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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1
At the cost of 100,000 small businesses closing. It's a good thing, but those jobs generally come at a cost, too.
I doubt it's nearly that drastic. What we buy from Amazon was previously bought from big box stores. The things I can and do buy from small local businesses will change very little if there is a local branch of Amazon to purchase from.
If amazon sold Kobe beef, would you buy it? Or would you go to your local butcher and purchase from them?
I would actually go to the local butcher if it was affordable, or as @Dashrender said, for half a cow. I'd much rather support a local business than a big box joint like Amazon.
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@dafyre I only go to my local butcher. As good as Wegmans is, you don't get to know the butcher like that. You don't get a better price etc.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1
At the cost of 100,000 small businesses closing. It's a good thing, but those jobs generally come at a cost, too.
I doubt it's nearly that drastic. What we buy from Amazon was previously bought from big box stores. The things I can and do buy from small local businesses will change very little if there is a local branch of Amazon to purchase from.
If amazon sold Kobe beef, would you buy it? Or would you go to your local butcher and purchase from them?
I would actually go to the local butcher if it was affordable, or as @Dashrender said, for half a cow. I'd much rather support a local business than a big box joint like Amazon.
I buy local in Europe but big box in the US. In Europe, local businesses are very different and support the local community. In the US, "local" businesses are often owned remotely and just used to get around the hiring laws of that apply to most companies. Like tiny main street clothing shops and similar stores, often those workers are heavily mistreated and get no benefits and no protections. I buy big box to support the workers in most cases.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre I only go to my local butcher. As good as Wegmans is, you don't get to know the butcher like that. You don't get a better price etc.
There is an outrageous local german butcher here thankfully
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Feeling a little better today. Everyone is definitely still sick, though. This is my last day at home with dad before we have to switch to NYC tomorrow.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1
At the cost of 100,000 small businesses closing. It's a good thing, but those jobs generally come at a cost, too.
I doubt it's nearly that drastic. What we buy from Amazon was previously bought from big box stores. The things I can and do buy from small local businesses will change very little if there is a local branch of Amazon to purchase from.
If amazon sold Kobe beef, would you buy it? Or would you go to your local butcher and purchase from them?
I would actually go to the local butcher if it was affordable, or as @Dashrender said, for half a cow. I'd much rather support a local business than a big box joint like Amazon.
I buy local in Europe but big box in the US. In Europe, local businesses are very different and support the local community. In the US, "local" businesses are often owned remotely and just used to get around the hiring laws of that apply to most companies. Like tiny main street clothing shops and similar stores, often those workers are heavily mistreated and get no benefits and no protections. I buy big box to support the workers in most cases.
While I'm sure they are out there - I didn't see that many big box stores in Europe.
Rome had a mini market/grocery store on every corner it seemed. Though I don't think I saw anything like target until I was in Amsterdam, but it was still super small in comparison.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1
At the cost of 100,000 small businesses closing. It's a good thing, but those jobs generally come at a cost, too.
I doubt it's nearly that drastic. What we buy from Amazon was previously bought from big box stores. The things I can and do buy from small local businesses will change very little if there is a local branch of Amazon to purchase from.
If amazon sold Kobe beef, would you buy it? Or would you go to your local butcher and purchase from them?
I would actually go to the local butcher if it was affordable, or as @Dashrender said, for half a cow. I'd much rather support a local business than a big box joint like Amazon.
I buy local in Europe but big box in the US. In Europe, local businesses are very different and support the local community. In the US, "local" businesses are often owned remotely and just used to get around the hiring laws of that apply to most companies. Like tiny main street clothing shops and similar stores, often those workers are heavily mistreated and get no benefits and no protections. I buy big box to support the workers in most cases.
While I'm sure they are out there - I didn't see that many big box stores in Europe.
Rome had a mini market/grocery store on every corner it seemed. Though I don't think I saw anything like target until I was in Amsterdam, but it was still super small in comparison.
They don't have the same reasons to exist like they do in the US. The local stores will have to pay a good wage, still have to give benefits, can't discriminate on hiring, etc.
They do exist, everywhere, though. Walmart is not the big box in most of Europe. There are similar (but even better) competitors out there. But they don't have prime real estate in the middle of towns like Walmart does in the US.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1
At the cost of 100,000 small businesses closing. It's a good thing, but those jobs generally come at a cost, too.
I doubt it's nearly that drastic. What we buy from Amazon was previously bought from big box stores. The things I can and do buy from small local businesses will change very little if there is a local branch of Amazon to purchase from.
If amazon sold Kobe beef, would you buy it? Or would you go to your local butcher and purchase from them?
We buy local when we can.
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@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1
At the cost of 100,000 small businesses closing. It's a good thing, but those jobs generally come at a cost, too.
I doubt it's nearly that drastic. What we buy from Amazon was previously bought from big box stores. The things I can and do buy from small local businesses will change very little if there is a local branch of Amazon to purchase from.
If amazon sold Kobe beef, would you buy it? Or would you go to your local butcher and purchase from them?
We buy local when we can.
Outside of food, it's surprisingly hard to do.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre I only go to my local butcher. As good as Wegmans is, you don't get to know the butcher like that. You don't get a better price etc.
Well, I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a butcher's... err, how did that go?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1
At the cost of 100,000 small businesses closing. It's a good thing, but those jobs generally come at a cost, too.
I doubt it's nearly that drastic. What we buy from Amazon was previously bought from big box stores. The things I can and do buy from small local businesses will change very little if there is a local branch of Amazon to purchase from.
If amazon sold Kobe beef, would you buy it? Or would you go to your local butcher and purchase from them?
We buy local when we can.
Outside of food, it's surprisingly hard to do.
When thinking about what you buy - food, clothing, cellphones, computers, hobby supplies, fuel (for cars) - the pricing to buy something in a local shop is often a lot higher than in the big box stores.
Hobby supplies are probably the main place where someone in the US can buy from a local shop and spend about the same as a big box, but they can still likely save a ton by buying online.
I know when I played CCGs (collectable card games) I could get packs by the case at 30-50% off the store price when buying online. If you are a dedicated player of these types of games, you spend a lot of money, and getting the best bang by buying online is pretty much a requirement.
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@art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre I only go to my local butcher. As good as Wegmans is, you don't get to know the butcher like that. You don't get a better price etc.
Well, I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a butcher's... err, how did that go?
huh - Hyvee (a regional grocery chain) actually has some of the best meat options around. They'll even cut pieces to order (10 oz filet anyone?)
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Ringling Bros circus to close 'Greatest Show on Earth' after 146 years
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@scottalanmiller Just posted about that in the other thread about PETA.
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Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashes into Kyrgyzstan homes
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashes into Kyrgyzstan homes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38633526Not very up on my ex-Soviet provinces. Sad though...747 is a big mofo to be crashing into villages. Wonder if they have any preliminary findings?
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashes into Kyrgyzstan homes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38633526Not very up on my ex-Soviet provinces. Sad though...747 is a big mofo to be crashing into villages. Wonder if they have any preliminary findings?
Pilot error.
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Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentence
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Nigeria air strike error kills dozens in refugee camp
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Raines, Pudge, and Bagwell make it to Cooperstown.
