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TurkeyChew

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  1. I'd be curious to hear some of our resident economists talk about MMT and if it works (or doesn't, as it seems to me), but outside of that if what you are saying is true, then Biden isn't responsible for high inflation at this point but if he engineers or oversees any more "printing money" then he will be complicit for any further inflationary growth, yes?
  2. Agreed which, to me at least, allows me to give him the benefit of the doubt that he's not a "troll" in the sense that he wants any and all attention for the sake of attention. He wants (positive) attention for his podcast and his product/business. He's a shrewd businessman, it would appear.
  3. Inflation and the upcoming inflation report that most people think is going to be the ugliest in decades: does Biden bear any responsibility and should he take some ownership? Or is it one of those things that the sitting President doesn't control but gets credit/blame for, like gas prices and the stock market?
  4. To me, it's clear that (along with Spotify/Elk having a talking to him) Joe Rogan wanted to tamp this all down last week with his apology as he is smart enough to recognize that sometimes these small fires can turn into conflagrations that get out of control and burn up everything. I don't think he wants Trump piggybacking off his twitter-outrage/controversy because it just adds more oxygen to all the nonsense of it all.
  5. What is the opposite of cancelling? Promoting? Streisand effect? Because I read today that Thiel-backed start up is offering Rogan $100mm for JRE if for some reason Spotify wanted to get out of the JRE business. Sounds like the "consequences" of being a very popular content creator, aside from the hundreds of millions of dollars and the being un-cancellable unless there is a dead body involved (also looking at you Chapelle), is options.
  6. I've long said that a legitimate exemption to vaccines or mandates should be a means test: If you can prove you either have a) the requisite employer-backed insurance to pay for a worst case scenario hospital stay and/or b) a mix of liquid and non-liquid assets to pay for a worst case scenario hospital/medical stay, then can choose to not take the vaccination and have all the rights and freedoms available to the vaxxed. If you are already on Obamacare or Medicare or Medicaid or otherwise under-insured, then sorry, you have to get the vaccination or be saddled with the cost and go bankrupt.
  7. Completely agree. I already don't have a Spotify account and I think podcasts are stupid and the only ones I can honestly say I've ever listened to were on this website with immamac and the beer chugging guy whose name escapes me. Edit to add: That's a lie, years ago I listened to Serial and then S-town which gave me the impression that podcasts were the worst. The woooooorst. Though S-town was pretty funny at first.
  8. McDonalds is a real estate company and franchise cartel who also sells crappy hamburgers. Spotify is (trying to be, at least) an advertising company who also streams artists music for fractions of a penny. JRE is way too important to the strategy than any single artist or Twitter dogpile short of a body being found.
  9. Another thing that strikes me as interesting in the show universe and maybe as a reflection of the time (late 80’s/early 90’s), apparently if you weren’t a drinker/partyer in NYC, your social outings consisted of going to the movies with your friends. That’s all they seem to do socially and recreationally.
  10. So much this. Joe Rogan is winning, except he’s kinda in the Twittersphere dog house right now, and he’s not going anywhere because he is way too important to Spotify’s business model. Anyone getting worked up, one way or another, is just a dog looking to chase a car for a while.
  11. Stability? I’m like a rock. You put these glasses on a rock and you know what jumps into peoples mind? “Costanza!”
  12. Haha vintage deadbeat Powell. I just have been at the concession stand.
  13. Such a great scene and movie. + rep
  14. Was at the game last night and just loved, I mean loved, the game Bullock had. Shutting down “Ice Trey” who is easily the most hateable player in the NBA on D and then hitting daggers was awesome. Loved the genuine smiles and love he was giving and getting too, probably the best game he’s had in the NBA. Also the move that Luka put on Capella to get an easy floater was the sickest move of the night (on a great player who didn’t play a ton, weird) and had the crowd ecstatic. That play and then trey turnover down the court and then the dagger Bullock 3 in short order was worth the price of admission alone. Dwight Powell continues to mostly be horrible and confusing everyone how he is on an NBA roster getting playing time, but even he didn’t do his usual missing a dunk or anything stupid and got some clean up points.
  15. @JimmyJames Never mind just saw this thread was in cloak room. I’m trying to have a business discussion in Cloak room- no wonder you were posting in the tenor you were— shame on me. Maybe there’s another thread to discuss Meta’s fall from grace and plans to pivot. I thought the hydra thread morphed to a catch all FB/meta thread.
  16. You are posting but not really understanding much of what you are saying. Do you know why you are even angry, anymore?
  17. To sum everyone up so we can archive this slack channel: BLM the vaguely defined movement is cool; BLM the organization with the bad actors that staff it sucks.
  18. What? I've been reading about Meta for a day and a half now and have not read anything even close to this. Can you post some links or copy/paste?
  19. Read and watched the video. It was scathing and interesting and cheeky, but hilarious? Think you oversold it by a mile.
  20. Judging by the way this thread naming convention works out for all the other subjects on this board, that means BLM is going to win the championship this year or win the Heisman.
  21. Also to your point about Zuck, I read this interesting analysis which you might appreciate reading and synthesizing (quoted below is not my own): Ultimately, the future of Meta is the big bet on the Metaverse. Interestingly enough, on this day in 2004, Facebook was launched. Been a pretty awesome 18 year run--99% of organizations would dream of the last 18 years-- no matter how you slice it.
  22. Yea, I think you are half right in that Facebook was interested in monthly active users (MAU's) more than catering to any specific demographic. They have obviously peaked at, what? 2.9 nearly 3 billion MAUs, so they are having to shift. Here is his quote about the demographics and the new strategy to specifically focus on getting away from the olds because they are no longer concerned about MAUs. I disagree with you on Zuck from a businessman. He's proven himself to be more than capable as the CEO, IMO. Making hard decisions like this pivot is staring down the barrel of a dilemma and trying to make the best decision, again, IMO.
  23. It appears Facebook didn't make that decision, rather the market made that decision for them. Hence why the focus on Instagram and stealing Snapchat's schtick, to attract teens. But no social media can currently compete with the force major that is TikTok, currently. I read that Zuck actually saw the writing on the wall a few quarters back that his social media FB had peaked and would start to plateau/decline, hence the major investment into the metaverse pivot. It's a big bet and doesn't seem to be winning in the short term, but it's pretty strategic and smart of him all things considered. Ultimately two things I consider that has me remaining bullish on FB/Meta: 1) Zuck is known to be a fantastic operator and is the only big tech* founder still in functional and practical control of his organization 2) Doing the painful pivot now: any pivot would always be hard and painful, but doing it now while still relevant and big (did 33bn in revenue last quarter) is smart. *Is it fair to still call Facebook/Meta "Big Tech"? With the lost of $200bn in market value overnight, they are worth ~$670bn; all the other "Big Tech" (GOOG, AAPL, AMZN) all worth at least $1.4T.
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