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LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

38. never watched an actual person jump the shark until now.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #13)

Fri Sep 7, 2018, 01:51 PM

Sep 2018

Good christ. You're being literal in its use.

How incredibly inaccurate. How woefully ignorant of history. How absolutely stunning in its absurdity.

Rant righteously at the rain and yell at it that's it's not rain, but rather math.

The two outcomes are the same, as is the rational thought behind either.

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U.S. Added 201,000 Jobs in August; Unemployment Rate Steady at 3.9% [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 OP

Job is slavery with no benefits, no security bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #1

Well, actually MichMary Sep 2018 #2

I believe that the reply-er was using hyperbole louis c Sep 2018 #4

I understand hyperbole MichMary Sep 2018 #9

In what way? bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #5

Really? You have to ask? MichMary Sep 2018 #8

No, you're not beaten and you're free to leave BUT bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #13

Please MichMary Sep 2018 #26

Wow. You've had some shitty jobs GulfCoast66 Sep 2018 #34

never watched an actual person jump the shark until now. LanternWaste Sep 2018 #38

There were a few other pesky details BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #11

Yes this is true bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #18

I understand the metaphoric analysis on it BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #20

Bingo bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 #23

USA citizens - middle class sure is feeing the pinch with Iliyah Sep 2018 #3

Thanks to the Obama era. It normally takes two terms for the Republicans to mess up patricia92243 Sep 2018 #6

where the hell are the wage gains? louis c Sep 2018 #7

Everything you said. Dawson Leery Sep 2018 #41

THIS IS NOT trump's ECONOMY, THIS IS Obama's ECONOMY! Perseus Sep 2018 #10

You forgot the stock market. luvtheGWN Sep 2018 #25

Agree Perseus Sep 2018 #27

So government workers will get a bigger raise? Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #12

They SHOULD at least get the same as what they gave the military BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #14

Thanks, Obama! greatauntoftriplets Sep 2018 #15

Jobs revised down 50,000 in June/July Peakaboo Sep 2018 #16

Stats post is incoming but thanks for the heads-up. BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #17

Don't pay the ransom; I've escaped. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #19

Links to earlier reports mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #21

Additional links: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #22

Analysis and charts at The Wall Street Journal. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #24

So why did we have 180 applicants Mad-in-Mo Sep 2018 #28

So we have 201,000 - 50,000 equals 151,000 more jobs than the previous jobs report progree Sep 2018 #29

interesting NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #30

Statistical noise mostly progree Sep 2018 #31

ooohhhh heaven05 Sep 2018 #32

The mind-numbing rant, based on a version posted on the first Friday in September 2016: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #33

As always BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #35

I didn't know anyone actually read this. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2018 #36

Hope you enjoy your weekend too BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #37

this is yuge, yuge!nt elmac Sep 2018 #39

"Yuge" or "Euge"? BumRushDaShow Sep 2018 #40