Comments on: Skewering “Thrift Chic” http://www.whump.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whump.com%2FmoreLikeThis%2F2009%2F02%2F24%2Fskewering-thrift-chic%2F&seed_title=Skewering+%26%238220%3BThrift+Chic%26%238221%3B Where is their vote? Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shelley http://www.whump.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whump.com%2FmoreLikeThis%2F2009%2F02%2F24%2Fskewering-thrift-chic%2F&seed_title=Skewering+%26%238220%3BThrift+Chic%26%238221%3B/comment-page-1/#comment-13494 Shelley Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:07:10 +0000 http://www.whump.com/moreLikeThis/2009/02/24/skewering-thrift-chic/#comment-13494 PS Spansion is an example of the worst of the corporate mentality -- which is why we need to become less dependent on a**h**** employers like it. Sorry for your friends. PS Spansion is an example of the worst of the corporate mentality — which is why we need to become less dependent on a**h**** employers like it. Sorry for your friends.

]]> By: Shelley http://www.whump.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whump.com%2FmoreLikeThis%2F2009%2F02%2F24%2Fskewering-thrift-chic%2F&seed_title=Skewering+%26%238220%3BThrift+Chic%26%238221%3B/comment-page-1/#comment-13493 Shelley Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:05:12 +0000 http://www.whump.com/moreLikeThis/2009/02/24/skewering-thrift-chic/#comment-13493 Just starting Frugal Algorithm, and being unemployed and pretty much on the edge of losing everything, I don't agree with Levine -- or at least, I think she's conflating two different views of the same set of events.<br><br>No, unemployment, bankruptcy, foreclosure are not good. But becoming more self-sufficient, less dependent on the market, more environmentally aware, more _frugal_ isn't counter to the best interests of the global economy, either. Just starting Frugal Algorithm, and being unemployed and pretty much on the edge of losing everything, I don't agree with Levine — or at least, I think she's conflating two different views of the same set of events.

No, unemployment, bankruptcy, foreclosure are not good. But becoming more self-sufficient, less dependent on the market, more environmentally aware, more _frugal_ isn't counter to the best interests of the global economy, either.

]]> By: Joe D http://www.whump.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whump.com%2FmoreLikeThis%2F2009%2F02%2F24%2Fskewering-thrift-chic%2F&seed_title=Skewering+%26%238220%3BThrift+Chic%26%238221%3B/comment-page-1/#comment-13492 Joe D Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:37 +0000 http://www.whump.com/moreLikeThis/2009/02/24/skewering-thrift-chic/#comment-13492 This Spansion? <br><br><a href="http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/theticker/entries/2009/02/24/spansion_restores_executive_pa.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-g...</a><br><br>What a bunch of dicks. This Spansion?

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-g…

What a bunch of dicks.

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