Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment

[Axtremus]

With the CCP in context, the term "running dog" can be a literal translation of the term 「走狗」, the usage of which predates Marx by a century, commonly used in Chinese literature to label those working for evil powers to oppress their own people.

[Renauda]

Possible then that the Bolsheviks appropriated it from the Chinese. Would come as no surprise.

[Copper]

My experience with H1B hires is all about cheap labor.

The talk about talent is nonsense.

[jon-nyc]

[Horace]

@Copper said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

My experience with H1B hires is all about cheap labor.

The talk about talent is nonsense.

Not sure what is nonsensical about talk about talent, but certainly talent at a discount is what H1Bs are about.

[xenon]

Trump always keeps things interesting:

[jon-nyc]

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

That's not bad. Just curious, did you see it on your twitter feed, or did you come up with it?

[Jolly]

You want absolute, unchanging honesty?

Buy a dog.

[jon-nyc]

@Horace said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

That's not bad. Just curious, did you see it on your twitter feed, or did you come up with it?

I came up with it here during his last term. Even tried to find my exact line but search is broken at the old site. “Equal and opposite” even in quotes was showing me every post with ‘and’ in it.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

@Horace said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

@jon-nyc said in Vivek's Blood, Sweat & Tears Comment:

Newton’s Third Law of Trump. For every Trump action there can be found an equal and opposite Trump reaction.

That's not bad. Just curious, did you see it on your twitter feed, or did you come up with it?

I came up with it here during his last term. Even tried to find my exact line but search is broken at the old site. “Equal and opposite” even in quotes was showing me every post with ‘and’ in it.

Bravo.

[jon-nyc]

Interesting question Though you’d have to net this against the jobs they help automate away.

[LuFins Dad]

You realize that if they cut off the H1B Visas, there would be practically nobody left playing piano in the US. Right?

[LuFins Dad]

This is like the whole “They’re eating the pets” issue. Young and educated American kids are not losing their employment opportunities to young and educated foreign nationals, though it is likely lowering the wage levels by 5% or so… They possibly are affecting older tech employees that once laid off have problems finding new opportunities, though that’s as much about new technologies passing them by as it is foreigners taking their jobs.

But, at the same time, there are some abuses in the system that do need to be rectified and corrected…

[jon-nyc]

I thought this was funny. YMMV.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DpM9ZswCX/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[George K]

"Hinduphobia?"

[jon-nyc]

I guess the Sikhs and the Jains are still fair game.

Sorry Xenon.

[xenon]

Oh that’s what makes racism fun for me… they never get it right.

(Not that I’ve had a lot of overtly racist experiences)

[Mik]

It would be interesting to know just how many people are overtly racist, to the point that it makes any difference in anyone's life. One cannot help but have biases shaped by their own experiences with others, but does it matter in practice? I'd say the great majority would fall in the no column.

[Copper]

In college I played baseball in a city league and I coached a girl's softball team.

Both teams had games over in Dorchester, you drove from Roslindale through Roxbury to get there.

There were a couple red lights in Roxbury, if you stopped at the light there was maybe a 50/50 chance you would get stuff thrown at your car, bricks, bottles, whatever was laying around.

The guys throwing stuff at us were not the same race as us.

I hate to judge without all the facts, but I believe those guys were overtly racist.

https://bestneighborhood.org/race-in-boston-ma/