We’re so old we remember the heady days when we were having a good laugh at the #SlatePitches hashtag, seeing as the website would publish just about anything.
But things have gotten serious, with the union representing writers and editors at Slate voting overwhelmingly in favor of a strike as the union works to negotiate a new contract with management. (By all means, the writer who took a dump on George H.W. Bush’s service dog for guarding his master’s casket deserves way more money.)
In any case, you can’t a strike without a good chant, and The Morning Spew is here to help:
Ok. #SlateStrikeChants https://t.co/utk0Vx0x3c
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) December 11, 2018
Jon Gabriel was on a roll.
Hey hey! Ho ho!
Pop-up ads have got to go!#SlateStrikeChants— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 11, 2018
We're all on strike, drinking kombucha,
No more Ruth Graham mocking Hanukkah!#SlateStrikeChants— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 11, 2018
Take back the streets, contract is screwy
Who can live without Jamelle Bouie?#SlateStrikeChants— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 11, 2018
Slate dot com, you better spare the expense
Or you won't get answers from Dear Prudence#SlateStrikeChants— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 11, 2018
Hey, hey! Ho, ho!
Where you gonna get a thinkpiece on problematic mistletoe?#SlateStrikeChants— jon gabriel (@exjon) December 11, 2018
More paid vacay
Flex-time and free coffee
Or else you don't get no
Emily Yoffe#SlateStrikeChants— Non-Toxic Avenger?? (@Bugs_Meany) December 11, 2018
Where you gonna find
Left wing think pieces
And bits on smoking doobies
With Zach Galifianakis?
#SlateStrikeChants— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) December 11, 2018
Slate! Slate!
You served up your own plate!
You hired Marxists, so a strike
was always in your fate!#SlateStrikeChants— Papa Possum (@papapossum) December 11, 2018
Hey Hey, Ho Ho, we want more of other people's dough.#SlateStrikeChants
— Plastic Straw Cartel Chief (@rcjparry) December 11, 2018
Management stop being so mean,
Pay us more, or we wipe the Slate clean.#SlateStrikeChants— KnoxvegasMike (@mlittle101) December 11, 2018
Hey, that’s pretty good.
What do want?
Juice bars!!!
When do we want it?
Tomorrow would be good!!!! #SlateStrikeChants— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) December 11, 2018
pay all of us a living wage
so we can share our impotent rage— von Scrappy (@red1969usmc) December 11, 2018
Hey, ho! Hey, hoy!
No dog's a good boy!#SlateStrikeChants— Dave (@rageofmage67) December 11, 2018
Whadda we want?
Intersectional, socially just compensation that recognizes all identity groups in a sustainable climate friendly way at no cost to us.
When do we want it?
With our lattes#SlateStrikeChants
— Plastic Straw Cartel Chief (@rcjparry) December 11, 2018
this is what Capitalism looks like
this is what Capitalism looks like— von Scrappy (@red1969usmc) December 11, 2018
#SlateStrikeChants Hey, hey! We shout! Who'll notice when we walk out?
— Merry G-mas (@TCC_Grouchy) December 11, 2018
No clickbait, no peace!#SlateStrikeChants
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) December 11, 2018
Hey, fam! Hey, gang!
Have you been blocked by Jenny Zhang?#SlateStrikeChants pic.twitter.com/ZrCUfYawRW— Dave (@rageofmage67) December 11, 2018
She does not like me
Here or there
She does not like me
Anywhere.
Yes I was blocked by Jenny Zhang
Because to her
I bring the pain— Merry G-mas (@TCC_Grouchy) December 11, 2018
#SlateStrikeChants
What do we want?
FREE SHIT!
When do we want it?
Stop oppressing me!— Lizzy Lou Who?☃️ (@_wintergirl93) December 11, 2018
"We write for Slate, now pay us more for our clickbait." #SlateStrikeChants
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) December 11, 2018
WE HATE SULLY, WE HATE THE RIGHT, WE RAN OUT OF STUPID THINGS TO WRITE! #SlateStrikeChants
— Murphy's Law (@frum_reaganite) December 11, 2018
#SlateStrikeChants
I won't read them in a hymnal
I won't read them virtue signal
I will not read them here or there
I will not read them anywhere
I do not like to read that Slate
Because all they do is stir up hate— Merry G-mas (@TCC_Grouchy) December 11, 2018
WE MAY WRITE NONSENSE, BUT WE WANT A FEE, FOR OUR INTER-SECTION-ALITY! #SlateStrikeChants
— Murphy's Law (@frum_reaganite) December 11, 2018
Hey Hey, Ho Ho
Who knew Slate had writers? #SlateStrikeChants— AH Nastyface (@AhNastyface) December 11, 2018
“Alexa, give me the worst possible take on service dogs.”
SLATE UNION: NO Union!
SLATE EMPS: NO Slate!SLATE UNION: No Slate!
EVERYONE ELSE: THAT'D BE GREAT!— von Scrappy (@red1969usmc) December 11, 2018
"And here we are with writers from Salon who have gone on strike…"
No, no. It's SLATE.
"…..in order to protest low pay."#SlateStrikeChants
— Federalist Musket?? (@Patriot_Musket) December 11, 2018
Related:
Hypocrite managers at Slate prove they're only against 'right-to-work' laws for the clicks https://t.co/uda6x4dDuI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 11, 2018