sgtgig

Honestly this has kind of been reassuring as it seems that things that are behind the scenes are as dumb as what's on the surface.

At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers

Literally "we're big so we'll make money" with no thought on the product actually being offered.

Hilarious.

In 2024, stocks were high, jobs were strong, feds were cutting rates, inflation was under 3%.. Biden did it, the soft landing from COVID. Anyone who paid any attention knew the economy was in a good place and, four years in, only Biden's admin would have had any affect.

Part of me is weeping for this nation, but another part thinks the nation deserves it for being so fucking stupid.

If I was a brain worm that had taken control of a US politician, the first thing I would do is say that the worm is dead.

"he has to" does he though? He has enough money for him and his entire lineage to live lavishly for eternity. He can dip out today and stop working forever, relax on a beach, and disconnect from the world like Tom from MySpace did.

He's not being forced to do anything.

Most people (I hope, I don't tune in too much) deny that the climate is changing. They just deny that human activity is causing it.

So they see all the wildfires and hurricanes and heatwaves and biodiversity collapse and coral bleaching and give a big shrug and "eh, whaddyagunnadoaboutit"

He's completely set with pensions. And I am unsure if index funds were specifically ruled out. The article doesn't really detail his wealth, and there's no way someone with his intelligence and pragmatism has completely bungled his finances.

They don't care about hypocrisy.

I don't think this is going to energize anyone four months from now. Attention spans are too short.

Before 2016 I didn't know much about him aside from he's a rich dude with a golden tower who used to host a show. I can see someone not really paying attention i. 2016 and voting for him just because.

I hear this a lot. It's what gets me about the polling for this election being so close - in the last eight years, who has Trump actually attracted? Who exists that is like "I voted for Hillary and Biden, but I won't be fooled again!"

The learning really seems to go one way.

Most Trumpists have been duped by propagandists. It's more comforting to them to believe the fake news talking points than to admit "their guy" is actually a vile waste of skin.