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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/RyanSmithAT/status/1684670550382424064?t=JerY1ti2ViJQsUavk0owDw&s=19 The flip side of the plutonomy: A palace economy shoveling money to connected or critical business and them buying back their stock.
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they're not going to do the same thing to twitter are they? https://twitter.com/TimCohn/status/1684555961489395713?t=I6ZwgTZGgVnb0MIfZfXTQw&s=19
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Jul 28, 2023 08:00
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Pussy Quipped posted:the company I work for announced like a month ago that they would be “innovating” using AI which is another way of saying they are implementing a support chatbot on the website. Welcome to the tip of the idiot spear
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Jul 28, 2023 08:23
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/pjozefak/status/1684565655922839553 Doesn't matter if the camera is cheap if it's off my dude
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Jul 28, 2023 09:23
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Pussy Quipped posted:the company I work for announced like a month ago that they would be “innovating” using AI which is another way of saying they are implementing a support chatbot on the website. those kind of bullshit incentives are more insulting than if there was no prize at all. you had a better return on elementary school fundraisers where it was 100 useless magazine subscriptions for a tub of gak. where do all the gift card raffle people come from
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Jul 28, 2023 09:26
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Cuttlefush posted:those kind of bullshit incentives are more insulting than if there was no prize at all. you had a better return on elementary school fundraisers where it was 100 useless magazine subscriptions for a tub of gak. where do all the gift card raffle people come from gift cards are the most commonly printed item by volume in the united states i think that means something i dunno
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Jul 28, 2023 10:22
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One time in my work area a box of gasoline/oil mixture burst into flames and someone was able to think fast and grab the fire extinguisher before it spread to anything else, so they bought us a single Donatos hot chicken pizza to split between everyone to reward us for not letting the entire building burn down.
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Jul 28, 2023 10:40
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:most of the time i'm screensharing plans and documents that are more important to look at than my goofy face Do we still have your goofy face off in the corner to do reactions we can mine for thumbnails to the plans and documents though?
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Jul 28, 2023 10:50
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So, reporting in from the world of Reddit Finance. Superstonk has gotten boring; Gamestop had a profitable quarter followed by a miss, but still has tons of money on the books so there's no real sense of entertaining despair there and the insanity is just getting boring. It's just mostly people fellating the CEO like he's Elon Musk and trying to read all kinds of insane bullshit into literally everything he says or does (and desperately believing that any minute now people are going to actually start wanting NFTs). The real joy right now is BBBY; since its delisting the maniacs there have been buying the bankruptcy stock like nobody's business, including getting utterly hostile with brokers when they try to explain to them that "hey this is an astonishingly stupid idea and you know that, right?" "SHUT UP AND GIVE ME $10,000 WORTH OF BBBYQ!" They've been reading tons into financial documents they clearly don't understand; much like the Superstonk guys they think that any moment now the shorts are going to have to close and all the shares they rode down from 20 bucks to 15 cents are going to turn around and moon. They keep posting lists of companies that came out of reorganizations and rebounded, all the while ignoring the vast differences in the various circumstances those companies faced. The fact that the company is actually shutting down all its stores came as a complete shock to the subreddit despite the fact that they've been telling everyone "hey, we're shutting down all our stores" for like months now. The fact people are posting things like "hey maybe a company liquidating literally everything and abandoning all its leases means it's not about to become the most highly valued company in the world" has led many of the stalwarts to conclude the subreddit has been infiltrated and taken over by the vile hedgies spreading disinformation so they're trying to find somewhere else to congregate.
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Jul 28, 2023 12:40
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I think the gift card bullshit all came from the policy where it's illegal to give employees money, but it's fine to give gifts that cost up to a certain amount of money, but you know it's soooo hard finding a gift they just take the lazy way and just get a gift card which is not considered 'cash' so they can get around the rule against giving money out
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Jul 28, 2023 12:43
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Mola Yam posted:so i stopped looking at or posting about reverse repo because no one else seems to care It declined due to the debt ceiling stuff. The government borrowed a bunch of that excess banking money immediately after the extension.
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Jul 28, 2023 13:12
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a_gelatinous_cube posted:One time in my work area a box of gasoline/oil mixture burst into flames and someone was able to think fast and grab the fire extinguisher before it spread to anything else, so they bought us a single Donatos hot chicken pizza to split between everyone to reward us for not letting the entire building burn down.
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Jul 28, 2023 13:44
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Pro-tip: If you wear a turtleneck, I'm going to beat you up because you're a fuckin' nerd, nerd.
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Jul 28, 2023 13:59
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The only way to wear a turtle neck is with a chain, the thinner the better.
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Jul 28, 2023 14:17
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gods food
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Jul 28, 2023 14:21
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NeonPunk posted:I think the gift card bullshit all came from the policy where it's illegal to give employees money, but it's fine to give gifts that cost up to a certain amount of money, but you know it's soooo hard finding a gift they just take the lazy way and just get a gift card which is not considered 'cash' so they can get around the rule against giving money out why do you think it’s illegal to give employees money
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Jul 28, 2023 14:22
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euphronius posted:why do you think it’s illegal to give employees money they are a time traveler from the 2040s
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Jul 28, 2023 14:22
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euphronius posted:why do you think it’s illegal to give employees money that's certainly how most employers behave
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Jul 28, 2023 14:23
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It's cause of the tax. Most countries there's no tax on gift cards up to a certain amount, but giving straight cash counts as income so gets included under your taxable earnings.
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Jul 28, 2023 14:24
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Marenghi posted:It's cause of the tax. Most countries there's no tax on gift cards up to a certain amount, but giving straight cash counts as income so gets included under your taxable earnings. nickel-diming poors and letting rich off the hook with at worst a slap on the wrist is democracy, actually
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Jul 28, 2023 14:28
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Walked over to the ice cream stand here last night. Two single-scoop waffle cones were $10.37 plus a $0.50 credit card surcharge. I wonder how many classic American businesses like that are going to be completely nonviable moving forward.
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Jul 28, 2023 14:30
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This most recent endless fast food derail was missing the rice and bean spreadsheets to prove only lazy slobs eat fast food Do better goons, this is the official economy thread
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Jul 28, 2023 14:33
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Moves to some high income gentrification white flight suburb part of Pittsburgh and is surprised when things cost more there
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Jul 28, 2023 14:33
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NeonPunk posted:I think the gift card bullshit all came from the policy where it's illegal to give employees money, but it's fine to give gifts that cost up to a certain amount of money, but you know it's soooo hard finding a gift they just take the lazy way and just get a gift card which is not considered 'cash' so they can get around the rule against giving money out wtf are you talking about, the last time my company gave me a gift card it showed up listed on my paycheck lol
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Jul 28, 2023 14:37
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Mr Hootington posted:Moves to some high income gentrification white flight suburb part of Pittsburgh and is surprised when things cost more there talking about the non-viability of the business when he went out and bought it too lol
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Jul 28, 2023 14:38
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Mr Hootington posted:Moves to some high income gentrification white flight suburb part of Pittsburgh and is surprised when things cost more there technically not in the city of pittsburgh, more pittsburgh adjacent
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Jul 28, 2023 14:38
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Rectal Death Adept posted:This most recent endless fast food derail was missing the rice and bean spreadsheets to prove only lazy slobs eat fast food It's even worse than you describe because there are plenty of fast meal options that include beans or rice, often together. Like burritos, which I pick out randomly because I figure most people know what those are. Narrowing down diet choices to just specific types of supermarket frozen foods (chicken tendies, bacon) or specific brands of fast food chains (mcdonalds) is well, I guess its a thing that certain people do.
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Jul 28, 2023 14:39
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I just hope he worse a mask. 🙏
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Jul 28, 2023 14:40
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kazmeyer posted:So, reporting in from the world of Reddit Finance. Superstonk has gotten boring; Gamestop had a profitable quarter followed by a miss, but still has tons of money on the books so there's no real sense of entertaining despair there and the insanity is just getting boring. It's just mostly people fellating the CEO like he's Elon Musk and trying to read all kinds of insane bullshit into literally everything he says or does (and desperately believing that any minute now people are going to actually start wanting NFTs). The real joy right now is BBBY; since its delisting the maniacs there have been buying the bankruptcy stock like nobody's business, including getting utterly hostile with brokers when they try to explain to them that "hey this is an astonishingly stupid idea and you know that, right?" "SHUT UP AND GIVE ME $10,000 WORTH OF BBBYQ!" They've been reading tons into financial documents they clearly don't understand; much like the Superstonk guys they think that any moment now the shorts are going to have to close and all the shares they rode down from 20 bucks to 15 cents are going to turn around and moon. They keep posting lists of companies that came out of reorganizations and rebounded, all the while ignoring the vast differences in the various circumstances those companies faced. The fact that the company is actually shutting down all its stores came as a complete shock to the subreddit despite the fact that they've been telling everyone "hey, we're shutting down all our stores" for like months now. The fact people are posting things like "hey maybe a company liquidating literally everything and abandoning all its leases means it's not about to become the most highly valued company in the world" has led many of the stalwarts to conclude the subreddit has been infiltrated and taken over by the vile hedgies spreading disinformation so they're trying to find somewhere else to congregate. lmao the internet has hosed up so many people's brains goddamn
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Jul 28, 2023 14:41
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Mr Hootington posted:Moves to some high income gentrification white flight suburb part of Pittsburgh and is surprised when things cost more there my white flight high income suburb with a poverty rate of 9.8% and a median personal income of $39K
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Jul 28, 2023 14:42
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TheraThanos 2 "Two snaps don't miss."
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Jul 28, 2023 14:43
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cool houses in my low income neighborhood though 
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Jul 28, 2023 14:44
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:cool houses in my low income neighborhood though Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:my white flight high income suburb with a poverty rate of 9.8% and a median personal income of $39K lol you believe the numbers
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Jul 28, 2023 14:47
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I trust the United States Census Bureau.
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Jul 28, 2023 14:48
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Walked over to the ice cream stand here last night. Two single-scoop waffle cones were $10.37 plus a $0.50 credit card surcharge. I wonder how many classic American businesses like that are going to be completely nonviable moving forward. weird I was just there yesterday and it was a lot less. sounds like some sort of Loathsome Landlord tax, very progressive and cool. good job pukesburg
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Jul 28, 2023 14:49
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Please stop calling me a landlord, it's hurting my feelings
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Jul 28, 2023 14:51
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meanwhile on #BlackTwitter https://twitter.com/kyaxcheeks/status/1682393709332004864?t=7KVFNQc105ze2-N7SqcIaA&s=19 https://twitter.com/gucci1017/status/1684784560653934594?t=_77YVe_mO1jxGRxuQ6TkDA&s=19
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Jul 28, 2023 14:58
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https://mikekonczal.substack.com/p/inflation-came-down-and-everyone
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Jul 28, 2023 15:09
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Turtle Sandbox posted:I'm down in hellswamp Florida and can still find cheaper fare than fast food. Nicole's cafe has 2 locations here and they sell a massive chili dog or a huge hamburger and fries for 6$ flat. Far more food and higher quality, just have to be able to sit down to eat it. Yeah, there’s a bbq shack here where you can get pulled pork on a bun for like two bucks apiece. Maybe it went up fifty cents or so thanks to Brandonomics. Whenever I visit my hypergentrified hometown back in Commiefornia you can’t get a can of soda for that cheap.
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Jul 28, 2023 15:10
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BornAPoorBlkChild posted:meanwhile on #BlackTwitter missed burger king opportunity
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