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imagine a slightly better world where companies just didn't do this sort of crap and then obfuscate about it.
by bananapub 4y ago
imagine a slightly better world where companies just didn't do this sort of crap and then obfuscate about it.
- jmeister 4y ago[flagged]
- clankyclanker 4y agoThat seems like a big jump, right? How do you get from public announcements of layoffs (ostensibly based on failure of several movies), to market inefficiencies from governmental subsidies, to forced labor camps? I’m so lost.
- babypuncher 4y agoWell you see, any suggestion of rules or laws that are pro-worker smell like communism. And as we all know, even the vaguest hint of communism automatically results in millions of people dying in forced labor camps, because nuance in politics is dead.
- clankyclanker 4y agoEmbracing Grice’s maxims may help here [0]? Being a pit of cynicism isn’t a particularly nuanced take, please do better than that. 0: https://youtu.be/IJEaMtNN_dM https://youtu.be/IJEaMtNN_dM
- babypuncher 4y agoI didn't think I was the one being cynical in a discussion where someone equated better standards around hiring and layoff practices to forced labor camps... It's not even in "slippery slope fallacy" territory anymore. It's like arguing that kids throwing rocks in their back yard leads to earthquakes.
- clankyclanker 4y agoI’m sorry, that was my mistake. I confused usernames and thought you were jmeister. Thanks for clarifying. It’s been a long week.
- bananapub 4y ago[flagged]
- dang 4y agoPersonal attacks will get you banned here, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- dgrin91 4y agoIs there obfuscation going on here? Its literally a headline in a major news outlet. Disney has publicly announced it. Where is the obfuscation?