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#TheSnap: Half of Twitter's " " " Workers " " " Are Unemployed, Starting Now (9 am Pacific Time)
Updated
Sumit Chaudhary
@SumitDefence As per unconfirmed report #Twitter sacks entire marketing
and communications department in #India... #TwitterLayoffs #ElonMuskBuyTwitter
Steffie from the DCry moar, brokedown old bitch:
@steffie_steff Liberal twitter employees soon to learn their pronouns are was/were #TwitterLayoffs
Geraldo RiveraGeraldo cheered at people being fired because they didn't want a "leaky" vaccine which did not vaccinate against getting or transmitting the disease and which may have health consequences the political-bureaucratic-medical complex refuses to admit. Will Chamberlain suggested what occurred to me-- just tell these malignant Noserings they will be laid off starting two months from now, and tell them not to come into work until then. You have to pay them, yes, but you'd pay them some kind of severance anyway. Probably six weeks, to seem generous? This two months' pay without work will be their severance.
@GeraldoRivera Elon Musk has declared All-Out war on his former staff. At 9am Pacific time, Massive Layoffs go into affect at Twitter. With no formal notice and gut-wrenching efficiency, Musk and his inner circle have eliminated about half of its pre-Elon workforce. 3,700 Twitter jobs gone.
In response to the crushing, sudden layoff of half the Twitter staff, employees have filed a massive class action lawsuit claiming Musk's draconian layoffs are in violation of California and federal law, which prevent mass layoffs without 60 days notice. Fired Twitter workers are asking the federal court to issue order requiring a more orderly & compassionate approach under the Worker Adjustment & Retraining Act. Meantime, Musk has unleashed a ruthless campaign to cut billions on bloated infrastructure, cutting employee laptops.
Do these people really think the World's Richest Man doesn't have lawyers?
Lisa Bloom
@LisaBloom Hey Twitter employees getting laid off tomorrow! IMPORTANT INFO from a CA employment attorney (me): CA's "WARN" law requires Twitter to give you 60 days notice of a massive layoff. A layoff of 50+ employees within a 30 day period qualifies. I know you didn't get that notice.
Will Chamberlain
@willchamberlain
For five years conservatives on Twitter have been operating with a sword of Damocles over their head, wondering if this is the day they will lose their account for an arbitrary reason Now, Twitter's employees can understand how that feels #TwitterLayoffs
HUMBLY YOURS,
@EthanVanSciver These privileged, censorious, election-influencing balloon heads are getting fired today. Wonderful. Love it. #TwitterLayoffs
Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck I don't have sympathy for people who have censored Republicans, helped destroy our country by pushing COVID lockdowns, hid news stories that didn't fit their narrative and supported firing people if they didn't get the vaccine. They earned every bit of this. #TwitterLayoffs
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday mocked a reporter who asked when workers on the canceled Keystone XL pipeline would get "green jobs" promised by President Biden. It's expected that up to 11,000 jobs will be lost following Biden's day-one decision to immediately shut down construction of the pipeline that was supposed to carry oil from Canada to Texas -- leaving South Dakotans reeling and 1,000 people immediately out of work. "Where is it that they can go for their green job?" Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Psaki at her Monday afternoon press briefing, referring to Biden's promise to create good-paying union jobs in the green energy sector as his administration attempts to end the nation's reliance on fossil fuels. "That is something the administration has promised and there is now a gap so I'm just curious when that happens, when those people can count on that?" Doocy added. "Well, I'd certainly welcome you to present your data of all the thousands and thousands of people who won't be getting a green job," Psaki snarked. "Maybe next time you're here you can present that."But let's all cry for the bitter, venomous Noserings and the Neuratypical Non-Binary thought destroyers.
Most Twitter dismissed employees will find work, maybe in the Central Plains as cowboys, or the mines of West Virginia. Possibly working on the rivers, pushing barges. Damn, that was one fine gummy.I'll have what he's having
Posted by: bill in arkansas
No sympathy for #TwitterLayoffs pic.twitter.com/aSsBSTSBfc
— Being Libertarian (@beinlibertarian) November 4, 2022
😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/8OSGMw2EOV
— Isley (@IsleyResistance) November 4, 2022
Twitter human resources associate Lindsay Kander posted unprofessionally about herself crying uncontrollably in reaction to the #TwitterLayoffs led by @elonmusk. https://t.co/GAqOQ3oxNy pic.twitter.com/r2YAgZFMt2
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) November 4, 2022
This is “a day in the life of a Twitter employee.” No wonder @elonmusk is firing 75% of them pic.twitter.com/cAHOuni765
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 26, 2022
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 04, 2022 12:00 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 04, 2022 12:00 PM (bVYXr)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 04, 2022 12:01 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 04, 2022 12:01 PM (bVYXr)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 04, 2022 12:01 PM (u73oe)
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Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:02 PM (Ivdso)
EVERYONE is locked out of the company today. That doesn't sound too conciliatory to me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:04 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: huerfano, stochastic commenter at November 04, 2022 12:04 PM (dTFZY)
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 04, 2022 12:05 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 04, 2022 12:05 PM (TNyrE)
#LearnToCodeSomewhereElse
Posted by: portlandon at November 04, 2022 12:05 PM (+oR7L)
I don't think that the job market for internet censors (which is what most of these people did) is going to be all that hot.
Where's my free food, free wine, and free sleep pod for when I want to take a nap!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:05 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: My Role at Twitter at November 04, 2022 12:05 PM (yHsuS)
Posted by: JT at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Jeremy Clarkson at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (ZSK0i)
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (oY6Yp)
Their BMI numbers should plummet, now that they won't have personal chefs there to cook for them 24/7
Posted by: portlandon at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Trepidatious Jones at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (SP4pi)
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How about having already destroyed
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (K3TEc)
>>#Twitter sacks entire marketing
and communications department in #India...
Thank you, come again.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (ftFVW)
NY supreme court said unvaxxed employees must be rehired with back pay.
Another "L' for the brokedown old biatch.
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:07 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at November 04, 2022 12:07 PM (0apnU)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:07 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 04, 2022 12:07 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: REDACTED at November 04, 2022 12:07 PM (us2H3)
(apologies to upset little 9-yr old girls)
And the "impacted" crap. I still remember the first time this word was misused this way, and the ridicule it received. But the long decline had begun, and was inexorable it appears.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:07 PM (OTzUX)
Not only do I think it's hilarious all these people are getting fired, but I also sincerely hope they never find employment again. Ever.
Learn to code. Oh wait, learn to flip burgers.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (d2bW3)
Posted by: Elon! at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (906pl)
Elon Musk has declared All-Out war on his former staff. At 9am Pacific time, Massive Layoffs go into affect at Twitter. With no formal notice and gut-wrenching efficiency, Musk and his inner circle have eliminated about half of its pre-Elon workforce. 3,700 Twitter jobs gone.
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"declared all-out war?" How does that work, Jerry? The company decided their services were no longer required. On look at the Twitter balance sheet and cashflow position will show you very clearly why. Twitter is a failing enterprise and always has been. The new boss wants to make some money. When a company bleeds cash as fast as Twitter does, something is very, very wrong. Fixing that kind of thing typically comes with personnel and line-of-business cuts.
I've been through it before. It sucks. It isn't "war."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (DU+/6)
and communications department in #India...
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DURING NATIVE AMERICAN PRIDE MONTH?
REALLY TWITTER?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: steevy at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (yezA1)
Posted by: Beneford Shapiro at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (SP4pi)
Baaaaaahahahahahahahaaha. Hey rocket surgeons - just because they can't stop paying you yet doesn't mean they can't lock you out until they're allowed to stop.
These people earned this. I watched these kinds of people working with ill intent a decade ago before I GTFO'ed out of big tech. They've worked tirelessly to help destroy our republic and our civilization; fuck 'em. Rather than learn to code, a lot of people who already know how to code should learn to construct cardboard shelters under overpasses.
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (hM91B)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (d2bW3)
Posted by: Scoundrel What Found the Last Refuge at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (tF/Gf)
Yup, that's the way it works. Commented in the previous thread that I was laid off in the dot-com bust and that's exactly what they did.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: neurosis of the liver at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (48d9R)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: ex-twitter Starbucks hopeful at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (CaJIi)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (DU+/6)
If it is a "war", it's one that ends in 60 seconds. FLAWLESS VICTORY.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:08 PM (DU+/6)
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Out: At-Will Employment.
In: At-War Employment.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (buTO7)
They have wine on tap at Twitter? LOL.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (PV/vv)
The twitter tent camps outside of Twitter headquarters should be fun.
Elon should move Twitter headquarters to Florida.
Posted by: portlandon at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (ESjRY)
@robbystarbuck
I don't have sympathy for people who have censored Republicans, helped destroy our country by pushing COVID lockdowns, hid news stories that didn't fit their narrative and supported firing people if they didn't get the vaccine. They earned every bit of this. #TwitterLayoffs
Yes, yes they do. Fuck every one of these spoiled brat, uptalking, swishy, glitter-shitting, gender-fluid, hand-crafted artisan-bearded, patchouli and Paltrow snizz candle-scented oxygen thieves.
LEARN TO CODE, BITCHEZZ!!
This firing will be my GAINNZZ! for today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (AW0uW)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Like most things in life, the Who Shaves The Spanish barber paradox is solved by following Musk around and see what his actions are.
We will simply have to wait for any long term shakeouts but any change in existing status quo is an advantage to the right as it disrupts one of the leftist media's methods for pushing talking points.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (d2bW3)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (geVLo)
(Have always marveled at the concept of severance pay. Have never received more than 2 weeks. Oh - and didn't cry or complain, to anybody, about any of it. And friends in the private sector I knew who got *6 months* pay, plus benefits for a year - for quitting! The abuse of shareholders in the form of employee/management self-dealing never ceases to amaze and disgust)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (vH/6k)
Twitter will be going through some changes in the coming weeks as it transitions from a thought police enforcement zone to an actual social media platform. One big change will be the removal of employees who don't understand the difference between disagreement and hate speech. But don't worry! We see you and we hear you, former Twitter employees!
Here are some new jobs that fit your expansive skillset:
[see the sock link]
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (K3TEc)
Don't they have caste systems over there?
Not really compatible with American culture.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (xLqhd)
Doesn't OnlyFans already have enough naked Karens? Or is the pitch here the crying while naked part? I mean...Hunter Biden seems to be in to it.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (ESjRY)
I manually censor comments so the engineers don't have to!
I have people skills!
I hate Trump! I'm trans!
What the hell is wrong with you people!?!
Posted by: The Bobs! at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: Tee hee! at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (iAJOS)
Those poor, poor people... ... ...
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Posted by: Biergood at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (FQWHA)
Musk is doing them a favor, the layoffs are preferable to the pitchforks that would come later.
My company is already losing people (deaths) to the new round of jabs.
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (hM91B)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (dCxaZ)
Good to know, but...do you actually have to, you know, GO to work to have these jobs?
Posted by: ex-twitter Starbucks hopeful at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (CaJIi)
https://tinyurl.com/amxf4nj2
"Elon Musk has agreed to restore Twitter content moderation tools that had been blocked for some workers by the end of the week, according to leaders of leftist groups including the ADL and NAACP who met with Musk eager to expand censorship on the platform."
This is from a Bloomberg news story, so I mean, take it with the grain of salt it deserves because this is the kind of "cause trouble by printing trash" story I always wait to see if its real or not.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (TNyrE)
Posted by: Insomniac, safe in the eye of the tornado at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: a bot running a computer that is neural *and* quantum at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (oY6Yp)
Payback is a bitch.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (QIH/c)
Some lefty was saying that no one vould show him anything that Republicans are fighting that Jesus would have agreed on. So I quoted Matthew 18:5-10.
Apparently that's hate speech. So they can rest in hell.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (HMTci)
Posted by: MJ at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (zwDuR)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (4q/mG)
But when you aren't generating a profit and you are intentionally insulting the new boss what do you expect?!?
I wonder if/when various directors and VPs pitched the monetary value of their org to Elon? Or do they even know how to do that there?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (w8jy4)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (buTO7)
Posted by: Eeyore at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (TgBWG)
I just need my red stapler.
Posted by: Milton Waddams, former Twiiter employee at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (+oR7L)
Elon should move Twitter headquarters to Florida.
Posted by: portlandon at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM
Noem has flat out made the offer to Musk: please move your HQ to SoDak
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (ENBF0)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (PV/vv)
Good to know, but...do you actually have to, you know, GO to work to have these jobs?
friend of mine who worked IT for a university said the job was great except for all those students
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (buTO7)
Hey Twitter employees getting laid off tomorrow! IMPORTANT INFO from a CA employment attorney (me):
CA's "WARN" law requires Twitter to give you 60 days notice of a massive layoff.
A layoff of 50+ employees within a 30 day period qualifies.
I know you didn't get that notice.
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Hey, Lisa? I'm glad you aren't representing me or anyone I care about.
I'm not a lawyer, but I am literate. The rule around notice includes damages. If you don't get the 60-day notice, you must get 60 days of severance pay.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (DU+/6)
If you Twitter people didn't expect some firings, you're just not really bright.
Posted by: Wally at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (Tz3Yt)
Posted by: REDACTED at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (us2H3)
Before I had a chance to respond to tell them to go fuck a chainsaw, one of the high level execs in the company wrote back and said, why are you telling us to pause Twitter but then recommend we advertise on Reddit, which is a cesspool of piss?
I'm actually pushing to pause ads anyway: for Facebook, and shift the budget normally reserved there to Twitter. Get fucked, lefties.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Rescuing Sexy Russian Women Before They Get Drafted at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (VTu1l)
No wait, he learned that from Democratic negotiating teams, who always get exactly what they want in any Congressional bill...
Posted by: Nova local at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (exHjb)
(apologies to upset little 9-yr old girls)
And the "impacted" crap. I still remember the first time this word was misused this way, and the ridicule it received. But the long decline had begun, and was inexorable it appears.
Posted by: rhomboid
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A fish rots from the head. It is our elite leaders that have created this generation's expectations by controlling the societal institutions around them like their schooling, their entertainment, their computerized excuse for a life using psychological warfare and manipulation on platforms, etc.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (tmtXi)
Getcher shine box.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (Idsil)
So those people are being fired now. But they want your sympathy.
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They won't get it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (DU+/6)
Apparently that's hate speech. So they can rest in hell.
The ONLY way to take that as hate speech is to acknowledge you are intentionally hurting kids.
It they actually believed this tranny grooming stuff was good for kids they wouldn't see that as an attack on them would they?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Rex B at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (tIeD9)
Yep - a 23-year-old airhead at Twitter showed us "her work day" on TikTok, which consisted of free food, free wine, hanging out on the roof of the office building, and very little actual work.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (eGTCV)
Effect, GR, it's "goes into effect"!
Posted by: Wolfus's Cats at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (J2vNu)
But I hope I'm wrong and all these miserable useless cocksuckers are thrown out into the streets today. Then they can lose their apartments, cars, everything, and then be turning tricks for $20. That would make me smile.
Posted by: Elric Blade at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:09 PM (ZLI7S)
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F'ng AWESOME!
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (lGrs1)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (dCxaZ)
They are now about to enter the real world and discover just how much they are NOT worth.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (anj39)
Posted by: redridinghood at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Miss Issippi at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (sI15f)
Posted by: Puddinhead at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (Iv+w0)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (v2708)
Effect, GR, it's "goes into effect"!
Posted by: Wolfus's Cats at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (J2vNu)
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Heh...Even cats have a better grasp of the English language than a so-called "journalist."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Wolfus's Cats at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (J2vNu)
That's is MO.
All affect. No effect.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (/EuRN)
Oh well, if you aren't morbidly obese, you could probably turn tricks.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (d2bW3)
Doesn't OnlyFans already have enough naked Karens?
tumblr is once again allowing nudity. since it's been banned for a while, there's big vacuum waiting to be filled.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (oY6Yp)
No threats of violence.
OK, I'm done. Can't think of anything else that needs to be "moderated". List of one.
Everything else will take care of itself. Nutcase racists will have no traction with anyone except their own kind (this would be a substantial portion of Twitter users at this point, the kind who are inexplicably labeled "progressive" or "liberal"). People will block each other.
Users will ignore/avoid those who have nothing to offer. Simple. Kind of like, you know, rational market behavior. But I doubt Musk will adopt this approach.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (OTzUX)
Blow a hole below the water line in the administrative state trying to control businesses.
Posted by: Scott_T at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (2waQ7)
I don't understand. How will I be able to censor the people I don't like there? Also, is there an omelet bar?
Posted by: Ex-Twitter employees at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Archimedes
That's what she said.
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Synova at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (BD/yx)
I'm not a lawyer, but I am literate. The rule around notice includes damages. If you don't get the 60-day notice, you must get 60 days of severance pay.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:13 PM (DU+/6)
It's common. Once you announce you're closing a plant, your good workers will all start leaving before the 60 days. You can't plan a schedule without knowing who's going to show up, so you just shut everything down and pay them all for 60 days.
Posted by: Wally at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (Tz3Yt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:02 PM (Ivdso)
Allow me to preface my remarks with the statement that I have absolutely no issues with Jews...
The kerfuffle over whatever was said by Basketball Jones, and the apparent 180 by Musk on "freedom of speech" supposedly to pacify the ADL, does not disprove what I understand was Kanye's statement about the prevalence of Jewish influence.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (zhLdt)
He doesn't even have to fire people if he does that. Just tell them all to report to work on Monday ...in the winter in South Dakota.
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (CaJIi)
The twitter tent camps outside of Twitter headquarters should be fun.
Elon should move Twitter headquarters to Florida.
Posted by: portlandon
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Yesterday, someone posted that Musk was moving Twitter's hq to Austin TX. That would make sense due to Musk moving most of his operations there anyway.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (QIH/c)
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I don't know if Musk was referring to these fuckheads, but he did say trying to appease these activists was impossible.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Rescuing Sexy Russian Women Before They Get Drafted at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (VTu1l)
Posted by: Count Rugan at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (Wnv9h)
Yeah they are the IT nation these days, hopefully they are good at it and not just cheap. But there is definitely an attitude among many, especially the Brahman class.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (Ivdso)
It's an unprecedented exodus. More California company headquarters are relocating out-of-state than ever before, according to a new report published by the Hoover Institution.
In all, 153 California corporations relocated in 2021, which was double the number from a year earlier. The top five states the companies relocated to are Texas, Tennessee, Nevada, Florida and Arizona.
Toney Sebra, a California native, is now part of the state exodus. "So we opted for Utah, for a number of reasons, you know, very business-friendly state," Sebra said. "We were tired of the business climate. We were tired of the political climate and all these things wrapped up in a decision we opted to get the heck out."
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (MFZ8i)
Please space daddy, place your big masculine rocket deep in my fertile lands. And my underground needs your sexy sexy pneumatic tube...stick it in all of it Elon!
Posted by: Kristy Noem at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (ESjRY)
There have been worse times to be unemployed whores.
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (hM91B)
#FAFO Elon Musk edition
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (N39Ws)
Musk bought Twitter. Everyone knew before this deal closed that Twitter is a cash furnace with serious operational problems and major cashflow problems. Everyone knew - because he said it - that Musk was going to clean house and make Twitter a *lot* leaner almost immediately. This wasn't a surprise. The signs were all there.
Not to mention, mass layoffs in high tech are *commonplace.* A lot of bigger firms do them annually. Everyone in high tech is working under the Sword of Damocles and we all know it. The last month of the fiscal year is *always* stressful at high tech firms. If you work for one, you *will* be laid off eventually. Everyone knows it. It's a fact of life.
So why the panic? Did they really think they were somehow immune?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (DU+/6)
Posted by: keena at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: 29Victor at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (BJKQV)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (mVJli)
Good to know, but...do you actually have to, you know, GO to work to have these jobs?
friend of mine who worked IT for a university said the job was great except for all those students
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at November 04, 2022
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What do you want to bet the universities will only hire people with names like Ramirez and Ramamurthy?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (J2vNu)
Fuck these twerps right in the ear. For years they have treated us like human garbage, the censored the President of the United States and anyone who supported him and helped install Biden by censoring the Hunter laptop. They are a big reason the country is going through the turmoil we are right now.
I have zero sympathy for any of them. Less than they had for us. I am enjoying their pain. Maybe they will learn from it. If not, fuck them again.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (mE7cY)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Wally at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (Tz3Yt)
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Yup. And, especially in high tech and industrial work, you don't want a bunch of dead men walking with little to lose wandering around your facilities.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:17 PM (DU+/6)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:07 PM (OTzUX)
Finally getting mine to understand that acting like she's two (foot-stomping, flopping on the floor, etc) will get her punishments like she's two: forced naps, no dessert, etc.
Posted by: pookysgirl the enforcer at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (Eaj9X)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (+lVUW)
/Looks at you from the spam folder
Posted by: The 252 emails offering to match your donatings to Dr Oz at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (KCOCK)
Anyone remember when Mitt Romney was accused of murder after a takeover?
Good times.
Posted by: MJ at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (zwDuR)
Posted by: Old Blue at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (5tYr3)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (buTO7)
Just a guess but I think they'd be looking for useful, productive, non-whiny people who actually go to the job site everyday.
Posted by: all doubt removed at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (S2eH9)
I have a feeling that the vast majority of the snowflakes who were terminated had little or no association with support of Twatter's IT infrastructure.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (mVJli)
Posted by: fd at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (sn5EN)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (ZLI7S)
Apu voice says LoL!
Posted by: Somewhere South of I-80 at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (1DgE4)
I'm quite sure about 5% of you are very nice people that made a legitimate contribution were just trying to hang on and get a paycheck. A few of you are immensely talented software engineers, and I have a two to three positions and several acquaintances in other businesses that have a few positions as well. If you're a great software engineer you should be able to track me down and let me know you're available and either you and I will talk or I'll refer you on to the others that can use you in very nice healthy decent positions.
The rest of you, you are literally cockroach shit-eating scum.
I hope you kill yourselves. That would be the best possible choice rather than you and us having to suffer through your immense brow beating moonwailing bullshit.
You are literally worthless, utterly unimportant, unemployable, uninteractable failed biological units.
Kill yourself. Spare us your horseshit, You're endless drama, and your endless fucking TikToks.
Die quietly in some closet where we need not see or listen to you. You have no value. You have no worth. You don't even qualify as human anymore. Be gone, parasite.
Posted by: Just Sayin at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (bAq2R)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (+lVUW)
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Walmart greeter requires more people skills than they currently possess...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (eGTCV)
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Out: Putin Price Hike.
In: Musk Misery Index.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (++emK)
I'm glad I'm not much in index funds, but in energy stocks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (QIH/c)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (lz5hY)
Blow a hole below the water line in the administrative state trying to control businesses.
Posted by: Scott_T at November 04, 2022 12:15 PM (2waQ7)
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Yeah...a privately owned company? Not seeing how the WARN act is Constitutional.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (Ivdso)"
No they are not good at it. I would go so far as to say there are cultural considerations that preclude the majority of them from becoming good at it under any circumstances, at least for the near future.
They're not stupid, it's a problem of ethics and general barbarism. I have watched entire products get canned because the Indian team kept sabotaging things trying to make the others look bad.
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (hM91B)
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Most of them look like Margaret McPoyle from Always Sunny.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (d2bW3)
Posted by: Bofa Deese at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (yikp0)
Effect, GR, it's "goes into effect"!
Posted by: Wolfus's Cats at November 04, 2022 12:14 PM (J2vNu)
Was going to point out the same thing. It's gobsmacking that a damn "reporter" can't even get affect/effect straight. What an idiot.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (61LSv)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (/EuRN)
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The WARN act is probably not going to be a factor anyway. High tech firms, even the stingy ones, are known for generous severance and I doubt Twitter is going to be any different. Other than the people who started this year, I doubt the folks being laid off are getting less than 60 days' severance anyway. WARN will bump up the severance the newer guys will get.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (u4CEu)
Bazinga!
Posted by: Rev Jonathan Swift at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (WhP3q)
But not with Twitter's salaries and amenities.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (KCOCK)
And that's almost our entire current economy in a nutshell...
Too many min wage jobs...too few family wage supporting ones...
Posted by: Nova local at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (++emK)
Yeah they are the IT nation these days, hopefully they are good at it and not just cheap. But there is definitely an attitude among many, especially the Brahman class.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (Ivdso)
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At least two of my previous IT positions are now filled by those fine people in India who do the needful.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (TNyrE)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (/EuRN)
Yup. Musk ain't dumb, and he's already done business in California.
I think this is the "You have 60 days to brush up on coding" email.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (xLqhd)
like all rumors, stereotypes, and dumb stuff, its usually based on some truth. Jews did run Hollywood for ages. Jews do run banking. Jews do have tremendous influence in culture and politics, greater than their population. Jews do seem to disproportionately tend toward leftist politics (although its more old school and I think this latest radical craziness is a matzoh ball too far for most of them).
The problem comes when you see Jews everywhere, under your bed, in the closet, sneaking around letting air out of your tires, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (Ivdso)
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Their status as an IT nation is vastly overrated. Of all the elephant jockeys I've had to work with, I can only think of ONE who was truly competent and skilled at his job, and that's when he's actually working since the hindus like to take 300 days off out of the year to worship their 5 billion gods.
That country can go fuck a cow.
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Rescuing Sexy Russian Women Before They Get Drafted at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (VTu1l)
Who (along with other high-caste groups) are the overwhelming majority of Indian senior executives in Silicon Valley.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (kTely)
Posted by: Tee hee! at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (iAJOS)
That would bring about the never ending schadenboner.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (4q/mG)
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: Synova at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM
When I fired someone in civil service the first thing we did was take their CAC card so they could no longer access any systems. It did not matter how long it took to actually get rid of them, they lost their card the minute the supervisor had them sign their termination letter.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (bVYXr)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (C1Zwz)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (anj39)
++++
I think the argument is that it causes pressure on the unemployment insurance scheme, which is state-owned. I don't rightly recall.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Just Sayin
Cut. Jib. Newsletter.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (d2bW3)
I wonder what Rex thinks of Helen Thomas.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (ZGrMX)
Yeah, that's a shit "feature." I follow people because I want to hear from them. If people I follow become tiresome or uninteresting, I can mute or unfollow them.
In fact, a feature I've been interested in for some time is a mute that expires after a given amount of time. If someone I follow goes on a multi-day rant on a topic I don't care about, I want to have the option to ignore them for a time then hear from them when they're done ranting.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (R38qh)
my time to shine
Posted by: ramagirthy at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Tattoo shops in the area are going to go out of business.
Posted by: Biergood at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (FQWHA)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (/EuRN)
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Excellent point. The message they are getting simply says if their employment is impacted, they'll also get the "next steps" which probably involves the termination process over the course of the next 60 days to be in compliance with California law.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (YIVH2)
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LMAO. Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (geLO8)
Bleached, rested and ready!
Posted by: Hope Solo's Globetrotting Squeakhole at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (AW0uW)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM
That's fine! We'll make our own platform, OnlyQueers. Suck on that, haters!
(runs off sobbing)
Posted by: Former Twitter Employees at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (JCZqz)
Users will ignore/avoid those who have nothing to offer. Simple. Kind of like, you know, rational market behavior. But I doubt Musk will adopt this approach.
Posted by: rhomboid
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I think expecting Musk alone to reinstate the free and wild Internet era of 1990's to 2010 or so is probably unrealistic. Musk surfs public trends as a businessman rather than trying to counter them.
It is more for societal leaders to abandon the idea that speech equals violence and to do that they will have to purge a lot of intellectuals, bureaucrats, and make it painful for business etc. to engage in censorship.
The default in world history is to restrict speech as political leaders don't like it. Ditto for ethnic and religious groups. The major tell of societal power is who you are not allowed to criticize.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Twitter Content Design Software Engineer at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (gPEfL)
Its one of those sketchy ideas with a really flimsy somewhat technically valid justification that a good judge would throw out but I don't know if it has ever been challenged in court.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
the next size down vanilla chai macciato whatever from Starfucks
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (CaJIi)
Posted by: Eeyore at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (TgBWG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (reWkG)
I've been on several projects that tried to offshore IT work to India. Every one of them failed. On the other hand, the majority of Indians I have worked with in the US as regular W-2 employees have been very competent. I think it's just that the contract houses shoot for cost over quality.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (nfrXX)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 04, 2022 12:21 PM (bVYXr)
++++
I used to work in a secure facility. The normal means to fire people was to disable their badges. The person would go to badge into the building and it would fail. Off to the main security desk he'd go, then his boss would come up to fire him and take his badge. He'd then be escorted by security to collect his things.
It was brutal, and way worse that what the Twitter folk are going through. Not to mention that the door badge system was unreliable and so oftentimes, your badge just wouldn't work. I never knew whether it was a routine system failure or if that was my last day at work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (DU+/6)
Twitter needs a new logo -- a Phoenix rising from the ashes.
[h/t The Wifey]
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (mE7cY)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (dCxaZ)
naga-...
Not gonna work here anymore..."
-Bob Porter
Posted by: DB
What would you say... you do here?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (d2bW3)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (JMAcK)
Posted by: 29Victor at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (BJKQV)
It's not (well, wasn't) North Korea or the USSR in the 50s. It (the US) was in fact a pluralistic society, meaning a highly distributed pattern of power and influence.
A zillion different wheels turning here, but to grossly simplify, at almost infinite points along the way, the society, families, etc had choices, power, responsibilities.
To again simplify with one example but I think a decent one - if Miami/Dade and that other FL county's school boards could be - as hopefully they appear to have been - "seized back" by sane parents/voters, in 2022 ...... why didn't anything get done earlier? Those marauding destructive school boards were just as elected, and subject to dismissal by the voters, in 1984 and 1996 and 2010 as they are now.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (lz5hY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
So you're saying they WEREN'T the ones who poisoned my well?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (eOEVl)
The 23-year-old who did the "a day at Twitter" video was reasonably cute.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Lol...budget conscious. Mom and Dad have plenty of money.
Posted by: Former Twitter Employees at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (hM91B)
/Looks at you from the spam folder
Posted by: The 252 emails offering to match your donatings to Dr Oz at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM
*fistbump*
Posted by: The 10,000 emails about the Camp Lejune suits at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: keena at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (RiTnx)
****
See, that's the sort of astute observation that made CNN+ such a rising success.
Meanwhile, back here on planet Reality, MeMaw Pelosi is literally days away from having to be viewed solely by the reflection from a bronze shield.
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (dCxaZ
Sure, it's real and spectacular but hard to aim.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (mE7cY)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (CaJIi)
Posted by: Up with People feat. Miklos at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (SP4pi)
like all rumors, stereotypes, and dumb stuff, its usually based on some truth. Jews did run Hollywood for ages. Jews do run banking. Jews do have tremendous influence in culture and politics, greater than their population. Jews do seem to disproportionately tend toward leftist politics (although its more old school and I think this latest radical craziness is a matzoh ball too far for most of them).
The problem comes when you see Jews everywhere, under your bed, in the closet, sneaking around letting air out of your tires, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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It is always easier to focus on identifiable blame targets than the actual multi factor truth for any given situation. Sort of like why drunks look for their lost keys under a street light because the light is better.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (reWkG)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (oyfLT)
||Elon Musk @elonmusk · 58m
Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.||
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (DU+/6)
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I don't work in a "secure" facility, but we can use our employee id card to go through the back door of the building I work in. Sometimes it doesn't work, and then I wonder if I've been canned that day...Always a fun experience.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (YIVH2)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (61LSv)
Jerry Rivers also has a law degree and was a practicing attorney. He's super smert...
Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (VXO1T)
Right? And your pinky swear not to sabotage the company on the way out the door is gold?
A golden shower, that is.
Musk has already calculated that any damages paid by any settlement of any lawsuit will still be far less than the damage you could do on your way out the door.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (sqV80)
Posted by: Paul in San Fran at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (v2708)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (geLO8)
If I'm Musk?
I send those retained an email telling them they are keeping their jobs, but they *MUST* stay home on Monday and *MUST NOT* tell anyone why, on pain of legal action.
I send those who are to be fired a note saying they are not being fired, but commanding them to appear at the office.
Then, I show Twitter's newfound commitment to animal rights by releasing hundreds of jungle cats in the building.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (oINRc)
Oh, never mind. The IRS is hiring.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (QIH/c)
This times a Brazilian.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (bM7RL)
Posted by: That NLurker guy
He'll definitely pay the $8 every month to keep his precious blue checkmark, despite the fact he is not a person of note.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (d2bW3)
IF this violates the WARN Act, thee New Improved Twitter can just (I believe) pay the 6 weeks of salary and benefits. They probably can get release letters from many for a bit more of a generous severance, but they may have some "business urgency" exception arguments, too.
Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (C1Zwz)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (61LSv)
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I think this is why the word "impact" has become so tortured and abused. Can't figure out whether it should "affect" or "effect?" Use "impact" instead.
For employees impacted the policy change ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (DU+/6)
$20 same as under the Golden Gate Bridge
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (ESjRY)
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: somedood
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Rectification always happens whether a King Canute forbids the tides from coming in or not. (The funny thing is that Canute was using sarcasm when he made that statement to indicate his own limited powers for some actions to educate his supporters.)
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: Alexander Scipio at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (NX5U7)
Click this link to take you to your severance elections.
Huh, I don't even work for twitter. I guess I better click the link!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (++emK)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (buTO7)
Just a guess but I think they'd be looking for useful, productive, non-whiny people who actually go to the job site everyday.
Posted by: all doubt removed at November 04, 2022 12:19 PM (S2eH9)
and there's still not that much new drilling going on. Product pricing is up, but there's still a huge problem getting financing for any new drilling because of all of the roadblocks the Biden administration has thrown up.
So we've got the worst of all possible situations in energy; product pricing soaring, but no gain in employment because Biden is blocking it from happening. Guaranteeing prices go up even more.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (trdmm)
Facebook has the same idea with individuals checking over posts of 'problematic' people. You can usually find them in "People You May Know". You delete them, but they come back again.
Problematic = people with half a brain
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (y3pKJ)
||Elon Musk @elonmusk · 58m
Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.||
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (yikp0)
Or, you *pretend* to appease, so when it inevitably doesn't work you can go Full YOLO and start whuppin' and whompin'.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (/EuRN)
I mean, for a company to have all that frivolous stuff in their office, that just tells me the employees are not that busy.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (rF64X)
"Platforms" aren't responsible for "misinformation", right? If society/guvamint deems it a problem, let them attempt to further eviscerate the constitution's basic protections to do something about it.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (OTzUX)
Almost all of them were "working from home" anyway.
Remember, one of the "demands" that the Twitter workers initially made of Musk is that they be allowed to "work from home" indefinitely.
And now they can - just not for Twitter.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: Mrs. Peel at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (jrY13)
'Prediction: President Dementia will blame Musk, by name, for high unemployment.'
Take it to the bank. This will happen.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (Hszs6)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 12:26 PM (oyfLT)
You might want to specify "TERF" to weed out the, you know.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 04, 2022 12:29 PM (PiwSw)
It was brutal, and way worse that what the Twitter folk are going through. Not to mention that the door badge system was unreliable and so oftentimes, your badge just wouldn't work. I never knew whether it was a routine system failure or if that was my last day at work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM
I fired one woman on probation and it got ugly. Took her to the conference room, gave her her termination letter and had another employee take her back to her work station to get her stuff. She started screaming, fell on the floor and grabbed her desk and would not let go. She was raving about all sorts of stuff and then claimed she was going to kill herself if we didn't giver her job back. I had the MA's and the ambulance there in less than two minutes. They took her to the hospital for a psyche eval.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 04, 2022 12:29 PM (bVYXr)
There were 3700 Twitter employees fired.
That is like 10% of the population fired just like that!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:29 PM (++emK)
Posted by: 2009Refugee
And then they checked their own email and spam folders.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 04, 2022 12:29 PM (Mnlog)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Sphynx at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (P6qMv)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (yHsuS)
Posted by: Twitter Content Design Software Engineer at November 04, 2022 12:23 PM (gPEfL)
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It's literally right there on the Statute of Liberty:
"Give me your rich, your fired, your befuddled asses yearning to be free from job-lock ..."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (CXr4y)
I always found it fascinating that even though Canute (Knut) was one of the Viking Kings, he was almost universally regarded as one of the best Kings of his era.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (trdmm)
You're safest of all, here in your home.
And maybe in a few months you can upgrade to the Gary Neuman Safest of All package-- in your car.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (sqV80)
The whole social media industry is an unproductive scam which contributes nothing to society but is rather a platform for abuse by authoritarians in government. It should all go into the shitcan of history. the country would be much better off without any of it
Posted by: Zippy the Pinhead at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (YTBIQ)
Posted by: Mr Haga at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (xvPUM)
Posted by: 29Victor at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (BJKQV)
heh heh
ehhhhhxcellnt
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (dCxaZ)
And I thought it was good that everyone was getting an email notification one way or the other. They'll get an email saying that they still have a job so they won't be left wondering. And if they are "impacted" they'll get an email to set up their out-processing appointment and find out what their severance package is and how to continue their health coverage.
Posted by: Synova at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (BD/yx)
Plenty of jobs in the burgeoning professional electric lawncare industry. Get good fire insurance.
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (CaJIi)
There were 3700 Twitter employees fired.
That is like 10% of the population fired just like that!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:29 PM (++emK)
Ahhhh...socialist maths.
You will go far in the new Amerika!
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (anj39)
Almost all of them were "working from home" anyway.
Remember, one of the "demands" that the Twitter workers initially made of Musk is that they be allowed to "work from home" indefinitely.
And now they can - just not for Twitter.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (KCOCK)
Are there enough of these layabouts living in SF that perhaps rents will fall?
Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (Ed8Zd)
@LisaBloom
Hey Twitter employees getting laid off tomorrow! IMPORTANT INFO from a CA employment attorney (me):
I always love these narcissists who think they are the one person to help thwart an evil plan.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (++emK)
'When did it become acceptable to be emotionally incontinent?'
I don't know but I don't like it. Everyone's peeing in their emotional diapers. I was told (some time ago) big boys didn't do that.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (Hszs6)
The difference is, we actually, you know, do real fucking work rather than take up space in-between meetings about censoring people.
I work hard. A few weeks of elbow grease on a feature can result in millions in revenue. As a result we're paid accordingly, both in salary and in ridiculous cloud-people perks and benefits.
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (hM91B)
https://tinyurl.com/u9yj8xp5
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (5pTK/)
Happy birthday to you and JJ.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (yHsuS)
Recruiting video. Note that almost ever room shown is empty.
They all are actually in cubicle farms spamming everybody with demcong propaganda. They are known as 'bots'.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (rdsTk)
Musk announces "HUMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT" partnership with Palpatine Slavic Human Asset Management "Services" in Belgrade
Posted by: Miklos from HR On- and Waterboarding at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (SP4pi)
What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: Hair colors not found in nature at November 04, 2022 12:31 PM (a3Q+t)
There were 3700 Twitter employees fired.
That is like 10% of the population fired just like that!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:29 PM (++emK)
How many of those live in India?
Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (Ed8Zd)
Well, you COULD learn to code . . . Oh, wait, some of you already do.
Posted by: Sphynx at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (P6qMv)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (geLO8)
Go champs and keep your chin up. You're all WINNERS
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (u4CEu)
Posted by: bonhomme
In fairness that would be a nice feature to have here.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (Mnlog)
There were 3700 Twitter employees fired.
That is like 10% of the population fired just like that!
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:29 PM (++emK)[/I}
With Musk's money, he could have given every American like a million dollars.
Instead he fires 10% of the country!?!?
Unbelievable.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (xLqhd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (OobVu)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (Xrfse)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 12:30 PM (yHsuS)
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"If your schadenboner lasts longer than four hours ... you've probably been willowed in this thread."
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (K3TEc)
It was brutal, and way worse that what the Twitter folk are going through. Not to mention that the door badge system was unreliable and so oftentimes, your badge just wouldn't work. I never knew whether it was a routine system failure or if that was my last day at work.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM
***
Oh yeah. Btdt...
Pro Tip: if someone's coming over to you with an empty white HammerMill paper box it's time to collect your s*** and go.
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (wb1YC)
Hey Twitter employees getting laid off tomorrow! IMPORTANT INFO from a CA employment attorney (me):"
You'd think a lawyer would understand the necessity of noting that their statements weren't legal advice.
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (hM91B)
Those amenities started because originally employees at tech firms were expected to work all the time - so you had free food, free laundry pickup, etc. as a way of removing any excuse to leave the office. I worked for a consulting firm that had some frivolous stuff (foosball tables) et. al. in the office - but you were also expected to work into the evening.
But then tech firms got fatter, more bureaucratic, and less hard-working, but the amenities stayed.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (KCOCK)
We are supposed to be concerned every time these over educated darlings get a boo-boo.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (5HBd1)
Sort of a forerunner of all the bureaucratic and corporate newspeak frequently lampooned hereabouts.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: can of spam at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (7oNMO)
Posted by: Guy who works in retail at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (j2+qv)
Posted by: portlandon at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (+oR7L)
Posted by: Just Sayin at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (bAq2R)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (ga/df)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy
Most excellent
*temples fingers*
Posted by: Miklos Musk at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (SP4pi)
Bob Slydell appointed Chief High Executioner for Twitter, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Musk Enterprises Inc
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (geLO8)
Colin@dudeitscolin
Professional useless person.
Damn! Harsh, but fair.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (yHsuS)
These coddled whiny little entitled brats best learn to suck it up in a hurry, and, maybe, practice, "You want fries with that?" in front of a mirror. That's if any self-respecting fast food franchise will lower their standards to the point of hiring such self-centered drama queens.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (5pTK/)
All big tech companies are like this, its absolutely ludicrous what they have in the office, its like a cruise ship.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Christian Nationalist, Defiant! at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (++emK)
Posted by: bonhomme
In fairness that would be a nice feature to have here.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (Mnlog)
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LOL
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (K3TEc)
He made that deal under pressure from ADL (which people still seem to think has anything to do with protecting Jews, when it's really protecting the Democrat Party) and then ADL and others pressured advertisers to drop Twitter. So now Musk is pissed. Shades of the theory that Trump would've been a middle-of-the-roader if they hadn't pushed him into a corner for defeating their bollard queen.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (ZGrMX)
Most of these Twitter folks should be able to avoid this as a problem.
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: t-bird
Someone with their qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (d2bW3)
Posted by: keena at November 04, 2022 12:25 PM (RiTnx)
just copy/paste this page's URL into the body of your email
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (dCxaZ)
Don't feel too much glee at those being fired today. The ones in California all have jobs waiting for them at Google and Microsoft apparently. Both of those nefarious pits of vipers have said they are hiring all those who are fired from Twitter - background check is the only thing required.
The mafia looks after its own I suppose.
Posted by: Defenestratus at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (evAQL)
50% squared is 75%. Oh, there will be some great backstabbings among the 50% who remain...
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (CaJIi)
Well, at least when Trump or DeSantis becomes president the energy sector will be revitalized and these soft Twitter nerds can become deck hands on a drilling platform.
Posted by: Sphynx at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (P6qMv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (reWkG)
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (wb1YC)
Those are good boxes.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (eGTCV)
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Posted by: neurosis of the liver at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (48d9R)
Sorry to hear that. My husband got axed (downsized with a bunch of older workers) by IBM too-in 2009.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (vH/6k)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
It’s definitely going to last more than 4 hours…🤪
Posted by: Justin Castreau at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (ai2Yq)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (trdmm)
I've been at two companies that were bought by larger companies, and one company that went through a merger. In all of those cases there were layoffs, usually several rounds of layoffs as things got sorted out. Two of those I made it through a few rounds of layoffs then jumped ship before it was my turn; the other time I actually did get laid off (but already had my resume up to date and a few leads for a new job).
Shit happens. That's life. Deal with it.
Posted by: Cave Johnson at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (BGygK)
Posted by: rhomboid
Changing of the Paradigms?
Synchronicities?
Posted by: Core Competency MBA Miklos at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (5HBd1)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (u4CEu)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (+R5dc)
* Director of shutting down accounts (2017 - 2022)
Uh, don't even need a high school graduate to do that
Posted by: JM in Florida at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (ZVF0k)
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (eGTCV)
He's a sitcom actor who's been in a few movies here and there.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (/EuRN)
There are many good jobs in the public service industry, something like that? Or am I thinking of a different movie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (QIH/c)
Posted by: Jimco Industries at November 04, 2022 12:12 PM (buTO7)
Most of those soyboys wouldn't last an hour on a rig floor.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (o+7iY)
All post-1995 Silicon Valley tech companies are like that. I've worked in tech for almost 30 years with a strict "no California" policy and at my current office the major perk is that the Coke machine is set to free. Which admittedly is much more attractive in the Biden-conomy then it was.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (ZGrMX)
We just all saw an example of their "work ethic" from the coffee shop tranny crying about an 8 hour work day.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: WisRich at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (G0vdT)
One of your most famous current exports. Canadian actor.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (RHGPo)
ADL is also busy denouncing the new Israeli government for being too right-wing.
Apparently American Jews should get a vote in Israeli elections.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 12:36 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
yes, 'in fairness'
nudge nudge wink wink
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (reWkG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (Ivdso)
I don't actually think it's a Jewish issue even in the areas you mentioned. I think it's a jackass issue but this group of jackasses likes to use their Jewishness as a shield against criticism. This will continue as long as it's successful.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (zhLdt)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (/EuRN)
That what you thought was 'work' was actually paid goofing off.
But that day is done. Go be better.
Or try it again your way. I promise you that Twitter is a big ass bubble and the real world doesn't work that way. Frankly, we're sick of your shit.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (mE7cY)
Posted by: Nova local at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (exHjb)
He's the Deadpool actor.
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (CaJIi)
Posted by: Biergood at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (FQWHA)
youtube.com/watch?v=h2mnlOfrBuI
In never before seen footage Elon Musk talks about Twitter Blue in our interview back in May 2022. This is in relation and gives more clarity on his intentions with the Twitter Acquisition.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (MFZ8i)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: JackStraw at November
Wealthy enough to buy a significant share in am NHL franchise.?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (eGTCV)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (geVLo)
I agree, its just aholes and every ethnic group has their fair share of aholes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (u4CEu)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (5pTK/)
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Thanks to Bidenflation, those fast-food workers will likely be replaced by kiosks. Even the convenience stores here (starting with Circle K) are eliminating cashiers and forcing you to do self-checkout -- with the exceptions of buying lottery tickets, booze, and EBT transactions natch.
Wifey wonders if the feral gubmint is still paying people 3x the unemployment benefit not to work during teh never-ending COVID crisis?
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 04, 2022 12:32 PM (Xrfse)"
I have had some *outstanding* dudes - actually about 2/3 women, really - from India brought over for projects, and we did indeed party very hard outside of work. I'd gladly do anything asked if those people wanted help to jump ship and move here permanently.
But I have to stand by my statements that I'd not go there deliberately to seek people, and most I've known I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire. The problem isn't those who'd find their way here anyways, it's the pipeline that's been constructed for the rest simply because of cheap labor.
Posted by: somedood at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (hM91B)
Posted by: Azathoth
HammerMill is hiring?
Posted by: Blue haired Miklos with debt on these cool tattoos at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (SP4pi)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (w8jy4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (89T5c)
Posted by: Notsothoreau
When all vehicles are electric, how will they be able to commit suicide by sitting in their turned on vehicle in a closed garage?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (bM7RL)
Posted by: Whole Foods at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (oyfLT)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Rescuing Sexy Russian Women Before They Get Drafted at November 04, 2022 12:20 PM (VTu1l)
Hey, now, sometimes it's a planned multi-day strike.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (zhLdt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Wait? That's who let the air out of my tires?? You MONSTERS!!!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (4vi12)
Wealthy enough to buy a significant share in am NHL franchise.?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (eGTCV)
Seriously, he's in *every* movie. I'm pretty sure it's the law or something. He could probably afford to just buy the NHL if he wanted.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (DcKNO)
There are many good jobs in the public service industry, something like that? Or am I thinking of a different movie.
****
I think you're remembering Bill Murray in Ghostbusters.
My favorite line from Tommy Boy was Dan Aykroyd's:
"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public."
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: neurosis of the liver at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (48d9R)
I find that hard to believe. IIRC, both MS and Google have announced hiring freezes, and I think FB is laying people off.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (XvPQV)
So that's where Uncle Palpatine ended up.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (Bd6X8)
Posted by: JackStraw at November
Wealthy enough to buy a significant share in am NHL franchise.?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (eGTCV)
Compared to the other 3 sports (and 4 if we're including soccer), hockey franchises are not worth nearly as much...
Posted by: Nova local at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: JackStraw at November
Wealthy enough to buy a significant share in am NHL franchise.?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (eGTCV)
Dude straight up bought a cell phone carrier. He ain't struggling.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Puddinhead at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (Iv+w0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (vH/6k)
Posted by: rhomboid
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Pluralism was always a faulty idea, especially for a purported republic. Bob Dahl, prominent political philosopher, figured out that one in the 50's with studying New Haven in Who Governs? Essentially, he came up with the phrase deformed polyarchy instead of democracy, etc. to describe that local government. That is, some societal decisions are foreclosed upon because elites simply will not permit them to be discussed nor voted upon.
Expecting everyone to have equal pull in making policy is simply not possible because a lot of those decisions depend on knowledge that is simply not accessible to the masses. So as society got more complicated, the general population's ability to participate became more like a referendum on whatever the managerial class devised. But, vetoes will only get you so far as the managerial class simply kept repackaging their tripe in different packages until the plebes bought it.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (CXr4y)
In other news, the complete leftist meltdown over Musk taking over Twitrage is a smorgasbord of zeitgeist delicacies. I for one intended to overeat.
Posted by: Lost In Space at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (lrz3q)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (MCkGU)
... yeah, the old off-site meeting trick
The last off-site meeting I sent to, I told others there that the last time I did an off-site meeting there was a big layoff. Moments later .. there was, on cue, another layoff.
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (eGTCV)
Canadien, actor, co-owner of a twee English football club Wrexham...
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (BgMrQ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (Ivdso)
He's a hero. He has known Scarlett Johansson .
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (geLO
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He frequently knows and procreates with Blake Lively, as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (LvTSG)
B-list actor who instead of blowing all his money on a mansion bought the cellphone operator Mint Mobile, and apparently has successfully grown it. He saves money by being the celebrity in the commercials for it.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (ZGrMX)
That's called immolation.
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (CaJIi)
Outstanding.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: DB at November
Biblically?
I guess I should be embarrassed that I don't know who he is.
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (eGTCV)
.. we didn't fight a civil war over oboe players
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (RHGPo)
Making money online is more than $15k just by doing simple work from home. I received $18376 last month. It's an easy and simple job to do and its earnings are much better than regular office jobs and even a little child can do this and earn money. Everybody must try this job by just use the info on this page..... www.worksful.com
Posted by: Dominique Stevenson at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (BY71E)
Posted by: Milton Waddams
HA!! That's who I was thinking of when I read the message from Twitter on how they were going to notify you.
"If you do not receive an email from twitter by 5 PM, send an email to peoplequestions@ twitter."
The hell with that. I'm sitting at the desk as long as I'm getting a check.
Posted by: Bruce at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (vd8XM)
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: JackStraw
Who...could ...that ...be
Posted by: Deep Space Miklos 9 at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (SP4pi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2022 12:40 PM (vH/6k)
Think of all the people who've lost their jobs and businesses from the covid shutdown he endorsed.
Go home, Geraldo, you're drunk.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (DcKNO)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (eOEVl)
Delightful.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (/EuRN)
One badge mess-up means one heart attack.
One heart attack means one interview for a competitor.
Don't tell them what's up until after your gone.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (44ww/)
And what did it say about LIVs?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (vH/6k)
They didn't realize that the old Mike Doyle (D) is not the new Mike Doyle (R) - they just voted the way they always did...and then found out 2 different people can share the same way...
Posted by: Nova local at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (exHjb)
I'm sure she's safe in her job. Lulz.
I'd bet most all of the laid off also refused to come back to work after Covid.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (mE7cY)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (MFZ8i)
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Haven't seen that, but I think Musk has indicated that this is the foundation for building a one-stop-social-media and shopping platform (maybe to take on Amazon?) which incorporates the features of all other social media sites into one.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (K3TEc)
they won't work in tech
they will look to govt, Pharma and "green energy"
but the second two will require actually working so I guess it's govt jobs
Posted by: BlackOrchidDancingByMyself at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (w0NJk)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:18 PM (/EuRN)
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Excellent point. The message they are getting simply says if their employment is impacted, they'll also get the "next steps" which probably involves the termination process over the course of the next 60 days to be in compliance with California law.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 04, 2022 12:22 PM (YIVH2)
The Horde > Lisa Bloom
Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (8W5AJ)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM
Some are willing to share.
Posted by: J. Random Single 'Ron at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (a3Q+t)
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Source please. As mentioned Google has announced a hiring freeze and Microsoft is in similar shape. They simply don't need a bunch of censorship coders as they have them already and there is no guarantee that the skills that a Twitter employee has will transfer to Google or Microsoft products--neither run an operation like Twitter nor are likely to do so in the near future at least.
That is not to say they might grab some marketing or other types.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: Alexander Scipio
This. Got laid off when the CEO I was working for got fired, they decided to consolidate functions that the CEO had split apart. HR called me in, said it wasn't my fault and gave me an incredible recommendation. It still sucked, but I found a new job in a couple of weeks. Life happens, if you think losing a job is the worst thing that could ever happen, go visit a pediatric cancer ward.
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp, Ultra Dark MAGA at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (rWFyW)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (Xrfse)
There it is:
"someone with your qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries"
--Dr Venkman
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Dominique Stevenson at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (BY71E)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (44ww/)
Some of the high tech places are constantly laying off and hiring. They aim for at least 10% turn over every year to weed out low performers, or just people they don't like. Hiring will probably slow a bit with the economy going into the shitter, but they'll still be recruiting.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com - Email for morons. at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (Bd6X8)
they will look to govt, Pharma and "green energy"
There are NO "green energy" jobs. Ever since Obama started pitching that bullshit, it's been one of the biggest lies going.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (trdmm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:35 PM (trdmm)
this is just cut-throatedly brutal.
I knew I was going to get the hook at a place I worked, so I had already started interviewing. Anyway the day came when the closeted lesbian boss called me in to her office with her henchwoman. There was a woman I didn't recognize there. She was HR flunky, of course.
So I sat down and this flunky began to read a list of charges against me and I felt like I was defendant on trial. Then she gives me the paper with all the itemized complaints and tells me to sign.
I declined, telling her it was all a lie and I don't endorse lying. And the henchwoman quickly looked at lesbian boss like, NOW WHAT?? and I sat there quietly, thinking "they're going to have to call the police to get me out of here". And finally the flunky pipes up with: Well, we can't make you sign.
also they timed it so the firing happened just a few days before Christmas
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (dCxaZ)
"Sure."
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 04, 2022 12:41 PM (trdmm)
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You interact with Nate Cohn and say, "Hello, fellow blue check."
The fewer followers you have, the better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (LvTSG)
I didn't Reynolds was Canuckistani. Does he run around with a hammer? Anybody seen him the last few days?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: That NLurker guy
don't be
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Nova local at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (exHjb)
Posted by: whig
Done tole y'all peoples
Posted by: Samuel Huntington at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (SP4pi)
Cite? Google, MS, Apple, and Facebook/Meta all have had a hiring freeze, and Facebook at least is actively laying people off.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (ZGrMX)
They need to redeploy outside of Twitter
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (RHGPo)
right Mr Taylor? they were LIVING THE DREAM
Posted by: BlackOrchidDancingByMyself at November 04, 2022 12:43 PM (w0NJk)
Just saw an ad for Walker. Dude looks great for 60. Black don't crack.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (oINRc)
Thread winner, IMO.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (Xrfse)
they will look to govt, Pharma and "green energy"
Yeah, a whole bunch of "public policy" experts just got loosed on the world.
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (CaJIi)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (Ivdso)
LOL. Ban all people with Irish names!!!!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (vH/6k)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (eOEVl)
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Yup. It ain't all wine and roses in High Tech anymore, and it's going to get worse. It probably won't be as bad as 2001-2003, but don't consider it impossible.
When the ax swings for me, I fully expect to be unemployed for a fair bit and that my next job is going to pay less. I've planned for it. I've been planning for it for years.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (DU+/6)
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (wb1YC)
.. this more or less how I last changed jobs.
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (DcKNO)
I know times are rough, but there's a place in the Bay Area where you can get free, top-shelf ice cream.
Now, you're going to need to bring a hammer. Don't ask why.
Posted by: Wally at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (Tz3Yt)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
And I want my silk boxers with the hearts on them back
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (SP4pi)
They promise work from home.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (QIH/c)
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I think I saw that Barney Miller episode. Is that the one where Harris called Bellevue "the enchanted kingdom"??
Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (yikp0)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (oyfLT)
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM
Dang. You're on to us.
Posted by: CA Governmental Proposition Writers at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: JackStraw at November
Wealthy enough to buy a significant share in am NHL franchise.?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at November 04, 2022 12:37 PM (eGTCV)
He's also an entrepreneur and investor. Started a mobile phone company.
Posted by: Insomniac, safe in the eye of the tornado at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (II3Gr)
NBC offers new details this morning on the police response before the attack - and Paul Pelosi's curious reaction to it, at least at first. According to their sources, Pelosi himself opened the door when police arrived, and rather than walk out, began to walk back toward assailant David DePape. DePape even assured police that everything was "good," which - given the broken window - police clearly didn't believe.
More oddities emerge, too. The new details don't include whether Pelosi had been attacked prior to the officer's arrival on scene; Miguel Almaguer notes that explicitly, in fact. If Pelosi was injured prior to their arrival, though, why would police have allowed him to go back into a residence with evidence of burglary apparent? In fact, one has to wonder why they would have let Pelosi do that even without apparent injuries, given the scene at that moment.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (MFZ8i)
last night on the job, went out for a smoke break late. Couldn't re-enter the building- my e-pass had been deactivated.
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (OZjDX)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (mE7cY)
He's also an entrepreneur and investor. Started a mobile phone company.
Posted by: Insomniac, safe in the eye of the tornado at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (II3Gr)
And a hammer-for-hire business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (oINRc)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (Ivdso)
He improves with a couple martinis made with his gin.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (anj39)
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1. Dip your hand in water and place it on the negative battery terminal.
2. Place your tongue on the positive battery terminal.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!!!
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (5pTK/)
>That half-assed comedian in those Dead Pool movies.
Suck it, Ryan! Be better!
Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (geVLo)
Lol.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (ptqGC)
B-list actor who instead of blowing all his money on a mansion bought the cellphone operator Mint Mobile, and apparently has successfully grown it. He saves money by being the celebrity in the commercials for it.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (ZGrMX)
Also a super good looking man who's married to the gorgeous Blake Lively.
Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (4CZFl)
thank you!
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Nova local
==
Remember when the donks went to court to make sure there were Ds and Rs after candidates names so their "voters" knew who to vote for?
Pepperidge Farms does.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (u4CEu)
Any downvotes not cast would be credited to your own ratio.
Any uptwinkles not cast would be discarded.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (xLqhd)
I don't need pansy fairy fucks on my staff.
Posted by: Halfdan at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (fppa6)
Posted by: blaster at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (pwExq)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:24 PM (dCxaZ)
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As a woman, you can have all the shadenboners you want
Posted by: can of spam at November 04, 2022 12:47 PM (7oNMO)
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (ftFVW)
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Crotch needed a rinse and there's a water shortage in Kalifornia.
Posted by: Ciampino -- Democrats keep recycling the same brown stinky stuff at November 04, 2022 12:47 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: Alexander Scipio at November 04, 2022 12:28 PM (NX5U7)
Imagine if they hadn't felt so very secure in their overpaid, underworked job that they enthusiastically helped "elect" the potato-in-chief. Why, the economy might be better. They might have an easier time finding new employment.
Oh, well, bad luck that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at November 04, 2022 12:47 PM (zhLdt)
That is not to say they might grab some marketing or other types.
Yeah, that didn't sound right to me either.
Also, both Google and Microsoft will push out employees that aren't pulling their weight.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 12:47 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:47 PM (geLO8)
Losing your job is the least of your worries.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 04, 2022 12:47 PM (CecP5)
At some time or another, you would be summoned to the main auditorium (AKA 'the death chamber') to be notified.
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (RHGPo)
These little shitheads thrive on their own drama and their false sense of indispensablness. It's being given to them on a silver platter now. Enjoy.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (BdMk6)
Posted by: J. Strom Moron at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (SP4pi)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (KFhLj)
Any downvotes not cast would be credited to your own ratio.
Any uptwinkles not cast would be discarded.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (xLqhd)
like Occupy got Lord of the Flies pregnant and it drank heavily while gravid....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 12:39 PM (ZGrMX)
He also owns Aviator Gin
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (OgrpQ)
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GRINDR???
Posted by: Paul Pelosi at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (yikp0)
I don't need pansy fairy fucks on my staff.
Posted by: Halfdan at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (fppa6)
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lol
Yes, we all need to be on the lookout if we're hiring.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (DcKNO)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (MCkGU)
Posted by: Archimedes at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (eOEVl)
Posted by: blaster at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (pwExq)
Elon, I am available for a fee to consult, especially if they yahoos start screaming union. 😀
Posted by: Piper at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (/Qq47)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (DU+/6)
Good thinking Joe.
I did twenty years in the Army. Stability.
Then in the next twenty 7 different jobs.
Planning is vital. And mental and geographic agility is important too.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (anj39)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (mE7cY)
Posted by: kallisto at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (Dcb0K)
Not to worry. I have a place for some of you at one of the other companies I own.
Who wants to go to Mars?
- Elon (looking for test flight guinea pigs)
Posted by: neurosis of the liver at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (48d9R)
which should have happened YEARS ago. it's way past its due date
I'm a happy orchid. Tech needs a cleansing.
Posted by: BlackOrchidDancingByMyself at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (w0NJk)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (3Lw3j)
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: BignJames at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Ian S.
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The era of cheap money is gone and even startups nowadays are going to find it harder to access capital to blow on worker bennies. Google and even Amazon are mature companies and their P/E reflects that. Increasingly antitrust issues are going to reduce ability of the bigs to buy startups running a big losses to lockup new products.
Mature industries run for a profit, not for the workers. If I was looking forward, biotech and space are the more likely sources for exponential stock growth.
Posted by: whig at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (CXr4y)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (5pTK/)
They were expecting their golden parachutes to deploy.
Doh!
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (AiZBA)
Past:
Ha ha ha, deplorable! We just got you fired. Ha ha. That's what you deserve for voting for Trump! Ha ha ha!!!
Present:
Wh-y-y-y-y-y-y??? Why me? Why was I fired? I'm literally crying now! Literally crying!!!! It's so unfair! And I didn't even get my morning frappuccino at the Twitter Cafe!!!! Why-y-y-y-y-y?
Future:
Yes. Yes, that's right. I'll give you a blowjob for $20, Mr Pelosi. Behind the dumpster there? Sure. Whatever you want, Mr Pelosi. And, I need to dance around in my underwear singing "Pop Goes the Weasel"? Well...Oh, yessir! Yessir, I can do that. Just let me get undressed..
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (KLPy8)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 04, 2022 12:49 PM (u73oe)
50 quatloos says at least 50 of the 3700 go for it.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (anj39)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 04, 2022 12:44 PM (oINRc)
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Read Tim Tebow's autobiography and he's a friend of Hershel's. They both have an outrageous workout routine (including something like 200 or 300 pushups and situps each day).
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: blaster at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (pwExq)
It's just a matter of time before his dirty laundry gets aired.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (sI15f)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 12:51 PM (bM7RL)
Its a problem of empathy in our culture. FEEELING for someone else is one of the highest public virtues. Its useful because it turns their problems into your benefit: it becomes about you and how you feel instead of about the actual problem you are allegedly FEEELING about.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:51 PM (Ivdso)
Have they ever made any real money?
As best I can tell, they have always been valued on a perception of profitability and not on, you know...actual profitablitity.
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 12:51 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: Regular joe at November 04, 2022 12:52 PM (nnp+f)
good thoughts whig, I'd add energy (nuke, oil, gas)
anyway tech will go back to being USEFUL not just crappy proppo and marketing/selling shit
Posted by: BlackOrchidDancingByMyself at November 04, 2022 12:52 PM (w0NJk)
last night on the job, went out for a smoke break late. Couldn't re-enter the building- my e-pass had been deactivated.
had one morning when we came in to work and half of the folks' email wouldn't work. since we were in utah and company hq was in california, had to wait for the californians to get into the office to find out that the folks who couldn't get their email had been let go.
Posted by: stochastic kulak anachronda at November 04, 2022 12:52 PM (oY6Yp)
Small price to pay to get these insane people out who would love nothing better than to be allowed to sit at work and sabotage everything they touch.
Posted by: cjhmhch at November 04, 2022 12:52 PM (eSgwh)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (3Lw3j)
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Get a full charge. Drive 50 miles to the nearest Martin Luther King Blvd and when the charge runs out sit back and enjoy your suicide.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (u4CEu)
I'm not positive...
*Looks down at schadenboner*
...but I am pretty sure it is some kind of new ED treatment.
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (rdsTk)
I got laid off 3 days after Christmas 2012
I had to shut down my business when I couldn't pay myself any longer and working 80 hour weeks for zero pay wasn't any fun. So, as end of year approached the choice was notify employees before Christmas, and ruin it for them, or wait until after Christmas.
Yeah, they both suck. I went with 'after'.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (y3pKJ)
"What they're really saying is, ‘If you don't elect us this time, if you don't keep them out of power, you may never be able to elect us again.’ Or in short, ‘Vote to preserve your right to throw the bums out
***
Lol. Chris thinks he's helping...
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:51 PM (Ivdso)
I blame Obi Wan Kenobi. "Trust your feelings, Luke."
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (3Lw3j)
Fucker's making canola oil now too?
Jeez. Settle down, Ryan. Smell the roses or something.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (anj39)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:54 PM (5pTK/)
The highway fight in the first movie is a slightly better version of that short.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 04, 2022 12:54 PM (44ww/)
Posted by: Sleepy Miklos at November 04, 2022 12:54 PM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Jen the original at November 04, 2022 12:54 PM (EOKzg)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (oyfLT)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (3Lw3j)
Fucker's making canola oil now too?
Jeez. Settle down, Ryan. Smell the roses or something.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (/EuRN
I laughed! And only because I watched Jeremy Clarkson's The Farm and learned all about Rape Seed.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (mE7cY)
When we spunoff with $2 or $3 billion in Lucent's debt, we had 14,400 employees.
Shortly after the spinoff, the market for half of the company went from $100 million a month to $100,000 a month.
The layoffs began. Always on a Wednesday, preceded by empty boxes showing up in the shared printer rooms. Wave after wave, until we got down to 2,800 (80% laidoff). Then we were sold.
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Funenjoyed Twitter Douchebag at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Ordinary American at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (B5Ud9)
Posted by: Defenestratus at November 04, 2022 12:34 PM (evAQL)
IIRC, both MSFT and GOOG have recently done, or announced plans to do, a round of lay-offs. If I found out that I was losing my job so some whiny fuck from Twitter could have it, I'd be pretty pissed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (zhLdt)
Posted by: That Guy in "The Graduate" at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (sWM8x)
Posted by: Synova at November 04, 2022 12:16 PM (BD/yx)
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Not true. I was part of a plant closure of about 600 employees. The announcement was made in January. Production kept on going until August. I left in December.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (cMXNt)
They say everyone has a doppelganger — looks like I've found mine! In Nov-Dec 2008:
-Was forcibly removed from my house by my soon-to-be X2
-Was part of the CompUSA liquidation
-Was involved in an accident that totaled my car
The next 3 years sucked. It did get better, though...
Posted by: goozer at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (nQJfz)
Deadpool 2 is even funnier than Deadpool. Free Guy is great.
He rewrites these scripts so he's not just some idiot speaking other people's lines. (A lot of actors rewrite their lines only his rewrites result in huge LOL laughs.)
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (C1Zwz)
For employees impacted the policy change ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (DU+/6)
Thank you! I've *hate* people using "impact", and I've never understood its attraction. I've always put it down to people thinking it makes them sound smart.
Your explanation makes sense.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (61LSv)
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (K3TEc)
Herschel used to do 1000 and 1000 a day at his athletic height. Then he retired and did MMA for a few years. The guy is a machine
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (OgrpQ)
Unfortunately, I'm at work and it's not even 10am.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (BVYOm)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:55 PM (mE7cY)
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Clarkson really pilloried government without actually saying government sucks, in that show.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (5pTK/)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (u4CEu)
Posted by: blaster at November 04, 2022 12:46 PM (pwExq)
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You'll be out of breath before you get anywhere!
Posted by: Ciampino -- Demon-brats keep recycling the same brown stinky stuff at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (qfLjt)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (mE7cY)
A friend got laid off after busting his hump, night, day, weekends, to test and ship a product, and on the eve that they finished their work, they were unceremoniously fired.
You want to know why companies are leaving CA? It is because this 60 day type nonsense that reduces a companies agility and ability to compete.
Now, I don't like being on the receiving side of such things, but situational awareness is key. It's not like this wasn't coming down the pike for at least 60 days. Cry me a fucking river, millennial babies.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (yHsuS)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (yHsuS)
it's a bit aggressive that now he's trying to buy a "real" sports team.
Posted by: ace at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (C1Zwz)
What happened to the Mars II deployment? They all murdered each other over a game of backgammon.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (geVLo)
As best I can tell, they have always been valued on a perception of profitability and not on, you know...actual profitablitity.
Posted by: garrett
I invested in the company that makes Crocs.
Have done well.
Thanks!
Posted by: Miklos buys low at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Insomniac, safe in the eye of the tornado at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (II3Gr)
And here I thought mine knocking over my monitor was a big deal.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (VwHCD)
Your explanation makes sense.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (61LSv)
I'm going to utilize this information.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Charles DeMar, Twitter HR and Ski Instructor at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (L90GB)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (to2dd)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (3Lw3j)
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (yHsuS
Nooo. Once the comments hit 2000, Ace turns into a pumpkin.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:59 PM (mE7cY)
Posted by: rhomboid at November 04, 2022 12:53 PM (OTzUX)
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You could be right because Tebow said he couldn't match Walker's routine. Yeah, it's been a few years and the formerly great memory is starting to go ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 12:59 PM (K3TEc)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 12:59 PM (geLO8)
insane
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (3Lw3j)
Pffff. I can run 40 yards in 4.7 minutes, no problem.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 12:59 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 04, 2022 12:59 PM (mE7cY)
Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.
Elon, bubbie, you can't "appease" the left. Lesson learned?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 04, 2022 12:59 PM (dO/0d)
Posted by: Fluxed And Uncertain gp at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (24fqN)
Was always told that was not an ideal scenario. Do layoffs midweek. Unless of course Musk is looking to inflict maximum pain on these twits.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (N39Ws)
Yeah, California labor laws are as bad as California taxes.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (oyfLT)
My wonderful ABZZZZZZ squeeze me like toothpaste when I'm doing the primary lifts, push/pull/legs, but these are secondary GAINZZZZZZ.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (44ww/)
A mass layoff is defined under the California WARN Act as the elimination of
fifty (50) or more jobs
during any thirty (30)-day period, due to lack of work or lack of funds.
So, if the layoffs are not due to lack of work or lack of funds, it would seem this part of the WARN act wouldn't apply.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (uPgE/)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: Fluxed And Uncertain gp at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (24fqN)
This is the kind of energy I need today.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (sI15f)
Also it's about the most female thing you can imagine.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 01:01 PM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2022 01:01 PM (V13WU)
insane
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (3Lw3j)
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Holy crap. I ran a 4.6 in college ... if I tried that ten years ago, I'd have probably severed both hamstrings.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at November 04, 2022 01:01 PM (K3TEc)
"someone with your qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries"
--Dr Venkman
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:42 PM (Ivdso)
I've quit better jobs than this!
Posted by: Janine at November 04, 2022 01:01 PM (ZSK0i)
It's the last one in the herd to run that gets eaten by the lion.
All you laid off today? You're going to find the job you thought you'd get if it happened is already filled ...
Suck it, loser
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2022 01:01 PM (sqV80)
Posted by: RUReadingthis at November 04, 2022 01:01 PM (aQ25I)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (/EuRN)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
Like duh
Posted by: Miklos tries at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (SP4pi)
Posted by: Emmie at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (Emce2)
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (V13WU)
Posted by: Azathoth at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (wb1YC)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (QIH/c)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (u4CEu)
Would have been better with a Tweet that fired them and suspended their Twitter Accounts.
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 01:02 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 01:00 PM (KCOCK)
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As an employer in CA, one does not dare inquire to closely about the legal status of a would be employee.
Also, CA will allow lawyers to go on a fishing expedition in a company, trying to find a way to sue the company for whatever reason they can come up with.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(5pTK/) at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (5pTK/)
Ok. Day drinking is sounding prettty awesome right now.
Unfortunately, I'm at work and it's not even 10am.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM
One of my hobbies during the lockdown was looking up former friends on the snoop sites. One former almost girlfriend was going into nursing and eventually did. I found her alright, dead in her early 50's. With a slew of dui's and drug possession charges in her background. Nursing must be a tough profession.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (y3pKJ)
I had a friend who worked as a contractor for a big California tech firm. He was perfectly happy as a contractor, but got fired after six years, because some California judge had ruled that after six years contractors become full-time employees, and that the company was liable for Social Security and all other employment taxes - back to the first day of employment as a contractor.
So, all contractors got fired after six years.
He doesn't live in California anymore.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (KCOCK)
noobs
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (J2vNu)
They could learn to cod,
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (to2dd)
At least try it, if only for the halibut.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 01:04 PM (yHsuS)
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 04, 2022 12:58 PM (AiZBA)
Your name is going on my burning times list. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 01:04 PM (61LSv)
I fought convicts in prison who weren't as solid
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 01:04 PM (bM7RL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at November 04, 2022 01:04 PM (FVME7)
I didn't realize that smirking was a range.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 04, 2022 01:05 PM (KFhLj)
Posted by: Ryan of Cake Girl fame at November 04, 2022 01:05 PM (SP4pi)
For amusement, sue the boycotting companies for antitrust violations for acting as a cartel.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (KCOCK)
Posted by: warren at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (IyHK7)
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (MCkGU)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
This 24/7/365.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (bM7RL)
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (V13WU)
Lol, we got 'em good, didn't we Joesey!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (sqV80)
Been a metric shit ton of Texans moving up here these last few years.
First few snowfalls are fucking hysterical as they slide off roads and high center themselves on plow lines and drifts.
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (qtyb5)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (J2vNu)
If you mix up Ginger Beer with Ryan Gosling, you get a Blonde and Stormy.
Be sure to add the squeeze of lime!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (KLPy8)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (oyfLT)
Cue the "People in the South can't drive in the snow" memes.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (xLqhd)
Posted by: t-bird at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (CaJIi)
He doesn't live in California anymore.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (KCOCK)
CA outlawed contract work just a few years back also.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (OgrpQ)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (MFZ8i)
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The entire scene at the door sounds stupid, unless Pelosi was drunk off his ass. But even then still it's stupid.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: torabora at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (Y274z)
I fought convicts in prison who weren't as solid
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 01:04 PM (bM7RL)
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"And then he whispered MAGA to me, and we knew the future..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (LvTSG)
I am certain he is aware that big businesses will be pressured to pull back from Twitter, but will sneak back in later.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (Ivdso)
Threw her weight behind him ?
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (V13WU)
She put her ample sausage finger on the scale.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (yHsuS)
Harris Faulkner was joking on Fox that "you get a car and you get a car" is a lot less attractive at current gas prices.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 01:08 PM (ZGrMX)
Don't they have caste systems over there?
Not really compatible with American culture.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 12:10 PM (xLqhd)
I don't see any reason to see Twitters war on free speech as Indian. That's domestic leftism. Now the Indian high brass might well have stuffed the Indian branch with useless drones to suit their nationalist or to skim bribes or any number of bad reasons that would make it an easy cull for Twitter.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 04, 2022 01:08 PM (eoQWY)
I know, I know!
They can all get jobs in education!
Posted by: torabora at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (Y274z)
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They’re certainly dumb enough to be teachers in California.
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (qtyb5)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
Bless your heart
Posted by: People in the South at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (SP4pi)
This is THEIR PHRASE. It's THEIR language, whenever they get away with anything to harm their political, non-cult enemies.
"Cry moar", they say, even when caught cheating.
Use this phrase against them when they lose, or when they suffer, or when they're mad.
They made these rules.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (YJwUM)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
no, it's just way too easy to get a driver's license.
that's a big problem in this country- we let idiots drive cars and vote
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (geLO8)
Some Hollywood types have actually left Twitter. Marina Sirtis, for instance. I don't know what we'd do without her telling Picard that she's feeling things.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 01:08 PM (ZGrMX)
Just make the cars Teslas. Wait...
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: JT at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (T4tVD)
Posted by: The Vikings at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (22R1Y)
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (qtyb5)
I never really used it, even though I had dormant account. I might be inclined to use it if there are some real changes and innovations in the right direction, if for no other reason to help it succeed. But I could just as easily watch it die.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 01:10 PM (yHsuS)
Posted by: Insomniac, safe in the eye of the tornado at November 04, 2022 12:45 PM (II3Gr)
Also owns a stake in Aviation Gin.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at November 04, 2022 01:10 PM (zhLdt)
First ice storm of the season in Dallas it always happens.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 04, 2022 01:10 PM (7B5FA)
Parag Agrawal and Vijaya Gadde?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 01:11 PM (xLqhd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 04, 2022 01:11 PM (LvTSG)
they think 4wd means they're attached to the road on rails or something
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 01:11 PM (geLO8)
Posted by: The Vikings at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (22R1Y)
I get that reference.
Posted by: Zombie Kirk Douglas at November 04, 2022 01:12 PM (906pl)
Kanye West, aka Ye, agrees that it’s really starting to seem like ‘anti Semitic means ni**er’
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Well, the SS was known as the Black March.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at November 04, 2022 01:12 PM (FVME7)
I fought convicts in prison who weren't as solid
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 01:04 PM (bM7RL)
Good thing it was not Bo Jackson. LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 04, 2022 01:12 PM (dO/0d)
Posted by: DB at November 04, 2022 01:11 PM (geLO
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All 4wd means is that you can get all four tires bogged down instead of just two.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2022 01:12 PM (to2dd)
If people from California move to Colorado with self driving cars they're in for a shock. All that self-driving stuff is dependent on actually 'seeing' the road. The first snowfall there's no telling what the car will do.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at November 04, 2022 01:12 PM (y3pKJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 04, 2022 01:13 PM (vH/6k)
Insane, stupid and untalented is no way to through life, Son.
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 01:13 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at November 04, 2022 01:13 PM (CecP5)
Ryan Reynolds is most famous for getting pegged by Morena Baccarin
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Let's face it, teh Morons may be so straight that they could be used to calibrate lasers, but the majority of us would at least briefly consider it with MB.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2022 01:13 PM (n+4am)
Posted by: Supreme Gentleman at November 04, 2022 01:09 PM (qtyb5)
Similar work ethic, too.
Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2022 01:13 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: 29Victor at November 04, 2022 01:13 PM (BJKQV)
LOL
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (oyfLT)
And the liberals - allow those barbarians to have free reign? They won't stand for it.
Elon's going to double advertisers customer base.
But they will have to offer their product in a manner that doesn't alienate half of the readers.
What to do? Promote quality/performance? Ha!
We'll see.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (jy41H)
Posted by: The Vikings at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (22R1Y)
Posted by: Rev Jonathan Swift at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (WhP3q)
First few snowfalls are fucking hysterical as they slide off roads and high center themselves on plow lines and drifts.
Posted by: garrett at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (4CZFl)
Damn! I didn't manage to get out and about this morning to see the fun.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (61LSv)
What happened to the Mars II deployment? They all murdered each other over a game of backgammon.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at November 04, 2022 12:57 PM (geVLo)
There's an old SF story called "The Hated" where the space astronauts on a Mars mission were prevented from killing each other on the flight but had to be separated into districts of the country to prevent them killing each other.
The framing of the story is an astronaut crossing the line and killing one of his crewmates (I think he had an irritating cough) then he wakes up and the shrinks have been letting him "decompress" though other drugs and are enthused about letting them mix....even though it is clear by the story that it wasn't working at all.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2022 01:12 PM (to2dd)
When it is really just one front and one rear, unless you have lockers or some sort of advanced traction control. A lot don't.
I lived on a hill. Winter was fun seeing all the AWD cars struggle to get up the hill and ultimately turn around. Subaru, for all the butch lesbos attracted to the brand, is a solid AWD platform.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (yHsuS)
I've seen videos on YouTube from people testing it in Michigan in the winter and it does better than you'd think. In part because it also knows where the road is even when it can't see it. It's the other cars it needs the vision for.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (ZGrMX)
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (Rbu5d)
If you operate a business in California, you have to be comfortable with the idea that many bureaucrats know how to run your business better than you do and they will make their edicts known. Oh, and they know how to use your money better than you do, too.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 04, 2022 01:15 PM (7B5FA)
Yt is the same, probably.
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (Rbu5d)
LOL
Posted by: Maj. Healey at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (oyfLT)
That "security review" is to make sure those tapes never see the light of day.
Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (AiZBA)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2022 01:03 PM (J2vNu)
I used to mix up Channing Tatum with Tatum O'Neil
Posted by: Kindltot at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (xhaym)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (OgrpQ
I seem to recall a picture of Walker in Sports Illustrated when he was at UGA, where he was doing one armed pushups with his girlfriend on his back.
Posted by: Tofer732 at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (fatpD)
Oh, no! Not that has been that played a lame character on a moderately popular show from 28 years ago!
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: blaster at November 04, 2022 12:48 PM (pwExq)
It's just a matter of time before his dirty laundry gets aired.
Posted by: Miss Issippi at November 04, 2022 12:50 PM (sI15f)
Seems like he and his wife have a great relationship, work hard, invest wisely, and mostly keep their public mouths shut about non-work things.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic, Ashli Babbitt/Rosanne Boyland at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (zhLdt)
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (V13WU)
Lotsa expensive cars in the teachers parking lot at local Jr high, Teslas etc, and even a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (UpDO3)
But they will have to offer their product in a manner that doesn't alienate half of the readers.
What to do? Promote quality/performance? Ha!
We'll see.
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at November 04, 2022 01:14 PM (jy41H)
Elon should just let them segregate by woke/unwoke and let people block ads they don't like for political reasons. If nobody else wants to buy ads Tesla could always do it and drop other ad buys.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (eoQWY)
Oh, no! Not that has been that played a lame character on a moderately popular show from 28 years ago!
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (R38qh)
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She says that when she first moved to Hollywood, she was to the right of Genghis Khan. Also, she was a total slut.
Hollywood changed her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, drinking whiskey and getting into fights with Sam Peckinpah at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (LvTSG)
Ryan Reynolds is most famous for getting pegged by Morena Baccarin
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Let's face it, teh Morons may be so straight that they could be used to calibrate lasers, but the majority of us would at least briefly consider it with MB.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2022 01:13 PM (n+4am)
*uncomfortably adjusts collar*
I can't recommend it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (XvPQV)
According to how she was portrayed on the show, I'm am empath: I too can see the obvious and pass on what is happening.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (xLqhd)
Posted by: humphreyrobot at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (J8LnB)
Threw her weight behind him ?
Posted by: runner at November 04, 2022 01:06 PM (V13WU)
She put her ample sausage finger on the scale.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Wrecker, Hoarder, Saboteur at November 04, 2022 01:07 PM (yHsuS)
______________
Jeffrey Toobin is pulling for him!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 04, 2022 01:18 PM (KvZnc)
Oh, no! Not that has been that played a lame character on a moderately popular show from 28 years ago!
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (R38qh)
Plenty of folk quit smoking or start a new years resolution and are back in there after a few days or weeks.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 04, 2022 01:18 PM (eoQWY)
That's just some of Riker, running down your leg.
Posted by: Data at November 04, 2022 01:18 PM (4CZFl)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 04, 2022 01:18 PM (Xrfse)
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Well, they did attack Paul Pelosi.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2022 at November 04, 2022 01:18 PM (FVME7)
Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at November 04, 2022 01:19 PM (Yr4Df)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at November 04, 2022 01:19 PM (UpDO3)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 12:33 PM (Ivdso)
In places where people actually have a lot to do, it's a devious way to keep employees working in the office rather than going home and doing something else. But something tells me that the chick who made the day in the life video and others like her aren't burning the candle at both ends.
Posted by: chique l'African ViQueen of Greenland, the Merciless, open to talks with the Great MAGA King at November 04, 2022 01:19 PM (rF64X)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 01:19 PM (Ivdso)
Posted by: The Vikings
Yes. Also, as usual, Ann Barnhardt's will be even better.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 04, 2022 01:20 PM (YJwUM)
She's smoking hot. Of course she has been burning in hell.
Posted by: Rex at November 04, 2022 01:21 PM (SSPuO)
I have no idea what this means.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 01:21 PM (R38qh)
First ice storm of the season in Dallas it always happens.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 04, 2022
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Funny. I'd driven in snow exactly once before I moved to CO. I never had trouble with the snow business, despite driving RWD cars. Unlike a lot of the idiots on the road, I slowed down and left a LOT of space between me and the car ahead. (Also I stayed off the road if I could manage it and didn't drive in the mountains if a storm was expected.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2022 01:21 PM (J2vNu)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (Ivdso)
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Mercilessly mocked in Team America: World Police.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2022 01:21 PM (to2dd)
I expect many of them to come back yeah. They'll try sites such as Tribel and find out its not the same and they get fewer followers and a lot of the people tehy want to read aren't there, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 01:21 PM (Ivdso)
First ice storm of the season in Dallas it always happens.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon
I20 between Abeline and Ft Worth. Drove through there during the first ice storm of 2015 while moving to TX. Looked like the Highway of Death from the Gulf War, except with snow. I counted at least 70 wrecked semitrucks in 20 miles along that stretch before I quit because counting was too distracting.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 04, 2022 01:22 PM (n+4am)
For employees impacted the policy change ...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at November 04, 2022 12:27 PM (DU+/6)
Thank you! I've *hate* people using "impact", and I've never understood its attraction. I've always put it down to people thinking it makes them sound smart.
Your explanation makes sense.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 04, 2022 12:56 PM (61LSv)
This is true. I sometimes (too frequently) use "impact" because I've never quite memorized the affect/effect rule. *hangs head in shame*
Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2022 01:22 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 01:22 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Genzconservativist at November 04, 2022 01:23 PM (pmoqr)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 04, 2022 01:23 PM (J2vNu)
Yt is the same, probably.
Posted by: Flyover's Kohlrabi at November 04, 2022 01:16 PM (Rbu5d)
YT isn't quite so bad in my experience unless a channel becomes marked for death. You can usually keep things you watch regularly alive by hunting it up if it starts getting thin, and the new stuff doesn't seem to be massively slanted. I just had a 4 year old wargame review of SPI's Invasion America pop up (its from the 1970s) out of pretty much nowhere. I do own the game but hadn't thought of it in decades.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 04, 2022 01:24 PM (eoQWY)
Musk will say this is necessary to prevent sabotage. Even the California courts are likely to agree and let the layoffs stand as implemented. Your layoff notice was your 60 day notice. I doubt this is implemented any other way.
Posted by: mikethemoose at November 04, 2022 01:24 PM (T/vhV)
First few snowfalls are fucking hysterical as they slide off roads and high center themselves on plow lines and drifts.
When we lived in CO for a few years (moved from and back to TX, FWIW) I noticed that the huge majority of vehicles in the ditch during a snowfall were 4x4s. Because those were the people who think "I got this, no problem" and don't slow the f*ck down. When our neighborhood had a heavy snow and was the last to get plowed, I and neighbors dug a half-dozen vehicles out of the street, every one a big-ass 4x4 SUV.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 04, 2022 01:24 PM (nfrXX)
Sounds like Nancy's office made some calls.
https://bit.ly/3T4j0Mb
Posted by: bonhomme at November 04, 2022 01:24 PM (R38qh)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 04, 2022 01:17 PM (Ivdso)
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Mercilessly mocked in Team America: World Police.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 04, 2022 01:21 PM (to2dd)
The old series did an Empath a lot better.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 04, 2022 01:25 PM (eoQWY)
Posted by: JakeSpeed at November 04, 2022 01:26 PM (Vu1jV)
Musk will say this is necessary to prevent sabotage. Even the California courts are likely to agree and let the layoffs stand as implemented. Your layoff notice was your 60 day notice. I doubt this is implemented any other way.
Posted by: mikethemoose at November 04, 2022 01:24 PM (T/vhV)
It would be a requirement for the work-from-homers.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 04, 2022 01:27 PM (eoQWY)
The new narrative doesn't seem to match up with the federal charging document, so something had to give
Posted by: SMOD at November 04, 2022 01:27 PM (RHGPo)
Then who opened the door?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at November 04, 2022 01:29 PM (7B5FA)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at November 04, 2022 01:33 PM (y607P)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 04, 2022 12:38 PM (bM7RL)
I had a friend who did that. The strangest part was her hubby drove the car for five years after.
Posted by: creeper at November 04, 2022 01:34 PM (bhZc8)
Posted by: CoolHandLuke (Grootylicious) at November 04, 2022 01:36 PM (Irdcf)
They could learn to cod,
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
........
Holy mackerel, that's a hard job.
Posted by: wth at November 04, 2022 01:43 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at November 04, 2022 01:45 PM (cMXNt)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 04, 2022 01:50 PM (x61Im)
Posted by: Random Internet Asshole at November 04, 2022 01:51 PM (8LP6B)
just using this article..> http://xurl.es/trueamerican
Posted by: Tom at November 04, 2022 01:59 PM (kGTTL)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at November 04, 2022 02:02 PM (aQK5r)
Posted by: Kitchener Lesley at November 04, 2022 02:32 PM (CgQvH)
Posted by: Dirks Strewn DA at November 04, 2022 02:32 PM (kfcYC)
Those poor, poor people... ... ...
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Posted by: Biergood at November 04, 2022 12:11 PM (FQWHA)
==
She should never be given another HR job ever. For those of us who have worked in the field, this is the lowest of the low. You, ma'am, are completely unqualified for the role.
Posted by: Black JEM at November 04, 2022 02:57 PM (xWZcb)
They could learn to cod,
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
They can become poets
They could learn to ode.
Posted by: JoeF. at November 04, 2022 03:03 PM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at November 04, 2022 03:09 PM (K58O6)
>>#Twitter sacks entire marketing
and communications department in #India...
Thank you, come again.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2022 12:06 PM (ZLI7S)
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I read that loosely as ' Twitter ball-sacks entire and communications department in #India...'
and I was thinking 'low blow' until I re-read the phrase.
Posted by: Ciampino - does Twitter have testicular fortitude? at November 04, 2022 04:44 PM (qfLjt)
They could learn to cod,
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
........
Holy mackerel, that's a hard job.
Posted by: wth at November 04, 2022 01:43 PM (v0R5T)
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Is there a plaice for me?
Posted by: Ciampino -- does Twitter have testicular fortitude? at November 04, 2022 04:51 PM (qfLjt)
and communications department in #India...
"India"?! Wait, you mean like... Indiana? Wait a second, you're in India!? What the fuck?
Why am I talking to someone in India, about my computer that was made in Japan and bought in America?
Nice, great. So why am I paying for first rate tech support from a third world country?
https://bit.ly/3TagKTI
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Posted by: FOMSG at November 04, 2022 06:31 PM (go1Uo)
So no shortage of good paying jobs where you work hard accomplish real contributions.
Posted by: Xavier Basora at November 04, 2022 08:47 PM (FkEdb)
just using this article..> http://xurl.es/trueamerican
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