Chas Emerick on Nostr: throughout the layoffs over the last ~9 months, all the business and finance types ...

throughout the layoffs over the last ~9 months, all the business and finance types are making sure to establish deep, intense eye contact while drowning the baby in front of us

in prior cycles, there was at least a macro downturn to provide a cover of plausibility that cuts were actually necessary. This time around, everyone is perfectly happy lying through their teeth about recessions, all while growth continues and profits explode