@StephanieResists
😂 I bet the floors are just as sticky. Or they will be, soon.
Waffle House employs far smarter and more ethical individuals, though, truly they do, and I wholeheartedly include the ex-con running the grill and the questionably sober waitstaff.
@janallmac @StephanieResists I call it Awful House
@MidnightRider @StephanieResists
Now I don't even know which one you're talking about anymore. 😂 Both, I guess.
@janallmac @StephanieResists Symmetry is beautiful
@janallmac @StephanieResists Next place to try? "Bucky's why did you guys build this" for gas.
@janallmac @MidnightRider Buc-ee's is linked in deep with the far-right fascist regime.
@janallmac @StephanieResists Actual Canadian beavers, they made a fortune for those coin images over the decades.
@StephanieResists @janallmac I understand the point here but dissecting every transaction based on politics makes for a busy life. Besides, the mega corporations own so much only off the grid living would really be effective and I'm too old for that.
@MidnightRider @StephanieResists
There are a LOT of corporations that donate to politicians I would never want to support.
I do want to remain aware of it. I may be powerless and too broke to really change things, but being aware of who/what certain corporations support, can legit create a PR nightmare for them. It can.
I'll look into the Buck-ees thing. Still never been there, but my son would like the wall of jerky so I have considered a road trip.
@MidnightRider @StephanieResists
Also, that is not a cute outfit. Jerky's one thing, but I believe I can safely promise I will never voluntarily buy clothes at a gas station.
@janallmac @StephanieResists How much you going to spend at Bucs? We aren't shopping for dishwashers there, it's a novelty visit. What about Comcast? You think I want to do business with them? What if you have a medical emergency next to St Gunda La Gunda's? You risking an ambulance ride across town?
@MidnightRider @StephanieResists
Yeah, the Catholic Church owns or influences a LOT of hospital groups nationwide.
How exactly would one boycott hospitals -- in an emergency?
I get what you are both saying. It pays to be aware, IMO. I cannot live a morally/ethically pure life, nobody can. We can't escape the influence of certain groups but we can and should make informed choices.
@janallmac @StephanieResists The founder of my favorite car companies was an SS member. I'd like to think he had no options as in make the Volkswagen buddy!
@MidnightRider @StephanieResists
I sure as hell am never going to buy a Tesla anymore, I can tell you that, and I might have done so in the past.
@janallmac @StephanieResists Life is funny. He could have been in real life what so many thought he was early on. But he's PT Barnum. The most effective managers in the world treat their team with respect and positive enthusiasm. The use the weight of their position to open doors you can't and fund better opportunities for you to achieve. This spoiled asshat understands none of that.
@MidnightRider @StephanieResists
Yeah, he's broken. I don't know how. Maybe that girlfriend of his broke his brain, or maybe it was already fried, but in any case, he is definitely not OK. I heard he was a legit sociopath. That checks out from what I can tell.
No Tesla for me, anyway.
@janallmac @StephanieResists He didn't morph into being a dick like he exited a chrysalis. This is who he's always been.
@MidnightRider @janallmac not only are they the largest Financial supporter of Greg Abbott, there's also the proud boys co-opting
@StephanieResists @MidnightRider
Oh gross!
They at one point co-opted Hawaiian shirts too, which pissed me off.
@janallmac @StephanieResists What sneakers are we all going walking in today ladies? Where were they made and by whom? It's a very layered onion.
@MidnightRider @StephanieResists
I know. It's more about informed choices than being a perfect morally and ethically pure person.
No single one of us on CoSo can defeat fascism by not wearing a certain brand of sneakers or whatever. But I do want to know what companies are doing, you know? PR nightmares are a real threat, too, don't discount them!
@StephanieResists @janallmac Well that tears it, I'll close my eyes at the urinal.
@StephanieResists @MidnightRider
Oh, are they? How? Who owns them? Aside from their clientele being probably on the more conservative end of things, I mean.