Author Topic: #latestagecapitalism (Read 359184 times)

team filler · « **Reply #1800 on:** October 08, 2019, 10:22:43 PM »

https://twitter.com/LockheedMartin/status/1181302482330370048

team filler · « **Reply #1801 on:** October 08, 2019, 11:37:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/TheSlanderGawwd/status/1181771461721092097

team filler · « **Reply #1802 on:** October 09, 2019, 12:35:57 AM »

EchoRin · « **Reply #1803 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:00:13 AM »

I don't fully understand the situation other than reading this:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/List-Bay-Area-Locations-PGE-Power-Shutoffs-562515431.html

But I saw this part: "The outage will mark the largest preventative outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty lines."

And wondered why does this company have so many faulty lines? Is this much more common than I think it would be? The article points out these fires can be started by normal lines too by virtue of a tree falling into it. Ok, fair enough.

Before going all #latestage on this i guess it's quite possible that there are no trees that would fall into power lines in downtown San Fran and even if they did its not like suddenly 5 blocks would burn up in several hours. I'm guessing it's much more like any typical city. It's mostly a bunch of concrete with a splattering of greenery.

Of course, I'm ignorant not having grown up with constant fires breaking out every half year or so whetei have lived.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1804 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:11:09 AM »

seems like mass ineptitude if anything?

Tripon · « **Reply #1805 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:13:10 AM »

Quote from: EchoRin on October 09, 2019, 01:00:13 AM

I don't fully understand the situation other than reading this:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/List-Bay-Area-Locations-PGE-Power-Shutoffs-562515431.html

But I saw this part: "The outage will mark the largest preventative outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty lines."

And wondered why does this company have so many faulty lines? Is this much more common than I think it would be? The article points out these fires can be started by normal lines too by virtue of a tree falling into it. Ok, fair enough.

Before going all #latestage on this i guess it's quite possible that there are no trees that would fall into power lines in downtown San Fran and even if they did its not like suddenly 5 blocks would burn up in several hours. I'm guessing it's much more like any typical city. It's mostly a bunch of concrete with a splattering of greenery.

Of course, I'm ignorant not having grown up with constant fires breaking out every half year or so whetei have lived.

PG&E made massive profits off of rate payers that didn't have an alternative choice. Instead of maintaining their infrastructure, they committed to stock buy backs and dividends for their share holders.

EchoRin · « **Reply #1806 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:15:31 AM »

So they have a business monopoly and thus decided to stay pat on all their services including maintenance and now have been caught with their pants down?

Got it.

shosta · « **Reply #1807 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:23:29 AM »

Actually sir, California has an energy market with competitive pricing. No monopolies here.

benjipwns · « **Reply #1808 on:** October 09, 2019, 01:32:55 AM »

The best kind of market too, once you didn't even have to own anything to sell on it. #EnronDidNothingWrong #FreeKenLay

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #1809 on:** October 09, 2019, 05:16:47 AM »

https://twitter.com/DISIS4BABYFAT/status/1181406127956910080

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1810 on:** October 09, 2019, 09:04:13 AM »

Quote from: Tripon on October 09, 2019, 01:13:10 AM

Quote from: EchoRin on October 09, 2019, 01:00:13 AM
I don't fully understand the situation other than reading this:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/List-Bay-Area-Locations-PGE-Power-Shutoffs-562515431.html

But I saw this part: "The outage will mark the largest preventative outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty lines."

And wondered why does this company have so many faulty lines? Is this much more common than I think it would be? The article points out these fires can be started by normal lines too by virtue of a tree falling into it. Ok, fair enough.

Before going all #latestage on this i guess it's quite possible that there are no trees that would fall into power lines in downtown San Fran and even if they did its not like suddenly 5 blocks would burn up in several hours. I'm guessing it's much more like any typical city. It's mostly a bunch of concrete with a splattering of greenery.

Of course, I'm ignorant not having grown up with constant fires breaking out every half year or so whetei have lived.

PG&E made massive profits off of rate payers that didn't have an alternative choice. Instead of maintaining their infrastructure, they committed to stock buy backs and dividends for their share holders.

Very legal and very cool.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #1811 on:** October 09, 2019, 09:15:56 AM »

Your electric bill factors in charges for line maintenance. If they aren't using it for that, then they are over billing you. The state should make them maintain the lines or send out refunds.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1812 on:** October 09, 2019, 10:34:49 AM »

The areas they're shutting off are further into the hills, not downtown areas.

But yes, they are just run that badly.

team filler · « **Reply #1813 on:** October 09, 2019, 08:10:31 PM »

https://twitter.com/JonSchweppe/status/1182070459355009027

https://twitter.com/JonSchweppe/status/1182076217123586048

team filler · « **Reply #1814 on:** October 09, 2019, 10:42:17 PM »

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1182093408946532352

team filler · « **Reply #1815 on:** October 10, 2019, 02:40:33 AM »

Quote from: jorma on October 10, 2019, 02:27:41 AM

Quote from: Rufus on October 09, 2019, 07:28:38 PM
Quote from: ResetBanBot on October 09, 2019, 07:24:31 PM
This is the logical outcome of years of advocacy for deplatforming by western journalists.
No, it's the logical outcome of doing business in China.

Quote from: ResetBanBot on October 09, 2019, 07:24:31 PM
It's only a matter of time until a privatized social credit scoring system comes to the west.
This is tinfoil hat nonsense by and large, but I'll play.

What I see coming instead, somewhat serious about this, are 'incentives' for better living from insureance companies. Sign up to have your lifestyle monitored for reduced rates. Misbehave? (Smoke, sedentary, etc.) Pay more. Everyone who doesn't sign up pays more by default.

having worked for a credit information company that is already experimenting with scraping every bit of information on the internet and trying to connect it with individuals, i can tell you that you are severely misinformed.

team filler · « **Reply #1816 on:** October 10, 2019, 10:17:02 PM »

https://twitter.com/Greg_Palast/status/1182477528071467009

team filler · « **Reply #1817 on:** October 10, 2019, 10:49:45 PM »

https://twitter.com/TooMuchMe/status/1181947359753904130

team filler · « **Reply #1818 on:** October 10, 2019, 11:13:19 PM »

https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/1182290925109891073

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1819 on:** October 10, 2019, 11:17:20 PM »

team filler · « **Reply #1820 on:** October 11, 2019, 12:29:06 AM »

https://twitter.com/alsoconnor/status/1182454479964135424

team filler · « **Reply #1821 on:** October 11, 2019, 01:31:06 AM »

https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1182509678233870336

EchoRin · « **Reply #1822 on:** October 11, 2019, 12:52:02 PM »

Man, sometimes... Vice you guys are real dumbfucks

Edit: Ha! They changed the article title.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pa7m9g/sex-tourism-women-lgbtq-people-travel

bonus edit: For what it's worth, I do like Vice, but they sometimes try to be so forward thinking that it comes around back to the worst possible scenario.
Like when Kotaku decided to publish the story about videogame characters used in porn and for whatever reason they decided to upload images about underage characters and all that. For a split second I had to double check I wasn't looking at some Vice article trying extra hard to be progressive while accidentally being totally fucked up.

thetylerrob · « **Reply #1823 on:** October 11, 2019, 02:55:34 PM »

The author's twitter lol

https://twitter.com/bitch__coin/status/1179797579422302208

Seems like good advice.

VomKriege · « **Reply #1824 on:** October 11, 2019, 03:17:13 PM »

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I love therapy, but I didn’t love my therapist. She was young, like me, and new – the best I could find with my cheap insurance. I was her first real client, she was thrilled, I was broke and depressed.

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I found the Los Angeles pro-domme Mistress Justine Cross by suggestion of a friend. (...) And for $150 an hour, she was going to help me.

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I don’t lack the agency to think for myself, or work productively without direct supervision and instruction. I do, however, enjoy being told what to do, which is something I’d always been somewhat ashamed to admit. I love mean, beautiful women, and I love when they boss me around.

Unlike my previous therapists, my dominatrix life coach isn’t afraid to hurt my feelings – she’s brutally honest and has no time for my excuses.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/oct/03/therapist-dominatrix-life-coach

I mean good for her and yeah therapy isn't necessarily the first, only, be-all end-all option but

Being told what to do by a mean, beautiful woman for a mere 150$ an hour isn't exactly a one size fits all solution either.

"- I have terrible nightmares and anxiety attacks.
- Have you tried a planner and no TV as a punishment ?"

shosta · « **Reply #1825 on:** October 11, 2019, 03:18:21 PM »

Quote from: Esch on October 11, 2019, 03:12:47 PM

https://irrationaleconomicsummit.com/

"Gaylord National Conference Center"

EchoRin · « **Reply #1826 on:** October 11, 2019, 03:19:55 PM »

Quote from: thetylerrob on October 11, 2019, 02:55:34 PM

The author's twitter lol

https://twitter.com/bitch__coin/status/1179797579422302208

Seems like good advice.

Read the article. She was looking more for a life coach than a therapist. She says she left therapy feeling worse than when she went in. That's a sign that either the therapist isn't good (possible) or that you two are not a good mix (possible, happened to me ). Either way, she was right to stop those sessions as they weren't productive. So, eh it's just some spicy article for the "women and sex" part of a news site. Wouldn't so much claim it being slag against psychiatrists/psychologists.

VomKriege · « **Reply #1827 on:** October 11, 2019, 03:25:37 PM »

I think the article's tone is a bit off and sounds a bit airheaded, honestly.

EchoRin · « **Reply #1828 on:** October 11, 2019, 03:32:39 PM »

I agree that it could have been framed differently than making it seem as if "therapy= not good", "dominatrix= good". But reading through it, it seemed like she didn't need therapy so much as a little guidance in her life. I guess it came to her via a dominatrix

thetylerrob · « **Reply #1829 on:** October 11, 2019, 03:35:54 PM »

"Sex workers are the best coaches, counselors, and healers there are"

Tripon · « **Reply #1830 on:** October 11, 2019, 07:42:11 PM »

https://twitter.com/DustinNosler/status/1182802298281443330

Former President of the Florida/Miami Marlins too. What a tool.

Rman · « **Reply #1831 on:** October 12, 2019, 08:35:35 AM »

Quote from: filler on October 10, 2019, 11:13:19 PM

https://twitter.com/gifdsports/status/1182290925109891073

It's hilarious. Right-wingers love to talk about the oppressiveness of the other ISM, yet it's Capitalism that is responsible these press clampdowns lol.

Tripon · « **Reply #1832 on:** October 12, 2019, 01:26:27 PM »

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/12/business/boeing-ceo-chairman-role-muilenburg/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2019-10-12T17%3A22%3A07&utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social

Speaking of companies that focused more on Stock buybacks and shareholder value instead of needed R&D. Boeing can't get their 737 MAX flying again.

Tripon · « **Reply #1833 on:** October 12, 2019, 11:55:19 PM »

https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1179811656798556160

team filler · « **Reply #1834 on:** October 12, 2019, 11:57:10 PM »

team filler · « **Reply #1835 on:** October 13, 2019, 12:44:38 PM »

Tripon · « **Reply #1836 on:** October 13, 2019, 01:41:43 PM »

https://twitter.com/pizzahut/status/1183429032060182528

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1837 on:** October 13, 2019, 03:12:14 PM »

Dan’s angling to get a Pizza Hut divorce.

Tripon · « **Reply #1838 on:** October 13, 2019, 04:38:41 PM »

https://twitter.com/jadande/status/1183480314292822017

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On Friday, the company announced that another subsidiary, the for-profit private school WeGrow, would close next year. The school, which opened in 2018 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is led by Rebekah Neumann, Mr. Neumann’s wife.

Like its corporate siblings, WeGrow vowed to revolutionize its industry — elementary school — and pledged to be “elevating the collective consciousness of the world by expanding happiness and unleashing every human’s superpowers.” The class day includes traditional academic subjects as well as yoga instruction, and offers lunches made in a meat-free cafeteria.

Tuition this year at WeGrow, which has about 100 students, started at $36,000 for 3-year-olds.

Whew.

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1839 on:** October 13, 2019, 04:42:30 PM »

Quote from: filler on October 13, 2019, 12:44:38 PM

(Image removed from quote.)

to be fair, this one can go either way
-miserable place of tears
-a place where someone feels comfortable enough to share personal issues/grief

brawndolicious · « **Reply #1840 on:** October 14, 2019, 12:59:40 PM »

I've only seen tears when either management is abusive or someone fucked up something basic and wants to gain sympathy.

team filler · « **Reply #1841 on:** October 15, 2019, 02:21:39 AM »

https://twitter.com/RzstProgramming/status/1183970702975787010

team filler · « **Reply #1842 on:** October 15, 2019, 02:42:22 AM »

team filler · « **Reply #1843 on:** October 15, 2019, 02:31:06 PM »

https://www.cbs17.com/news/high-levels-of-arsenic-found-in-bottled-water-sold-at-walmart-target-whole-foods/

team filler · « **Reply #1844 on:** October 15, 2019, 03:03:44 PM »

https://twitter.com/biblioracle/status/1138067701899890689

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #1845 on:** October 15, 2019, 04:49:26 PM »

Quote from: filler on October 09, 2019, 10:42:17 PM

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1182093408946532352

Time to sue Heineken

Nintex · « **Reply #1846 on:** October 17, 2019, 01:19:38 PM »

https://twitter.com/joerogan/status/1184858279643504640

team filler · « **Reply #1847 on:** October 17, 2019, 06:50:37 PM »

https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1184446491928223744

team filler · « **Reply #1848 on:** October 18, 2019, 02:03:24 PM »

https://twitter.com/tnahardy15/status/1184972106783698945

Akala · « **Reply #1849 on:** October 18, 2019, 04:26:42 PM »

Quote from: Tripon on October 12, 2019, 11:55:19 PM

https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1179811656798556160

team filler · « **Reply #1850 on:** October 18, 2019, 05:56:04 PM »

https://twitter.com/pablonav1/status/1185292564372611072

Crash Dummy · « **Reply #1851 on:** October 19, 2019, 07:29:20 AM »

https://twitter.com/jonbernhardt/status/1185290570534739968

Rman · « **Reply #1852 on:** October 19, 2019, 05:11:22 PM »

We're definitely in the death throes of capitalism. I do wonder if we can overcome all the mechanisms that enforce the controls, including apathy, endless amusement and entertainment, and so on.

team filler · « **Reply #1853 on:** October 19, 2019, 06:15:08 PM »

make a thread and like my posts for the answer

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1854 on:** October 19, 2019, 06:49:42 PM »

Quote from: Rman on October 19, 2019, 05:11:22 PM

We're definitely in the death throes of capitalism. I do wonder if we can overcome all the mechanisms that enforce the controls, including apathy, endless amusement and entertainment, and so on.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1855 on:** October 19, 2019, 06:52:26 PM »

Quote from: Esch on October 19, 2019, 06:36:42 PM

https://twitter.com/turing_police/status/1185683491041640448

LOOK AT ME

I AM THE CAPTAIN NOW

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #1856 on:** October 19, 2019, 06:57:06 PM »

We're going to hell. ALL THE WAY

team filler · « **Reply #1857 on:** October 19, 2019, 07:15:40 PM »

half the facebook ads that show up in my feed seem like farce:

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #1858 on:** October 19, 2019, 07:30:27 PM »

Can you blame anyone? Advertising to you seems like a minefield

Tripon · « **Reply #1859 on:** October 20, 2019, 12:55:56 AM »

https://twitter.com/JaniceForBART/status/1185209025148751873

NIMBYism probably isn't late stage capitalism, admittedly.

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Author Topic: #latestagecapitalism (Read 359184 times)