"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
03/30/2018 at 12:18 • Filed to: None
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"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
03/30/2018 at 12:18 • Filed to: None | 6
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In just seconds
Is Elon Musk an asshole? Probably. Most CEOs have that reputation.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:32 |
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hamno is on jellopicnic now?
wasnt he one of the gawker olds?
functionoverfashion
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:32 |
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This Just In:
One of the world’s most ambitions businessmen gets huge paycheck and has very high expectations from his employees.
HammerheadFistpunch
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
03/30/2018 at 12:32 |
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Gawker is occasionally on orange J
Long-Voyager
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:34 |
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I thought it was anything with Elon Musk or Tesla in the header......
HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
03/30/2018 at 12:36 |
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*shared from Splinter
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute
03/30/2018 at 12:38 |
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yeah i caught that after i posted....
Urambo Tauro
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:42 |
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I was never an avid Gawker reader, so I don’t know much about Nolan. He seems to pop up every once in a while on Jalopnik, though. I don’t think I’ve read anything of his that was particularly interesting or worth taking seriously. Is he like a professional troll or something?
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Funktheduck
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
03/30/2018 at 12:43 |
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He writes two types of posts for splinter. It’s either about unions being the best thing ever or how rich people are evil.
I agree that there are a lot of people that don’t pay enough taxes. That’s about where our agreements end.
People that have money aren’t automatically evil assholes. Unions don’t solve everything. I ignore him as much as possible but I can’t recall him ever writing anything about unions when they’re busted for corruption.
Chariotoflove
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:45 |
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The whole 99% movement seems to have a lot of sour grapes in it, especially when I consider that most of the protesters would jump at the chance to be in the 1% if they could.
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Funktheduck
> Long-Voyager
03/30/2018 at 12:46 |
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Eh. It depends. Elon’s “not a flamethrower” stuff I found funny. The comments section was hilarious. People getting bent out of shape because they failed to bother reading or watching the videos thinking it was a Vietnam style napalm shooter. The others freaking out because it was gun-ish shaped.
Spanfeller is a twat
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:47 |
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Someone that truly cares about making society more equal doesn’t complain about the rich people and actively ignores unions.
I’m a man of unions; I think they’re necessary. Yet there needs to be a balance because there is such a thing as a far too powerful union. Like the SNTE here that steals most of the money from public education.
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Funktheduck
> functionoverfashion
03/30/2018 at 12:48 |
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As a small business owner I know that you have to do things that can be considered jerk moves. Sometimes I have to play the asshole card. Comes with the territory.
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Funktheduck
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/30/2018 at 12:52 |
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Unions have their place. But, they’re special interest groups. Once they reach a certain level of money and power they all turn out the same.
My specific complaint with HamNo is his garbage writing. He’s a two trick pony. Everything he writes falls into two categories: unions will solve everything (they won’t) and rich people are all assholes (they’re not).
razorbeamteam
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:53 |
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He is the whiniest writer in the whole gawker stratosphere. Basically anyone who has money = bad. I can’t stand the guy it bothers me that he has a platform to share his useless opinions.
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Funktheduck
> Chariotoflove
03/30/2018 at 12:54 |
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Absolutely. Back during the occupy movement I guarantee if you offered any one of them enough money (probably as low as $100k) to quit they would. And then they’d complain about all the freeloaders.
Income inequality is a very real issue but writing the same garbage everyday won’t solve anything.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 12:56 |
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Does Univision have a writer’s union? I’d doubt it....
What is being rich? One would have to be quite wealthy to live in New York....
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Funktheduck
> Urambo Tauro
03/30/2018 at 12:57 |
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No. He read a book on Che Guevara and unions once. Ever since he’s become that guy at parties that saw a documentary on Netflix and won’t shut up about it.
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Funktheduck
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/30/2018 at 12:58 |
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They do. They unionized when it was still gawker. I think the base salary is $60-65k or something along those lines
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Spanfeller is a twat
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 13:03 |
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For what’s basically blogging it’s not bad.
Even here in oppo some users have beaten Jalopnik to car news and splinter/Th Slot to political news.... So it’s not like they’re day and night working.
Some users here pour their heart out when talking about very tough things, I saw an article about ethinsity and car culture and it was pretty good, tought to read but really good.
We get paid 0, some paid bloggers get 60-65k!
My bird IS the word
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 13:04 |
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Elon musk is pillaging tesla despite a huge chance of it going bankrupt.
Sounds about right to me. wonder if his investors will hold him liable.
user314
> Urambo Tauro
03/30/2018 at 13:09 |
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HamNo is about as UNprofessional as you’ll get. I’d say he’s more of a habitual troll.
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Funktheduck
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/30/2018 at 13:19 |
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Certainly not a bad gig. I wouldn’t pay him that. I would expect more out of any employee than the same two posts over and over.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/30/2018 at 13:20 |
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Unions are great when they work right but are susceptible to the same sort of corruption that governments and businesses fall prey to.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
03/30/2018 at 13:35 |
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Nothing is absolute; there should always be a balance of worker/employer. However it’s undeniable that throughout history most of the abuses have been by the employer. Powerful, bulletproof unions are very much a 21st century problem
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Spanfeller is a twat
03/30/2018 at 13:56 |
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I’ve never experienced any sort of issues with mine but I’ve heard about ither chapters doing some shifty things on the other side of the country.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
03/30/2018 at 13:59 |
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We take unions very seriously in my workplace, specially the builder’s unions, in some cases they’re better paid than some teachers!
Plus union bosses have extorted us, if a machine needs renting the union will “rent it” to us, so will they “sell” us the diesel for the machines at an exorbitant price.
Union bosses here are horrible people that get paid millions of pesos a year; they’re the richest of the rich.
50ford500
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 17:09 |
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I’m sure he might be an asshole but his dad makes him sound much more palatable.
Maxima Speed
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 18:05 |
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I read the article so I could post an angry rant, ended up taming it down but yeah, this was a trash article.
wkiernan
> Funktheduck
03/30/2018 at 19:04 |
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Too bad you didn’t bother to read it, that post was about Musk’s labor policy. I guess in your dreams you always think you’re the billionaire CEO, never the paid-by-the-hour employee; and in real life you do your best not to think about it at all.
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Funktheduck
> wkiernan
03/30/2018 at 22:42 |
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I’m not a billionaire CEO but I do own and run a company. Haven’t been in a paid by the hour job since my sophomore year of college.
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Funktheduck
> My bird IS the word
03/30/2018 at 22:43 |
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Nope. Happens in tons of companies. CEOs can destroy a company and walk away with even more money