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Cake day: July 31st, 2023

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  • Many corporations simply see customer support as a department that generates 0 revenue and costs them money.

    They try to bring those costs down by off-shoring support, using AI, simply not having support, etc. These companies trade the good will of customers, the livelihoods of their employees, and the larger economy all for their short term greed. Line must go up this quarter.




  • Putin thought he would take Ukraine in a matter of days. It’s been years.

    The ruble has been hit hard by all the sanctions. The Russian economy has been weakened to divert funds to a war inept Russia can’t even finish. Russia’s infrastructure and money-producing assets like their oil refineries and rail yards are being attacked by Ukrainians as well as partisans within Russia.

    Are Russians killing a lot of Ukrainians? Sure, but they’ve made a laughable amount of progress in Ukraine over the years. Look at the Black Sea fleet numbers. Ultimately Putin is fucking over Russia for a war he can’t finish.




  • Adding to this:

    Executives are often paid in stock so they’re invested in seeing the price go up.

    A corporation’s board of directors (who lead the company and can fire/hire executives) are also paid in stock or have very large stock holdings already.

    All the people at the top benefit from seeing that stock price go higher. They care more about stock price than whether or not customers are happy, or if they’re doing right by their employees.