#econony...

[triviallytrue]

Article from last year, before the life support got pulled

Someone needs to write a book on what the hell happened here - in the history of corporate America, I don't think we've ever seen a blunder this costly. Facebook spent an obscene amount of money on the Metaverse, changed the name of their company, and then pulled the plug without any return on investment.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think the revenues are so dwarfed by the investment that for practical accounting purposes they are effectively zero. And it's not like this is useful stuff that will be repurposed for some other project down the road - the end product was so bad that it couldn't even be used internally.

And yet.

Meta is basically fine! Over the past few years they took Ecuador's entire yearly GDP and set it on fire, and they're chugging along smoothly. They laid a bunch of people off (because they were paying them all to work on a useless product) but otherwise have cruised through mostly unaffected.

[ro--lal]

Kawaii Dave x Emo Karkat . They’re So Sugoi

this is the prophecy that jesus intended

[sporesgalaxy]

my mom is on hrt because she had a hysterectomy and she was like "its crazy what a big difference hormones make. i found out today i was a week behind on my estrogen patch and i think it's why i was so depressed!" and i was like "thats so crazy" <- guy having a nearly out of body experience thinking about everything ive ever heard or read about hrt and testosterone but not saying anything for honestly no good reason at this point

[pissmoon]

How much of this 'gen z is so special like no other generation before' lame humor is the exact same things people were saying about millenials just 5 years ago. I think like about 80%

[leighcunt]

i did not just get invited for an interview at erasmus after submitting it two hours past the final deadline off 6 different types of alcohol

[pterodaustro]

if you have a neopet play with a limited edition evil chia plushie and it breaks, it becomes 19 times as valuable

[needlesslycryptic]

Just a heads up, i will open commissions soon :)

[skaiawards]

i've recently learned that some of you children are unaware of the masterpiece that is the official "Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff: The Movie.avi"

[tyrannuspitch]

they say volunteering for work experience is going to open your eyes to a world of opportunities but most of what it actually opens your eyes to is how many cornerstones of society are run almost entirely by volunteers and therefore how small the range of things people might actually be willing to pay you for is

[headslikekites]

ok I need to make this animatic real or else I will die

[sepiamestus]

The presidential debate it a fucking trainwreck i tried to watch like 10 minutes and had to turn it off why cant these people talk like normal people

[cringearenachamp]

i keep smelling whiffs of the really nice woody-incense cologne i tried last week on my headphones (it's a rollerball not a spray so I put it behind my ears, etc) and ugggGGGH its so good so i finally looked up how much a full bottle costs and

[nbnezumi]

i knowww the economy is bad but we HAVE to have better job seeking advice than

1. submit your resume to places that say theyre hiring ^_^

2. nepotism

[prontaentrega]

why argentina trending

[systemserendipity]

When people say the gig economy is fucked, they may not be able to put it enough into persepctive for those outside of that sphere to understand.

Let me paint you a picture.

My partner and I just dashed for about 2 hours. Drove through snow and high winds. Dealt with grumpy retail employees. Navigated the hell that is city-downtown driving. ALL on Black Friday, the day that's supposed to be highest-paying.

Guess how much we made.

I'll wait.

○ ○ ○

$12.

That's it. $6/hour. McDONALD'S pays more than that. More than double, in-fact (at least in NYS).

Uber, doordash, instacart, all these businesses that tout themselves as helpful to the entrepreneurial spirit-- they're all lying to us.

They're using every old excuse in the book to not properly compensate their workers, then crack down on the organizations that could ACTUALLY help them, like unions.

Don't be fooled by propoganda.

Corporations are NOT our friends. Fight for your rights.

[dykekarkat]

girl help! the crushing dread lol! lmao even!