• atro_city
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    1552 months ago

    The CEO of our company bought a fucking island. A motherfucking island, dude. We got a big fat 1% raise. Tell me how motivated I am. Tell me how fucking motivated I should be.

    Fuck outta here

      • @brlemworld
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        632 months ago

        With inflation that’s -11% motivated.

    • @WhyDoYouPersist
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      192 months ago

      When I think of things with little ROI, an island would be one of them. So at least there’s that.

      • @Mirshe
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        102 months ago

        The solace is that their island will likely be swallowed by the sea in fairly short order.

    • @kbotc
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      -202 months ago

      Devil’s advocate: You can get an island for pretty cheap if you don’t care about amenities. Like, a chunk of inhospitable land on Lake Michigan that can only be accessed by Kayak during the warm months is in tech bro territory.

      • @grue
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        2 months ago

        We’re not necessarily talking about tiny, shitty islands here. For example, the founder of Oracle bought 98% of Lana’i, Hawaii.

        It really is inequality run amok.

        • kora
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          2 months ago

          The question is, how much can they truly defend?

          Sure, a few derps they already pay would stay and defend them, but how many are we really talking? How many will stand against the turning tide of just and equitable voices?

          Eat the rich

          • @grue
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            52 months ago

            Having an 8-mile-wide moat separating it from the next closest Hawaiian island (let alone North America or Asia) is a pretty good start, unfortunately.