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[–] mindbleach 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Like it's a fucking choice.

Mate, the house burned down. You don't get to spin it better on sticktoitiveness. Shit's fucked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Taking a major loss on The Escapist allows Gamurs Group to take a major win on their balance sheet. I had to check to make sure Australia works the same way (edit: as the US for the whole corporate using losses to mask gains). Reporting the complete loss of The Escapist drops the tax burden, increasing total gains. Given that Gamurs was already forcing cuts, they had a plan for losing the entire operation. Unless all these people plan on not supporting a single Gamurs publication, they come out ahead.

Why am I wrong? How is the holding company going to be negatively affected? What am I missing? Or, on the other hand, is everyone missing that I’m talking about Gamurs Group which owns almost twenty different operations each with millions in revenue?

[–] mindbleach 1 points 11 months ago

How do you write this and not immediately wrap yourself in a black-and-red balaclava?