4grams

joined 2 years ago
[–] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 7 months ago

Agreed! The phone I’m typing this on right now is dressed in my finest yellow TPU.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I mean, the article goes into how their real estate was gutted, which could have provided a safety margin for them to restructure. But again, I care nothing for red lobster, but I see the same pattern as happened with so many others. Read into Sears or Toy-R-Us for example. It’s the pattern of these parasitic private equity firms. They look for these struggling businesses that have assets they can come in to exploit, hastening the demise.

In the end it’s not so much that I care about these businesses survival as I angers me to see a few corporate fucks stripping away the value that workers had built over the years and leaving destruction in the wake.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but shitty chain restaurant that may have had a chance to improve had it not had its organs harvested while still alive. I honestly don’t give a shit about red lobster but I hate the corporate theft that we just let happen.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 41 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I can’t tell you how many articles I’ve read lately that can just be summed up as “late-stage capitalism”. This is the death throes of the nation.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Oh, I know, I’m being somewhat facetious. I do have 3D printers but that’s because I’m a nerd; not like, preparing for anything..

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 7 months ago

Duh, they want to be hardcore.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 7 months ago

Right, my fully loaded vehicle was like 43k all in when I bought it in 2016. Today, the same car with the same trim level (granted a newer model) costs over 20k more.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 13 points 7 months ago (4 children)

That’s why one of the things I bought is a 3D printer.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 15 points 7 months ago (8 children)

truth, I feel pressure to buy the things I want because I have no faith I will be able to afford them later. I figure, get it now while I can so that when I can't, I'll have it.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 7 months ago

Not exactly reliable and less than easy rma process.

Sorry, had typed this and forgotten to hit submit :(

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 7 months ago

At the time it was fine. I had an array of 4tb drives that I was backing up with a series of 5gb drives. They were just so unreliable; all but one failed while the array they backed up is still spinning strong.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 7 months ago

Bingo. Sorry, had typed a reply about my failure rate and difficulties getting an RMA but forgot to submit.

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