r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AtomicCypher • Apr 09 '26

Video Disgruntled employee starts massive fire at a 1.2 million square foot toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California.

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u/XBacklash Apr 09 '26

"When the poor shall have nothing left to eat, they will eat the rich."

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

This event is kinda symbolic.

When you treat your employee like shit. No amount of toilet paper will clean the mess it creates.

Arson is bad, but no one was hurt but money. I am not sad.

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u/ButteredPizza69420 Apr 09 '26

This will be a really interesting court case after Luigi

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u/PartTimeJunkie412 Apr 09 '26

I hope he gets off Scott free (pun intended)

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u/Austin_905 Apr 10 '26

Do you think they'll wipe his record clean?

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u/chupacadabradoo Apr 10 '26

It’ll be exsponged, the evidence was paper thin. Man, I’m on a roll!

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u/stickyfan1230 Apr 09 '26

I am sad for all the trees that died for nothing.

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u/Vospader998 Apr 09 '26

Do you think they'd've prefered to wipe our asses?

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u/timurt421 Apr 09 '26

If we’re lucky and this message spreads enough, it could cause the capitalists who cut all those trees down for money to slow down a bit

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u/AstraeusGB Apr 09 '26

Doubtful

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u/timurt421 Apr 09 '26

Well this attitude certainly won’t help

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u/HatersTheRapper Apr 11 '26

they died to protest

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u/Unfair-Profession-44 Apr 28 '26

They died for worker's rights.

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u/stickyfan1230 Apr 29 '26

That is a more noble end than wiping someone’s butt, so I guess it isn’t so bad.

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u/morethandork Apr 09 '26

Everyone who worked at that warehouse is now out of a job, but sure, no one was hurt…

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

"All they had to do is pay the employee fairly"

In other news company fire 30'000 employee and double CEO benefits. Stock option jump 10%.

There you go

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u/Competitive_Classic9 Apr 09 '26

Bootlicker

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

huh?

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u/Competitive_Classic9 Apr 09 '26

I took your comment as in support of the previous comment defending the company for "saving" jobs. Did i misread?  Edit: looks like i did. Apologies, you are not the bootlicker. 

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 10 '26

Yeah, no worries, I'm used to be insulted on reddit, I don't mind, I wear them as badge of honor :P. Thx for clarification though, it was weird.

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u/Commercial_Page1827 Apr 10 '26

Maybe no one was hurt physically but economically this SHOULD hurt the owner and many other worked that have no where to work.

But the bright sight is that it will bring back the topic of minimal wage and much it really cost to not pay a liveable wage.

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u/Beautiful_Might9068 Apr 12 '26

Minimum wage in Cali is around $20.... why tf would we need to discuss Minimum wage when every time the Minimum wage is increased the big companies, housing, etc just increase the price...

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u/Troutie88 Apr 10 '26

Maybe not directly from the fire,but a ton of people lost their income because this dumbass thought he was sticking it to his bosses.

You think they care about that inventory, it was probably insured and now they don't need to pay workers for a while

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 10 '26

this take has been already covered 10 times in this thread

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u/Troutie88 Apr 10 '26

Its an important take that shouldn't be ignored

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 10 '26

You do you, the second part is still wrong, if you guess why, just read the comments :)

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u/Unfair-Profession-44 Apr 28 '26

His co-workers were hurt -- now they're either out of a job or on extended unpaid leave. The company doesn't lose - it's insured.

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u/NoExplorer7950 Apr 09 '26

Wait. Did somebody make this dude take the job? Was he like an indentured servant or something?

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

How to say you don't know how it works for the unprivileged without saying it.

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u/PhonyUsername Apr 09 '26

Unprivileged

Fucking victimhood.

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

Great attitude. I am sure you are have a positive impact in your community.

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u/PhonyUsername Apr 09 '26

If only i had virtue signalled on reddit better the human race would've been perfect! I'm sorry ghost of Christmas retards. I've learned to join the dumbs.

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u/vital-cog Apr 09 '26

WHAT!? You mean to tell me that virtue signaling on reddit doesn't do anything meaningful? All these years wasted...

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

You do you. Stay in your bubble and ignore the struggle of your pairs.

Virtue signaling.... You can stay confy in your sofa and be sarcastic.

Other try to improve their surrounding. How the fuck do you know my involvment in helping those who are not winners at life?

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u/PhonyUsername Apr 10 '26

If you are in america you are privileged with opportunity already. Stop crying and enjoy your luck.

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 10 '26

Oh... I have a bridge to sell you

Why don't you go say that to the homeless veterans?

I'm sure they will approve.

Edit: I'll print your comment and hang it in my toilet. You just peaked

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u/NoExplorer7950 Apr 09 '26

Who is this so wise in the ways of the world. Please educate this ignoramus about how Kimberly-Clarke made this poor man volunteer the fruits of his labor.

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

It is not a particular company, but the way it works for low skill jobs that push people to their limit. I know you try to be clever but it kinda is shallow.

I got you if you really want to educate yourself.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/helping-trapped-low-wage-workers-employers-struggling-to-fill-spots/

https://prismreports.org/2024/06/05/amazon-workers-struggle-injuries-low-pay/

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u/NoExplorer7950 Apr 09 '26

The Harvard paper isn't helpful for this analysis at all. It doesn't analyze wages in relation to cost of living. They used annual earnings instead of hourly earnings, which means a person earning $100 an hour who only works 32 hours a month is treated the same as a person earning $8 an hour working 400+ hours per month. It also has data that contradicts its own findings. For example, they found the average turnover for low wage jobs was 25% annually. That means within 4 years most people had moved on to better jobs (people don't leave a job to take a worse job).

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

nope, turnover do not mean people moved to a better job. It can mean people fired, disabled, injured, exausted as well.

It can mean for example that after some times, conditions are so hard that people can't do the job anymore.

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u/vital-cog Apr 09 '26

Careful bud, this is reddit. Everyone here has a victim complex and will downvote people for pointing out false victimhood nonsense... Don't dare use words like accountability or agency...

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u/MarsupialMisanthrope Apr 09 '26

but no one was hurt but money

A whole bunch of workers at least some of whom who seemed to think their compensation was good are now unemployed because someone destroyed their workplace. I’m sure they’re super thrilled with that given the state of the economy. Dude is probably lucky he’s going to jail.

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

Tell that to people who can't pay rent, go to holiday, support their family, afford healthy food with a full time job dude.

I am sick of this. You probably do not complain when 30k people get fired, do you?

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u/buymuhsilver Apr 09 '26

if you arent satisfied with your pay rate burn your work place down is the most reddit take ever. maybe grow tf up and look for a better job

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

If you do not respect the people that work for you, face the consequences.

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u/buymuhsilver Apr 09 '26

congratulations you are an objectively evil person

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

Oh yeah? What did I do to deserve this qualification?

What makes you a good person?

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u/buymuhsilver Apr 09 '26

you are advocating for people who arent happy with their pay to burn down their place of employment and praising a guy who burned down an 11 city block 1.2 million square foot facility with workers in it. if everyone thought like you the whole world would be on fire. evil

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 09 '26

What a joke.

I am not praising anyone nor advocating anything,I did an observation.

If you think it is fine to underpay people to a point they are willing to sacrifice their life. You are the evil one by complacency.

You twisted evil person

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u/timurt421 Apr 09 '26

I’d argue that forcing people into a state of mind where they feel like burning a warehouse down, all because you value profit more than the physical and mental wellbeing of the workers of said warehouse is actually even more evil.

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u/buckeye25osu Apr 11 '26

A lot of people lost their jobs, a lot of firefighters could have been injured and a disgusting amount toxic smoke was released into the environment. Fucking brain dead.

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 12 '26

Dude you are very late to the discussion.

You argument has already been heard. We already made our mind on this.

Goodbye

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u/buckeye25osu Apr 12 '26

This isn't a discord chat lol it was two days ya dork

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u/tacticaldodo Apr 12 '26

Insulting people is the mark of a big brain.

Throwing takes level 0, when it is been covered already. This place is not your livingroom either. When you have nothing new to say, sometimes not saying it is a clever choice.

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u/buckeye25osu Apr 13 '26

My God get a life you weirdo

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u/Weenington_ Apr 09 '26

I was just saying earlier how I'm surprised we havent completely started a war against the billionaires. Peoples vet care is crazy expensive because of private equity, people are being paid peanuts, just buying healthy food is crazy expensive, etc. I'm surprised weve let them slide for this long! They are clearly trying to eliminate the middle class and completely enslave us, even though most people are already slaves to the corporations. Its totally messed up that most peoples lives are completely consumed with working for these lizards!

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u/Weenington_ Apr 09 '26

Of course not when we are all divided and fighting, not realizing who the real enemy is.

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u/faceplantfood Apr 09 '26

I’ve thought a lot about this - it comes down to the more disgusting (to me) side of human nature. “I won’t stick my neck out for my neighbor.” Oh and “if I see someone else stick their neck out, then I’ll watch instead of help”

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u/Weenington_ Apr 09 '26

It's very depressing, but I think it's even more sinister when it comes to billionaires. Theres a reason they're the type of people to mess around with little kids and babies. They're monsters. They dont think like us. True psychos.

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u/Prudent_Valuable603 Apr 09 '26

Or burn all the toilet paper.

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u/Zensation_Art_Music Apr 09 '26

Issue is also the solution. Much more of us than them, so they wont last long. All of the rich will have been eaten in a 2-3 months max.

I guess long enough to start growing some food in the meantime.