Shocking perspective about the shockingly wealthy.
Shocking perspective about the shockingly wealthy.
And a visit from that one guy who likes work a little too much.
Love letter from John
Hi.
It’s August recess! I hope your summer is going well. Mine is about to get even better. By the time you read this I’ll be ripping across I-70/80 until I hit Iowa and the best little music festival this side of the great mountains - Hinterland.
Once my brain returns to a normal state, the newsletter will resume production and the TikToks will flow like the waters of the great Ohio. I suspect this will be around the middle of August.
BUT! What a perfect time to let me know what you think of The Holler, and more importantly, what you would like to see from this newsletter going forward. Dump those thoughts in this anonymous feedback form if you would. They’re really helpful.
Until then!
How much could Jeff Bezos give workers and still be in the top 1%?
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This is how much money Jeff Bezos could give to everybody working at Amazon and still be in the top 1%. Okay, he's worth $148.1 billion. 1.6 million people work at Amazon worldwide. The minimum net worth to be in the top 1% in America is $11 million. So 148.1 billion minus 11 million is 148.089 billion, divided by 1.6 million means…. Jeff Bezos could cut 1.6 million checks in the amount of $92,555 and still be in the top 1%. And this bastard is still trying to break the Amazon Labor Union! No thank you!
It is what it is till it ain’t
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Every time I post a video about the un-imaginable wealth that even a single billionaire has, there's an unending chorus of people who are like “that wealth isn't actually liquid cash,” “just the way it is. mothing we can do about it.” “Why don't you start your own Amazon?” “But jobsssssss!” “Too bad because doing anything about it will literally end the world.”
It’s like we refuse to remember or imagine a time when a handful of people didn't have everything that the rest of us work for.
What’s so bad about unions?
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Comment that I’m replying to: “That’s because businesses know that unions are. as bad for them as they are for the employees. Except for the incompetent employees.”
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I just don't get it. What is the argument against having a say in your workplace with unions? The wages are better, the benefits are better, retirement’s better, time off is better. The power to control where you spend a huge chunk of your life… is better.
There are bad and ineffective apples, but the point of unions is that they are controlled by their members. Bad things can change and bad employees can be fired. There just has to be a process. What is not to like about that? And why?
How rich is Elon Musk?… Unnecessary math edition
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Let's say I paid you… I don't know… $482 every time you took a step. Fun fact! The average stride is 2.5 feet. The earth is 131,477,280 feet around divided by two and a half equals 52,590,912 steps. Elon Musk's net worth is 253.4 billion, divided by all those steps equals $4,818.
Which means if I paid you $482 every time you took a single step, you would have to walk around the Earth ten times (!!!) to be as rich as Elon Musk. That’s 249,000 miles, but who is counting?
And this is just one billionaire by the way, we have hundreds and hardly any of their companies have a union, which I think should change.
That one dude who likes work a little too much
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I’ll work until my ass falls off. I’ll work until *your* ass falls off. I’ll work until my back comes out of my own ass. I’ll work until my hands turn into wooden nubs. NUBS! I’ll work until a stiff breeze carries me away with the wind. I’ll work until it's impossible to tell where I stop and the dirt begins. I’ll work until I'm a sentient callus.
I will never! … see my family, that's women's work. Call in sick. Ask for wimp shit like raises and health care. Retirement? Psh.. My retirement plan is the grave! Get free time. Are you kidding me? What am I a commie? Miss work. I’m daddy's good boy. *whimpering voice* TREAD ON ME.
KNEEL FOR THE FLAG!
If my kids want to see me they can get a job at HALLIBURTON!
I'll sleep when I'm out of monster and BANG. If you're not in debt up to your eyeballs from guns and lift kits then do *not* even look at me. I work so hard for so little… you could never hang.
What are those? Safety glasses? *knocks camera out of hands*
A union? I don't need more people telling me what to do. That's what my boss is for.
*off camera* “Hey, what do you eat for breakfast?”
Creatine and your mom.