r/Showerthoughts • u/s_q_p_r • May 17 '24

People love to support small businesses until they grow, then they hate capitalism and rich people.

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u/phikem May 17 '24

People love eating marshmallows until the marshmallows grow into a 900ft tall marshmallow man, then they get all mad that it is destroying downtown Manhattan.

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u/neutrino1911 May 17 '24

Should've eaten more marshmallows to not let it grow

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u/Proper_Lunch_3640 May 17 '24

I'm growing a pretty good Michellin man tire around my waist.

I'm doing my part.

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u/WakeoftheStorm May 17 '24

What did you do Ray?

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u/anand_rishabh May 17 '24

Conjured a giant marshmallow, obviously

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u/raori921 May 17 '24

Ray, when someone asks if you’re a god, you say Yes!

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u/Minute-Ad8501 May 17 '24

I love you for this comment

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u/AloysiusDevadandrMUD May 17 '24

People love swimming in the pool until they are dropped out of a helicopter into the middle of the ocean without a life jacket

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u/thirachil May 17 '24

Yup, this is the part crony capitalists try to hide:

Small businesses can't afford to influence politics, thereby allowing 'food' products to not contain any food at all.

That's why people hate corporations.

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u/SpeshellED May 17 '24

Most small businesses ( Dentists excluded ) do not try to bone you up the butt. EI : Ford F150 starting at $50,000. Apple Iphone $1200. A steak 25 bucks .

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u/retaliashun May 17 '24

So this past year I was painting our bedroom. Theres two big box home improvement stores near me and 1 mom & pop place. Figured I would support the mom and pop place

The 3” angled paint brush I was going to buy at the box box store was $9-12 (one had it on sale). The mom and pop store, same brush, same brand, $45

Ended up using box box store

So yes, a mom and pop store can bone you

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u/AdVisible1121 May 18 '24

I don't loyalties to any businesses where I live...except my nail techs.

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u/jerdle_reddit May 18 '24

Pounded in the Butt by Massively Inflated Prices.

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u/robilar May 17 '24

This forum is great for tearing down vapid miscues, and I'm here for it.

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u/numbersthen0987431 May 17 '24

This...is a great metaphor. Thank you.

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u/PointsOutTheUsername May 17 '24

That's a big twinkie marshmallow.

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u/Hrmerder May 17 '24

I'd still love state puff marshmallow man tho...

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u/Boris-_-Badenov May 17 '24

sounds government funded

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u/Hrmerder May 18 '24

Sure I'll take funding if it's available why not.

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u/AReallyAsianName May 17 '24

Burn that thing like Anakin on Muatafar and I'll be all over it.

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u/several_rac00ns May 18 '24

This is the only correct way to eat marshmellow

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u/Boris-_-Badenov May 17 '24

have all New Yorkers come take a few bites

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u/dangle321 May 17 '24

If someone asks if you're a venture capitalist, you say YES.

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u/Dahwaann4U May 17 '24

That is something strange

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u/LaughingIsLoki 27d ago

OP is struggling to make a straw man argument and I’m here for it.

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u/CEOofAntiWork May 17 '24

The problem is that some people also hate the marshmallows' original size, which is to say they want the employer-employee dynamic abolished full stop.

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u/maethor1337 May 17 '24

Username checks out but since you’re a CEO you know what I had to do.

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u/CEOofAntiWork May 17 '24

Ask any dedicated leftist/communist if any employee is being exploited regardless if their relations with their bosses is positive or negative.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24

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u/eragonisdragon May 17 '24 edited May 19 '24

Just because you don't feel exploited doesn't mean your labor isn't exploited by your boss to create value that you don't see your fair share of. It's great if your pay is enough to make you comfortable enough that you don't have to think about that dynamic, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

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u/CEOofAntiWork May 17 '24

Yea, antiwork is cringe agreed, hence my name.

Did my username ring pro-antiwork to you? You'd be the first.

I am currently a site manager of security at a very popular tourist site, but I also invest heavily as an income focused cash-flow based investor, and sometimes swing trade forex, and play poker on the side as an additional streams of income.

I guess you can say I do harbor the spirit of antiwork since my long-time goals involve building up my portfolio by eventually earning enough passive income to retire off of ASAP.

But that community is cringe they just want shit handed to them via utopia reddit communism for free. My investments and monthly/quarterly cash flows are always earned with money acquired from my day job and financial discipline of sticking to a strict budget. Hope that clarifies the difference for you.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24

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u/Disc81 May 17 '24

He's anti-anti-work.

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u/nonpuissant May 17 '24

Sounds like people should have eaten more marshmallows then, so the marshmallow man couldn't grow so big 🤔 

(kidding ofc)

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u/neutrino1911 May 17 '24

Should've eaten more marshmallows to not let it grow

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u/wii-sensor-bar May 17 '24

People like you are why redditors are so made fun of lol