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Anyone not with their head up their ass saw the numerous warnings from hundreds of organizations and people directly involved in Trump's life and the evidence that he was literally the Russian asset "Krasnov" back before his first election. This isn't a revelation to anyone that's been paying attention. He was impeached for it. Twice. Yet here we are. Indirectly at least, you can't seriously try and claim that fucking about with Ukraine at all in the midst of Russia trying to annex it is unrelated.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    I get what you're saying, but the more direct comparison would be to the Chief of Staff of the Army, not the President.

    I gotta say, I spent a solid minute on Google Images trying to find a picture that made him look more badass than the professional headshot photo, but a good half of the images are him in readers.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    They are as far as the shareholders are concerned if Amazon is telling them about different tiers of subscription. The bullshit the company spins is just as, if not more, important than the raw numbers. Especially when companies only report mandated info and the raw numbers they're referencing aren't disclosed for comparison.

    Statistics is the art of making up a narrative you want to show via numbers, and finding a way to say it exists regardless of reality.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Shareholders are dumb panicky creatures. As long as the numbers aren't terrible and you say some nice things most of them take it as gospel.

    Spinning shit as a positive is a full time career in the corporate world after all.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Subscription info is definitely part of the information provided to investors. The raw numbers may not be in the financial documents, but revenue from subscriptions most definitely is and will give a general idea of changes even if the company doesn't give the numbers directly.

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