Does Labor Day even matter anymore?

BudSniffer · 09-02-2011, 07:57 PM

Does Labor Day even matter anymore?- MSN Money

shai_hulud · 09-02-2011, 07:57 PM

this better not affect my stat holiday.

Roach · 09-02-2011, 08:07 PM

since I'm not working, no not really.

Man in Black · 09-02-2011, 08:08 PM

nope, cuz I'll be working while the HNIC's are chillaxin

Mercury · 09-02-2011, 08:10 PM

Pffft. I have to work harder on labor day for some reason.... Funny article though. So true. And unemployment at 9.1%? BS! Double that.

Man in Black · 09-02-2011, 08:34 PM

me n dude at work was talking..apparently they don't even count the kids who graduated college and hold degrees but don't have jobs in the "unemployed" margin. I'm talking about the people who are "over-qualified"

they have some other stupid margin to throw them in..."jobless" or some such nonsense.

if they did that the rate would be much higher.

Roach · 09-02-2011, 11:32 PM

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I'm talking about the people who are "over-qualified"

that phrase is so 2008.

now they are called underemployed.

that is when they do start working.

Grieves · 09-02-2011, 11:36 PM

Fuck yeah it matters...

It is the noticeable end to the summer (live in a tourist town)...
End of the summer festivals (Bumbershoot)...
The start of the NCAA Football and a week later the NFL season(s)...

But then again I work 2 jobs, so I wouldn't know anything about sitting on my ass worrying about a holiday that isn't meant for me......

Xil · 09-03-2011, 01:03 AM

i mean...now i gotta stop wearing white

damn.

Rubix · 09-03-2011, 01:27 AM

yes it matters. i don't work and I don't get paid which pisses me off

Lloydy · 09-03-2011, 01:38 AM

I Have no idea what it is so i'm going to go with no, no it doesn't.

Terry · 09-03-2011, 03:09 AM

^Go celebrate Boxing Day you fucking monarchist.

my_scatterheart · 09-03-2011, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Grieves

It is the noticeable end to the summer (live in a tourist town)...

I feel you dude. I can't wait for the next two weeks to be over... see these people get the fuck up outta my town.

Mikey · 09-03-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by my_scatterheart

I feel you dude. I can't wait for the next two weeks to be over... see these people get the fuck up outta my town.

ditto

John F. Kerry · 09-03-2011, 10:08 AM

this is exactly the point i was talking about.

its funny how some people are like selective in the events they want to remember.

its great to commemorate the stonewall riots, the start of the 40 hour work week, the fact that children dont work in factories in america anymore...

but other people are like, um, why dont we have a daily celebration of the discovery of dna or the launch of the hubble space telescope or the adopting of the declaration of independance...

these long ago events happened, nobody denies them, and most people think they were mostly good things that have led to a progressive world that we live in... where things get better over time.

but so if there are people out there who are like celebrating the day roe v wade came down or celebrating that kids dont have to work in textile factories anymore- you might as well celebrate the first use of antibiotics to combat diseases- everybody realizes these things, and the only people who would go out and have a big celebration about them are interest groups that are agitating for new, less widely agreed upon, and less easily accepted, "rights", and being like activist and shit.

i guess they have every right to do it, but i have every right to see the calculating and self interested bs they are trying to pull and call em on it.

and hence, democracy

ps. this can clearly apply to either side of the political spectrum

Lloydy · 09-03-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Terry

^Go celebrate Boxing Day you fucking monarchist.

Boxing day is excellent. Its round 2 of Christmas.

Dr. Nick Nasty · 09-03-2011, 07:42 PM

until there is a real labor movement again in the country, it's just a cynical weekend.

Qui-Bong Jinn · 09-06-2011, 06:25 AM

I had the day off yesterday.

**SageTree** · 09-06-2011, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Nick Nasty

until there is a real labor movement again in the country, it's just a cynical weekend.

HUGE parade here yesterday!

Labour isn't a bad word up here

Dr. Nick Nasty · 09-06-2011, 04:29 PM

^No, hope it stays that way!

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shai_hulud Om nom Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ab, ca Posts: 2,161 Thanks: 440 Thanked 600 Times in 335 Posts	this better not affect my stat holiday. __________________ "There are only three useless things in this world. Nuns' nipples, bishops' balls and an employer's praise without a raise."

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Man in Black willie d Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: dayton,ohio Posts: 4,817 Thanks: 3,200 Thanked 1,348 Times in 896 Posts	nope, cuz I'll be working while the HNIC's are chillaxin __________________ When I was arrested I was dressed in black.

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Man in Black willie d Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: dayton,ohio Posts: 4,817 Thanks: 3,200 Thanked 1,348 Times in 896 Posts	me n dude at work was talking..apparently they don't even count the kids who graduated college and hold degrees but don't have jobs in the "unemployed" margin. I'm talking about the people who are "over-qualified" they have some other stupid margin to throw them in..."jobless" or some such nonsense. if they did that the rate would be much higher. __________________ When I was arrested I was dressed in black.

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Grieves The Worst Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interstate 8 Posts: 12,081 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 2,560 Thanked 3,111 Times in 1,708 Posts	Fuck yeah it matters... It is the noticeable end to the summer (live in a tourist town)... End of the summer festivals (Bumbershoot)... The start of the NCAA Football and a week later the NFL season(s)... But then again I work 2 jobs, so I wouldn't know anything about sitting on my ass worrying about a holiday that isn't meant for me...... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

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Dr. Nick Nasty Reactionary Radical Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York/New Jersey Metro Wasteland Posts: 1,049 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 653 Thanked 364 Times in 232 Posts	until there is a real labor movement again in the country, it's just a cynical weekend. __________________ "I do not wish any mass at all, but honest men only, lovely, sweet, accomplished women only."-Emma Goldman

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Qui-Bong Jinn Jedi High Council Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kingston, Ontario Posts: 2,121 Thanks: 905 Thanked 496 Times in 368 Posts	I had the day off yesterday.

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Dr. Nick Nasty Reactionary Radical Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York/New Jersey Metro Wasteland Posts: 1,049 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 653 Thanked 364 Times in 232 Posts	^No, hope it stays that way! __________________ "I do not wish any mass at all, but honest men only, lovely, sweet, accomplished women only."-Emma Goldman

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