Thursday, November 22, 2018

Hey, Happy Thanksgiving

Pondering Thanksgiving through an exceedingly corporate lens. Some of the holiday's most important elements were brought to you by marketing and lobbying.
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CORPORATE CORNUCOPIA
How Marketing And Lobbying Built Thanksgiving Traditions
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Pondering Thanksgiving through an exceedingly corporate lens. Some of the holiday's most important elements were brought to you by marketing and lobbying.
AN 'ADMITTEDLY STUPID STUNT'
I Lived Like It Was The 1600s To Understand The Meaning Of Thanksgiving
vice.com
Killing turkeys by hand, pissing in a pot, drinking only alcohol and eating terrible gruel made me understand what life was like back then, and why we celebrate holidays.
URGENT PSA
This Thanksgiving, Just Do The Dishes
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Don't wait to be asked. Don't assume they'll get done. Just do them.
TALKING TURKEY
What Is The Correct Time To Eat Thanksgiving Dinner?
theatlantic.com
A definitive, logical answer to an unresolved question.
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JUST THREE UNRELATED STORIES
MONEY IN THE USA
Every Billionaire In The World, Mapped
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Which country has the most billionaires and how much is their total wealth accumulated?
INVERTED PYRAMID SCHEME
The Amazon Diaries: 'They Treat Us As Disposable'
theguardian.com
An anonymous insider takes us behind the scenes at an Amazon fulfillment center where workers are "an extension of the machine."
RAISING THEIR VOICE
Amazon's Merciless Assault On Brands
medium.com
Companies spent billions crafting powerful stories around their consumer products. Then came Alexa.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
MAKING HIS EGO DISAPPEAR
Little Sister Devises An Absolutely Savage Prank To Get Her Brother
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Twenty-year-old Dale is always tricking and scaring eight-year-old Shiann. Shiann has finally had enough.
IN THE NEWS
Trump Wanted To Order Justice Department To Prosecute Comey And Clinton
Chief Justice Defends Judicial Independence After Trump Attacks 'Obama Judge'
Man Killed On Remote Indian Island Tried To 'Declare Jesus' To Tribe
Climate Change: Warming Gas Concentrations At New Record High
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Happy Thanksgiving!