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I don't know what part of this headline depresses me the most: "52-year-old worked 90-hour weeks in an oil refinery to save money for his business—now he's worth $9.5 billion" in c/workreform

[–] FlyingSquid 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Nope. I wouldn't have a single friend I could ask for a business loan. Guess I need to pull myself up by my bootstraps.

Ex-Trump Mushroom Gobbler Laura Loomer continues being a complete weird ass psychopath in c/political_weirdos

[–] FlyingSquid 38 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/24/covid-19-texas-official-suggests-elderly-willing-die-economy/2905990001/

Ex-Trump Mushroom Gobbler Laura Loomer continues being a complete weird ass psychopath in c/political_weirdos

[–] FlyingSquid 18 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

She thinks the people of Appalachia are all a bunch of long-bearded Hatfield vs. McCoy types, doesn't she?

Edit: me brain stupid.

I don't know what part of this headline depresses me the most: "52-year-old worked 90-hour weeks in an oil refinery to save money for his business—now he's worth $9.5 billion" in c/workreform

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Well you better like their sauce because, as was said above, you only get one choice there too.

Kind of feels like this classic SNL sketch... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJePACBoIo

Stoltenberg suggests Ukraine could be granted NATO membership even with territories occupied by Russia in c/world

[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 6 hours ago

I don't think there is any way Erdoğan would be on board with this idea.

France: Child trampled on overcrowded boat crossing Channel in c/world

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 6 hours ago

I wonder if France could do anything about things like this that didn't violate human rights?

No?

Cool. Cool cool cool.

Tim Walz CLAIMS to be RESPECTFUL and WHOLESOME, but here he is casually FONDLING a pussy in c/truthabouttimwalz

[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 6 hours ago

Let's keep that between him and Mrs. Walz.

I don't know what part of this headline depresses me the most: "52-year-old worked 90-hour weeks in an oil refinery to save money for his business—now he's worth $9.5 billion" in c/workreform

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

Yeah but it's literally one thing. Chicken fingers. They better be damn good chicken fingers. And I find that hard to imagine.

TIL the average American is dumber than the average human in c/til

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 6 hours ago

It's not a conspiracy theory when it's said right out in the open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpdt7omPoa0

As of Sept 19th, we are at 50 school shootings! in c/politicalmemes

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 6 hours ago

I stand by my banana-hatred despite the fact that I spent EIGHT DOLLARS on a food truck banana split for my daughter at a festival today. And she didn't even eat half of it.

TIL the average American is dumber than the average human in c/til

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

As I said above:

No, it’s a sign of greedy people wanting to keep a population ignorant.

An ignorant population is a compliant population. That's why so many other nations have ruined their education system and replaced it with propaganda.

Weirdo is now a meteorologist. in c/political_weirdos

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That day we all remember back in 1973 when Scotty and Trelane/Captain Koloth hung out with Moe Howard and Larry Fine. (lemmy.world)

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Professor Dave Explains - Bret and Eric Weinstein: Brothers in Fraudulence (www.youtube.com)

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Of all the people on the internet pretending to be geniuses, none are more aggravating than the Weinstein brothers. You have Bret, a fake biologist who tells everyone he deserves a Nobel prize for no reason, and really just spreads misinformation about biomedical topics on the internet which get people killed. Then you have Eric, a fake physicist who tells everyone he deserves a Nobel prize for no reason, and really just spreads anti-establishment tripe all over the internet that degrades public perception of academia and the scientific community. Basically, these guys are gigantic assholes. But they've managed to convince so many people that they're brilliant renegades who have been shunned by the establishment, because their truth is just too hot to handle. How are they able to do this, and can their fans be shown what massive frauds they really are? Let's take a crack at it!

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Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People (theonion.com)

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Student loan forgiveness (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 hours ago by FlyingSquid to c/politicalmemes

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Oh, just one more thing, Mr. Spock... (lemmy.world)

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I don't know what part of this headline depresses me the most: "52-year-old worked 90-hour weeks in an oil refinery to save money for his business—now he's worth $9.5 billion" (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by FlyingSquid to c/workreform

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The 90-hour weeks part?
The fact that he was doing it for a fossil fuel company?
The fact that he's worth fucking $9.5 billion?

Also, not in the headline, but-

The fact that he did it back in the 90s when you could actually successfully open a small business and make money from it as if it's relevant today?

The business is a franchise called Raising Caine's Chicken, which I've never had, but if you go by Yelp reviews, it's either the best restaurant that has ever existed or pretty mediocre.

Also, Wikipedia says very little about his early life, but apparently his parents could afford to send him to a private catholic school, so he didn't exactly grow up improverished.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Graves_(entrepreneur)

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Hurricane Katrina vs. Hurricane Helene (lemmy.world)

submitted 14 hours ago by FlyingSquid to c/science

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