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Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by koliber »

baq wrote: post #150
pinkfoot wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whilst I would love to join you in your racist-freebie rant on the Chinese, I am reminded that 170 odd people died from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, caused by feeding hitherto vegan cows the brains of other dead cows. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 2012. Twit

Can somebody explain to me how saying ‘generic bad thing’ and ‘China’ in the same sentence is racist? Is this question racist? Serious answers only because I’m in EU. Bonus question - is Spanish Flu racist?

There is believable evidence that the Spanish flu originated in the US.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/journal-plague-year-1...

https://www.livescience.com/spanish-flu.html

Was the name racist? Not sure, considering that likely it was incorrect. What do you think?

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by Der_Einzige »

baq wrote: post #150
pinkfoot wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whilst I would love to join you in your racist-freebie rant on the Chinese, I am reminded that 170 odd people died from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, caused by feeding hitherto vegan cows the brains of other dead cows. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 2012. Twit

Can somebody explain to me how saying ‘generic bad thing’ and ‘China’ in the same sentence is racist? Is this question racist? Serious answers only because I’m in EU. Bonus question - is Spanish Flu racist?

It's most likely CPC brigading. The only group on earth who sees anti-CPC rehtoric as being synonymous with racism against the chinease are the CPC themselves.

It's like when someone calls you an anti-semite for supporting BDS movements. I just assume they're isreali Nationals or shills when they say that crap. It's all dog whistling because the alternative is that evil organizations would have to admit that they do bad things.

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by citilife »

baby wrote: post #107
slg wrote: post #39

The government has talked about bailouts for various industries from airlines, to cruise ships, to shale companies. But almost every sector of the US economy is going to be hit by this and I have no idea how we are going to react. Will there be a restaurant bailout? What would that even look like? It is much easier to work on bailing out a handful of airlines but how do you handle it for literally thousands of small…

UBI is honestly the only solution here.

Printing money and giving it to everyone essentially taxes every dollar by the same amount. That's not necessarily the best solution here.

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by sneak »

neltnerb wrote: post #137

I'm always a little surprised that so many people never picked up the ability to even do basic cooking. Of course, as recently as Sunday people like Nunes were telling people it was important to support their local businesses by eating out as if it were their patriotic duty. It might be different now that even Fox and Trump are saying the same thing as the CDC finally. Maybe not if people literally cannot feed themse…

Many grocery stores have major shortages, short-term grocery deliveries are fully booked, and where I am, normally 1-2 day Amazon food/medicine mail-order deliveries are presently at 5+ days.

I stocked up a month ago when everything was still running to ensure my household has food 12 weeks (I always have 30 days, but wanted to be on the safe side), but I know many people did not, and it’s going to be a while before all of those people can be properly supplied.

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by rosybox »

slg wrote: post #39

The government has talked about bailouts for various industries from airlines, to cruise ships, to shale companies. But almost every sector of the US economy is going to be hit by this and I have no idea how we are going to react. Will there be a restaurant bailout? What would that even look like? It is much easier to work on bailing out a handful of airlines but how do you handle it for literally thousands of small…

The WSJ Editorial Board has suggested that the Fed create a new facility that gives very cheap loans to businesses that need them. These loans will not need to be repaid right away and should sustain any business that needs it during this period. It sounded workable.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/financing-an-economic-shutdown-...

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by _delirium »

hodgesrm wrote: post #168
whatshisface wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But a takeout beer would be higher margin than a sit-in beer.

That's probably only possible in places like New Orleans. I was surprised to learn about the notion of the "to-go cup" a few years back. It has significant explanatory power in some parts of the city.

It's not legal in most places, but being temporarily legalized in some. Washington, DC is passing a bill this afternoon [1] allowing takeout places to deliver beer/wine if ordered with at least one food item. I'm guessing other cities will pass something similar.

[1] edit: See section 203 photographed here: https://twitter.com/mitchryals/status/1239938801839099905

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by cycrutchfield »

baby wrote: post #107
slg wrote: post #39

The government has talked about bailouts for various industries from airlines, to cruise ships, to shale companies. But almost every sector of the US economy is going to be hit by this and I have no idea how we are going to react. Will there be a restaurant bailout? What would that even look like? It is much easier to work on bailing out a handful of airlines but how do you handle it for literally thousands of small…

UBI is honestly the only solution here.

How about something a bit more targeted? Do we really need to give software engineers working from home extra cash?

Re: The state of the restaurant industry

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Post by milesskorpen »

wozniacki wrote: post #118
threatofrain wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The restaurant industry is brittle and consolidating, and the the American middle class might not be strong enough to support it anymore. Recent events just magnify the weaknesses of the existing system. We could talk about things like the expansion of government programs, or we could talk about your theory of how I'm stripping people's humanities away. You would also presume quite poorly if you thought I haven't wor…

Whats more remarkable is that no one has made a peep about RENTAL PAYMENT DEFERRALS or SUSPENSIONS to even COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS of APARTMENTS / SINGLE FAMILY HOMES yet somehow sit-down restaurants and their health are a top concern. These priorities are lop-sided at best. Restaurants are not a critical component of your basic sustenance. They never were, in the course of human history. Heavy dependence on them for on…

Probably because the buildings aren't going anywhere. Landlords will lose money, but they're less likely to lay off tons of people.

Restaurants employ ~10% of working Americans. A lot of people are going to lose jobs.

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