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[–] menthol@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Henry Ford was just the Elon Musk of his day. An exploitative asshole pretending to be a genius when all the actual work was done by other people.

The Model T was not designed by Ford, it was designed by other engineers. But Ford did at least start his own company, unlike Musk who bought Tesla from other, smarter people.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 25 points 8 months ago (4 children)

People in Gen-Z just don’t work hard as often.

Is that really true though? I'm Gen-X and they said the same thing about us, and then the Millennials, and now the current gen. I think quit quitting is largely a myth and plenty of GenZ are working their asses off. They're not getting the same rewards. But I can also understand if some them do choose to opt out. But the fact that they can't afford to buy homes is not proof that they are lazy.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 74 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Meanwhile, celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg have dismissed their economic struggles. She said they couldn't afford to buy a house because they're lazy and "only want to work four hours" a day.

Is every single host of The View a giant piece of shit, or what? We saw this exact same bullshit just the other day from one of the other ones. They should change the name to The Karen.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

At what age are you supposed to stop hoping for a more equal world and start cheering on the billionaires destroying the planet? I'm in my 40's and I might be a little behind.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

In the past repeated gaffes like Trump has been making lately would have definitely eroded his support. Campaigns have been sunk over some fairly minor mistakes. It's just that trumps fans don't care. So you're right, this won't change anything.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

That's why I've been saying forever that Democrats need to gerrymander the ever loving shit out of every state they control. The right will never play fair so squeeze as many Congressional seats as you can using the same methods they do. Erase their gerrymandered advantage using their rules. But no, we're too ethical for that. They have a 20+ advantage in terms of gerrymandered seats. They wouldn't have the majority at all if that advantage was erased and all maps were fair. So do the same thing they do.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 70 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Why do these dumb ass CEO's keep admitting this type of stuff in interviews? Don't tell us your evil plans. No one is going to hear this and be more eager to buy your products. They're so proud of coming up with ways to screw customers that they just can't help themselves. They have to let everyone know. I don't get it.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It was more common as a name, or nickname, back in the day. But not many people willingly use it anymore because now it primarily means a) penis and b) someone who is a monumental jerk.

I'm sure plenty of people chuckled about it even in the 60's though.

[–] menthol@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

His plan if he gets to be president again is to not have to worry about political opponents anymore. He'll still demonize them and blame them for everything going wrong, but the elections will be cancelled.

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