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It's good to see that the billions of dollars in federal bailouts they received during the pandemic was put to good use and not given to executives with salarie
by LetsGetTechnicl 4y ago
It's good to see that the billions of dollars in federal bailouts they received during the pandemic was put to good use and not given to executives with salaries already in the millions of dollars and stakeholder dividends... oh wait...
- cratermoon 4y ago[flagged]
- throwaway9191aa 4y agoThat article says “We recently had the opportunity to incorporate Employees’ requests to enhance campus. We converted a basketball court into three pickleball courts – a growing request by Employees over the past few years."
- cratermoon 4y agoReading a news article planted by the PR department of a big company is a skill. I can understand how this reads like "we're doing this for our people". This is just "the execs wanted to play pickleball so they had courts put in" dolled up to sound like big, happy, community-oriented charity.
- Tao3300 4y ago"which would you like? (A) Pickle ball courts (B) Nothing"
- phist_mcgee 4y agoWhat the hell is pickleball?
- moistly 4y agoSome sort of paddles-and-ball game that afaik is renown for its (a) endless, obnoxious, loud “THWOK! … THWOK! … THWOK!” sound and (b) obnoxious, self-entitled players. Seriously, I have never heard anything good about it from anyone who does not play, only controversy and upset from neighbours and other potential users of the court.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoLess athletic/cheaper version of tennis. I prefer almost every alternative. Tennis, table tennis, racquetball, squash, badminton are all more fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFYyij4ykTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFYyij4ykTI
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