40% Millennials Okay Limiting Free Speech

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DinkinFlicka said:
Unreal? From a business standpoint, that's a pretty good idea to capitalize on, especially with Asheville being one of the most liberal cities in the south.

Don't like it? Don't patronize it.
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I hope the employees are unionized and make at least $15/hour, or else the owner is going to encounter some problems. Not the least of which is irony.
 
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MG1968 said:
I hope the employees are unionized and make at least $15/hour, or else the owner is going to encounter some problems. Not the least of which is irony.
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Betcha they don't make anywhere near that. And I really do wonder what the "soul food" vegan fare is. Collards? Other than that, I am at a loss, and they would be pretty awful without bacon fat unless you are a horse. Oh yeah, vegan.... liberal women.... social justice. Nevermind.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Unreal? From a business standpoint, that's a pretty good idea to capitalize on, especially with Asheville being one of the most liberal cities in the south.

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OMG they serve sustainable wine!






:eek:lol:

Out of business in a year.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Betcha they don't make anywhere near that. And I really do wonder what the "soul food" vegan fare is. Collards? Other than that, I am at a loss, and they would be pretty awful without bacon fat unless you are a horse. Oh yeah, vegan.... liberal women.... social justice. Nevermind.
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collards, mac n faux-cheese, black eyed peas, cornbread..

So basically they serve side dishes.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Unreal? From a business standpoint, that's a pretty good idea to capitalize on, especially with Asheville being one of the most liberal cities in the south.

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I've spent money supporting Asheville artists on many occasions. However, just saying social justice vegan bar makes me laugh out loud.
 
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Home Depot Panics Over Millennials; Forced To Host Tutorials On Using Tape Measures, Hammering Nails | Zero Hedge
While avocado resellers like Whole Foods only have to worry about creating a catchy advertising campaign to attract millennials, Home Depot is in full-on panic mode after realizing that an entire generation of Americans have absolutely no clue how to use their products. As the Wall Street Journal points out, the company has been forced to spend millions to create video tutorials and host in-store classes on how to do everything from using a tape measure to mopping a floor and hammering a nail.

Lisa DeStefano, Home Depot vice president of marketing, initially hesitated looking over the list of proposed video lessons, chosen based on high-frequency online search queries. “Were we selling people short? Were these just too obvious?” she says she asked her team. On the tape-measure tutorial, “I said ‘come on, how many things can you say about it?’ ” Ms. DeStefano says
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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. has started offering gardening lessons for young homeowners that cover basic tips—really, really basic—like making sure sunlight can reach plants.

“These are simple things we wouldn’t have really thought to do or needed to do 15 to 20 years ago,” says Jim King, senior vice president of corporate affairs for Scotts. “But this is a group who may not have grown up putting their hands in the dirt growing their vegetable garden in mom and dad’s backyard.”

“They grew up playing soccer, having dance recitals and playing an Xbox,” says Scott’s Mr. King. “They probably didn’t spend as much time helping mom and dad out in the yard as their predecessors or their predecessors’ predecessors.”

Companies such as Scotts, Home Depot Inc., Procter & Gamble Co. , Williams-Sonoma Inc.’s West Elm and the Sherwin-Williams Co. are hosting classes and online tutorials to teach such basic skills as how to mow the lawn, use a tape measure, mop a floor, hammer a nail and pick a paint color.

While we have our doubts that it will save their business, retailers like J.C. Penney and West Elm are trying to adapt to the millennial generation by offering basic in-home services like installing televisions or hanging wall art.

All that said, at least some millennials are trying to be more self-sufficient...as an example, the WSJ notes the case of 26-year-old Breanne Loes who recently borrowed her dad's power tools to craft a wooden headboard...which went really well AFTER she realized the saw blade was on backwards.
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LouderVol said:
a good bit of us millennials make a good buck helping you guys with your tech.

Is it plugged in and turned on?

Have you tried turning it on and off again?
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The cartoon of the repair guy holding the power cord to an unplugged whatever has been around for as long as I can remember; millennials certainly didn't invent that one. It was kinda the reason for a "Power On" light - we had to wait for tubes to warm up before something happened; of course, now my TV has a light that is on when the TV is off and off when the TV is on.

Other than being marginally tech savvy, the generations of people who grew up living in a virtual world and fully lost without an electronic device to do everything, have a lot of catching up to do. Gotta love the absurdity of an island almost totally without power following a storm and car companies announcing they are going all electric in the near future.
 
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LouderVol said:
neither will being in the AARP. what happens when your hover round gives out and Cracker Barrel is open for your 4 o clock dinner?
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No hover round here. Im still in my 30s.

Believe it or not I can change the oil in my truck and am computer literate. I know it’s mind blowing.
 
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Jxn Vol said:
No hover round here. Im still in my 30s.

Believe it or not I can change the oil in my truck and am computer literate. I know it’s mind blowing.
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I can raise a garden, chop down a tree, shoot a gun and I am not even 30 and live in a big ass city. I know its mind blowing.

These kids are stepping up after their parents stepped back, I chalk that up as a victory for the kids vs the parents that stopped caring.
 
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LouderVol said:
a good bit of us millennials make a good buck helping you guys with your tech.

Is it plugged in and turned on?

Have you tried turning it on and off again?
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I’m 35 junior. But I know plenty of people my age and younger with little to no household skills. Look how many apps have sprung up doing simple tasks like rake leaves or fix a dripping faucet. Good for those people making money off the inability of others.
 
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LouderVol said:
I can raise a garden, chop down a tree, shoot a gun and I am not even 30 and live in a big ass city. I know its mind blowing.

These kids are stepping up after their parents stepped back, I chalk that up as a victory for the kids vs the parents that stopped caring.
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Good for you. So to recap, I am not an old geezer and you are not an entitled millennial. You sound like someone I could respect. We need more like you. Nice chat.
 
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Anybody with a fifth grade education and an ounce of common sense should be able to use a tape measure without watching some video. Dad never taught me I kind of just figured it out.
 
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Jxn Vol said:
Good for you. So to recap, I am not an old geezer and you are not an entitled millennial. You sound like someone I could respect. We need more like you. Nice chat.
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We need more parents like mine, and sounds like yours too.
 
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LouderVol said:
a good bit of us millennials make a good buck helping you guys with your tech.

Is it plugged in and turned on?

Have you tried turning it on and off again?
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My experience is different, sure millennials can work a social apps but actually to do technical stuff on a high level for work -- like trying to find a needle in a haystack. There are some good ones, but the percentage is very low. What I have found is even the college grads will put stuff on their resume like Linux experience - then when you test them they have no idea what it even is. Then you ask them more and come to find out, they took a class where they logged into a Linux box -- professor tells everyone to say they are proficient in Linux. :crazy:

Most of them are dumb as a box of rocks and what is worse is they are lazier than crap.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
My experience is different, sure millennials can work a social apps but actually to do technical stuff on a high level for work -- like trying to find a needle in a haystack. There are some good ones, but the percentage is very low.
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Maybe you should reevaluate your sample size. All older generations seem to believe the younger ones are failures on some level.
 
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