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I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there.
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On January 10 2018 07:28 GreenHorizons wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 06:23 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 06:19 TheLordofAwesome wrote:On January 10 2018 06:03 ticklishmusic wrote:
There's a story about it on Breitbart. A lot of people in the comments section aren't too nice to Bannon and his "betrayal of MAGA." Pretty funny. The entire idea of Bannon not being alt-right enough for the modern political climate is just hilarious. We are watching the birthing stages of a legitimately extremist wing of our country. I don't think we are quite at that point yet, but it is fascinating to see how once a group is mildly racidalized, it can become self-sustaining. It's just another example of the same thing we see in fringe groups within BLM. If you find a group of people who feel they've been walked all over and forgotten, then give them a message that makes them feel powerful, they'll take that shit to an extreme you never thought of. Once again, humanity cleaning up after the weak and forgotten. I'm going to go with no. What fringe groups within BLM are you even talking about? I guess if we go with Danglars there is no BLM anymore so it should be past tense. I honestly don't see any reason to do what you're doing in that paragraph.
"Kill all white people", "Only vote for people of color" and similar things. 99% of BLM I am totally onboard with. It's stuff like demanding restitution that I start stepping sideways.
On January 10 2018 07:40 Plansix wrote:
I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there.
I know more than 1 person who would never consider voting for a white man for pretty much any reason whatsoever. You're right that the stuff I criticize is mostly absent from our country.
Also, every character in Portlandia is real. It doesn't mean they are remotely common, but if you spend enough time in Portland, you will actually meet at least one of each of those people if you hang out with the right crowds. I ran into those types a lot more when I was freshly graduated from high school, but those people are mostly just facebook friends at this point.
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On January 10 2018 07:44 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 07:28 GreenHorizons wrote:On January 10 2018 06:23 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 06:19 TheLordofAwesome wrote:There's a story about it on Breitbart. A lot of people in the comments section aren't too nice to Bannon and his "betrayal of MAGA." Pretty funny. The entire idea of Bannon not being alt-right enough for the modern political climate is just hilarious. We are watching the birthing stages of a legitimately extremist wing of our country. I don't think we are quite at that point yet, but it is fascinating to see how once a group is mildly racidalized, it can become self-sustaining. It's just another example of the same thing we see in fringe groups within BLM. If you find a group of people who feel they've been walked all over and forgotten, then give them a message that makes them feel powerful, they'll take that shit to an extreme you never thought of. Once again, humanity cleaning up after the weak and forgotten. I'm going to go with no. What fringe groups within BLM are you even talking about? I guess if we go with Danglars there is no BLM anymore so it should be past tense. I honestly don't see any reason to do what you're doing in that paragraph. "Kill all white people", "Only vote for people of color" and similar things. 99% of BLM I am totally onboard with. It's stuff like demanding restitution that I start stepping sideways. Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 07:40 Plansix wrote:
I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there. I know more than 1 person who would never consider voting for a white man for pretty much any reason whatsoever. You're right that the stuff I criticize is mostly absent from our country. Also, every character in Portlandia is real. It doesn't mean they are remotely common, but if you spend enough time in Portland, you will actually meet at least one of each of those people if you hang out with the right crowds. I ran into those types a lot more when I was freshly graduated from high school, but those people are mostly just facebook friends at this point.
Sounds more like you're describing some rando's you may or may not have compiled in your mind than some sort of "factions", particularly if they are sharing ~1% (unlike the factions you are comparing them to).
EDIT: I should note that "Kill all white people" and "Only vote for people of color" aren't really comparable either, considering the social and historical context.
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On January 10 2018 07:44 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 07:28 GreenHorizons wrote:On January 10 2018 06:23 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 06:19 TheLordofAwesome wrote:There's a story about it on Breitbart. A lot of people in the comments section aren't too nice to Bannon and his "betrayal of MAGA." Pretty funny. The entire idea of Bannon not being alt-right enough for the modern political climate is just hilarious. We are watching the birthing stages of a legitimately extremist wing of our country. I don't think we are quite at that point yet, but it is fascinating to see how once a group is mildly racidalized, it can become self-sustaining. It's just another example of the same thing we see in fringe groups within BLM. If you find a group of people who feel they've been walked all over and forgotten, then give them a message that makes them feel powerful, they'll take that shit to an extreme you never thought of. Once again, humanity cleaning up after the weak and forgotten. I'm going to go with no. What fringe groups within BLM are you even talking about? I guess if we go with Danglars there is no BLM anymore so it should be past tense. I honestly don't see any reason to do what you're doing in that paragraph. "Kill all white people", "Only vote for people of color" and similar things. 99% of BLM I am totally onboard with. It's stuff like demanding restitution that I start stepping sideways. Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 07:40 Plansix wrote:
I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there. I know more than 1 person who would never consider voting for a white man for pretty much any reason whatsoever. You're right that the stuff I criticize is mostly absent from our country. Also, every character in Portlandia is real. It doesn't mean they are remotely common, but if you spend enough time in Portland, you will actually meet at least one of each of those people if you hang out with the right crowds. I ran into those types a lot more when I was freshly graduated from high school, but those people are mostly just facebook friends at this point.
I live in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, you don't need to tell me those people are real. My wife's band preformed in a "Fire House", which was owned by a "community" of squatters who forced some investor to sell them the blighted ass property after 4 years of lawsuits. It was heated by wood stoves and had a "community art" room filled with art nightmares. I know super earthy, feminist lesbian book store owning couple who think that skit is the fucking funniest thing on the planet because of how on point it is. Their book store is totally that book store. All those people are super real.
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On January 10 2018 07:44 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 07:28 GreenHorizons wrote:On January 10 2018 06:23 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 06:19 TheLordofAwesome wrote:There's a story about it on Breitbart. A lot of people in the comments section aren't too nice to Bannon and his "betrayal of MAGA." Pretty funny. The entire idea of Bannon not being alt-right enough for the modern political climate is just hilarious. We are watching the birthing stages of a legitimately extremist wing of our country. I don't think we are quite at that point yet, but it is fascinating to see how once a group is mildly racidalized, it can become self-sustaining. It's just another example of the same thing we see in fringe groups within BLM. If you find a group of people who feel they've been walked all over and forgotten, then give them a message that makes them feel powerful, they'll take that shit to an extreme you never thought of. Once again, humanity cleaning up after the weak and forgotten. I'm going to go with no. What fringe groups within BLM are you even talking about? I guess if we go with Danglars there is no BLM anymore so it should be past tense. I honestly don't see any reason to do what you're doing in that paragraph. "Kill all white people", "Only vote for people of color" and similar things. 99% of BLM I am totally onboard with. It's stuff like demanding restitution that I start stepping sideways. Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 07:40 Plansix wrote:
I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there. I know more than 1 person who would never consider voting for a white man for pretty much any reason whatsoever. You're right that the stuff I criticize is mostly absent from our country. Also, every character in Portlandia is real. It doesn't mean they are remotely common, but if you spend enough time in Portland, you will actually meet at least one of each of those people if you hang out with the right crowds. I ran into those types a lot more when I was freshly graduated from high school, but those people are mostly just facebook friends at this point.
There are plenty of people who would never consider voting for a black man for any reason too.
I think the white men will probably still come out ahead overall.
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I'm not sure that mohdoo even knows the difference between don't shoot Portland and blm Portland.
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ORLANDO — Jack in the Box says it is considering swapping some cashiers with robots as the minimum wage rises in California.
"As we see the rising costs of labor, it just makes sense" to consider adding new automated technology, CEO Leonard Comma said Tuesday at the ICR Conference.
Jack in the Box previously tested technology such as kiosks. According to Comma, the kiosks resulted in a higher average check and helped with efficiency. But at the time Comma said the cost of installing the kiosks wasn't worth it.
But with minimum wages increasing, Jack in the Box is reconsidering the use of kiosks and other technology, Comma said.
Minimum wages areincreasing in 18 states in 2018, including California, where the West Coast-centric Jack in the Box is based. California is on track to become the first state with a $15 minimum wage.
Jack in the Box isn't the only fast-food chain that has considered using automation to reduce labor costs and modernize.
Wendy's announced plans to install self-ordering kiosks within a year. McDonald's is adding kiosks to 2,500 stores, though it pledged not to replace cashiers with kiosks.
Smaller chains such as Eatsa and CaliBurger have been working on automating the entire restaurant experience.
"With government driving up the cost of labor, it's driving down the number of jobs," then Carl's Jr. and Hardee's CEO Andy Puzder told Business Insider in 2016. "You're going to see automation not just in airports and grocery stores, but in restaurants."
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On January 10 2018 08:29 KwarK wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 07:44 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 07:28 GreenHorizons wrote:On January 10 2018 06:23 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 06:19 TheLordofAwesome wrote:There's a story about it on Breitbart. A lot of people in the comments section aren't too nice to Bannon and his "betrayal of MAGA." Pretty funny. The entire idea of Bannon not being alt-right enough for the modern political climate is just hilarious. We are watching the birthing stages of a legitimately extremist wing of our country. I don't think we are quite at that point yet, but it is fascinating to see how once a group is mildly racidalized, it can become self-sustaining. It's just another example of the same thing we see in fringe groups within BLM. If you find a group of people who feel they've been walked all over and forgotten, then give them a message that makes them feel powerful, they'll take that shit to an extreme you never thought of. Once again, humanity cleaning up after the weak and forgotten. I'm going to go with no. What fringe groups within BLM are you even talking about? I guess if we go with Danglars there is no BLM anymore so it should be past tense. I honestly don't see any reason to do what you're doing in that paragraph. "Kill all white people", "Only vote for people of color" and similar things. 99% of BLM I am totally onboard with. It's stuff like demanding restitution that I start stepping sideways. On January 10 2018 07:40 Plansix wrote:
I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there. I know more than 1 person who would never consider voting for a white man for pretty much any reason whatsoever. You're right that the stuff I criticize is mostly absent from our country. Also, every character in Portlandia is real. It doesn't mean they are remotely common, but if you spend enough time in Portland, you will actually meet at least one of each of those people if you hang out with the right crowds. I ran into those types a lot more when I was freshly graduated from high school, but those people are mostly just facebook friends at this point. There are plenty of people who would never consider voting for a black man for any reason too. I think the white men will probably still come out ahead overall.
I'm not sure what your point is here.
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As a FYI the kiosks have been in fast food places in Europe for a while now and were always coming to the US. Nothing to do with minimum wage increases, the tech was already there.
Corporations shilling against minimum wages every time they do anything is a reflection of their desire to cut labour expenses, not preserve jobs.
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On January 10 2018 09:32 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 08:29 KwarK wrote:On January 10 2018 07:44 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 07:28 GreenHorizons wrote:On January 10 2018 06:23 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 06:19 TheLordofAwesome wrote:There's a story about it on Breitbart. A lot of people in the comments section aren't too nice to Bannon and his "betrayal of MAGA." Pretty funny. The entire idea of Bannon not being alt-right enough for the modern political climate is just hilarious. We are watching the birthing stages of a legitimately extremist wing of our country. I don't think we are quite at that point yet, but it is fascinating to see how once a group is mildly racidalized, it can become self-sustaining. It's just another example of the same thing we see in fringe groups within BLM. If you find a group of people who feel they've been walked all over and forgotten, then give them a message that makes them feel powerful, they'll take that shit to an extreme you never thought of. Once again, humanity cleaning up after the weak and forgotten. I'm going to go with no. What fringe groups within BLM are you even talking about? I guess if we go with Danglars there is no BLM anymore so it should be past tense. I honestly don't see any reason to do what you're doing in that paragraph. "Kill all white people", "Only vote for people of color" and similar things. 99% of BLM I am totally onboard with. It's stuff like demanding restitution that I start stepping sideways. On January 10 2018 07:40 Plansix wrote:
I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there. I know more than 1 person who would never consider voting for a white man for pretty much any reason whatsoever. You're right that the stuff I criticize is mostly absent from our country. Also, every character in Portlandia is real. It doesn't mean they are remotely common, but if you spend enough time in Portland, you will actually meet at least one of each of those people if you hang out with the right crowds. I ran into those types a lot more when I was freshly graduated from high school, but those people are mostly just facebook friends at this point. There are plenty of people who would never consider voting for a black man for any reason too. I think the white men will probably still come out ahead overall. I'm not sure what your point is here.
That while I'd sooner see a reduction in anti black racism than an increase in anti white racism the reality is that whites are still coming out ahead in the racism game.
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Pretty sure the racism game isn't something you can count in absolutes. A percentage of ppl are always going to be prejudiced jerks, so "this 4 times larger part of the populace produces more jerks than those 13%" isn't really a statement of any value. The opposite would be terrifying.
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Corruption plain and simple.
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On January 10 2018 09:52 KwarK wrote:Show nested quote +On January 10 2018 09:32 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 08:29 KwarK wrote:On January 10 2018 07:44 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 07:28 GreenHorizons wrote:On January 10 2018 06:23 Mohdoo wrote:On January 10 2018 06:19 TheLordofAwesome wrote:There's a story about it on Breitbart. A lot of people in the comments section aren't too nice to Bannon and his "betrayal of MAGA." Pretty funny. The entire idea of Bannon not being alt-right enough for the modern political climate is just hilarious. We are watching the birthing stages of a legitimately extremist wing of our country. I don't think we are quite at that point yet, but it is fascinating to see how once a group is mildly racidalized, it can become self-sustaining. It's just another example of the same thing we see in fringe groups within BLM. If you find a group of people who feel they've been walked all over and forgotten, then give them a message that makes them feel powerful, they'll take that shit to an extreme you never thought of. Once again, humanity cleaning up after the weak and forgotten. I'm going to go with no. What fringe groups within BLM are you even talking about? I guess if we go with Danglars there is no BLM anymore so it should be past tense. I honestly don't see any reason to do what you're doing in that paragraph. "Kill all white people", "Only vote for people of color" and similar things. 99% of BLM I am totally onboard with. It's stuff like demanding restitution that I start stepping sideways. On January 10 2018 07:40 Plansix wrote:
I constantly have to remind myself that Mohdoo lives in Portland, a city that inspired a satirical TV show about hipsters and poorly thought out activists. A TV show that didn’t need to stray far from the reality for some of its skits. They don’t even change the name. And from all reports, city didn’t become any more self aware it was sort of a parody of itself. He might have a sort of skewed view of left leaning groups. But then I remember that GH is also from around there. I know more than 1 person who would never consider voting for a white man for pretty much any reason whatsoever. You're right that the stuff I criticize is mostly absent from our country. Also, every character in Portlandia is real. It doesn't mean they are remotely common, but if you spend enough time in Portland, you will actually meet at least one of each of those people if you hang out with the right crowds. I ran into those types a lot more when I was freshly graduated from high school, but those people are mostly just facebook friends at this point. There are plenty of people who would never consider voting for a black man for any reason too. I think the white men will probably still come out ahead overall. I'm not sure what your point is here. That while I'd sooner see a reduction in anti black racism than an increase in anti white racism the reality is that whites are still coming out ahead in the racism game.
People displaying anti white racism while claiming to support and speak for BLM are particularly bad though, because opponents of BLM use these kinds of examples to foster more opposition and potentially breed more anti black racism in response.
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This is something I have always been curious about...as a white dude who recognizes how shitty a hand black people are dealt in the US, why in the world are most of the black people I know the most religious? It's just mind boggling.
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On January 10 2018 11:14 mierin wrote:
This is something I have always been curious about...as a white dude who recognizes how shitty a hand black people are dealt in the US, why in the world are most of the black people I know the most religious? It's just mind boggling.
why would that be surprising? people in bad situations often turn to religion for comfort; so the worse the situation, the more they turn to religion would seem to be a very plausible outcome.
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On January 10 2018 09:49 KwarK wrote:
As a FYI the kiosks have been in fast food places in Europe for a while now and were always coming to the US. Nothing to do with minimum wage increases, the tech was already there.
Corporations shilling against minimum wages every time they do anything is a reflection of their desire to cut labour expenses, not preserve jobs.
Well Ontario in Canada is brute forcing it.
Their minimum wage went from 11.40 to 11.60 in October of 2017 and then at the beginning of December 2017 the provincial government announced $14/hr in January 2018 and $15 in 2019. It's a 20% increase in the minimum wage out of the blue.
It's an interesting experiment and probably going to be pretty heavily studied as to how companies react when the minimum wage is $14 for burger flippers and cashiers.
I'm expecting highschoolers to have extreme difficulty finding summer job because there will be a fair bit of cut backs/automation anywhere it can be applied
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On January 10 2018 11:14 mierin wrote:
This is something I have always been curious about...as a white dude who recognizes how shitty a hand black people are dealt in the US, why in the world are most of the black people I know the most religious? It's just mind boggling.
Why is it mind boggling? Is God for goodies or something?
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I imagine the argument is something along the lines of either "why would a good God create an unjust world" or "many of the people most responsible for perpetuating racism are religious".
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I have heart of some arguments being cast that African-Americans shouldn't be Christian because it's the "white man's religion." Obviously hasn't gained much traction looking at the facts on the ground, but the idea that there are reasons that blacks should reject religion isn't exactly unheard of. It just isn't how it actually turned out.
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