• Cosmic Cleric
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    We need this so fucking bad.

    Of course we do, so do the corporations, though they don’t realize it. With happier workers you get more profits.

    Call your House of Representative member and let them know that.

    If we citizens don’t apply the pressure, nothing will happen.

    And if your cynical about doing that, try it anyway, just as an experiment, to see what happens. Hell, even make a YouTube video about your experience doing so, for content.

    Just say "Please let my representative know that I am in favor of the Bernie Sanders bill (Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act) for a 32 hour work week."

    It’s just a phone call. A 32 hour work week is worth a single phone call, right?

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            8 months ago

            Quotes are usually reserved for actually quoting someone else (for example), and not making a statement about parodying the other side.

            • @[email protected]
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              78 months ago

              It’s a pretty commonly used format on many parts of the internet, I think most people would interpret it that way, especially when everybody reading will see that what is being quoted is obviously untrue.

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                Well I guess I’m being nuanced here, but I don’t think in this specific case that works out that way, considering what it’s replying to.

                In other words I would agree with your interpretation if the reply was parodying something I said directly. Otherwise it just seems something of a non sequitur.

                Anyway, I get what you’re trying to communicate towards me, I even agree that sometimes it is using the way you describe. I would just think that’s done the minority of the time, and the majority of the time quotes are used to actually quote someone.

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                  I felt like “/s” gives the “joke” away so I opted not to have it and have people actually think critically, especially since the statement is false.

                  • Cosmic Cleric
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                    18 months ago

                    Do you think the joke matched the comment it was replying to, which was about calling your house representative?

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                  I think if it was intended to quote someone they would put who they were quoting. Otherwise there’s not really a point.

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                No, in all the decades I’ve been on this planet, I’ve never read one book of fiction of any type whatsoever.

                /s

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      Good idea. I have one little suggestion. Start the conversation with “Fuck Milton Friedman, and fuck your shares.”