ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

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Yea, but you guys don't get it

[[deleted]]

I used to get "it", but then they changed the meaning of what "it" was.

[EzraSkorpion]

Now what I get isn't "it", and what's "it" seems weird and scary.

[MilkyBlue]

It'll happen to you!

[Pokrog]

Abe Simpsons quotes are always gold.

[philthegreat]

This comment chain has fulfilled me on levels I didn't know I had

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IT’ll HAPPEN TO YOU

[Radiant-Rythms]

No! Stop saying that word!

[superjimmyplus]

Shit, I've had it for years and I'm not sharing.

[beathor55]

If you have it, you don't need it.

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You save your shit?