Sean Mooney

I mean if you don't see the "Start New Topic" button then yes you are part of the problem. That's not "hipcracy" or "race battery"...just facts. Also, decrying the national media for ignoring a story that they aren't ignoring furthers the problems too.

Social media culture is terrible and while it really took hold in the mid to late 2000s that is at best tangentially correlated to Obama. But it isn't one leading to the other. It's annoying how people from all walks of political life take snippets of things and decide to tell the whole narrative around it without digging facts. But it gets "clicks" and "likes" and people are far more concerned about their online persona than they are providing solid discourse.

On the main page there towards the top right hand corner is a button that reads "Start New Topic". You click that and then you can title a thread and put whatever stories you want in there. I recognize that those 2-3 steps might be super difficult but really it gives a story that HT thinks deserves full attention the full attention it deserves. HTH there guys. Also, that story that got no national media attention has been written about or mentioned on: USA Today ( one of the most circulated papers in the country) Yahoo New York Post just to name a few.....But you're right...only "some local coverage"

Stories online seem to indicate the dad didn't like the way the district handled bullying stuff with his daughter. So he isn't a racist a-hole, just a regular old a-hole. Two other things stand out: 1.) The high school, and district, itself has been in the news before for things that were racist in nature with kids doing the "Seig Heil" hand gesture stuff and hate filled stuff in videos online mocking teachers and fellow students with anti-LGBTQ slurs...so some people saw one thing and another and decided they were connected- which leads to... 2.) This is where Twitter/social media outrage control gets out of control. People saw a white dad and black superintendent and immediately jumped to the conclusion because it fits the imagery. It would take a few minutes or hours to see the full picture but people want to be first.

How many times a day do you jackoff posting whataboutisms into threads? Do you own stock in like Pedialyte or Gatorade with the amount of electrolytes you need to replace on an hourly basis?

Also good to remind oneself that pages ago in this thread I pointed out how there were studies and polls being done on the idea that people felt like they were good financially but the economy was bad overall which showed that perception and reality were not in line with one another. RLLD's response was "DUH PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE DEY FEELZ!" But now it benefits him so he says "BUT DA FAX!!"

Again a lot of words to argue against a point I never made....have fun being obtuse at someone else. Also, go ##### yourself with the political team rooting stuff. It just undercuts the point you are trying to make and makes you look like a flaming idiot.

I'll caveat by saying- I'd like to see more of the story before I know it is exactly what the Twitter warrior says. However- if it is truly because of what the person says- then I feel bad for that young lady. She worked hard to get that degree and then her dad pulls a stunt like that and she looks absolutely embarrassed to be a part of any of it. Dude should've been drug out back and dealt with.

You didn't. Again- I said there is some blame to corporate greed- but I clearly put it after 4-5 different factors. You decided I was saying it was solely that. And then linked to a video talking about a fed reserve piece that studied this. The article on CNN that they use is titled this: "Think corporate greed is the leading cause of inflation? Think again". I never said it was the leading cause so I'm good there. The study also shows: " The Fed researchers did find that some companies exercised pricing power by raising prices above their production costs – a gap known as markups. For instance, markups spiked for gasoline, cars and other goods in 2021. Likewise, there were increased markups for repair, general merchandise, laundry, personal care and other services, according to the Fed." Which again matches up with what I said. Also, the study never mentions corporate greed, shrinkflation, or Biden in any way. So yet again- I made a comment, the study supports what I said. I'm glad you keep wanting to prove me right. Now go ahead and say something stupid and obtuse ignoring the overall point.

They need to work harder...I mean I'll never be a physicist. You could be if you worked harder. Well no...not me. My work harder argument only applies to poor people.

I'm not wrong in that I didn't solely attribute it to corporate greed...you didn't read the actual study obviously because you'd see they do acknowledge markups in general areas even if it is not the sole marker for inflation- which is what the article is arguing. . Get back to me when you do

I don't have a preferred party. Stop with that hacky line of argument. It makes your whole point invalid. Even more so than just ignoring what someone said and arguing that something that proves them right is right. I thank you for constantly pointing out what I said is accurate, but I don't need it. Maybe go back to your insipid argument this morning and try to put that into the land of coherence.

You are obtuse at this point as you are misrepresenting what I said and my argument to try and win. Get over yourself. The research points out that there were markups on important things that hurt but in overall trends things are flat. So they do acknowledge that some things were affected and some are not. So we are in this mess because of two parties, two presidents, a pandemic, and corporate greed. Additionally, there are a lot of assumptions in the study if you read it. Maybe the skeleton didn't tell you that.

I did defend it WITH QUOTES FROM THE ARTICLE IN THE VIDEO ITSELF. The video is operating from the POV that all of this is on corporate greed- as Queen Dipshit Elizabeth Warren argued. I never made that argument. The article on CNN and the study it mentions does say there is something in the markups but it isn't all of it. So the video points out what I said is correct. You are choosing to argue against the entirety of what I said because you are not understanding the video you shared.

So then, you still have not read what I actually wrote and instead are choosing to focus on the last two words of the post...A post where I said this: "So we are in this mess because of two parties, two presidents, a pandemic, and corporate greed." The latter of which I said has "some" blame. Not all, not most, "some." I know you had a rough morning trying to bob and weave all over different arguments and looking foolish in the process but this is a bad afternoon you are now having.

I suggest you read my post again. I didn't assign all the blame to corporate greed and said it is somewhat involved. The quote I used as well- FROM THE SAME ARTICLE THE GUY IN THE VIDEO YOU POSTED TALKS ABOUT- does say there are some markup issues that hurt things. Maybe then you can look up a video with a dude with a bobo doll in the background to help support his point of view.

Clearly I listed a bunch of things and said all of those things together are doing it. It isn't one or the other. You countered with a video done by a guy with a skeleton behind him. Looking at the article on CNN it shows these quotes as well: "The Fed researchers did find that some companies exercised pricing power by raising prices above their production costs – a gap known as markups....For instance, markups spiked for gasoline, cars and other goods in 2021. Likewise, there were increased markups for repair, general merchandise, laundry, personal care and other services, according to the Fed."

https://datausa.io/profile/soc/fast-food-and-counter-workers#:~:text=Employed people-,The workforce of Fast food and counter workers in 2022,29 years (79%2C170 people).

FWIW- As of 2022- there were about 773K workers in the fast food/counter service industry. Almost 79% of the employment are people between 16-29...About 300K in the 16-19 age range and then 20-24 is the next highest concentration and 25-29 is after that but about a third of the 20-24 age range workforce. So you are looking at about 38% of the workforce being a teen and then the remaining 62% are not. Additionally- to the discussion at hand earlier- 55% of the people working at a fast food place have either a college degree, or have done college work of some kind.

You note that when asked twice he couldn't name anybody..

I'll pour one out for you homey. Anyway- back to the thread- kind of sad that the company has been in bankruptcy protection for years and underperforming and is now laying off workers and trying to misdirect the anger away from the company itself.

Sad...just sad stuff from you

The people in here were having a nice conversation in here despite differences of opinion. You came in spouting your typical nonsense not adding anything to the discussion. You are continuing to do that by saying "OH I win a message board disagreement...." I'm sorry your life is that empty dude. Maybe you'll find a girl one day

What are you talking about? I'm sorry you don't understand the topic at hand so you have to attack

Yeah...you are clearly the loser here keeping message board score.