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[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 135 points 4 months ago

In case you weren't aware of JPMorgan Chase's history and their involvement in making World History.

[-] someacnt_@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

JPMorgan out of all banks posting that, Jesus

[-] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 111 points 4 months ago

Wait, did Chase actually say that? I thought it was a parody. Holy shit.

[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 77 points 4 months ago
[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago
[-] TheMinions@lemmy.world 85 points 4 months ago

You can click on a snopes link.

Tap for spoilerBut yes.

[-] IHeartBadCode@kbin.run 30 points 4 months ago

Yes friend. They totally went down that road.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm reading (well, listening) to a book called "Trust me, I'm Lying" about the modern news cycle, and how lies and intentional outrage at lower levels (blogs and social media) get funneled up to traditional-media, and how that is driven by people like the author.

I wouldn't be surprised if causing outrage and later deleting the tweet and following up with a half-hearted non-apology was the intent all along.

Really great book, IMO. Same guy (Ryan Holiday) had a book about the conspiracy behind the Hulk Hogan sex tape ("Conspiracy") that was also real good.

[-] LadyMeow 9 points 4 months ago

I…..dont believe it. Theres no way, right?

[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Check my comment below.

[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 92 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

2019, back in #avocadotoast days. When apparently we wasted our money on extravagances like "not the cheapest fruit/vegetables". Which wasn't even the case. We literally didn't even do that, we 100% had to eat the cheapest fruit/vegetable, if we were lucky enough that any fruit or vegetable met our budget. They were so out of touch that even their attempt to find a minor extravangance they thought we could afford to waste money on but shouldn't, was inaccessible.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 53 points 4 months ago

What’s bizarre about the avocado toast thing is avocados were 2-4/$1 or a whole whopping $.79 ea then.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

Not that it makes it a better argument, but the meme was that millennials were going out to restaurants for an 11$ latte and 15$ avocado toast instead of staying home for breakfast. The whole point, to them, was that coffee and avocado toast had some of the cheapest ingredients you could ever ask for.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

I severely doubt a lot of the dumbass boomers thought it through well enough to claim that.

[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

That's the whole thing, they don't think for themselves, they watch whatever current angry yelling guy on tv is popular at the time so they know what they are supposed to be angry and yelling about, and who they are supposed to call sheep.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 91 points 4 months ago

So follow my logic here, as it's rather complicated. If I eat the food in the fridge, there will be no more food in the fridge.

Anyway been poor has nothing to do with me spending money and everything to do with me not getting enough money. Rich people spend much more money than I do and yet they're fine, so clearly the spending of the money isn't actually the problem.

[-] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago

Rich people spend much more money than I do and yet they're fine, so clearly the spending of the money isn't actually the problem.

I'm going to go ahead and appropriate that for liberal use. "Used liberally", that is, not "used for Liberal politics".

[-] umbraroze@lemmy.world 79 points 4 months ago

eat the food that's already in the fridge

That is such a perfect crystalline out-of-touch rich-person take that it has to be a bait. Right? ...Right?

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

Don't your servants fill your fridge with tasty home cooked meals that never run out???

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[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 77 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Their response:

“Our #MondayMotivation is to get better at #MondayMotivation tweets. Thanks for the feedback Twitter world.”

So… they’re essentially just saying that they promise to make better tweets to remedy the situation.

#doingtheirpart

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 50 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They're saying that they feel bad that they didn't pull off the "cool, hip young attitude" that their test markets, data-points, cited studies and weeks of brainstorming sessions predicted, so now they're going to shift around leadership in the marketing teams and try to approach their social media presence from a different angle, one that appears respectful of modern social issues but also not afraid to throw out some media-safe zingers from time to time! Additionally, a newer model of AI to help reply to questions will surely connect with the people who are all so amazed by AI technology.

That sense you get reading this, that overwhelming desire to find something tall to hurl yourself off of... that's the reason we haven't done anything about climate change. We are answering the call of the void because we know deep inside there's no hope.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

But they will never admit that making "humorous" and "irreverent" tweets are not something people actually want to read from a fucking bank.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The point is they don't even think this way to begin with. They don't think in terms of "human connecting with other humans" they are looking at us like a liquid. A set of probabilities and factors and challenges to extract as much money from as possible via literally ANY kind of psychological manipulation they can legally employ... and it's not like there's any laws about "not coercing or manipulating customers" so there's almost no limit to what companies can get away with. We only really notice it when it falls flat like this, but the more successful marketing campaigns are far more subtle and effective, and you will have your free-will compromised without realizing it.

Source: worked in marketing for a few years, felt the soul being extracted from my body every day I worked there.

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[-] Soup@lemmy.cafe 9 points 4 months ago

Brilliantly put. Thank you for this.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 59 points 4 months ago

billionaires tell common people to not have coffee

[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 30 points 4 months ago

Come on now, they said you can have some at home. Now go and retreat into the tiny box that you pay half your salary on and enjoy your life peasant.

[-] k0mprssd@lemmy.zip 43 points 4 months ago

worst bank ive ever had the displeasure of using, they'd take a $12 "service fee" out of my account that I was using for savings for not having direct deposit set up for it, while I was struggling financially. way to kick someone while they're down.

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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago

Credit union gang where you at?

[-] czardestructo@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Or small regional banks! They called me once when I wrote a huge check for a contractor but forgot to move the money, nice lady at the bank said I had enough money it just wasn't in the right account and the check is going to bounce, she inquired if I wanted to move the funds so the check would clear. Yes please! Closed all my other bank accounts with other banks and never looked back.

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I deadass watched a regional bank get bought out by chase. Went from 4.8 to 3.0 stars overnight.

Removed the teller desk a year later so it basically became a building sized ATM.

Thankfully there's another regional bank that refuses to be bought out the same way, and also a larger credit union that has a branch in the area.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I have only not gone with a credit union for a year of my adult life. I'm 47 now. It was a big fucking mistake too. Never again.

So many extra and unreasonable charges.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

In navy boot camp they require you to open a new bank account with your choice of either the Navy Federal Credit Union, or some other banking institution. You can tell which one I went with, since I can't remember the name of the bank that they offered. They do this to ensure that young sailors are paid into an account no one else has access to. Far too many veterans got out expecting four or more years worth of pay to be waiting in an account, only to find their parents spent it all.

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[-] Lightrider@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago
[-] apocalypticat@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Also capitalists: Why are millennials killing the restaurant industry?

[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

corporate twitter accounts suck ass

[-] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

I know quite a couple of people making about 150k+/year and they live paycheck to paycheck. They spend money like it's nothing and can't save any money. This one person had to move back in with their parents after they lost their job after 10 years. They were making at least 150k/year for ten years and had no savings. They didn't even have any debt. They just spent every dollar they made. There are a lot of people like that and I would imagine the tweet is referring to those personality types. Like I know this one guy that took an Uber just to go 2 blocks.

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[-] Drusas@kbin.run 11 points 4 months ago

aboringdystopia

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Chase has apparently never read the famous work of literature, "Old Mother Hubbard." But then it may be too difficult for them.

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[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Okay, but outside the context, this is good advice.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
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[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

So across all consumers and small businesses, Chase has 86 million customers. If the CEO distributed all his pay, everyone gets $0.14. That's not going to solve anyone being poor, and not going to help you if you have shitty spending habits.

For all the shitty things banks do, knocking them for actually advocating someone good for once seems counter-productive.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 52 points 4 months ago

It’s not about giving away money. It’s about an entity that grossly mishandled money on a large scale having the audacity to give advice to others on handling money.

Worse, they’re giving micromanagement level advice regarding the money involved with a cup of coffee.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago

I assume you read about 15% of the response before deciding to push your glasses up on your nose and "Um, akshually".

It was about more than just CEO pay.

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[-] Guntrigger@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 months ago

Give that man $31 million dollars, he's doling out free life pro tips with his global economy crashes.

[-] Ioughttamow@kbin.run 13 points 4 months ago

It should be equitably, not evenly

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I just looked it up because they make all of these things public as they should. The CEO of my credit union gets $688,676 a year and the credit union treats me a whole hell of a lot better than what I hear from Chase customers. You know what my overdraft protection costs? Nothing, because they just had me keep a small amount of money in my savings account to cover it.

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