tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post9061816426227062345..comments2023-11-15T15:11:00.318-05:00Comments on Zandar Versus The Stupid: Last Call For Hungry For MoreZandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396826133150556766noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-36234823766752289532015-07-08T09:23:27.979-04:002015-07-08T09:23:27.979-04:00No plus Ding-Dongs suck anyway.No plus Ding-Dongs suck anyway.Odienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-35157611162321029092015-07-08T01:49:09.275-04:002015-07-08T01:49:09.275-04:00Player Piano.
We are doomed to keep repeating thi...Player Piano.<br /><br />We are doomed to keep repeating this cycle, of destroy everything and reinvent ourselves at the cost of tremendous waste and anguish, until we learn the wisdom of shooting all the anarchists and expunging all the seminar marxists and overthrowing all the capitalists and adopting a humane social democracy in which production is wisely controlled for use and the richness of our industrial economy is dedicated to setting men free instead of enslaving them.<br /><br />Deer in the Works.<br /><br />I have been in the situation, of applying and accepting and hearing the pudgy manager drone on about the five lines on the salary progression curve. In my day, HR had grown cunning such that everyone's first annual review was reluctant to admit that you could chew gum without breaking your own fingers - in case they needed a pretext to dump you without incurring the risk of a lawsuit. My deer was a ground hog, but he appeared to be in no danger so I failed to help him escape or to escape in time myself.<br /><br />Vonnegut was a character. I used to shoot pool at the van Dyck down in the Stockade; our paths never crossed, but I heard some stories. There was a hotel down the street, scene of many a business dinner where the salesmen would ply the purchasing agents with hookers and booze until the signature was on the contract. The salesmen are pretty much gone, although men such as they typically land on their feet - unlike a lot of your bakers. One of my buddies designed a high efficiency turbine, which everyone mocked until all of a sudden fuel was expensive and he was the hero for saving the company: after the first billion dollars in sales, they gave him a plaque and five hundred dollar honorarium.Horace Boothroyd IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-9181770782976932142015-07-08T00:41:34.690-04:002015-07-08T00:41:34.690-04:00Somehow, I doubt the other 8,500 people got jobs r...Somehow, I doubt the other 8,500 people got jobs repairing the robots in that Kansas factory... As automation increases, and good-paying jobs become scarce, fewer people will be able to afford consumer goods. Not to worry, though, the ultra-rich will still buy their $1MM+ sports cars past our cardboard shacks.RepubAnonnoreply@blogger.com