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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by kevingadd on Friday April 24, 2020 @04:17PM (#22972464)
Unpaid time off is forcing low-income workers to show up unless they want to starve.
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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by bl0b on Friday April 24, 2020 @04:50PM (#22972775)
Not having enough money to survive isn't a made up thing. However you want to define it, people need to make ends meet including right now.
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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by jshevek on Friday April 24, 2020 @05:37PM (#22973171)
>Not having enough money to survive isn't a made up thing.

No one has suggested that anything here is a 'made up thing', are you creating strawmen?

>However you want to define it, people need to make ends meet including right now.

I'm interested in understanding what the GP's point was. I don't get to definitely choose arbitrary definitions and interpretations for them. The dictionary and accepted usage offers a range of interpretations.

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Re:Amazon asks workers sheltering at home to return or reque... by bl0b on Friday April 24, 2020 @07:45PM (#22974182)
Apologies.. your comment sure read a lot like 'if starve really means eat less, maybe they should just suck it up and eat less.' I though it was obvious that GP's usage of the word 'starve' wasn't to be taken literally.
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