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  • I was lazy and asked gemini to do this.

    Here are the key points of the article in bullet points:

    • Bowlero, a private equity-backed bowling company, has been rapidly expanding by acquiring existing bowling centers.

    • Bowlero’s focus is on entertainment rather than bowling, with features like loud music, expensive cocktails, and video games.

    • Serious bowlers complain that Bowlero centers are poorly maintained and have raised prices significantly.

    • Bowlero has faced accusations of ageist and racist hiring practices, with a federal investigation currently underway.

    • Bowlero’s stock price has been boosted by investment personality Jim Cramer, but some analysts believe the company is overvalued.

    • Independent bowling centers are worried that Bowlero’s expansion will threaten their existence.

    • Professional bowler Parker Bohn III criticizes Bowlero for not caring about the sport of bowling.











  • Fern@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldI'm deaf
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    The high-pitched sound of the rubbery air filled ball’s sudden contact reverberates off the gym’s echoey walls, followed quickly by the “Ohhhh!” Of your colleagues. The trauma of this is not something you can process in this moment, and it will continue to be that way. But you’ll have plenty of time to do so as it’s being carved into your memory by the sudden twinge of seething pain on your nose and forehead, which is somehow intensified by the extreme embarrassment. The stunned look on your face can only last a moment before you hear your gym teacher shout, “You’re out! To the side!”