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with all due respect, this is horseshit. forgive my strong language but i think it's justified in this case. i don't mean this as a personal slight against you

with all due respect, this is horseshit. forgive my strong language but i think it's justified in this case. i don't mean this as a personal slight against you, but you just made a statement that is exemplary of the broken culture that leads to outcomes like this. we ought not to accept this as normal. just because it's what currently happens does not mean it is what ought to happen.

nostrademons 10y ago
I don't think he said anything about what ought to happen, except that the second half of "Don't hate the player" is "hate the game", which implies that he also thinks that this is a terrible system.
- metaphorm 10y ago
  yes, those are the literal words of the expression. the contextual meaning of the expression is that it is usually spoken by a winner of the game while gloating about their ill-gotten gains. it's a snarky insult mocking those who have not positioned themselves to score in an unjust system.
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smallgovt 10y ago
Please support your argument that these comp packages are immoral. Genuinely curious.
- metaphorm 10y ago
  you're a committed ideologue so it isn't worth the time to engage with you, but I'll say one thing. don't expect another response from me. How many other Yahoo workers are also losing their jobs? Which of them are getting compensation packages like Marisa Mayer?
  - smallgovt 10y ago
    I'm not actually all that committed. I'm coming from the opposite angle because I never took courses in morality in school or spent much time thinking about out of school. I did take a lot of economics which leads me to believe that the current system is 'fair' in that it's likely just free market forces driving these insane payments. I do see the argument that no individual has a need for this much money. And, there likely won't be a substantial drop in peformance incentive if there was a sort of judicious salary ceiling implemented. The result of this regulation would be more money to be distributed to shareholders (the rest of the world). Thank you.

nostrademons 10y ago

I don't think he said anything about what ought to happen, except that the second half of "Don't hate the player" is "hate the game", which implies that he also thinks that this is a terrible system.

metaphorm 10y ago
yes, those are the literal words of the expression. the contextual meaning of the expression is that it is usually spoken by a winner of the game while gloating about their ill-gotten gains. it's a snarky insult mocking those who have not positioned themselves to score in an unjust system.
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smallgovt 10y ago

Please support your argument that these comp packages are immoral. Genuinely curious.

metaphorm 10y ago
you're a committed ideologue so it isn't worth the time to engage with you, but I'll say one thing. don't expect another response from me. How many other Yahoo workers are also losing their jobs? Which of them are getting compensation packages like Marisa Mayer?
- smallgovt 10y ago
  I'm not actually all that committed. I'm coming from the opposite angle because I never took courses in morality in school or spent much time thinking about out of school. I did take a lot of economics which leads me to believe that the current system is 'fair' in that it's likely just free market forces driving these insane payments. I do see the argument that no individual has a need for this much money. And, there likely won't be a substantial drop in peformance incentive if there was a sort of judicious salary ceiling implemented. The result of this regulation would be more money to be distributed to shareholders (the rest of the world). Thank you.