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AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e

horrific story

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my bony fealty
Oct 1, 2008

wow. how could China do this to its citizens.

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

so that's how they kept the hot dogs so cheap

slave to my cravings
Mar 1, 2007

Got my mind on doritos and doritos on my mind.
why is it always Louisiana prisons

Dr. VooDoo
May 4, 2006


This is just like something you’d see in a communist country. Which is weird it keeps happening here over and over again

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

slave to my cravings posted:

why is it always Louisiana prisons

angola has a rodeo too, if you want to see some inmates dance for your amusement

http://www.angolarodeo.com/

lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021

“A lot of these guys come from homes where they’ve never understood work and they’ve never understood the feeling at the end of the day for a job well-done,” he said. “We’re giving them purpose. … And then at the end of the day, they get the return by having better food in the kitchens.”

disgusting

Poppers
Jan 21, 2023

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

so that's how they kept the hot dogs so cheap

They keep them cheap because the president of Costco threatens to live stream chop his own nuts off with a machete if anybody tries to raise the price

really queer Christmas
Apr 22, 2014

lobster shirt posted:

“A lot of these guys come from homes where they’ve never understood work and they’ve never understood the feeling at the end of the day for a job well-done,” he said. “We’re giving them purpose. … And then at the end of the day, they get the return by having better food in the kitchens.”

disgusting

That was the line that broke me

Death to amerikkka

Crusty Nutsack
Apr 21, 2005

SUCK LASER, COPPERS


it's so funny when the culty costco people think they're so superior to sam's club shoppers because their store is ~ethical~

this would not even change their minds

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

Crusty Nutsack posted:

it's so funny when the culty costco people think they're so superior to sam's club shoppers because their store is ~ethical~

this would not even change their minds

i don't think most people who shop at costco or sam's club give a single gently caress about this

aw frig aw dang it
Jun 1, 2018


Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i don't think most people who shop at costco or sam's club give a single gently caress about this

hard to give a poo poo when the cheese sample man wont' get off your rear end

DaysBefore
Jan 24, 2019


aw frig aw dang it posted:

hard to give a poo poo when the cheese sample man wont' get off your rear end

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i don't think most people who shop at costco or sam's club give a single gently caress about this

im there for the bulk goods at discount prices.

lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021

aw frig aw dang it posted:

hard to give a poo poo when the cheese sample man wont' get off your rear end

Woke Mind Virus
Aug 22, 2005

i just bought 3 lbs of Cheez-its for 12.99. what a deal!

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

they're opening a business costco near me

VideoKid
Jul 28, 2006

Avatar War

slave to my cravings posted:

why is it always Louisiana prisons

they discovered one weird trick to keep their slaves after the civil war

:d2a:

Maximo Roboto
Feb 4, 2012

it's like when Apple was criticized for labor practices the iCultists would post lists of all the other companies Foxconn supplies

Butter Activities
May 4, 2018

Can't believe Yemen is really doing this.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

Exchanging free room and board for an honest day's work

my_custom_username
Nov 30, 2023

slave to my cravings posted:

why is it always Louisiana prisons

Iirc it has the highest incarceration rate of any state. The prison industrial complex is overall at its strongest in the South, pretty sad stuff

Sancho Banana
Aug 4, 2023

Not to be confused with meat.
The UNatSoc SSnaKKKe$$ of AmeriechcraKKKa must be obliterated

redneck nazgul
Apr 25, 2013

imagine how big of a discount we could get if Costco sold copies of Settlers in bulk

tristeham
Jul 31, 2022


aw frig aw dang it posted:

hard to give a poo poo when the cheese sample man wont' get off your rear end

my bony fealty
Oct 1, 2008

aw frig aw dang it posted:

hard to give a poo poo when the cheese sample man wont' get off your rear end

responding with lethal force is justified in situations like this

post COVID
Mar 5, 2007

free college, free healthcare, free Shmurda


“The question was whether or not the toy box that we purchased at the retail showroom was ethically made,” said Samuel.

The toy box was made by inmates at the New Hampshire State Prison.

When they bought it, the Kings recall that the tag indicated it had been made in the prison’s Correctional Industries program.

Ideally, Samuel said, he wished they could have the opportunity to speak to the individual who built the crate.

Weka
May 5, 2019

That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

so that's how they kept the hot dogs so cheap

Ground up inmates?

TehSaurus
Jun 12, 2006

That sucks I am very slightly disappointed by this. But I already assumed all the produce was slave labor so what’s one more?

Trabisnikof
Dec 24, 2005

AnimeIsTrash posted:

angola has a rodeo too, if you want to see some inmates dance for your amusement

http://www.angolarodeo.com/

https://www.angolamuseum.org/shop/rodeo-t-shirt-25xww

Bel Shazar
Sep 14, 2012

really queer Christmas posted:

That was the line that broke me

Death to amerikkka

AnimeIsTrash
Jun 30, 2018

TehSaurus posted:

That sucks I am very slightly disappointed by this. But I already assumed all the produce was slave labor so what’s one more?

they found out recently that lead used in the process of making stanley cups was actually leaking into the cups

titty_baby_
Nov 11, 2015

Good

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

AnimeIsTrash posted:

they found out recently that lead used in the process of making stanley cups was actually leaking into the cups

they shouldn't even be making that many, only one team wins it every year

Badactura
Feb 14, 2019

My wish lives in the future.

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

they shouldn't even be making that many, only one team wins it every year

While a common misunderstanding, they're actually referring to Stanley brand cups, which share a name with buy are not otherwise related to hockey championships

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

Badactura posted:

While a common misunderstanding, they're actually referring to Stanley brand cups, which share a name with buy are not otherwise related to hockey championships

i wish your head would get stuck in a stanley brand cup

aw frig aw dang it
Jun 1, 2018


by drinking lead from Stanley brand cups we can achieve boomer thought

Karach
May 23, 2003

no war but class war

aw frig aw dang it posted:

hard to give a poo poo when the cheese sample man wont' get off your rear end

Badactura
Feb 14, 2019

My wish lives in the future.

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i wish your head would get stuck in a stanley brand cup

Unfortunately for you my head is far too big to fit in a Stanley brand cup. It could probably fit in the hockey one though

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Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i wish your head would get stuck in a stanley brand cup

This is very mean and cruel!

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