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The last comic series I truly enjoyed was the Busiek/Perez run on Avengers in the late 90s.  I barely stayed with a couple comics here and there after that, although the 2nd JLA incarnation with Brad Meltzer and the brilliant Dwayne McDuffie (RIP) writing alongside Ed Benes art was decent.  After that and Civil War, I've left behind all current comics.  I still buy Graphic Novels for story arcs of comics in the 70's through 90's though.

Reverse those for me.  I was surprised that Dark Phoenix wasn't too bad...better than Last Stand and the first two Wolverine movies.  Suicide Squad was poorly edited dreck.  Amanda Waller and some of the minor squad members were decently treated but Will Smith was being Will Smith (again) and that was...not...Harley Quinn.  And again...wow...that was some poor editing.

Stolen for the Book of Face (with your permission).

Umm, shouldn't we properly modulate the inverse tachyon field generator before reinitializing the seventh fetzer valve?

Apropos of this conversation (which I did NOT mean to start):
 

The last comic series I truly enjoyed was the Busiek/Perez run on Avengers in the late 90s.  I barely stayed with a couple comics here and there after that, although the 2nd JLA incarnation with Brad Meltzer and the brilliant Dwayne McDuffie (RIP) writing alongside Ed Benes art was decent.  After that and Civil War, I've left behind all current comics.  I still buy Graphic Novels for story arcs of comics in the 70's through 90's though.

The Road is a better love story than Twilight. 

WALL-E.
 
Still a better love story than Twilight.

If you sit in a bean bag chair after 50 you may be stuck there forever.

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The last comic series I truly enjoyed was the Busiek/Perez run on Avengers in the late 90s.  I barely stayed with a couple comics here and there after that, although the 2nd JLA incarnation with Brad Meltzer and the brilliant Dwayne McDuffie (RIP) writing alongside Ed Benes art was decent.  After that and Civil War, I've left behind all current comics.  I still buy Graphic Novels for story arcs of comics in the 70's through 90's though.

*tugs at collar*
 
Is it getting hot in here?

What's the difference between a golf ball and a car?
 
Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball 350 yards with no problems.

Also, Cap's shield could totally beat-up Batman's utility belt in a fight. 

Did you know most people don't know the opposites to these words?
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Congrats, you just got Rick-rolled.

A less abrupt change allows more time to figure out how to reduce workers required (like, say, those ordering kiosks at McDonalds replacing humans at the register), assess new operating hours, etc.  It does not change the reality that higher wage costs will incent the business to reduce the hours offered to workers due to the increased cost of workers.  If the price of bread increased by 50%, with no change in any product not using bread, would you keep buying the same amount of bread, or find other things to eat?
 
Let's start at the bottom, with a minimum wage worker earning $10/hour, and he gets bumped to $15.  As the shift supervisor, are you prepared to keep working for $15 an hour?  You probably weren't making $15 before, but are you OK making the same as the brand-new hire?  I will say likely not.  So what does the store manager, presently making $20 an hour, think when we bump the shift supervisor up to $20 an hour?  Isn't she worth more than the shift supervisor?  It all clanks along up the chain.  The only real question is balance of power between employer and employee ("are you going to find a better paying job elsewhere?"; "maybe I can find an easier job that pays the same - why should I put up with the stress?")
 
I didn't spend years and thousands of dollars on post-secondary education and professional development to earn the same as someone who invested nothing.
 
 
How small?  Many businesses rely on labour, or other inputs priced including a labour component.  Bob's Burgers and McDonalds have pretty similar economics to deal with.
 
Rotten Ronnie has deeper pockets, though.  He can wait it out, keeping prices steady or even having a reduction, until Bob packs it in, or the bank closes him down.  Then, with reduced competition, Ronnie can raise prices and refill his pockets for the next round.  He's hoping you pop that minimum wage up again if he gets any real competitors back in the market!
 
 
That "normalization" simply becomes the balance between the employees (more per hour means less hours, less bonuses, less benefits, etc.), the customers (more costs means higher prices) and the business owner (whatever cannot be passed on must be absorbed).  Numerous economic studies show, for example, that corporations don't ultimately pay taxes.  They raise prices and pass the extra tax burden on to the consumer.  I've heard arguments all my life against smoking, for exercise and suggesting I not touch the stove when it is hot.  A lot of arguments we hear a lot stick around because they are based on fact.

"We're gonna need a bigger Bond."

I have received my first dose of the vaccine.

No. THIS is a grate sword!

Was she a sidekick or a nuisance?