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[–] A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

...and a cool ass boulder.

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[–] josefo@leminal.space 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

What if we start killing board members instead of just CEOs, you know, the puppet masters along with the puppet.

While we are at it, also any billionaires to

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

There's no shortage of steel that I'm aware of, and chain production is entirely automated at this point. So why not?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You can't murder your way out of a situation you didn't murder yourself into.

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

They started it, we just need to finish it.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Not with that attitude.

[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago

Technically speaking humanity did murder itself out of feudalism and into capitalism

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is my biggest frustration with these posts. We might not like it, but CEOs are still working class. Most of their wealth is derived from a paycheck. They aren't even the owning class. They're rich AF, but they're a symptom more than a problem.

[–] josefo@leminal.space 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

CEOs are not working class dumbass hahahaha

[–] Yondoza@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Working class means your primary wealth generation tool is selling your labor. The compensation plans vary widely, but I think most CEOs are earning most of their wealth through a salary vs returns on things they own.

You can hate it all you want, but that's what working class means.

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[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

It's a very neat boulder.

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A drop of guillotine is completely free. Just saying.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sure. But it just doesn't have the same fire and brimstone "wrath of an angry God" feel to it. Guillotines are quick. But if you really hate someone, you'll go to the trouble of hauling an 800 lb boulder around just to off 'em. If you really want to show your displeasure with someone, you'll go to the trouble of loading a giant rock on a boat and hauling it an hour offshore. It's "I hate you so much I'm willing to go to this amount of effort!"

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What about a really dull guillotine?

One that takes ten or fifteen drops to do any real damage?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I mean, yeah, but it just doesn't have the same vibe to it. You can't make a grandiose speech about "condemning them to the depths." Plus it's just much more terrifying, watching the surface of the water rise above you, as you're pulled inexhorably down into the abyss...

Also, the water muffles the screaming!

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Don't wanna ruin the fun, but I'd argue a 100lb (to continue the weird measures) boulder would more than suffice.

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Hey.... Boulders ain't cheap either.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 0 points 1 month ago

We are just replenishing the world's supply of low radiation steel. In a thousand years scientists will be so thankful.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Polluting the sea is not cool either

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

Also rocks can be valuable too

[–] pemptago@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even in death they'd be causing sea levels to rise.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

But they're providing valuable nutrients to endangered sea critters, so it balances out from an environmental perspective.

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could we not go for a more sustainable solution? I'm sure they'd make a pretty decent fertiliser.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

The CEOs will be fully recycled by sea life. Steel is just iron and carbon, no real damage to the environment as they rust away. And boulders are inert. And we can make sure the CEOs are dressed in suits made of all natural fibers when we chuck 'em in the drink!

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess this meme only applies to America?

In most European countries, you pay for your insurance by contributing a certain percentage of your wages to your insurance company and a retirement payout company. Of course, you don't have to bother with that, since your employer does this in most cases (if you're not a contractor). I think this is a better strategy than just paying from what you have.

[–] SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

In the Netherlands your pension fund is withheld from your wages (partially a mandatory government fund, partially a fund your employer might select).

My previous employer invested about 1% of my wages into the fund, which was quite shite. My current employer invests 10% and has a significantly better return.

Health insurance is a monthly cost you pay on your own (starting at around € 120 / mo). It's a € ~350 yearly deductible and coverage is mostly decided by the government. Any additional coverage is your own choosing and comes at a premium.

As you can only switch contracts on a yearly basis, comparing health plans is effectively a Christmas tradition for all Dutch citizens.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why aren’t we seeing this type of energy towards politicians? They’re the ones making the laws that companies exploit.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because in fine, it's the companies and lobbies that bribe them. You can have ethical politicians, but there are hardly any ethical CEOs/board members.

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I think the rates of ethical people across the two are the same. Just have to relate the politicians to the same ranking as a CEO/board member.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You think politicians are the ones who write the laws? You wouldn't happen to be a CEO would you? If so, I do believe you yearn for the Sea...

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s the silliest thing I’ve heard in a while

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not hearing a no. Do you hear the waves? They call to you!

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[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Truly. That's why they like yachts. Deep in their hearts, they yearn for the Sea. They know they are meant to become one with it!

[–] caboose2006@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's completely inappropriate. That boulder could be turned into a statue.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

IDK. I'm thinking more a giant bronze statue of Luigi would be more appropriate. Interesting enough, those things aren't as expensive as you might think. Some googling suggests a cost of between $25k-250k for a life sized bronze statue. That's a lot for an individual, but well within the realm of crowd funding. I say we place it on a main road outside UHC's headquarters in Minnesota. Make the bastards drive past it every single day on the way to work.

[–] Murple_27@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought that this was gonna be a different joke, I'm not gonna lie.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now I'm morbidly curious what joke you were thinking...

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[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

can we stop with the political shit? its clogging the feed on lemmy and its making the site boring as fuck.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, this is on lemmy.ml....

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this is a blanket statement. Its like everyone who posts on here is constantly triggered and has to rage post. I don't know how you can live your life every day like that. The point was good the first time it was posted, but every day the same thing over and over like propaganda, sounds kinda familiar.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's almost like the material conditions of the society haven't changed, and that people are desperate for a symbol to rally around. You're watching the birth of a folk hero. You're a witness to history.

[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

how is he a folk hero? do you people live in the middle of the woods larping a resistance fighters?

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Are you a CEO? If so...the Sea...it calls for you!

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