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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday January 20 2018, @10:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the eat-the-rich dept.

Donald Trump and Angela Merkel will join 2,500 world leaders, business executives and charity bosses at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland which kicks off on 23 January. High on the agenda once again will be the topic of inequality, and how to reduce the widening gap between the rich and the rest around the world.

The WEF recently warned that the global economy is at risk of another crisis, and that automation and digitalisation are likely to suppress employment and wages for most while boosting wealth at the very top.

But what ideas should the great and good gathered in the Swiss Alps be putting into action? We'd like to know what single step you think governments should prioritise in order to best address the problem of rising inequality. Below we've outlined seven proposals that are most often championed as necessary to tackle the issue – but which of them is most important to you?

  • Provide free and high quality education
  • Raise the minimum wage
  • Raise taxes on the rich
  • Fight corruption
  • Provide more social protection for the poor
  • Stop the influence of the rich on politicians
  • Provide jobs for the unemployed

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/jan/19/project-davos-whats-the-single-best-way-to-close-the-worlds-wealth-gap

Do you think these ideas are enough, or are there any better ideas to close this wealth gap ? You too can participate and vote for the idea that, you think, works best.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @12:39AM (41 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @12:39AM (#625439)

    Tantalum is a metal that is important for modern electronics. It is found in Africa. Right now, we can have low-wage African workers mine for it, and they are barely able to afford any products containing it.

    If Africa became like the USA or Europe:

    The workers would be expensive. There would be environmental restrictions that might entirely shut down the mines. Another billion people at minimum (likely more due to increased survival) would have the means to buy products containing tantalum, driving up demand and thus driving up the price.

    This hurts us back here in the USA or in Europe. All sorts of electronic devices cost more. We have to upgrade less often and generally accept worse equipment. If we still buy the good stuff, then that money comes out of something else we could have bought instead.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by pdfernhout on Sunday January 21 2018, @12:45AM

    by pdfernhout (5984) on Sunday January 21 2018, @12:45AM (#625442) Homepage
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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 21 2018, @02:26AM (39 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 21 2018, @02:26AM (#625476) Journal

    Well, funny thing about all of that is - our poorest people have all the most modern toys to play with, while relatively wealthy people in backwoods Africa can't afford any of it. So, uhhhh - Welfare Wendy can't afford to upgrade to the Newest Shiny, because Town Mayor in Africa paid a couple dollars more than she can afford? Only 20% of Apple's production comes to the US now, because Africa is buying 25% of their production? Awwwww, tough shit, Wendy. You'll have to save up your money, and wait until NEXT YEAR to upgrade!! And, I'm not hurt one bit. I'm still paying for Wendy's groceries, clothing, housing, etc. But, those poorest of Africans are getting clean, safe, running water in their homes, along with a few toys to play with. Life is good.

    Oh - if Wendy gets impatient, waiting for me to buy her a new phone, she just might go job hunting.

    • (Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday January 21 2018, @02:44AM (34 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday January 21 2018, @02:44AM (#625482) Journal

      Our poorest people do NOT "have all the modern toys to play with." You have not seen the worst, deepest, dirt-shit poverty in this country. Because of some of the anti-human trafficking work I've done, I have. And unless you consider a tinplate shack with no utilities "modern toys to play with"--and knowing you, you just fucking might--you're completely off the rails.

      The deepest poverty in this nation is not "Welfare Wendy" and the small but irritating contingent of welfare cheats. It's the abandoned children, the trafficking survivors who never got helped and somehow didn't die within a few years, the street people, the rural poor with o running water...THAT is what this country has for poverty.

      You either didn't know this, in which case now you do and you have no excuse, or you did, and want to hide behind a veneer of artificial outrage at "welfare queens" in order to shield what remains of your stunted, pitiful, impotent conscience from forcing you to face reality.

      --
      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 21 2018, @10:28AM (33 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 21 2018, @10:28AM (#625593) Journal

        Somehow, it doesn't seem quite right to point to victims of human trafficking as examples of our poorest people. Yes, they are poorer than the poorest welfare recipients. But, that isn't because our social nets have exactly "failed". It's because they are victims of crimes - crimes that should rank right up there with "crimes against humanity". The typical welfare mom living in the projects can feed her children quite well, and provide them with cell phones and such. They are only poor in comparison with their peers who work for a living. And, in fact, if the kids really want things that Mama can't provide, they can always get out and do some kind of work, or learn to hustle.

        You need some other term than "poor" to describe the various victims who live in such abysmal conditions. You might also find some numbers for this demographic. Certainly they don't amount to more than 1 percent of the population. And even more certainly, if the authorities are made aware of such people, those authorities make some attempt to rescue those people - especially minor children.

        Meanwhile - if you've rescued even one of these people, then I suppose your life on earth has been justified. Good job.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @10:50AM (9 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @10:50AM (#625596)

          I like how it's seemingly just assumed that if someone is on welfare, then they don't work, even though the statistics do not show that at all. Also, of the people on welfare who do not work, many of them cannot work due to disabilities or other reasons.

          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 21 2018, @11:28AM (6 children)

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 21 2018, @11:28AM (#625603) Journal

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y0OV6y5QFU [youtube.com]

            Explain the fraud, then we can talk.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @07:57PM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @07:57PM (#625761)

              No one said fraud doesn't happen, but that is a shit reason that needs to be backed up by data to show it is a real problem. Make healthcare universal and there won't be a problem.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @03:10PM (2 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @03:10PM (#626091)

              As you ignore the fraud of the the wealthy? I guess that fraud doesn't mean we need to crack down across the board on all of the wealthy because a few are fraudulent? It only works one way.

              • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 22 2018, @11:53PM (1 child)

                by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 22 2018, @11:53PM (#626343) Journal

                Ignore the wealthy? THOSE bastards write the laws, and they're pretty much untouchable. Unless we all break out the torches and pitchforks, I ain't doing crap about them. I'll bet you don't even have a torch or a pitchfork.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @05:01PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @05:01PM (#626627)

                  My point was how a few bad apples fraudulently using the social "safety net" call for eliminating it. While a few bad apples doesn't elicit the same response from the I got mine F U crowd. Pointing out the hypocrisy was the goal of my comments.

            • (Score: 2) by Pav on Tuesday January 23 2018, @12:24AM

              by Pav (114) on Tuesday January 23 2018, @12:24AM (#626358)

              Some people slack at work, so therefore you don't deserve a job.

          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 21 2018, @11:41AM (1 child)

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 21 2018, @11:41AM (#625607) Journal

            Check out this sow, complete with rings in her lip to prevent her rooting under the fence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m92eEA-XWM4 [youtube.com]

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @02:12AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 22 2018, @02:12AM (#625918)

              She (He? It?) equates "work" with "being a retail worker", probably as a cashier. I find this so odd. Her whole view of the world is so limited.

              She could join the marines. She could work for a lawn care service. She could be a pimp. She could be a janitor.

              That is just without education. She implicitly claims some ability to be educated, which would open up everything not requiring attractiveness.

        • (Score: 2, Redundant) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 22 2018, @05:57AM (22 children)

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 22 2018, @05:57AM (#625962) Journal

          There is no such thing as "rescuing" these people and being done with it. It is a continuous rescue, because the system sees them as the absolute lowest of the low. "The authorities" don't give a flying fuck about these people either; in fact, the specific survivor friend I have in mind told me her "worst dates"--please bear in mind, she is recounting what was done to her from ages 12 to 16--were policemen, professors, clergy, and other supposed pillars of society.

          You don't get it, and you deliberately don't get it.

          --
          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
          • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 22 2018, @09:45AM (21 children)

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 22 2018, @09:45AM (#626015) Journal

            You don't get it, and you deliberately don't get it.

            That's probably because I'm not as smart as you? Oh, wait, you're only 92nd percentile. ROFLMAO - get over yourself woman. Remember, you're broken? Maybe your perspective is broken as well? Some people can be "rescued", others can't be. Sucks, but that is life. And, I actually "get it".

            I wonder - how old were you when you realized that the most powerful people are often times the sickest of fucks? Of course the pillars of society are busy fucking everything in sight. And, even if they weren't the sickest of fucks to start with, power, in and of itself, is an aphrodisiac. If/when you find yourself with the power of life and death over other people, you may discover things about yourself that aren't so very admirable. But, you know that already, don't you? Among other things, you're the woman who hopes and prays that I burn in hell. Go, look in the mirror, girl.

            • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 22 2018, @04:05PM (20 children)

              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 22 2018, @04:05PM (#626114) Journal

              How old was I? Six. Six. Fucking. Years. Old. That is how old I was. Does that answer your question? And I don't hope and pray you're gonna burn, I * know* you will. Hell manifests differently for everyone who's in it, but given you have a Christian background if not actually Christian beliefs, I'd wager money (if I had any to spare) that you'll get the ol' fire and brimstone spa treatment.

              --
              I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
              • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 22 2018, @11:51PM (19 children)

                by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 22 2018, @11:51PM (#626342) Journal

                Six. Fucking. Years. Old.

                Well, don't feel like the Lonely Stranger. I was right there with you.

                No, we're not going to compare notes, and details. But, I was there. I'm a survivor, alright? I am no longer the victim - nor have I become the victimizer. Had we met in some other venue - I might be willing to talk more openly, but this is the wrong place for that shit. And, I'm not sure that I would want to talk to you very long anyway. You've said many things that suggest that you'd like to stick a knife where it hurts the most, then twist it. So, no, we ain't even going there.

                I could offer understanding, but you seem to hate all hetero white conservative type males. You want to blame me for that shit? Nahhhh - again, we ain't going there.

                Hell? That's almost-but-not-really-amusing. You're already there, and the longer you wallow in it, the more you assure yourself that you'll end up in hell in the afterlife. Maybe you should read Dante again . . .

                Personally, I no longer believe in any lake of fire. I'm not worried about it.

                Go listen to these funny looking kids a fews times. https://youtu.be/3Vm0BDTJAzs?t=164 [youtu.be]

                • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 23 2018, @03:21AM (18 children)

                  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 23 2018, @03:21AM (#626406) Journal

                  Dante wrote pornography, and I did not know the meaning of the word "pornography" before I read The Inferno...and, if it comes to that, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.

                  Thanks for confirming what I had suspected all along about you but had only about a 75% confidence in my assessment, too. I knew you'd spill it eventually. Everything you say and do tells me. You're the one who keeps pre-emptively accusing me of being "broken." You're the one who's in such a hurry to declare yourself "not a victim" and absolve yourself of being a "victimizer." You are very much still a victim, and you would love to be a victimizer, as evidenced by your politics and your position on other people.

                  Your "asocial" schtick isn't fooling anyone; you're messed up beyond belief, and instead of trying to at least kintsukuroi yourself back together like I did, you WALLOW in it. THAT is why I have no respect for you and would happily break your fragile psyche over my knee to prove a point: you have become what evil was done to you. I haven't.

                  And THAT is the essential difference between us. I will never, ever, become what you have.

                  --
                  I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 23 2018, @08:14AM (17 children)

                    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 23 2018, @08:14AM (#626452) Journal

                    Ho-hum. Same boring shit.

                    • (Score: 2, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday January 23 2018, @03:41PM (16 children)

                      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday January 23 2018, @03:41PM (#626581) Journal

                      When you reply with things like this, it becomes obvious you are both annoyed and frightened. And feeling weak, else you wouldn't have this compulsive need to get the last word in. Runaway, really, it doesn't take a licensed, degreed psychologist to figure out that something is wrong with you and to make a broad guess as to what it is.

                      --
                      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:16PM

                        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:16PM (#626678)

                        It oozes out with his military recollections, I'm guessing abuse in the military is much more widespread than people let on. I mean really, who wants to be the sodomized soldier? Better to keep the "shame" in :( It is no excuse for becoming an amoral dipshit that pushes regressive republican politics. Progressive if you're rich though!

                      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 23 2018, @10:54PM (14 children)

                        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 23 2018, @10:54PM (#626837) Journal

                        Uhhhh - yeah. This, in a day and age, when half the schoolkids in America are diagnosed with SOMETHING. You go ahead, and assemble some "dream team" of psychobabble creatures to analyze me. Doesn't much matter what they have to say, I'll be laughing at them. Do you have any idea how much harder I laugh at some amateur psychologist who makes her analysis based on posts to the internet?

                        Give it a break.

                        https://www.cdc.gov/childrensmentalhealth/data.html [cdc.gov]

                        Parent-reported information from the 2011-12 National Survey of Children’s Health showed that 1 out of 7 U.S. children aged 2 to 8 years had a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder (MBDD). Many family, community, and health-care factors were related to the children having MBDDs.

                                Children with the following characteristics were more likely to have a MBDD:
                                        Boys
                                        Children age 6 to 8 years
                                        Non-Hispanic white children
                                Children were more likely to have a MBDD if they were from
                                        poor families (those living at less than 100% of the federal poverty level) and
                                        families that spoke English in the home

                        If I really want to get serious about finding numbers, there are even more shocking numbers being thrown about. I remember reading that one in five adults are fucked up somehow.

                        First, the numbers are less than credible. Second - being abnormal appears to be normal. Third - who in the FUCK decided what "normal" even means? Fourth - you people who dabble in psychobble are probably the craziest people there are! Why should any of the rest of us listen to you?

                        Go ahead though - if being a part time amateur psychoanalyst amuses you, so be it.

                        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:47AM (13 children)

                          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:47AM (#626952) Journal

                          Runaway, you don't get it...I don't need to expose you or your problems. You do a fine job of that on your own. Your dumb ass has some kind of compulsion to keep posting even when it would do you much more good to just shut up and take your lumps, and it's gotten to the point that completely anonymous commentators are starting to remark on how messed-up you seem to be.

                          tl;dr: every time you post you reveal how screwed up you are.

                          --
                          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                          • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday January 24 2018, @08:07AM (12 children)

                            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 24 2018, @08:07AM (#627046) Journal

                            I'm a hetero white male - what is to expose? I'm exercising my privilege. You, on the other hand, don't get the same privileges that I do. Amirite?

                            • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 24 2018, @09:41PM (11 children)

                              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @09:41PM (#627401) Journal

                              Um, are you sure you haven't lost the thread here? That response was a complete non-sequitur. You're seriously starting to make me wonder if you have early-onset Alzheimers. I rather hope you do, as it would be some excuse for your complete lack of human decency.

                              --
                              I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                              • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:41PM (10 children)

                                by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:41PM (#627435) Journal

                                Nope, haven't lost the thread. I'm mocking you, and having fun. I kinda wish you were somewhere near, so that you could break me over your knee, LOL. Still waiting for you to put me in my place, like you did the carrion chicken guy, too.

                                Maybe I should mention that I have sisters, and female cousins, and second cousins, etc ad nauseum. I've played this stuid game with them, you see. You go ahead, post meaningless shit at me, make accusations, maybe cry and whimper a little for third party sympathy, on and on it goes - and I can feed it right back at you. Most guys will get sick of it, and allow you to have the last word - just walk away from some stupid argument, in disgust.

                                But, I can tolerate the smell of shit. You stir, and I'll stir, between us, we can raise a stink that very few others can bear to be near.

                                Your turn. Post some more meaningless bullshit about how fucked up I am in the mind, and that I'll roast in hell, and you're the only person here qualified to comment on abused children - there's so much more. Keep it rolling!!

                                Thread? There is no thread, because half of everything you post is absurd, and the rest is incredible. And, you can't figure out why you're labeled an SJW? You really need to read "SJW's Always Lie".

                                • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:56PM (9 children)

                                  by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:56PM (#627440) Journal

                                  Ye gods, I'm just going to stand back and let you continue wharrgarbl'ing yourself into a frenzy. You're insane.

                                  --
                                  I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                                  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday January 24 2018, @11:54PM (8 children)

                                    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 24 2018, @11:54PM (#627464) Journal

                                    At least I'm not suffering from insanity. It is kinda cute, how you prompt a reply - any reply - then promply moderate it as flamebait or whatever. But, you have previously posted that you pride yourself on downmodding people with whom you agree. (again, that comment was in reference to the carrion chicken) Obviously, you take things far more seriously than you ought to.

                                    As an aside - how sane do you think you are? And, how do you determine that your are fit to judge sanity? And, what if reality changes - will you still be fit to evaluate a person's sanity?

                                    And, lastly - would you mind posting your psychobabble degree from an accredited liberal arts institution? I feel that I have a right to know how qualified my online psychobabblist is to babble at me.

                                    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday January 25 2018, @03:26AM (5 children)

                                      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday January 25 2018, @03:26AM (#627531) Journal

                                      You missed the part where I said I'm not a degree'd or licensed psychologist, didn't you? If you believe my sheepskin I'm a geologist, not that I've touched a bloody rock since graduating the exact year the entire economy went to shit. I fix/build computers and sling Chinese food for a living...well, half a living each.

                                      You know, you're not fooling anyone with these attempts to deflect the attention off yourself. What you say, how you say it, and the fact that you KEEP REPLYING TO THESE POSTS is what's making you look bad on here, not anything I said or did :) And you, like Uzzard, don't seem to be smart enough or enough of an adult to figure this out.

                                      Do yourself a favor: make like an ABit Socket 754 mobo and stop posting.

                                      --
                                      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                                      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday January 25 2018, @07:17AM (4 children)

                                        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 25 2018, @07:17AM (#627582) Journal

                                        I missed nothing of the sort. You pretend to understand psychology, and you pretend to shoehorn people into your preconceived categories. What's the matter - when someone takes your own words, bends them out of shape, and posts them back at you, you don't like that? But - that's exactly what you do to people.

                                        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:40AM (3 children)

                                          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:40AM (#627600) Journal

                                          Oooookay, you've officially lost the thread. I'm sitting here watching you Taz-spin yourself into a self-righteous frenzy wondering when you're going to stop and listen to a word I've been saying. Not forecasting that for any time soon though. You really do not seem to understand that you are your own worst enemy...

                                          --
                                          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                                          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday January 25 2018, @11:07AM (2 children)

                                            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 25 2018, @11:07AM (#627635) Journal

                                            It's you who don't "get it". You talk nonsense, just like a sister, I stick my thumbs in my ears, waggle my fingers, and chant back the nonsense you've been spewing. Worked up? Maybe one of us is, but it isn't me. The question is, how long do you want to continue your silly shit?

                                            And, when was the last time you laid on the shrink's sofa,telling him/her about your various delusions?

                                            • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:09PM (1 child)

                                              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:09PM (#627830) Journal

                                              "I know you are but what am I" hasn't worked since second grade, Runaway. Do you really not understand the damage you're doing to yourself by continuing not only to reply to these posts but to do it in the most puerile, ineffective possible way?

                                              Don't get me wrong, I'm all for letting my enemies hang themselves, but this is starting to make me feel guilty. Just a little, though.

                                              --
                                              I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
                                              • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Thursday January 25 2018, @11:14PM

                                                by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday January 25 2018, @11:14PM (#627933) Journal

                                                Well, if it hasn't worked since second grade, why don't you act like a third grader at least?

                                                Don't worry about my self abuse, either. I haven't gone blind, and there is no hair growing on my palms. The priest lied to you!

                                    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:34AM (1 child)

                                      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:34AM (#627598)

                                      At least I'm not suffering from insanity.

                                      All the evidence, and the entire content of this seriously off-topic sub-thread, strongly suggests you are. Seek professional help. The VA should pay for it.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @04:09PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 21 2018, @04:09PM (#625681)

      Oh - if Wendy gets impatient, waiting for me to buy her a new phone, she just might go job hunting.

      No, welfare Wendy will convince her boyfriend crackhead Chuck to take your shiny new phone away from you by force.

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 21 2018, @04:38PM (2 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 21 2018, @04:38PM (#625690) Journal

        The joke is on them, then. I don't have a phone that anyone wants - just a stupid feature phone, without all the shiny that everyone likes. I do, however, have a 1911.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @10:29PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @10:29PM (#626807)

          Damn, you're older than I thought! And quite the innovator. Did you get the phone directly from Alexander Graham Bell?

          • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday January 23 2018, @11:00PM

            by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 23 2018, @11:00PM (#626841) Journal

            The quote at the bottom of the page says, "The bogosity meter just pegged." You must be bog?