tragedy

going out of business after being established 140 years ago and they’re calling that failure. some people just can’t pat themselves on the back huh
- To be fair, they probably inherited the place and got to be the lucky person it closed down under, which probably doesn't feel great.
  At least, it'd raise some eyebrows if its had the same owner since 1883.
  
  Too many raised eyebrows, they were forced to shutdown.
  
  You’re saying theres not some 160-year-old running the place?
  
  I ran a DnD campaign where an important shop was under the same owner for over 1000 years, a friendly copper dragon shapeshifted into a halfling, who discovered trading with adventurers was the best way to amass a hoard, they would go all over the world finding interesting things that they have no idea of the true value of, could you believe they'd trade this neat spider statuette that may or may not be mildly cursed for a boring old ring of protection because it "has no practical use" and it "makes them dream of the whisperings of elder gods"?
  
  Never knew Richard Alpert had a side hustle.
  
  Inherit a business that been successful for over a hundred years, and be the one to fuck it up so badly they have to close it down? Maybe they should feel bad.
  I have no sympathy for anyone inheriting entire businesses.
- Just a pet peeve of mine, it's like complaining the Jedi couldn't stop Palpatine and that means they're all idiots with a silly religion or something.
  They were the guardians of a multispecies Republic for ten THOUSAND years, and they curb stomped the Sith Empire everytime it tried to start shit. They clearly knew what they were doing.
  What was the alternative? Seizing direct control of the government? Executing every Senator that looked a little corrupt?
  Palatine played a game they couldn't counter without destroying themselves in the process. Sometimes you just lose...
  
  Sometimes you can make all the right decisions and still lose. That's not called failure, that's called life.
  Captain Picard
  
  was it 10 thousand years now? in the movies they alternate between saying "a thousand years" or "a thousand generations." i mean, either way i think your point stands, but still
  
  There's nothing silly about a religion that can give you the powers of a ninja wizard.
  
  But the Jedi did fail under Yoda & Windu – that's kind of the point of the trilogy, they became too arrogant in their peace.

There was a furniture store a couple of blocks away from a place where we used to rent an apartment. We lived there for 8 years and a going out of business sign was up the entire time.
- I don’t think i have ever seen a furniture store without a liquidation sale sign
  
  I genuinely fucking hate “local” furniture stores. That industry seems slimier than car sales honestly. Sell dog shit quality products for hundreds to thousands of dollars and then are allowed to act like they are going out of business constantly. There are always furniture stores around me having “liquidation sales” and “going out of business sales” and literally none of them have ever gone out of business. If anything, they usually raise their prices before their next sale.
  
  Maybe they sell water beds
  
  Same, in multiple states.
- It's like all the "we're hiring" signs in every window
  
  Taco Bell down the road from me has had their large sign out front saying "now hiring closers" for going on 4+ years now. Of course they haven't considered treating employees well and paying them fairly, yet. Prices went up though! Also this is in a very large city with no shortage of people who need work.
- It's literally their main sales tactic 😂
- comes 2078, business closes, new sign: we told you
- A rug shop near me spent from before 1990 though to 2010 "closing down" then they suprised everyone by closing down. They moved to a cheaper shopping centre, and have been operating there ever since
  The same 80% discount they had always advertised was in action during the lead up to their move, and continues today
  
  Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium?
- Reminds me of that store in Men in Black 3 called Always Going out of Business
  
  Or the Zohan’s store of a very similar name

I wouldn't call that failure. That's a pretty good run.
- Exactly, the average company lasts around 15 to 20 years. Even very big companies are hovering at around 25 (with a tendency to go down).
  
  Yeah, they really did have a good run worthy of being proud of. I think a lot of people subconsciously think the businesses they see every day will be around forever, forgetting that nothing lasts forever. Least of all an entity whose driving goal is just to make money by any means possible for an aimless mob of shareholders headed by sociopathic elites. Any means possible isn't how you build the foundation of something that lasts decades or longer like this business.
  What's really funny to me is how the same people who scream about survival of the fittest in capitalism are the first to approve of corporate bailouts. I'm starting to call it corporate socialism to see if it makes them hate bailouts due to the dreaded "s" word.
- This isn't Hades...

To be honest I really just don't think there's a place for Doctor Jack Phillip's Wooden Dentures in this world anymore. Shame to see them close down.

Sometimes it's a little more complicated than failing to adapt.
Sometimes there are challenges that happen that small business owners just can't overcome. Things like the price of the rent for the commercial space that goes up 200% because it became a prime location. People stop shopping at a small shop because the prices are a bit higher than mega stores like Walmart who can afford to have smaller profits on sales due to the amount they sell or even Amazon.
Next thing you know, these small shops that support your local neighborhood and pay the local taxes disappear and the big mega corporations, who are registered in tax havens and pay minimum taxes, take their place because they can afford it.
- It makes for a great movie though.
  Did someone yell Brinkley?

Image Transcription:
A green corner window with yellow signs posted in them.
The sign on the left reads "Established in 1883", where 1883 is in a rough, red 15-pointed star shape. A bold line separates it from the text underneath that reads "Going out of Business Forever!"
The sign in the right window reads "We Tried & We Failed"
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- Good human
  
  Thank you, fellow human 🤖

remember your oath to increase shareholder value at all cost. silly business
- Snark aside, this definitely looks like a smaller business, something like a pub. This is probably more of a covid casualty.
  
  furniture stores are notorious for GooB sales

I guess there's no "too old to fail".
- Tell that to Kongō Gumi. They had been in business for about 1400 years...
  
  Survivorship bias. Most companies don't get to 1400...

Now now, people should know better than to get sentimental about corporations. Redirect that energy to people, not companies.

Has anyone ever told you, you're a real FUCKER?
- yep👍

I'm sure the local Super Wal-Mart is very nice.

That’s capitalism, baby! Thanks for playing!

Had a furniture store back where I come from that just kept running the going out of business sale until they made a law about it. After a whole scandal about providing alcohol for his son's underage drinking party the guy leased the building to a indoor flea market for a while and then eventually turned it back into a furniture store and even has the balls to put his name back on the sign. Bought a mattress from him not too long ago, pretty fucking good mattress actually, especially for the price.
- What a rollercoaster
  
  Omaha is a weird city.

It should say, "We failed to adapt"
- Probably more accurately, "we failed to compete with a billionaire backed business who exploits their workers".
  
  Small businesses generally pay less and in my experience are worse to their workers. Some of the biggest piece of garbage slave drivers I've ever seen have been small businesses owners.
  It doesn't matter if the business is big or small. The bourgeoisie all have the same interests and act accordingly.
- "We failed to send enough cocaine money to our representatives"
- Or “The market has decided” 🤣
- Making a lot of negative assumptions towards the business owner there

- Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
  The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
- Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
  The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
- Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
  The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
- Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
  The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
- Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
  The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any