"I'd rather die than meet JD Vance" says man with direct line to God

Maybe he was starting to type Belarus and got distracted halfway through?

What is the most effective way to let the DNC know that I hate them?

Thanks for the heads up, they seem like a very sad person.

canoli = sushi

Give us one example.

The gyro we need.

pretty sure it's "Live Free or Die"

The MBTA sued some MIT students a while back when they discovered the same thing. So the MBTA hasn't fixed this in over a decade.

https://www.universalhub.com/2023/some-medford-kids-figured-out-how-hack

Yup

REI was already fully transitioned from a co-op to another big box store well before that.

REI has consistently hired executives and board members with backgrounds in traditional retail and other for-profit ventures since 2010.

They have chosen to run REI like their prior companies, focusing on margins and profitability rather than its primary responsibility, the members.

They have continued to open new stores and over extend themselves because profit must go up, though the main revenue generator for them is the membership fee. And because it is a one time fee, rather than recurring, they have to continue to open new stores to stay profitable.

On top of no longer acting like a co-op, REI has decided to fight its employees unionization efforts. Numerous REI stores have voted to unionize, and REI has refused to recognize the unions, in some cases for years at this point. REI has also hired notorious union- busting lawyers, removed PPE from repair shops, and illegally laid off dozens of individuals.

REI is now clearing house; laying off long term staff and replacing them with new, less expensive, and less knowledgeable employees. In 2010 the average camping department employee got 15+ hours of training; whereas by 2018 it was less than 4 hours.

REI is following exactly in the footsteps of Mountain Equipment Co-Op in Canada. Once on par with REI, MEC is just another shell of a company raped by private equity. And unfortunately for a lot of good people, I think REI will suffer a similar fate.

Almost 400 cops and they can't catch one person. The police are a joke.

Reminds me of some medical characters my friends and I made.

The Harmacist

The Moncologist

Centaur for disease control

The Sturgeon General

The Hemogoblin

https://vote.escvote.com/REI/

But they changed the terms so you must now be an "active" member in order to vote. I found out I hadn't spent enough money recently that I had been disenfranchised.

The investors are also invested in commercial real estate, so it's a win/win .

It is garbage compared to what it once was. Once they stopped acting like an actual co-op, it was the end.

Yes to the expensive lunch, but Secretary? Oh no, they don't go into the office. That's for you people.

Don't engage, from their post history they're a troll

I suppose open world Mario Kart could be interesting, but not worth $80. And having to pay more to "upgrade" games I already have is a no for me. Especially when it seems like the upgrades are just minor graphical improvements.

I'd say lemmy probably skews older than similar sites (reddit)