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ohmythugaim
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrPHEuC1sFo


I have to do some sort of audience analysis on a new clip.
Just comment on what you think of the video, the message, the way it is presented etc. mention your gender/class/race, make it up if you want. You can talk about the ideology of capitalism, what you think of minimum wage, what you think of the hosts, the background footage etc. whatever you want.




Thanks NS I appreciate it muchly.
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iFlip
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That video reflects my point of view and opinion 100%. I totally agree that Mexicans should be bussed to Canada instead of back to the border and that we should begin enslaving Norwegians (their country has nothing worthwhile anyway). The reporter's point that great white sharks prefer eating black people was particularly poignant.
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000000000000
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They are definitely retarded. Major banks are just putting money into production without any collateral anyway. The monetary system used to be based on gold and physical assets. The wealthy that benefit from this system sit around on their fat asses, while people working minimum wage jobs are forced into poverty. People wonder why there is a drug problem hahaha. That is my 2 cents, hate it or whatever, peace.
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Petey.
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"Brian you hit, on the nose, I think the key thing: if it's a minimum wage job, expect to get paid the minimum wage."


Good job Brian, and thank you Fox News for your wondrous insight.
12 years ago
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ohmythugaim
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replies?! i feel so special.


protip: pretend to be real people.
12 years ago
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*TURBONERD*
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NS=upper middle class white kids, not happening.
12 years ago
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ohmythugaim
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i know. its fine that everyone is the same demographic. i just need comments that i can actually put in a paper.
12 years ago
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7springsprod
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"If you work hard, you get more money"

Ding ding ding.
12 years ago
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SFB
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fox news being dumb? hahahah when arent they being dumb.
12 years ago
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Mr.Sloth
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Hold on let me go back in time to vote Romney. This video really struck a nerve with me. Lets run all the brownskins outa here
12 years ago
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Miomo
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Being a news anchor seems like a pretty easy job.

Required skills:
Smiling
Reading

Make their job minimum wage.
12 years ago
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XtRemE11
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i agree with the news anchors, why the fuck would you expect to make 15 an hour working at a fucking McDonalds? minimum wage jobs are minimum wage because they require no skill to do them, its what people do as their first job, a part time job to make a little extra money, etc.. work at a fast food place for a year or two and move on, if you cant move on or be promoted to a higher paying position in a fucking mcdonalds, you probably deserve it.

i dont see why people think its such a bad thing to work these shitty minimum wage jobs for a little while. i worked for minimum wage for a little over a year, it sucked and i hated it, but at the same time i never thought i actually deserved more than minimum wage because it was the kind of work a 5 year old could do. and it motivated me like crazy to work hard at it so i could get a good referral and get a better job with better pay. i worked with people who had been there for like 5 years, still in the same position, and just did the minimum work possible, were bad with customers, lazy, etc.. and i dont really feel sympathy for them, if they cant even do that job well, why the hell should they get paid more to do something a little bit harder and a little more important?
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Bjudes
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Thank you, I respect the fact you aren't a liberal prick... unlike the others that posted. And i %100 agree with you.
12 years ago
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Crehm
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Asking for 15 bucks an hour being a "cook" at mcdonalds is absolutely ridiculous, if those people where smart, instead of picketing for more money as a cook,they would be taking some classes at community college so they could be the ones that profit off the people working minimum wage jobs.
12 years ago
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e.wait
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How can they afford classes at a community college if you can't even live on minimum wage...?
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YoungJ
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Agree 100%. Yes it would be nice to have more money but none of these people picketing understand that in order for there wages to double they would have to back on the amount of hours people are working. They don't see from the eyes of the owner. They think that they are entitled to the money because not only are they going to make the money from the job, unless they have another one they are probably collecting from the government and they want more. These people were the ones who fucked around in high school and maybe graduated but never went on to college. In HS, you should have an understanding that you need to work in life but because maybe there family growing up was on EBT and getting money from the government, they see that as the way they should grow up. Im only 17 years old upper middle class white kid who works a just above minimum wage job 40 hours a week during the summer and then i teach ski lessons in the winter. Do i want to get paid more, of course, im not going to picket because i havent graduated highschool and i drive around a beach on a gator picking up trash all day. In 6-8 years when i graduate college and maybe a masters program in nuclear engineering or mechanical engineering and im only getting paid just above minimum wage, thats when you picket.
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.qzyxya
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why is this downvoted...
12 years ago
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Crehm
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Its not easy, and believe me i am incredibly greatfull that mommy and daddy have put money away for my college, so i wont have to worry about working a shit job and paying for classes.

That said, its possible. They would have to cut down on expenses, and eat on the job, but if you worked enough hours you could fairly quickly save up the money for at least a few classes at a time.

12 years ago
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*TURBONERD*
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Go read nickel and dimed and tell me that again with a straight face.
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Casey
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demanding that these people do something above and beyond what you were ever asked to do. nice.

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Funnel
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How was that Fox news being dumb? What they said and what others have said in this thread is completely correct. Almost all of these lower class people are working these jobs because they choose it. A sense of entitlement doesn't do you much good in working your way up the ladder. If there's one thing I've learned recently in these past few years- it's that hard work does not go unnoticed and these people are more than likely not working very hard. That lack of a work ethic and sense of entitlement is what restricts them to a minimum wage job. I work around people like those and see countless homeless people everyday and they're not quite what a liberal would tell you they are. They're alcoholics, welfare abusers, and government leaches expecting to ride on the coattails of the middle and upper class. Sorry for the reality check, NS.
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XtRemE11
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this, if you are still stuck making minimum wage after a couple years theres something wrong with you and your work ethic. i've worked with people who didnt graduate highschool or barely have much highschool education at all but are making over 20 an hour in their early 20's because of their skill set. while the people stuck with the shit, minimum wage jobs are just trying to squeek by doing the bare minimum, complaining about everyone else, never on time, etc.. how many times do you see someone at a fast food joint over the age of like 25-30, actually hustling, being friendly, and working hard? i dont think ive ever seen it unless its the manager. they're stuck there because of their sense of entitlement and their shitty work ethic.
they're not being taken advantage of by "the man" and just happen to have bad luck like its become so politically correct to think.
12 years ago
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Casey
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Fox news is being dumb because the underlying agenda is to delegitimize union labor, and to keep the working class overall from advancing because it protects their conservative allies and interests. Much like Fox, this is not news.

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Crehm
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Not demanding, I just think its a little ridiculous that you guys thinks fox news is a bunch of conservative assholes because they think its ridiculous for fry cooks to go on strike for 15 bucks an hour.

That said yes fox news is pretty much a conservative propaganda station, but NBC is a liberal propoganda station so it all evens out in the end.
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Funnel
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Wait... You're mentioning unions. Unions serve no purpose anymore. All they do is gouge corporations and the government for ludicrous pensions and bullshit benefits, while ensuring that employees can slack off. I went to high school in a nonunion school district, which out performed the union school district in every aspect. Unions do nothing but damage. Labor laws are in place now, employees do not face the same danger they used to in the early 1900s. Look at the automakers- imagine if the big three weren't unionized. Unions suck corporations dry and make it so less people can be employed.
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Casey
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Dude, I've been in the laborers union for the last 7 years pouring concrete for a commercial builder and from my perspective, you have no idea what you are talking about. I make 30 bucks an hour, and I bust my ass, but if you slack at my job, you are gone. No questions asked, no appeal process, nothing. And, shockingly enough, management prefers it because they get quality workers and can predict to the penny what labor costs per trade will be for the next 2-5 years out. On top of that a career concrete hand or carpenter or brick mason gets health insurance for all the bodily injury and breakdown that is endured by the job and a modest retirement after 30 years when its all over. I don't shit on non-union outfits, they have a place in the market, and because they recognize that indirectly their wage is higher because of the trade unions. A lot of guys either can't get in because the job market is so shitty, or they take a non-union gig because they have no choice, or some have a legitimate disagreement about the way that the health insurance is managed in a given trade union. rightly or wrongly they think they can do better on their own. In any event, come try your hand at what I do any day and tell me to my face that I'm a lazy union worker because I can guarantee you wouldn't last a day on my jobsite.
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Funnel
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So a teacher's union is good for Los Angeles Unified School District? I'm not saying you're lazy, and there are certainly exceptions to the lazy union stereotype. I have friends in unions and their parents are in unions too. I just see no purpose for unionized labor in modern society because we have labor laws that fulfill what unions were setting out to accomplish a century back. The reality is that there are many unions that serve no purpose anymore and are destroying corporations. A recent example is Hostess. Why did there need to be a baker's union. The reality is that you have your view and I have my view, neither of us will change the way each other view unions, all we can do is present out sides.
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GayWolf420
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They're great when you're 15. Not when you're 25. Plus, McD's don't even pay minimum wage anymore. It's at least 9.50 to 10/hr at the one up here.
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