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2081: How to Win Friends & Influence People
With Brian Baldinger – Living with your significant other; David Letterman’s cue card guy vs. his writer; Google Glass banned in movie theaters; feminist t-shirt makers earn $1 an hour; the creator of the game Operation can’t afford a $25,000 operation; man sues subway because the Jared Diet didn’t work; This Week in Football; many high school football seasons cut short due to sexual assault hazing
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Though I'm guessing that Chemda was probably playing Devil's Advocate on the issue of the feminist T-Shirts, I was kinda shocked to hear her argument.
The bitter irony of this whole T-Shirt thing is that a feminist movement is trying advance their movement by fucking over...well...women. Arguing that these women are probably getting paid what they would consider to be a good income - by their standards at least...it seems pretty crass to me. In any case, I'm reading that the whole T-Shirt cause is imploding as I write this. Last edited by Dean from Australia; 11-04-2014 at 07:03 AM. |
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I don't know if ihollaback is supposed to be a nonprofit but 50% is an awful ratio if so. The is no specific percentage set for a non-profit but industry standard is 10-30% going to admin.
Girl Scouts of America is a non-profit and gives almost 90% back into their programs. FeedingAmerica.com is technically a charity and they give 98% back into their programs. I get hollaback is not on this scale but still. A lot of people in Non-profits aren't doing it for the money. Also you might want to check this article out http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6094722 it says what those women make is below the poverty line and those shirts cost $14 to make. Also, the Fawcett Society (who gets the profit from the shirts) is a UK company focused on bettering women's rights in the UK. Not Mauritius.
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Yeah, I was surprised to hear Chemda's argument about the feminist t-shirts, as well. I couldn't help but think that she was probably very quick to throw out some excuses because she likes the cause (i.e. feminism) whereas if they were working for a cause that she didn't care about, she probably wouldn't have been so quick to defend their actions.
By the way, the per capita income in Mauritius is $17,000 (Source: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...+capita+income ). Someone earning $1/hour for work is earning about $2000 / year, assuming they work a 40 hour work week (which they probably aren't). Even if they work 80 hours/week (probably more accurate), they'd still only earn about $4000/year, or about 1/4th the per capita income for Mauritius. To put that in perspective, the US per capita income is $54,000/year, so earning 1/4th of that would be like earning $13,000/year while working 80 hours a week in the US, or about $3.25 / hour. Last edited by MrBrit; 11-04-2014 at 01:17 PM. |
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(Watch Scummy pop his head up here). Income inequality and rampant, deep seeded poverty are issues that many are trying to address all around the world. How are third world citizens supposed to rise up out of poverty and achieve a living wage if they are going to continue getting screwed over by first world economies? This example of the feminist T-shirt debacle is the perfect illustration of our moral and ethical bankruptcy. You guys got rid of slavery, didn't you...?
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Jokes aside, that whole 3rd world poverty thing is a bummer. Too bad their own rulers are 90% of the problem. |
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Re: The poll.. Whenever I've encountered this, it's a whole "Seriously? I'll do it?" "Do it!" "you'll pay me X dollars? I'm doing it!" "Do it!"
SO assuming something similar happened that guy needs to pay up. You always confirm a bet at least once and that guy is a douche for not paying up. Someone should bet him to eat shit. |
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