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[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 95 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Look at that 275lb (320?) bag of piss wrapped up in a cheap looking 10k suit shitting his pants. Nubby little fingers. Weird nubby mushroom member (this is from a a legal deposition)

Clearly demented and so insecure he can’t even ask for help.

Dude is in over his head.

The stress is gonna kill him. He knows it that’s why he’s not working.

He is not looking healthy

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If he's angry, he doesn't look that bad. If he's just listening, he doesn't look great, almost deflated looking.

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

If he's just pretending* to listen

Ftfy. Everyone knows he never listens.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago

His short term memory is shot anyway, actually listening won’t matter.

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[–] aaron@infosec.pub 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

The mantra I was told was always 'add value' at your job.

When I read volume one of capital I came to understand that this was willingly giving more of my labour for free on top of the labour capital was already profiting from (after all I am only given a job earning x units/hour as long as capital, via management upwards, earns x+1/units from that labour). Thus wealth trickles upwards in capitalism. Not down.

Everyone bought the 'add value' line and repeated it in work as though the were doing something great - us humans tend to believe what we are told (and once those neural pathways are burned they don't change easily), which is in large part why those without empathy are able to succeed. We need to rely on each other and they don't give a fuck.

Another one is "always use other people's money" (from think and grow rich, or whichever popular book it came from). If you're Elon Musk looking to hedge risk when buying twitter then fair enough, otherwise you go cap in hand to capital, and pay it a portion of the wealth you create for the privilege of being loaned the capital to begin with. Capitalists want you to use other people's (actually their) money in order that they can take their cut of your hard work.

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[–] scaredoftrumpwinning@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I thought the amount of time he golfs would be higher. Every time he golfs we pay the taco when he stays at his properties.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 4 points 19 hours ago

He intended to golf more but the mind and body are broken.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Incentivize it, you living malediction. Expand healthcare to allow more hours, increase overtime pay, make it easier to start a business, personally turn a few billionaires into pulp within a massive stadium housing solely seats, cameras, screens, a long spool of rope, and a single woodchipper. Frankly, these aren’t big asks.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think one of those industrial grinders that grind up engines and stuff would be even better. Just run it at extra slow speed as you lower them in.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, keep the machine at full speed, but definitely slowly feed them into it.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago

Or just put a bullet in them and redistribute their wealth.

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[–] Lyubo@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago

Classic 🫅

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For anyone keeping count, that's about a day and a half per week.

They did the math!

[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Given how worker production increasing over time and pay for said production have not stood in line with each other I think I’d rather not.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Frankly, I'd really rather that the Irish Star not encourage him to be spending more time making policy.

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[–] lemmebee@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Hope be chokes on his KFC. I’ll go celebrate by eating… KFC

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