Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.

Mal ,'Serenity'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


le nubian - Feb 28, 2012 9:52:40 am PST #24201 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

right. I saw the made for tv movie about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when I was in elementary school or junior high and that left a lasting impact on me.

No one can convince me otherwise that we do not need unions as a counterbalance for corporations.


Jesse - Feb 28, 2012 9:56:04 am PST #24202 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I saw the made for tv movie about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when I was in elementary school or junior high and that left a lasting impact on me.

Oh shit -- I must have seen that, too, and forgotten. When American Experience did a film about it a couple of years ago, I couldn't figure out why other people didn't know the story at all, but I was so into it. ("Into it" in a horrified way, I mean.)


Ginger - Feb 28, 2012 10:00:31 am PST #24203 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

There's absolutely no reason (economically) to make the design more ergonomic or better for the workers.

A well-designed workplace with workers who have some flexibility is usually cheaper to run, in the long run.


Gudanov - Feb 28, 2012 10:02:34 am PST #24204 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

in the long run.

I think you found the problem.


Ginger - Feb 28, 2012 10:06:35 am PST #24205 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I think you found the problem.

Yeah, the emphasis on quarterly results and managing stock prices so the rich get richer has played havoc with the long run.


tommyrot - Feb 28, 2012 10:08:13 am PST #24206 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Cat: Official Mascot of the Internet

It's a t-shirt.


Amy - Feb 28, 2012 10:09:25 am PST #24207 of 30001
Because books.

When American Experience did a film about it a couple of years ago, I couldn't figure out why other people didn't know the story at all, but I was so into it. ("Into it" in a horrified way, I mean.)

It's part of NYU's campus now, since 1926 or so, and there was stuff up everywhere about it. I feel like I knew about it before that, though.


Jesse - Feb 28, 2012 10:12:56 am PST #24208 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I definitely knew about it before I lived in NYC, so that's why I'm thinking it was the tv movie. I mean, not that I don't know random things from who knows where.


le nubian - Feb 28, 2012 10:21:50 am PST #24209 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I'd be interested in seeing the movie now through adult eyes because I was traumatized as a kid. nightmares. all that.


le nubian - Feb 28, 2012 10:22:06 am PST #24210 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

The making of Movie: the Movie.

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