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Post by Emblematic Wolfblade on Nov 16, 2020 1:46:30 GMT -5
I think that's honestly the most upsetting part. I've been honest and vocal that I don't think my job should be open right now, especially with cases ballooning out of control in my state. But my boss had a complete conniption fit with me because I 'need to be more positive'. She used to be a nurse but she went to the beach this summer on lockdown like it was a damn vacation. I work in a theater that's lying it's ass off to us about how we're doing financially, and also lies about how safe it is to the public. I feel like at some point I'm going to be complicit in killing someone. As many people as I make wear masks in the lobby and give masks away for free, we're down to two hundred and cannot order anymore, they still take it off the minute they get into the theater. Our company makes the bold faced lie that our HEPA air filters clean the air, bullshit, it's a fucking cave with no air flow. But fuck me for not wanting to kill people or my own family right? It's proof of how sad a state the US is in when "ThE eCoNoMy" is more important than the health or safety of people, and it isn't unique to just this administration historically. The higher up someone is in the corporate structure, the more likely they are to disregard worker/human safety because of how much they stand to gain and/or because sociopaths tend to rise to the top.
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Post by Least censored on the planet! on Nov 16, 2020 5:48:28 GMT -5
After seeing recent comments regarding covid on a bbq forum I visit, I've come to the following conclusion: people who refuse to wear masks are no better than drunk drivers. They choose to recklessly endanger the lives of others out of their own selfishness and ignorance, and like drunk drivers, they'll almost certainly walk away unharmed while someone else dies. And like drunk drivers, they need to get tough sentences, tough enough that they will either voluntarily stop doing it, or being legally prevented to do so.
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Post by soundwave591 on Nov 16, 2020 12:39:11 GMT -5
I think that's honestly the most upsetting part. I've been honest and vocal that I don't think my job should be open right now, especially with cases ballooning out of control in my state. But my boss had a complete conniption fit with me because I 'need to be more positive'. She used to be a nurse but she went to the beach this summer on lockdown like it was a damn vacation. I work in a theater that's lying it's ass off to us about how we're doing financially, and also lies about how safe it is to the public. I feel like at some point I'm going to be complicit in killing someone. As many people as I make wear masks in the lobby and give masks away for free, we're down to two hundred and cannot order anymore, they still take it off the minute they get into the theater. Our company makes the bold faced lie that our HEPA air filters clean the air, bullshit, it's a fucking cave with no air flow. But fuck me for not wanting to kill people or my own family right? It's proof of how sad a state the US is in when "ThE eCoNoMy" is more important than the health or safety of people, and it isn't unique to just this administration historically. The higher up someone is in the corporate structure, the more likely they are to disregard worker/human safety because of how much they stand to gain and/or because sociopaths tend to rise to the top. more important than the health or safety *of poor people*. they seem happy to sacrifice 300k people's lives to protect the economy, but "eat the rich" is a violence thats unacceptable even when being sarcastic
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Post by CommieCanUCK on Nov 16, 2020 14:15:54 GMT -5
It's proof of how sad a state the US is in when "ThE eCoNoMy" is more important than the health or safety of people, and it isn't unique to just this administration historically. The higher up someone is in the corporate structure, the more likely they are to disregard worker/human safety because of how much they stand to gain and/or because sociopaths tend to rise to the top. more important than the health or safety *of poor people*. they seem happy to sacrifice 300k people's lives to protect the economy, but "eat the rich" is a violence thats unacceptable even when being sarcastic Yup, this, along with the push for more "citizens can shoot demonstrators" laws in deplorable states shows what's really important in America: property rights.
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Post by Emblematic Wolfblade on Nov 16, 2020 15:31:30 GMT -5
I'm morbidly curious as to how despic and carlos are taking this loss. I assume they're yelling about how the election was rigged and/or stolen.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2020 19:59:01 GMT -5
I'm wondering if whemb was one of the various conspirators we've brought in on charges recently. There's been a steady stream of heavily armed nuts for Trump recently.
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Post by Least censored on the planet! on Nov 17, 2020 10:42:34 GMT -5
No, Whembly doesn't strike me as the kind to take arms. I mean, remember, he wasn't into the "China virus is an hoax, masks are horrible" train, he just pretended this train of thought wasn't a real problem and wasn't there due to Trump. He is no true believer, he is an enabler. I could potentially see him encouraging others to take arms, with plausible deniability. Never taking arms himself. Risks are for other people. That's my best guess.
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Post by CommieCanUCK on Nov 17, 2020 13:59:29 GMT -5
Lindsay Graham rewards his constituents for his re-election by proving there is in fact a concerted, top down effort by government officials to tamper with mail-in ballots in his state. By him. He's the government official that was trying to tamper with the result. He was asking the Georgia Sec State to toss legal ballots.
Putting the Projection in GOP.
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Post by semipotentwalrus on Nov 17, 2020 20:10:41 GMT -5
Man, I need to get a new sedit-o-meter, because mine's been going off non-stop lately.
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Post by Least censored on the planet! on Nov 18, 2020 10:22:31 GMT -5
I want to dedicate that tweet to despic and his bad faith arguments constantly moving the goalpost between "we should put maximum pressure on Iran because of human rights abuse" and "I don't care at all about the human right abuse, we should put maximum pressure on Iran because of their nuclear program".
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Post by steelmage99 on Nov 18, 2020 12:36:56 GMT -5
I want to know why Iran shouldn't be allowed to have nuclear weapons....
A fundamentalist religious radicalised armed population. A completely dysfunctional and corrupt system of government. An aggressive and isolationist rhetoric. An erratic and unpredictable leader. Unrest and tensions.
Oh, you thought I was talking about Iran? No, I am talking about America!
The US has become the kind of country, that the US would stop, if the US did what the US is doing.
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Post by Least censored on the planet! on Nov 18, 2020 13:31:21 GMT -5
A fundamentalist religious radicalised armed population. A completely dysfunctional and corrupt system of government. An aggressive and isolationist rhetoric. An erratic and unpredictable leader. Unrest and tensions. Oh, you thought I was talking about Iran? Nope, Iran doesn't have: - fundamentalist religious radicalised armed population. The population is certainly not armed there, the government wouldn't allow it. Less religious than in most neighboring countries too. - An erratic and unpredictable leader. They have a practical, stable and quite predictable, though quite awful, leader. The worst kind of leader, because they last longer. - Arguably, A completely dysfunctional and corrupt system of government.. The system of government is very bad, and corruption is rampant, but it's not dysfunctional. The problem is that it functions, but it's aims are bad.
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Post by kaptinbadrukk on Nov 18, 2020 14:09:13 GMT -5
Apparently, when David Perdue declined a debate with Jon Ossoff, Ossoff proceeded to call him a crook and a coward. Newsweek articleIf you want my personal thoughts on the Georgia Senate Race, here they are, and I will make this exceptionally clear: Democrats have a better chance of picking up Kelly Loeffler's seat than they do at picking up David Perdue's seat. My prediction is that both will be close, but it's literally impossible to say with any ounce of certainty about who wins either race, according to polling data. Whether or not you trust this polling data is up to you.Please, Georgia. Your choice is simple: The same gridlock we've had the past 2 or 4 years, or Congress actually getting some good stuff done. And in case I did not make that exceptionally clear: Vote for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Don't believe any Republican lies spewed by Trump, Perdue and Loeffler.
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Post by whemblycthulhu on Nov 18, 2020 15:39:03 GMT -5
I'm morbidly curious as to how despic and carlos are taking this loss. I assume they're yelling about how the election was rigged and/or stolen. Naw man. Biden won this fair in square. Not on board with the Trump's campaign trying to overturn the election via legal or other shenanigans. While I'm a political junkie, I don't base my emotional well being to whomever's in the Whitehouse. I'm wondering if whemb was one of the various conspirators we've brought in on charges recently. There's been a steady stream of heavily armed nuts for Trump recently. What the fuck man? No, I'm not on the sedition train. No, Whembly doesn't strike me as the kind to take arms. I mean, remember, he wasn't into the "China virus is an hoax, masks are horrible" train, he just pretended this train of thought wasn't a real problem and wasn't there due to Trump. He is no true believer, he is an enabler. I could potentially see him encouraging others to take arms, with plausible deniability. Never taking arms himself. Risks are for other people. That's my best guess.
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Post by semipotentwalrus on Nov 18, 2020 16:14:24 GMT -5
So, care to revisit that whole argument of which party's gone nutty in light of the fact that you agree that this is sedition?
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