• tasty4skin@lemmy.world
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    going out of business after being established 140 years ago and they’re calling that failure. some people just can’t pat themselves on the back huh

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      To be fair, they probably inherited the place and got to be the lucky person it closed down under, which probably doesn’t feel great.

      At least, it’d raise some eyebrows if its had the same owner since 1883.

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        I ran a DnD campaign where an important shop was under the same owner for over 1000 years, a friendly copper dragon shapeshifted into a halfling, who discovered trading with adventurers was the best way to amass a hoard, they would go all over the world finding interesting things that they have no idea of the true value of, could you believe they’d trade this neat spider statuette that may or may not be mildly cursed for a boring old ring of protection because it “has no practical use” and it “makes them dream of the whisperings of elder gods”?

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        Inherit a business that been successful for over a hundred years, and be the one to fuck it up so badly they have to close it down? Maybe they should feel bad.

        I have no sympathy for anyone inheriting entire businesses.

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          Could’ve been a long time coming. Could’ve been that the previous owners were unethical and the current ones were not. It could be any number of things. It’s not necessarily as simple as them “fucking up” and having to shut down.

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          something something no wrong moves and still lose

          There’s a reason that, were it ever to happen, I’d stop at SVP level and not jump to C level.

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            So that you can get paid less and still have to shoulder all the blame?

            C levels don’t have to take responsibility except when it makes them look good.

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              in my practical experience, thats not the case. it may be the case at $10B+ companies, but at <$99MM companies it’s still much safer to draw a salary.

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                What a strange statement.

                $10B+ companies, but at <$99MM

                What about companies between $100m and $9.99b?

                it’s still much safer to draw a salary.

                But ceos do pay themselves salaries.

                This barely even makes sense and I really don’t get what point you’re trying to make.

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                  I was just casually commenting that I don’t want to be in charge of a company because I’d rather the risk be on someone else’s shoulder, and then when it was implied CEOs take no risk I clarified that the type of immune to failure CEO you’re talking about are different from the average business.

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      Just a pet peeve of mine, it’s like complaining the Jedi couldn’t stop Palpatine and that means they’re all idiots with a silly religion or something.

      They were the guardians of a multispecies Republic for ten THOUSAND years, and they curb stomped the Sith Empire everytime it tried to start shit. They clearly knew what they were doing.

      What was the alternative? Seizing direct control of the government? Executing every Senator that looked a little corrupt?

      Palatine played a game they couldn’t counter without destroying themselves in the process. Sometimes you just lose…

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        Sometimes you can make all the right decisions and still lose. That’s not called failure, that’s called life.

        • Captain Picard
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        was it 10 thousand years now? in the movies they alternate between saying “a thousand years” or “a thousand generations.” i mean, either way i think your point stands, but still

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          Disney has canonized the Rakatan Empire so for now it’s assumed all the Old Republic works and timelines are canon(ish).

          The Old Republic was actually 25,000 years old, I misremembered, but there was a period about a thousand years before the OT it was dissolved and then a different Republic was formed that… did everything exactly the same?

          The result is people largely ignoring that stumble in its timeline.

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              Sorta. The Last Jedi apparently had an easter egg reference, a kyber crystal he used, and the Rakata and their empire are specifically referenced in Andor.

              Which is a small continuity problem since it was a literal plot point of Kotor that it has been so long the galaxy had mostly forgotten about them, but whatever, the current consensus is Revan’s general story is canon if not necessarily specific events from the games.

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                Flavor text on an easter egg item doesn’t break canon, it’s really just the devs speaking directly to the player

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                  If there’s one thing Star Wars does well, it’s applying a history to every single fuckin thing on screen. In this case the multiple references to the Rakatans makes it fairly likely Darth Revan will be outright canonized eventually, especially because there just really isn’t a point to the Rakata without his plotline.

                  Like, what, we’re supposed to give a shit they maybe made Centerpoint Station?

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        But the Jedi did fail under Yoda & Windu – that’s kind of the point of the trilogy, they became too arrogant in their peace.

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    There was a furniture store a couple of blocks away from a place where we used to rent an apartment. We lived there for 8 years and a going out of business sign was up the entire time.

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        I genuinely fucking hate “local” furniture stores. That industry seems slimier than car sales honestly. Sell dog shit quality products for hundreds to thousands of dollars and then are allowed to act like they are going out of business constantly. There are always furniture stores around me having “liquidation sales” and “going out of business sales” and literally none of them have ever gone out of business. If anything, they usually raise their prices before their next sale.

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            There’s no way it’s not. Either that or there is some kind of tax loophole they’re able to take advantage of that lets them write all of the furniture off at a loss every year despite turning a profit.

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          Ashley Furniture in my home town has been going out of business since before I was 18, I’m now 32.

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            Same. We have an Ashley furniture and an Ashley furniture outlet that are perpetually liquidating their stock

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            Yeah, I bought an 800 couch last year from a place that was allegedly liquidating and it is GARBAGE quality. It’s already falling apart, the staples were noticeable the day we got it, the springs are poor quality, and the frame is cheap. I bought a couch that was easily 20 years old when I bought it and it lasted another three years before having to replace it, and now I’m going to have to replace this couch I bought BRAND NEW after a year.

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        Taco Bell down the road from me has had their large sign out front saying “now hiring closers” for going on 4+ years now. Of course they haven’t considered treating employees well and paying them fairly, yet. Prices went up though! Also this is in a very large city with no shortage of people who need work.

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      A rug shop near me spent from before 1990 though to 2010 “closing down” then they suprised everyone by closing down. They moved to a cheaper shopping centre, and have been operating there ever since

      The same 80% discount they had always advertised was in action during the lead up to their move, and continues today

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      Exactly, the average company lasts around 15 to 20 years. Even very big companies are hovering at around 25 (with a tendency to go down).

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        Yeah, they really did have a good run worthy of being proud of. I think a lot of people subconsciously think the businesses they see every day will be around forever, forgetting that nothing lasts forever. Least of all an entity whose driving goal is just to make money by any means possible for an aimless mob of shareholders headed by sociopathic elites. Any means possible isn’t how you build the foundation of something that lasts decades or longer like this business.

        What’s really funny to me is how the same people who scream about survival of the fittest in capitalism are the first to approve of corporate bailouts. I’m starting to call it corporate socialism to see if it makes them hate bailouts due to the dreaded “s” word.

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    To be honest I really just don’t think there’s a place for Doctor Jack Phillip’s Wooden Dentures in this world anymore. Shame to see them close down.

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    Sometimes it’s a little more complicated than failing to adapt.

    Sometimes there are challenges that happen that small business owners just can’t overcome. Things like the price of the rent for the commercial space that goes up 200% because it became a prime location. People stop shopping at a small shop because the prices are a bit higher than mega stores like Walmart who can afford to have smaller profits on sales due to the amount they sell or even Amazon.

    Next thing you know, these small shops that support your local neighborhood and pay the local taxes disappear and the big mega corporations, who are registered in tax havens and pay minimum taxes, take their place because they can afford it.

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    Image Transcription:

    A green corner window with yellow signs posted in them.

    The sign on the left reads “Established in 1883”, where 1883 is in a rough, red 15-pointed star shape. A bold line separates it from the text underneath that reads “Going out of Business Forever!”

    The sign in the right window reads “We Tried & We Failed”

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    Now now, people should know better than to get sentimental about corporations. Redirect that energy to people, not companies.

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      Probably more accurately, “we failed to compete with a billionaire backed business who exploits their workers”.

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        Small businesses generally pay less and in my experience are worse to their workers. Some of the biggest piece of garbage slave drivers I’ve ever seen have been small businesses owners.

        It doesn’t matter if the business is big or small. The bourgeoisie all have the same interests and act accordingly.