Cool game.
1. Do you think labour unions are important for society?
2. When did you last burp?
3. Have you finished your Christmas shopping? If so, name two gifts you have bought, what were they and for whom?
4. Do corporations have too much power?
5. What is your job?
I think that labor unions were important in their time and served their purpose. They were less necessary for a time and made a stupid decision in backing workers even when they were wrong. A lot of them are more active than they need to be and lately they have hurt more than helped. Right now they're getting a lot of negative attention for those reasons, but I think that in our corporate world they will be necessary again in the near future.
My last burp was several days ago. I'd just had my wisdom teeth out about a week ago and the painkillers had some strange filler in it that gave me the hiccups non stop. With hiccups come burps. Now the pain has subsided and I have not burped since.
I haven't done any Christmas shopping. Though I'm Jewish I do have parts of the family who are not. In my family gifts are really only handed downward (given to kids, grandkids, neices, nephews, etc and not to parents, siblings, uncles/aunts, etc). Though my moms birthday is Christmas Eve so I'm going to rent a movie she's been trying to see but couldn't because of work.
Tricky question. There are problems in our corporate system but I don't think that power is it. A powerful corporation needs more workers which increases the employment rate and helps the economy. Outside of the odd CEO with a soft spot for the company credit card, I think that corporations exist in an environment where external factors cause them to make decisions which they are scrutinized for. One good example of this is how it's cheaper to manufacture goods in a different country. I don't know who's fault that is but corporations are certainly blamed for it. It destroys an economy and lowers the employment rate though, that's for sure.
I worked at a privately owned hardware store until they built an Ace Hardware down the street. Now I come in
very occasionally to help out but they can't afford to regularly have me work. I've been trying to make up for it by freelancing web and graphic design which I am self-taught in. Most small business owners in the area are illiterate in that sort of thing and are more than happy to pay less for a decent service from a nonprofessional.
My ?'s
What do you think of the high focus on celebrity life today?
Do you think the western world is broken/how would you propose to fix it?
Which brand of cereal stands above the rest for you?
Do you buy into any conspiracy theories concerning the death of Kurt Cobain?
Do you think that music is dead or dying?