Banzai51

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[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm saying the last couple of years is an illusion. As soon as things get back to normal economically, the inequity will continue its march.

And yes, mid to post pandemic saw rising wages. 1 million+ died, 3.5-4 million retired. When the restrictions loosened up, what was the big problem? "No one wants to work!!!" Because a lot of people took those relief checks and retrained themselves. When the low wage jobs could go back to normal, most of those former low wage workers had already found other, higher paying jobs. Eventually even the most stubborn restaurants or retail jobs raised wages to compete. Remember everyone complaining that low skilled McDonald's workers making $15/hr? Or did you conveniently forget the last 4 years to argue with an idiot on the internet?

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We're seeing that because of the pandemic and post pandemic pressures, but income inequity has been growing for decades. A couple of years in the positive direction isn't fixing it. And we're already seeing businesses clawing that back with layoffs.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Because Biden has been stabilizing things, but no one has attacked the problem of income inequity which has been rolling for decades. We've just gotten to the point that the inequity is truly affecting a ton of people.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 22 points 1 year ago

Odd, normally Wall St is all about slave labor.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 18 points 1 year ago

Oh, the closer he comes to conviction and jail, the louder he'll call for violence.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the NHL and MLB you're just fucked. Those leagues completely failed negotiations. Maybe Amazon picking up a big chunk of Bally's will get us our teams on Prime. Maybe.

In general, all the major sports leagues (except maybe Premier League) are firmly stuck in the past and view cable as great. Maybe we'll see some better options when each league re-negotiates the TV deals. But even when that happens, expect the NHL to fuck it up somehow.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Talk about title gore.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

That was it, thanks!

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The question was already answered, so I thought I'd be funny.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are just talking about it. Going to still be years before they go 1.0. They still haven't delivered Alpha 4.0 yet. In fact, I believe they are talking 1.0 to distract us from the fact they haven't delivered alpha 4.0. Likely their server meshing tests uncovered complicated bugs that will take time to deal with.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then let's start liquidating assets.

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