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Account McAccount posted:*edit: nvm too much detail but in summary: you're all hosed because of this and you don't even realize it not disturbing at all What was it? Nuclear facilities abandoned? Maintenance at 0%? Spies not being paid and selling secrets to Latvians?
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Arrhythmia posted:I hope the shutdown never ends and the states realize that there's no one in charge and America accidentally balkanizes. 
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Jan 15, 2019 22:54
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:not disturbing at all surplus of labor / low unemployment
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Jan 15, 2019 22:57
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Dr. S.O. Feelgood posted:The only thing better than being sent home without pay is being forced to work without pay. welcome to being the average american debt-slave: live on the margins of your means. take out loans for cars and houses that are too expensive. consume.
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Jan 15, 2019 23:17
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It's real wierd to have fotecast the decline and balkanizarion of the USA as an edgy teenager a decade ago, and now be watching it in real time. It's like telling your buddy that he's gonna poo poo on his own face in a week - and then subsequently watching him stop on the sidewalk, get into the tubgirl pose, and go to town like free willy coming up for air. You're just left with a mixed feeling of awe and disgust, really. 
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Jan 16, 2019 01:53
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Arrhythmia posted:I hope the shutdown never ends and the states realize that there's no one in charge and America accidentally balkanizes. Canada would be happy to pick up Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin on the cheap. they would make great provences
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Jan 16, 2019 01:55
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Account McAccount posted:*edit: nvm too much detail but in summary: you're all hosed because of this and you don't even realize it  Cmon fam. I mean, I know we’re hosed but I figure it’s because GOP is gonna use this to try to permanently gut everything forever. What’s your theory?
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Jan 16, 2019 02:23
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Oh boy, I wonder what's gonna happen if this shutdown drags out all year, that's gonna be nuts. The only sure thing to come out of this is that Trump supporters will still support him no matter how penniless and homeless this makes them. Gonna be a shitshow for the ages
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Jan 16, 2019 02:30
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Rime posted:It's real wierd to have fotecast the decline and balkanizarion of the USA as an edgy teenager a decade ago, and now be watching it in real time. The funnier thing is that it wasn't really 9/11, it was Facebook and the internet in general exploiting dumb people
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Jan 16, 2019 03:00
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Parrotine posted:Oh boy, I wonder what's gonna happen if this shutdown drags out all year, that's gonna be nuts. It won't drag out all year. Eventually the TSA and Air Traffic Controllers will be on strike in all but name. The airports will be unofficially shut down. When rich people can't jet around the country as a "business expense," then McConnell and the GOP will be forced to allow a vote. Also, today's Gallup poll has Trump at 37% approve/59% disapprove. The longer the shutdown drags on, the worse those numbers will get, and the worse those numbers get, the more GOP'ers in Congress will feel free to defy him on this. The real frustration comes when the shutdown is resolved and Trump's approval bounces back up to 44%. Because nothing matters. EDIT: https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1085302803482980353 LOL Rod Hoofhearted fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Jan 16, 2019 |
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Jan 16, 2019 03:27
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wouldn't flights be faster if TSA goes on strike?
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Jan 16, 2019 03:53
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I've watched six hours of Survivor today, lol. Still better than going to work.
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Jan 16, 2019 03:55
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The Dennis System posted:I've watched six hours of Survivor today, lol. Still better than going to work. survivor rules. we're there any good blindsideds?
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Jan 16, 2019 03:58
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Rutibex posted:survivor rules. we're there any good blindsideds? None so far, but I'm watching season 26, so I'm like ten seasons behind.
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Jan 16, 2019 04:09
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Rutibex posted:wouldn't flights be faster if TSA goes on strike? A little, but where flight times will really plummet is when FAA ATCs go on strike.
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Jan 16, 2019 04:11
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[pounding on my desk] GENERAL! STRIKE! GENERAL! STRIKE!
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Rutibex posted:wouldn't flights be faster if TSA goes on strike? Nope. Rather than just let everyone on without going through security, they would instead let no one fly. They're really committed to this TSA thing, and if they let people on planes without going through TSA checkpoints and another 9/11 didn't happen, they'd have to explain why we've spent trillions of dollars on TSA for the past 17 years. They're not going to let that happen.
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Jan 16, 2019 04:17
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hattersmad posted:NASA goon. Funding is good for a couple more weeks for me. After that, mandatory unpaid leave At least you won't have to work for free like I've been doing. I think my manager might swap me out and make another team member come in next week....we'll all eventually get paid for it....one day It looks like they're about to call back 36,000 employees for filing season too....I'd really hate to get audited by an unpaid agent. e: Oh yeah, if this goes on 1 more pp we will have to start paying out of pocket for dental and vision insurance 
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Jan 16, 2019 04:24
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"He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting." drat, that's a sad indictment of the American people. 
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Jan 16, 2019 05:12
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Hearts and minds, kids.
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its all nice on rice posted:Lol my grandma sent me $50 she won in bingo because she was was worried about me during the shutdown You have an awesome grandma. Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:That this happens in the wealthiest country in the world is also funny Maybe America is only so powerful and wealthy on the surface because it's built on the vampiric exploitation of its people? 
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Jan 16, 2019 05:15
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The whole situation is just pathetic. We shouldn't have to deal with this, neither as a nation nor as a workforce. If we aren't going to be paid, we shouldn't be expected to work, and yet, if we don't work, our country falls apart, fast. So, it's patriotic to work our role, even without pay. But it certainly doesn't mesh with capitalist ideology that the current administration champions.
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Jan 16, 2019 05:34
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Gigas-VII posted:The whole situation is just pathetic. We shouldn't have to deal with this, neither as a nation nor as a workforce. If we aren't going to be paid, we shouldn't be expected to work, and yet, if we don't work, our country falls apart, fast. So, it's patriotic to work our role, even without pay. But it certainly doesn't mesh with capitalist ideology that the current administration champions. Right?! It’s even got a socialist aspect of you have to sacrifice and contribute for the greater good. Astounding hypocrisy
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Jan 16, 2019 05:40
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:The funnier thing is that it wasn't really 9/11, it was Facebook and the internet in general exploiting dumb people back in like march i read a book called "the origins of the internet" by katie hafner, and one of the early ARPA guys talking about his dream in the 60s of interconnected information systems in people's homes making people the perfect rational actors, with immediate access to the data they needed making for a more perfect democracy. it was kind of sad.
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Jan 16, 2019 06:06
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Why dont people just quit their jobs then? If they're not gonna pay employees what they're rightfully owed and not allowed to strike, then just....quit? What are they gonna do, fire you for the job that doesnt pay? Look for any other type of hourly paying job to make ends meet until July 2019 or whenever this finally rolls over
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Jan 16, 2019 07:04
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yeah why don't people just quit when the majority of Americans tend to have negative savings and benefits are growing more scarce everyday Just Get A New Job
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Jan 16, 2019 07:15
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yeah I eat rear end posted:well, yeah, but alcholics can still go on benders. Normally I am more restrained and make sure I'm not too hung over to last through a meeting. When I know basically nobody else will be in the office that downgrades to just making sure I can drive to work safely, which is a much easier standard to meet. You have a problem with alcohol my dude
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Jan 16, 2019 07:26
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Use this time off work to get clean. Stop drinking and sweat it out. Your lifestyle is hosed man, if its hard to cut alcohol at all then thats your body agreeing with me.
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Jan 16, 2019 07:29
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Parrotine posted:Why dont people just quit their jobs then? If they're not gonna pay employees what they're rightfully owed and not allowed to strike, then just....quit? Wouldn’t surprise me if people start doing exactly that. Then when govt re-opens, they have to start by hiring people, then training them, then picking up the backlog of work. Hooray for throwing money away due to brinksmanship.
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Jan 16, 2019 07:30
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Rutibex posted:Canada would be happy to pick up Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin on the cheap. they would make great provences Wisconsin becoming a province of Canada would be great and id stay in this awful state forever.
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OMFG FURRY posted:yeah why don't people just quit when the majority of Americans tend to have negative savings and benefits are growing more scarce everyday Yes, and being tethered to working a job with NO pay whatsoever fixes that how exactly?
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there are no simple solutions to complex problems
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Jan 16, 2019 07:39
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Just get a new job you idiots. You dumbasses. You total dickheads. Just do it. Just get rehired. You loving assholes.
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Jan 16, 2019 07:40
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Parrotine posted:Why dont people just quit their jobs then? If they're not gonna pay employees what they're rightfully owed and not allowed to strike, then just....quit? I don't want to throw away 15 years towards a gov't retirement. Donny has already signed a law that will pay federal employees back pay when the gov't starts back up again. I can't take jobs outside of the IRS unless I get approval
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Jan 16, 2019 07:44
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935 posted:Have you tried asking your landlor if you can do maintenance in leu of paying rent? Lmfao
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Jan 16, 2019 07:50
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Parrotine posted:Why dont people just quit their jobs then? If they're not gonna pay employees what they're rightfully owed and not allowed to strike, then just....quit? A bunch of TSA people already have, and more are going to join them every day. But the country is also at full employment and employers are hesitant to hire because everyone believes that we're due for a recession. So the people quitting now are probably the ones who were able to easily line up alternative, comparatively-paying employment. But the rest of them who aren't easily able to find another job, to them working with the promise of being paid later is better than not working at all.
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Jan 16, 2019 07:51
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also if this started hitting the bottom line of defense contractors you could look forward to the shutdown ending the next day as a bunch of congressmen line up to personally stab donald trump in the back like a scene out of shakespeare lol
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Jan 16, 2019 07:54
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There's nothing more depressing than the monthly GBS thread where some dude is desperately trying to downplay his alcoholism as gaggles of goons attempt to force him to come to terms with his addiction.
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Jan 16, 2019 07:55
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Wait the rape dungeon thread is pretty depressing sorry I lied.
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The climate thread in CSPAM periodically takes a dark turn when someone's conclusion is "welp better just kill myself then."
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