Welcome to The Electric Current Rundown podcast episode number 79.

And I’m your host Phil Defiance, and I’ll always say I’m here to encourage a spread of intriguing knowledge that could spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

And what I’m going to be talking about in this episode includes a continuation of where I left off on the topic of why layoffs do not work.

And I’m going to talk about is just bizarre how liberals of different stripes want to paint conservatives like they’re terrorists or even crazies.

And then I’m going to talk about a pizza topping that divides the world.

So to continue on where I left off on the topic of why layoffs do not work.

And I mean, it’s actually a mixed bag, which I was alluding to in the last episode.

I mean, it’s kind of funny because for one, I mean, when companies do layoffs, the statistics show that it affects morale in the organizations.

Like I mean, employees that get fired.

Well, I mean, on a moral topic, I mean, it can trigger suicides and extreme depression and serious conditions amongst those individuals.

But then on a capitalist perspective, I mean, for the employees that remain in the company, they have added workloads and that makes their job a lot more stressful.

Then when it comes to the company itself, I mean, after that happens, things end up happening like the company ends up having to not just retrain and spend extra money on getting the employees that they kept to do extra work.

They have to like train them on how to do that extra work and then it creates more stress in the organization because if those remaining employees are not exactly doing all the extra work, then the management might have like problems with that and then next thing you know, some of those employees get fired too because they’re not doing what the company now wants them to do or the employees end up quitting and they may not even quit immediately.

Maybe they can actually handle the added workload for a while, but maybe a year later or a couple years later, they end up quitting due to the fact that they felt like they were misused.

I mean, treated badly with the added work without extra pay.

Then again, also, there’s like longer term aspects, like maybe three, four years down the line.

It just makes psychological sense.

I mean, the article I read was alluding to this, but to put in just like general terms, some of those employees might be more inclined to leave the company because I mean, they may feel like, why should I trust this company?

Why should I stay with them?

I mean, I’ve seen them lay off people.

Like, I don’t feel very secure here as a career, so that when they finally get like a better job opportunity, they’ll be quicker to leave the company.

Then there’s another aspect.

I mean, when the economy gets better, or the company starts making more money, then suddenly they’re hiring again.

And then when they’re interviewing applicants, some of these people might actually do research into the company and find out that they’ve had a history of layoffs, and then they start scratching their head, like comparing their options with the different companies that they’re looking at joining.

And when they look at this company and they think like, oh, this company had layoffs like a few times, then they compare to another company that they’re looking at, and they’re like, oh, this company, they really do layoffs that much.

Well, who do you think that employee is going to go with?

They’re going to be like, no, no, you know what?

I might have a job offer from these guys, but these other guys don’t do layoffs like that.

So, of course, I mean, that’s more attractive for potential staff, for new employees.

So, it really damages a company’s reputation.

And so, I mean, those kinds of factors just show you why layoffs can actually be negative to a company.

And it just like beats the old logic where people think like, oh, I mean, especially people that run companies or do investments, like they think, oh, if a company does layoffs, that’s better for the bottom line.

And actually, that’s not fully true because of situations like what I was just alluding to.

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But either way, okay, now I’m just finishing off on this topic of why layoffs do not work.

But that’s not the whole story either.

Like what I said so far, I mean, sometimes actually companies like over hire and like, I mean, they just got a way too big of a staff or like, I mean, their employees are just not performing where they should be.

And it’s also in connection to having way too big of a staff.

So I mean, in situations like that, actually layoffs do actually help a company.

So I mean, there’s exceptions like that.

So I mean, those types of situations when layoffs are things that happen to such companies, like they actually end up having a positive effect on the company.

But that’s more of a rare thing.

I mean, it’s actually funny because, like I said, I mean, people expect like when layoffs happen, it’s actually good for a company.

But actually, it’s actually kind of not true at all.

The bigger picture shows that that’s not true.

Due to the situations that I just pointed out, it’s actually intriguing just thinking about all that because it kind of defies logic because you would think, oh, you cut costs, then you end up making more money.

But because of the things that I just said, it just shows you that that’s not entirely true.

But sometimes, I mean, a company has to do layoffs because, I mean, they just can’t afford it, especially during recessions.

I mean, recessions are different stories.

It’s like, I mean, there’s just not enough money going around in the economy, and companies literally have to do layoffs.

So, I mean, in recessions, it’s a different story.

But otherwise, I mean, if a company is doing layoffs outside of recessions, then it’s usually a bad thing in general.

And they also indicate bad management on the top in general.

And usually, a lot of companies that do layoffs, they end up going bankrupt one day or going into worse situations, like falling off slowly but surely.

This is just what statistics show.

And that’s just like the crazy situation involved with that.

It’s just funny, though.

It’s actually really funny if you think about it at all, from every perspective that I’d set.

But okay, now I’m just going to switch topics.

And on this topic I’m going to talk about, it’s just bizarre how liberals of different stripes want to paint conservatives like they’re terrorists or even like crazies.

So, I mean, that’s a matter of fact.

I mean, think about this.

It’s pretty obvious that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump by Joe Biden and his Democrat Party.

And think about that.

I mean, okay, there was January 6th.

You know, there was a kind of a riot, you could call it.

But were there any explosions?

Was there a lot of death or just like fires and things like that?

No, not really.

It was, I mean, it was mostly a po-

literally a peaceful protest.

I mean, think of that.

And then the Democrats try to paint that like as if it was like a major crime, an assault on the US Capitol.

And they even tried to jail those people for like years in jail.

Like it’s insane.

And like, in connection to that, Joe Biden, like while he was president around like 2023 or 2022, he even did a serious speech in front of like a blood red, like atmosphere around the US Capitol.

And he was like trying to say that MAGA Republicans are basically terrorists.

And you know what MAGA Republicans are, make America great again.

And I mean, he was talking about that in connection to the January 6th situation.

And I mean, it’s insane that they were trying to hold those people in jail for like years, like without trial.

And it’s insane too.

Like, I mean, there’s so many different angles too.

I mean, think about it even to today, like when it comes to them, I mean, Trump trying to like deport illegal aliens and the Supreme Court’s trying to say, oh, well, you’re supposed to give trial to them.

Well, what about the January 6th people?

They barely even had trials.

Some of them didn’t even have trials.

It was like a blanket, like jail time for them.

And I mean, that’s completely unfair.

The Supreme Court should have said no to that too, huh?

What happened with that?

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Yeah, it’s like insane though.

Like they literally are trying to say that Republicans and conservatives are crazy terrorists.

Like, I mean, January 6th was not a serious riot.

There was no burning down of buildings or anything like that.

And think about that, too.

Like in in Trump’s last term in 2020, I mean, 2016 to 2020, there were riots during COVID.

Like they called them peaceful protests.

That was the Democrats right there.

I mean, and the media was saying that they were mostly peaceful protests.

Really, were they really mostly peaceful?

Buildings were burning, explosions were happening, people were dying, and they were calling that mostly peaceful.

I mean, sure, there were, there was a justification for those protests.

I understand that.

But at the same time, I mean, this is the same media that was telling everyone else to stay at home, stay in place for the lockdown, the COVID lockdown and all that situation.

But at the same time, they were saying that these riots are okay, which made no sense at all.

But they were also saying that these riots were mostly peaceful.

And then this same media is literally saying that January 6th was not peaceful.

Oh, really?

Where were the burning buildings?

Huh?

Doesn’t make any sense.

So if you want to call Republicans and Conservatives as like crazy terrorists, then what about the Democrats that burnt down buildings during those riots during Trump’s first term?

Um, I mean, that was extreme violence, and they call that mostly peaceful.

That’s insane.

The media is a bunch of corrupt liars.

That’s like, that’s it.

They’re, I mean, the Democrats, they’re the ones that are terrorists.

They’re the ones that are burning buildings down and blowing things up.

And that was during Trump’s first term.

And then here we are in Trump’s second term.

And then, oh, people are mad at Elon Musk, like with the situation with Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency.

And what’s happening now?

History is repeating itself.

And this is similar to the Nixon days.

Back then, the same thing happened too.

This is crazy.

The Democrat Party is a bunch of terrorists.

Liberals are terrorists.

That’s what it really is.

Not conservatives, not Republicans.

We do not burn buildings down.

We do not blow things up.

We don’t kill people.

We’re not the terrorists.

It’s the Democrats, it’s the liberals that are terrorists.

They’re the ones burning things down.

They’re the ones blowing things up, even killing people.

That’s the truth.

And it’s extreme hypocrisy and extreme lies when they try to say that Republicans are the ones that are terrorists.

My, I mean, that’s just BS.

That’s not true at all.

This is extreme lies.

I mean, they’re trying to politically manipulate people.

It’s just extreme lies what they’re doing.

I mean, we, us Republicans and conservatives, we don’t blow things up.

It’s a matter of fact.

It’s the liberals that do that.

The Tesla dealerships, the cars going on fire, the vandalism, the damage, all this.

That’s happening today and happened during Trump’s first term.

Also even happened during Nixon’s days.

And I mean, there was like minor things that were happening under George W.

Bush even, but those were minor in comparison.

So there was a multi-decade pause on that.

Sure, I mean, but now like people are hating Trump like never before.

Like, I mean, there was a lot of hate for Bush too.

I mean, that’s funny too.

The media repeats itself.

They always have a thing against conservatives or Republicans.

And I could talk about that in another episode.

But the point is that like, I mean, it’s insanity because it’s really the Democrats and liberals are the terrorists.

If you want to call somebody a terrorist, then it’s the Democrats and liberals are terrorists.

They’re the ones that are burning things down.

Not us Republicans and conservatives.

No, we’re not burning nothing down.

We’re not terrorists.

And it’s completely unfair to call us that.

If you want to call somebody a terrorist, call the real ones that are acting like terrorists.

Terrorists.

That’s the Democrats and liberals.

Just think about that.

And you know it’s true.

But okay, so now I’m going to switch topics to this last topic.

As I finish off this episode, and I’m going to talk about a pizza topic that divides the world.

And that’s Hawaiian pizza.

I mean, people call it Hawaiian.

Also, sometimes they call it other names.

But like Hawaiian is the most common name.

And it’s actually an interesting story because a lot of people think like, I mean, some people think that Hawaiian actually comes from Hawaii.

And I bet you a lot of Hawaiians laugh at that because they know that it’s not true.

Actually, where does it really date back to?

Well, actually, that’s funny too, because I’m here in Toronto, in Ontario, the province of Ontario in Canada.

And yeah, that’s where it comes from.

Not Hawaii.

It actually dates back to the 1970s.

It was a Greek guy that decided to open up his own pizza restaurant.

And he decided to look at different options.

And he like discovered, hey, this actually might be a pretty cool type of pizza, ham and pineapples.

And he thought to himself like, you know, well, I mean, why not call it Hawaiian?

Because a lot of people associate pineapples with Hawaii.

So it makes a lot of sense, right?

So that’s what he did.

He called it the Hawaiian pizza.

And I mean, he came up with the idea because he was looking at like Chinese restaurants and like, I mean, like how they do like sweet and sour.

And he just like said, hey, why not do it on a pizza?

And he decided, oh, my sweet and sour approaches ham and pineapple on that cheese.

But then again, there’s a lot of people that are divided on it.

I mean, some people love Hawaiian pizzas.

Other people hate Hawaiian pizzas.

Like they’re like, eww, ham and cheese.

Why would you do that?

I mean, okay, yeah, that’s your choice.

But there’s actual reasons for that.

I mean, there’s been research into that.

It’s actually funny because some people, I mean, it actually goes to genes because some people actually just don’t like sweet stuff or they don’t like sweet and sour being mixed together because different cultures, different genetics like enable situations where people just like that kind of thing and then certain other people just don’t like that kind of thing.

It just like is about genetics, like it is connected to taste buds and stomachs like things like that, even like brains, like people like psychology, like they just don’t like it.

I mean, it’s all connected to genes.

Research has been showing that and you can look into that if you want to, but that’s a matter of fact.

And regardless, other interesting things about pineapples and even ham, but mainly pineapples on a pizza or pineapples in general is like, they did research into pineapples and like, I mean, it depends on the cooking temperature, because if you do it at like, lower cooking temperatures, then the pineapple ends up releasing like, more of a sour type of flavor.

It like, kind of damages its sweet substance.

But then once you go even higher in temperature, you end up making it even more sweeter than ever before, kind of like a caramelization of the pineapple flavor.

So that’s actually what happens.

And so like, I mean, if you think about that, it also depends on the pizza shop you go to, or maybe frozen pizza, things like that, because if it’s frozen, you’re, I mean, odds are you’re not going to cook it as high of a temperature as a pizza shop would do it.

So I mean, your pineapple pizza will not taste as, I mean, tastes the same as pineapple or Hawaiian pizza from a pizza store.

But then again, I mean, different pizza stores might cook it a little differently.

They may use different temperatures, slightly different recipes, variations on the recipe.

So like those types of things also influence people’s perspectives on the Hawaiian type of pizza.

So I mean, I guess it boils down to that too.

I mean, if all you do is like you eat frozen pizza and you don’t go to pizza stores, then odds are you probably won’t like Hawaiian pizza because, I mean, when you cook it, it’s not that high of a temperature, unless if maybe you like the sour kind of flavor from that kind of temperature situation when it comes to a Hawaiian pizza with a pineapple.

Some people might actually prefer it that way, you know.

So it depends on the person too, personal preferences and genes, like I mentioned.

But like, I mean, it also depends on the pizza store you go to because different places might be cooking it at different temperatures or even using slightly different recipes involved in the equation.

Maybe more pineapples, maybe less pineapples, maybe more ham, maybe less ham, situations like that.

So, I mean, if you are a fan of Hawaiian pizza yourself personally, maybe you should go around and test out different shops, like to see which one you like the most because of situations like that.

And if you end up doing that, maybe you’re going to be like, oh, that was Phil Defiance that inspired me to do that.

Because like I tried that out and I ended up realizing that it was this store that has the best pineapple pizza.

So try it out.

Maybe you’re going to love the idea and then you’re going to be like, wow, that was beautiful.

That Phil Defiance ended up giving me that inspiration.

But either way, okay, so that’s the end of this episode.

Episode number 79 of The Electric Current Rundown with me, your host, Phil Defiance.

And I always say that I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that could spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

And till next time, have a good one!