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  8. Disney wokeness

    in Current Events

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    2 hours ago, Carborendum said:

    Not to rain on anyone's parade, but..

    1) Yes, they've lost a lot of money and market cap.
    2) It doesn't matter because they now have an excuse to simply get rid of "dead weight" (read: conservative executives and employees).

    They'll still survive (either by refocusing on things only liberals will love) or by being bought out by other companies who will have a "little" better social track record that will lure conservatives back in. If we run forward 20 paces, get pushed back 15.  Rinse-repeat.  Over time, the enemy never realizes how much ground they've lost.

    If you only market to liberals, you'll still have a customer base of 150 million people in the US alone.  That is enough to be quite successful in business.  This is why boycotts don't really matter.  The fact that Bud Light has only lost about 25% of sales means that 75% of the population doesn't care -- or they agree with Bud.  The 25% have spoken.  We're done.

    The bus boycott worked because they had nearly 100% participation from Black passengers.  Today, we seem to have 50% participation from conservatives and zero participation from liberals, with some liberals buying Bud to support them even when they never drank Bud before.

    The way I see it....any dent is a good dent.

  9. Book of Mormon Reading Group?

    in LDS Gospel Discussion

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    8 hours ago, Jamie123 said:

    If by "investigating" you mean meeting with missionaries and attending LDS services, then no. I have gone through all of that, but about 30 years ago. For a long time I've thought I had good reasons to think the Church is not true, but my interactions with LDS have (nearly) always been so positive that its not easy to walk away completely.

    Its come home to me recently that there's a lot I still don't really understand, and even if I'm going to stay a nonmember, it wouldn't hurt to read the entire BoM. Also this past year has been so horrible and i think a new project like this will help me focus again. I love everyone here on this forum, which is why I've been in-and-out of it for so long. And I'm really thankful to everyone who's joining me for this exercise.

     

    Well we love having you on the forums as well.  Thanks for suggesting this.  It is a great suggestion.

     

  20. Updated CES Standards

    in LDS Gospel Discussion

    Posted

    On 8/24/2023 at 5:23 PM, JohnsonJones said:

    Does this cover BYU as well, or just CES?

    Differences if it covers BYU would be that it does not dictate that shorts need to be at least knee length for starters.  It gives suggestions on clothing, but not a mandatory length of sleeves or shirts. 

    The most widely known university that is part of the Church Educational System (CES) that has adopted the honor code is Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah.

    BYU is part of the CES program.

  22. Disney wokeness

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    5 hours ago, zil2 said:

    Person probably assumed outsider would know Salt Lake but not Holladay, so they kept it simple and said "Salt Lake".  I've done that just so I don't have to explain where my little part of Salt Lake County is.  But I definitely do not consider myself to live in (or even that close to) Salt Lake City.

    I used to do the same when I lived in Sandy.