One of the most interesting things about Trump is that you never have to mention his name; just describe something third rate or inane and people know.
Right after the 2016 election there was a panel discussion that included the creative teams behind all the biggest political shows on TV. House of Cards; Veep; The West Wing; Scandal, and all the rest.
Every person up there said the same thing; if they'd had a character who said that 'he liked soldiers who didn't get captured' the networks and advertisers would have demanded that the character be shown as being hated by all Americans, and thrown into the gutter.
HR software biz BambooHR surveyed more than 1,500 employees, a third of whom work in HR. The findings suggest the return to office movement has been a poorly-executed failure, but one particular figure stands out - a quarter of executives and a fifth of HR professionals hoped RTO mandates would result in staff leaving....
For years I thought I just hated working. After I was injured at work and had some off time, I picked up a book called "Discover What You Are Best At" by Linda Gail. It helped me assess my strengths and pointed me to a job I actually enjoyed doing.
Remember that Star Trek where they go to the evil mirror universe and the baddies come to the Enterprise? The bad versions get caught because it's hard for someone with no empathy to fake it.
This sucks for the general public. You're always either going to be dealing with a] a disgruntled employee who knows he deserves a raise or b] an under trained new guy. You never get the one who knows the job really well.
Sometimes I walk to work; sometimes I drive my car; other times i ride a bicycle. Whichever option I pick, I hate anyone who isn't doing the same thing.
That may be the most American thing anyone has ever said!
Also, the same therapist told me that she has a number of alcoholic patients who moved to New York City simply because they knew there was a good 24 hour mass transit system and they wouldn't have to drive drunk.
I’m 43 years old but apparently I have a baby face, good hair for my age and everyone believes I’m in my mid 20s, even though I already have some gray hairs nobody seems to notice (so far)....
Everyone needs to read "Hell's Angels" by Hunter Thompson.
There's a chapter where he lays out the economics of being a biker/hippie/artist circa 1970.
An Angel could work for six months as a Union stevedore and make enough to hit the road for two years. A part time waitress could afford an apartment for herself and her musician boyfriend.
When Ronald Reagan took office, 'middle class' was defined as one Union salary job supporting a family of four, and $1 million was considered a vast fortune.
By the end of Bush Sr's term, 'middle class' was two jobs to keep the family going, and $1 million was what a rich guy paid for a party.
I grew up in New York City. We heard a lot about Unions in our history classes, because most of our parents [and all the teachers] were in a Union. Figured that was the norm for the whole country, because what kid really thinks about how text books are chosen?
Recently heard from another poster that their books siad that Unions were useful in the past, but were bad now because they interfered with the global economy.
I never seriously studied physics. A few years back I decided that it was time to push myself a little and start reading up. I started with some articles on string theory and suddenly remembered why I didn't want to study physics.
Looks like I saved twice as much time as I thought I had.
This is 100% the result of Reagan's trickle down economics, a policy his own Vice President called 'voo-doo economics.*'
In 1980, 'middle class' was still seen as one income supporting a family of four. By the time Bush Sr. was through, 'middle class' meaning two jobs was established as the norm.
*Bush used the phrase before Reagan offered him the Number 2 job; suddenly he was fine with it.
People were talking about it during Reagan's Presidency.
There were giant homeless encampments in all major cities throughout the 1980s.
Read Hunter Thompson's book "Hell's Angels." There's a chapter that talks about the economics of being a biker/hippie/artist circa 1970. A part time waitress in New York could afford to support herself and her musician boyfreind. A biker could put in six months as a Union stevedore and make enough to hit the road for two years of carousing.
And the idea that Obama caused the melt down of 2008 is pretty hilarious.
"The Flight Of The Phoenix" is a great old-style Hollywood movie. A plane crashes in the African desert and the crew and passengers have to find a way to get home. Exactly the kind of movie Roddenberry would have been thinking of when he pitched TOS.
It's up top the people involved. Yes, there are folks who will try to take advantage of you and coerce you into covering for them. There are also people who actually share interests with you. I've been to a few coworkers homes, and hung out together on off days. There have been other coworkers I wouldn't say 'hi' to on my off days.
Something I’ve noticed. If you watch movies/TV from the 1970s and earlier, the characters will often use exact figures in dialog. Jim Rockford made $200 a day, plus expenses. By the 1980s, inflation was getting bad, so they didn’t do it as much, as something that was wildly expensive in the past was now reasonable. Remember the $5.00 milkshake from Pulp Fiction?
Back in Lincoln’s day, the Republicans really were about ‘trickle up’ economics. Henry Ford paid people enough to buy his cars. Now it’s “I can pay half the working class to kill the other half.”
I wasn’t trying to present Ford as a hero of the working man. I was trying to show that Ford understood that workers are a resource, not a burden.
You’re right about him not wanting workers drinking. Two stories I’ve heard. The first is that he helped create Prohibition because he thought banning liquor would stop people from drinking. The other is that he helped start a lot of small banks. Workers were taking their paychecks to bars and getting them cashed there. When the bars closed, the workers needed a new place to get their money,
Employers demonstrated their infidelity to their staff by paying loyal workers, on average, 7% less than new hires — 20 years ago, salaries were largely the same between new and longtime employees.
There’s a chapter about the economics of being a biker/artist/hippie circa 1970. A biker could work six months as a union stevedore and earn enough to spend two years on the road, and a part time waitress could earn enough to support herself and her musician boyfriend.
Came across this article, and it’s a very interesting take on how Star Trek has changed with the times, and how modern audiences seem to have a harder time trusting institutions or imagining Trek’s utopia.
The biggest change in America between TOS and TNG was Watergate. Even if people thought that Johnson was wrong to go into Vietnam, they mostly believed that the government was trying to do the right thing.
Interesting reflection by two older musicians (Beato and Tim Pierce) about how the music industry used to have a "middle class" that's been pushed out now by an industry that focuses more and more on profits.
They don't really go into the details of how the changes happened, with big-corp #capitalism being the elephant in the room ... but their observations, which include tech, paint a pretty clear picture.
I remember a piece Harlan Ellison wrote back in the 1970s. He was working on television shows, and said that if he could save $1,000.00 he could live for six months and just write the stuff he really wanted to do.
Conformity to masculine norms tied to higher stress and reluctance to seek mental health help ( www.psypost.org )
Study finds 1/4 of bosses hoped Return to Office would make staff quit ( www.theregister.com )
HR software biz BambooHR surveyed more than 1,500 employees, a third of whom work in HR. The findings suggest the return to office movement has been a poorly-executed failure, but one particular figure stands out - a quarter of executives and a fifth of HR professionals hoped RTO mandates would result in staff leaving....
xkcd #2943: Unsolved Chemistry Problems ( imgs.xkcd.com )
https://xkcd.com/2943...
Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less ( www.forbes.com )
xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation ( sh.itjust.works )
xkcd #2940: Modes of Transportation...
I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change?
I’m 43 years old but apparently I have a baby face, good hair for my age and everyone believes I’m in my mid 20s, even though I already have some gray hairs nobody seems to notice (so far)....
Marxist Financial Advice ( lemmy.ml )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16038479...
‘Scary’: public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15589190...
xkcd #2933: Elementary Physics Paths ( imgs.xkcd.com )
https://xkcd.com/2933...
‘We deserve more’: US workers’ share of the pie dwindles ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15086405...
The Flight of the Phoenix illustrated in the style of a NASA infographic. ( startrek.website )
From user Uniderth on Trek BBS
Those of you who are friendly with your coworkers but no friends, where exactly do you lay the boundary?
xkcd #2911: Greenland Size ( imgs.xkcd.com )
xkcd.com/2911...
California’s minimum wage isn’t enough to keep up with workers’ costs of living, new report says ( calmatters.org )
xkcd #2905: Supergroup ( imgs.xkcd.com )
xkcd.com/2905...
Major US corporations threaten to return labor to ‘law of the jungle’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Missouri GOP Candidate for Governor Was Only ‘Honorary’ KKK Member ( www.riverfronttimes.com )
The fun thing about needing a job is that all the advice is either incredibly demeaning or incredibly futile. Usually both
i saw someone on twitter saying to “leverage your network” i’d sooner leverage a shotgun into my mouth jesus fucking christ...
Gen Z is unhappier at work than any other generation. Here are the two things they want. ( www.businessinsider.com )
Employers demonstrated their infidelity to their staff by paying loyal workers, on average, 7% less than new hires — 20 years ago, salaries were largely the same between new and longtime employees.
What was the last book that surprised you?
Something you thought you would love that turned out to be awful, or vice versa? A great plot twist that blew your mind?...
Are We All Too Cynical for Star Trek? ( plus.thebulwark.com )
Came across this article, and it’s a very interesting take on how Star Trek has changed with the times, and how modern audiences seem to have a harder time trusting institutions or imagining Trek’s utopia.