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A quarter-century ago, there were 56 teenagers in the labor force for every "limited service" restaurant — that is, the kind where you order at the counter.
Today, there are fewer than half as many, which is a reflection both of teenagers' decreasing work force participation and of the explosive growth in restaurants.
But in an industry where cheap labor is an essential component in providing inexpensive food, a shortage of workers is changing the equation upon which fast-food places have long relied. This can be seen in rising wages, in a growth of incentives, and in the sometimes odd situations that business owners find themselves in.
Too many restaurants, not enough teens to work in them.
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A Fast-Food Problem: Where Have All the Teenagers Gone?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @06:00PM (2 children)
Incels started out as an internet-woe-is-me-group. Those are a dime a dozen and should not be taken seriously. Third Wave Feminism turned it into a euphemism for homosexual men.
I have met men who struggled mightily with "getting laid" until they realized that what women want is not what Third Wave Feminism says they want. (Third Wave Feminism has a warped perspective that demonstrably does not resonate with heterosexual women--demonstrated in part by the number of white women who voted for Trump, demonstrated in another part by the number of women who want to be housewives instead of career women, und so weiter. Don't shoot the messenger here, folks. But the neoliberals will shoot the messenger and continue on with their heads in the sand.)
I have never once met a bona fide incel. I've met some guys with children who made me scratch my head in disbelief that they aren't incels. Real incels? Nope. It's reactionary, homophobic propaganda from Third Wave Feminism.
Of course, you're also a reactionary, so it makes sense you'd buy into it. TRWTF is that the Democratic Party thinks it can save its relevancy by out-reactionary-ing reactionaries and out-McCarthy-ing the party of McCarthy. (See the "Red to Blue" strategy and the "CIA Democrats.")
Well, I should ask. Would you ever become a feminist or vote D team if they were reactionary enough?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @06:56PM (1 child)
"Straight" incels are real. At least, I see one in the mirror everyday.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @08:33PM
Incel is not a new fangled concept. We used to call them ugly fucks and social retards. We would talk about how they couldn't get screwed at a convention of Jewish insurance salesmen. They couldn't get a French whore to open her legs with a wheel of cheese.
Thing is, women are just as desperate to get laid as men. I've seen some fugly guys with a woman in tow. Makes me realize, there's someone for everyone, no matter if their face looks like a foot. Maybe your standards are too high. Remember, women all look the same in the dark.