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      Right?? Private jet or no private jet, I would jump at the chance to just decree from on high that corporate HQ was now virtual. Like why make that much money and still enslave yourself to a commute?

  • @[email protected]
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    i’ll be genuinely surprised if he lasts a year, especially with schultz standing over his shoulder

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      We’re already past the tipping point. Don’t have any more children.

      Maybe there’s a higher power who you will be judged by. Even if not, there is no need to be wasteful at the expense of other life.

    • Transporter Room 3
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      Unfortunately, people don’t usually tolerate my brand of intolerance towards people actively making the world shittier.

      A quick drop and a sudden stop pretty effectively neutralizes any future plans billionaires can make.

      • @[email protected]
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        Recently being swallowed by the ocean has been another method the Earth has been using to remove them as well.

        • Transporter Room 3
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      Unfortunately a significant proportion of the population idolizes these parasites because they think they too could be billionaires if they just lick those boots hard enough.

      As long as we keep pretending conservatism is a valid political ideology, things will only get worse

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        There’s nothing wrong with conserving. There’s everything wrong with whatever the fuck people who call themselves conservatives today are.

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          Nah when faced with crises there is something wrong with conserving the status quo. Never mind that modern conservatives are actually regressives who want to undo past progress.

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          Hello yes I would like to conserve the planet.

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            No, I mean there’s nothing wrong with conserving non-harmful tradition, ideals, etc… It becomes an issue when that conservation hinders progress, or hurts people, the environment, or animals.

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        As long as we keep pretending conservatism is a valid political ideology, things will only get worse

        Hear, hear

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        they think they too could be billionaires if they just lick those boots hard enough.

        ‘They see themselves as temporarily-embarrassed millionaires’ is a straw man, and it’s always been a straw man. No one has ever earnestly expressed this sentiment.

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      This comment, in reference to anything but parasitic sociopaths who exploit others for their own benefit, would be very troubling.

      But because this is targeted at a billionaire asswipe, I have to say I agree wholeheartedly.

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        Change People to choices and we are all good all around.

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    This fuckin’ guy. He lives in Newport Beach and was made the CEO of Chipotle, which was headquartered in Denver. Since he didn’t want to move to Denver, he laid off almost the entire corporate office and moved it to Newport Beach.

    He justified all this by having a consulting company come in and do a study about where the best restaurant talent is in the US. Surprise, surprise. The best place for a corporate office just happened to be right where this assclown lived.

    I guess what I’m saying is two things:

    1. Fuck this clown.

    2. Starbuck corporate employees are about to be surprised to learn that apparently Newport Beach has the best coffee talent in the country.

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      Consultancy firms know where their bread is buttered. In cases like this one, they’re not much more than professional yes-men in suits.

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      It all makes sense now, why the headquarters is close to Boeing Field. Remember, patronize your local coffee shop, no matter how cheap this shit gets. I live in Seattle, btw.

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        Who goes to Starbucks for the coffee anyway? I goto places like Starbucks for over sugared blended ice drinks.

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      Yeah fuck Seattle. All they ever did was revolutionize the entire coffee industry 2 separate times, and foster talent for generations of musicians. I guess they’re also great at culinary experiences, art and culture, and maritime history. Oh and tech. They kind of dominated the tech industry for 40 years. But nothing else! Fuck that place! All hail Newport Beach!

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      I’ve been boycotting it for a while but honestly it’s not hard. If I’m going to spend Starbucks money on a drink there are so many better places around.

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      Just had my first cup in years and it was trash. My macchiatos are so much better.

      I just spent enough for a month supply of espresso on a fucking cup… Was away from home and got weak

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    I realize as a mere pawn in the giant corporate chess game I have no right to ask this question.

    But how in the ever loving fuck is this man providing that much value that he can justify this kind of action. There wasn’t another candidate for the job that could do 90% of the same work, but was willing to live in the same zip code as their employees and save the cost and emissions of this commute? I guess this man will result in the most profit for shareholders. I can’t even comprehend how someone can justify it, though.

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      To be a successful CEO at this level you need to have zero morals and be the most sociopathic person society has to offer. It really tracks when you see stories like this.

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      another candidate for the job that could do 90% of the same work, but was willing to live in the same zip code

      But then who’s gonna do the remaining 10%? Oh wait…

      See? It goes around and around.

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      No other person has the chipotle experience he has.

      Chipotle is up 135.78% above the s&p 500 over past 5 years.

      All of that growth is directly attributable to the CEO (/s)

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        That growth is also directly attributable to short term gains that will ruin the future of the company.

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          The price of a share is supposed to reflect the expected discounted value of all future dividends.

          As long as the shareholders can sell at a higher price, they don’t care about short vs long term.

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      This is really about class and a small club of inside people who are wealthy and have a lot of shit cornered.

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    Just don’t buy Starbucks and this MF will magically disappear. It’s terrible anyway…

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      It’s genuinely some of the worst coffee you can get. They only specialize in drinks that are basically just milkshakes with coffee in them.

      Hersheys + ice + milk + coffee beats any iced mocha they’ve ever made at starbucks.

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      I started boycotting Starbucks when I learned they had partnered with Nestle for store-bought products - their Sumatra and Komodo Dragon coffees were pretty good.

      I send an email every year or so to let them know, since boycotts aren’t effective if the group being boycotted doesn’t know why, with predictably apathetic responses.

      Anyway, if you’re a no-Nestle person then Starbucks is on the list…

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        I started boycotting Starbucks since the first time I tasted their coffee. Espresso isn’t supposed to taste like burning tyres. I don’t understand how they can charge so much for dogshit coffee.

        It’s not impossible to make a chain of coffee houses that serves decent coffee, Espresso House did it in Sweden.

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            No, society in general just isn’t too particular about their sweet milk drinks. You don’t need to use the most perfectly extracted espresso in a beverage that’s mostly dairy and sugar syrup.

            Edit: typo

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          Most people put cream and sugar in their coffee or get one of milk based beverages.

          They are not there for single origin light roasts.