's gamification / skinner boxes before gaming.

Thoguh
Nov 8, 2002

College Slice

InsertPotPun posted:

does no one point out that if we had a robust testing system we COULD come out??
I just don't get it. it's so frustrating that they're yelling at the lockdown itself instead of the cause of the lockdown.
trump is toilet failing in front of the entire world and they're screaming at the pants for being full of poo poo.
i just crafted the perfect metaphor.

And if everyone wore masks and respected distancing a whole lot more places could safely be open but freedom.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


VladimirLeninpest posted:

Yes, this was a funny period because they started also marketing more towards millennials and i legitimately found some of their new items that i liked, but then the backlash happened and those items were quickly gone.

Had they stayed the course and powered through they'd probably be in a better place now, shouting "i'm trying to delete it" when your dying customer base gets upset probably sealed their fate.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

yeah I rember a few JCP ads being good and making me interested in their store somewhat

Tei
Feb 19, 2011

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Im glad this pandemic has showed us the flaws in our society and we can no calmly make the necessary changes to our way of living to prevent this from happening again.

If I die, please somebody do this for me.

ChristsDickWorship
Dec 7, 2004

Annihilate your demons



TMMadman posted:

This is just the dumbest loving thing and completely unnecessary.

What exactly are they trying to protect against there?

i'm not sure if it's true in florida but casino dealers are often unionized, could be to get them to come back to work

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

Bearjew posted:

I honestly thought JC Penney had gone out of business years ago

nope, TJ Max is still limping along as well. They have a small amount of stores that target lower income areas. The writing has been on the wall for a while now though.

Outrail
Jan 4, 2009

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Compulsory shock collars that zap when less than 6 feet from another non-household collar.

But you give me the remote zapper controls and I'll make sure noone abuses this foolproof system.

mastershakeman
Oct 28, 2008

by vyelkin

UnfortunateSexFart posted:

A chud country with $19.49 min wage pegged to inflation, universal health care, one month minimum vacation and employers have to pay an extra 9.5% salary towards your retirement.

The definition of chud is someone you disagree with and you want to look down upon, and Aussies definitely fit that

TMMadman
Sep 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

ChristsDickWorship posted:

i'm not sure if it's true in florida but casino dealers are often unionized, could be to get them to come back to work

But it doesn't protect against anything! If you are going to open up at that point, just make people use masks. That's all that's needed. The plastic poo poo is just loving fake security poo poo. Breathe and air doesn't just loving stop when it hits plastic, it goes up and around and outwards.

Warmachine
Jan 30, 2012



TMMadman posted:

But it doesn't protect against anything! If you are going to open up at that point, just make people use masks. That's all that's needed. The plastic poo poo is just loving fake security poo poo. Breathe and air doesn't just loving stop when it hits plastic, it goes up and around and outwards.

We live in a post 9/11 world, yet you're still thinking security is any more than theatre?

gregday
May 23, 2003

TMMadman posted:

But it doesn't protect against anything! If you are going to open up at that point, just make people use masks. That's all that's needed. The plastic poo poo is just loving fake security poo poo. Breathe and air doesn't just loving stop when it hits plastic, it goes up and around and outwards.

sir, please remain in the smoking section

Broken Box
Jan 29, 2009

Bearjew posted:

I honestly thought JC Penney had gone out of business years ago

same, I know Sears ruined themselves when a libertarian CEO went full randian hellmode and figured penneys and the rest had all committed similar sins for the sake of golden parachutes

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe

Warmachine posted:

We live in a post 9/11 world, yet you're still thinking security is any more than theatre?

it is important to remember there are real versions of everything we have a fake version of in america and eventually when ur entire country is fake you crash headlong into a real problem

ArmedZombie
Jun 6, 2004


just play online at that point wth

Pidgin Englishman
Apr 30, 2007

If you shoot
you better hit your mark

mastershakeman posted:

The definition of chud is someone you disagree with and you want to look down upon, and Aussies definitely fit that

Australia is absolutely chud, but also



Still rip us shortly, we're openin' 'er UP

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


ArmZ posted:

just play online at that point wth

"I'm going to get my way no matter what, wahhhhhhh"

shovelbum
Oct 21, 2010

Fun Shoe
Why do people think reopening after a real lockdown is suicide? Like if you have any meaningful testing and tracing congratulations, you won, it will be extinct in a few months there.

gregday
May 23, 2003

https://twitter.com/amyslanchik/status/1261296392707817472

Warmachine
Jan 30, 2012



shovelbum posted:

it is important to remember there are real versions of everything we have a fake version of in america and eventually when ur entire country is fake you crash headlong into a real problem

Sure, but in this case the real version is "wear a mask for necessary trips and don't have social gatherings." Maybe also "wear a face shield when facing unavoidable expectorate."

Not "the casino is fine because you're sitting in front of a plexiglass barrier."

gregday
May 23, 2003

my favorite part is how there's no barrier between players

i guess the table will be fine

Pidgin Englishman
Apr 30, 2007

If you shoot
you better hit your mark

shovelbum posted:

Why do people think reopening after a real lockdown is suicide? Like if you have any meaningful testing and tracing congratulations, you won, it will be extinct in a few months there.

It's not, but it'll creep back up and we'll be bouncing up and down for months. Just trying to be sympathetic.

Also, our track and trace effort was an app that simultaneously only stored data on the phone and had an AWS hosting element, while also needing to be on in the foreground to work properly. So, uh, yeah

Zberan Madowinty
Dec 7, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Me wearing a mask with a big ol hole in it as I walk back into the nailspot violently coughing on everyone: gently caress YOU IT'S ABOUT MY FREEDOM

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


gregday posted:

my favorite part is how there's no barrier between players

i guess the table will be fine

well yeah, you don't need to give a gently caress about the customers after you've got their money.

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Cao Ni Ma
May 25, 2010



twoday posted:

People make fun of the medieval theory of miasmatic foul air and plague doctor masks, as if their society could come up with anything better

If medieval society had the same medical knowledge we do know they would absolutely 100% get their poo poo together significantly faster than us.

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