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Re war with China chat from yesterday - my wife's grandma lived through WW2 and likes to tell stories, like - Everything up to and including gasoline rationed - People were asked to take the bumpers off their cars and send them in so the government could strip the chrome off them for war use - No new cars to buy for five or six years, at all - Wanna buy fresh vegetables? Tough poo poo, go grow them in your back yard The modern American middle class has no life besides consumption, if a new Ram 1500 Classic Warlock Edition truck isn't available for them to buy every year we will see open revolt. None of the poo poo you need to do to win a war is even remotely plausible in the US anymore.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:04
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We asked Americans to stay indoors and not go to restaurants or shop for six weeks and they had a fuckin' conniption fit and accepted over a million deaths as an acceptable price to pay for treats, we ain't ever winning a war again. lol
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Mar 23, 2023 15:05
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Give me Applebee's or give me death.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:06
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BoE says inflation is high, but over. https://twitter.com/FirstSquawk/status/1638903788323889152?t=h4C9wC_rITNPKD8uvSzRuQ&s=19 Housing market is hot! https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1638904747863465991?t=6bdVyH_4pbMJneoAJcsiSw&s=19
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Mar 23, 2023 15:07
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:We asked Americans to stay indoors and not go to restaurants or shop for six weeks and they had a fuckin' conniption fit. A helpful goon found some quotes from previous pandemics, and it's always been this way, HTH
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Mar 23, 2023 15:09
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Iron Crowned posted:A helpful goon found some quotes from previous pandemics, and it's always been this way, HTH The government power that was in place in the past to enforce the rules and set a common course has been thoroughly gutted. HTH
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Mar 23, 2023 15:10
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V. Illych L. posted:don't ask me why, but elevator techs in general seem to be ridiculously well organised. this is the case at least in norway, denmark and france and now it seems to also be true in the US. i have literally no idea why this would be the case, though. So why'd they go from a guy in a spiffy red coat who knew how to fix it on site to having to call some blue collar millionaire whose three hours away? I guess maybe they stopped breaking as much. Anyways in my insane pipe dream the on-site elevator tech is making the same as the doctor and the life guard. $55 K.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:12
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US government vaccinated people for small pox at gunpoint.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:12
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V. Illych L. posted:don't ask me why, but elevator techs in general seem to be ridiculously well organised. this is the case at least in norway, denmark and france and now it seems to also be true in the US. i have literally no idea why this would be the case, though. Elevator techs have a job that has incredible, incredible potential for danger, that is wedged against clueless 0 danger job people whose fight or flight response has been deeply rewired to see lost time as an existential threat If they weren't unionized they'd be too susceptible to pressure from clients and would have way too many accidents One of the most horrifying things I've ever seen on the internet was a video of a cruise ship elevator tech getting crushed to death; you couldn't pay me enough to do that job in a place where some middle manager rear end in a top hat could undo your lockout and turn on the crusher. gently caress that.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:20
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MonsieurChoc posted:Remember the last ten years and america not being able to build anything and everything's falling apart? Sure the US can beat China. Obviously the grift and rot hasn't touched the mic and our near trillion dollar defense budget has been very wisely used on men and materials, not lining lockmarts or EBs pockets.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:23
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it's me, the littoral combat ship class that's dissolving because they were built without sacrificial anodes
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Mar 23, 2023 15:26
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Mr Hootington posted:Housing market is hot! just a few more 50% raises and I'll be in a home by my mid forties
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Mar 23, 2023 15:26
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:it's me, the littoral combat ship class that's dissolving because they were built without sacrificial anodes lmfao wait really
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Mar 23, 2023 15:27
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Cuttlefush posted:lmfao wait really Builder Blames Navy as Brand-New Warship Disintegrates quote:The afflicted vessel is USS Independence, the second in the sailing branch's fleet of fast, reconfigurable Littoral Combat Ships. Eventually, these ships are supposed to be the workhorses" of tomorrow's Navy.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:34
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I've been seeing news coverage for years that the Navy has cut back to skeleton crews all around, newer ships are designed for smaller crews, and there's just not enough sailors around anymore to maintain them. It's weird that we keep buying these ships and making contractors rich instead of keeping more sailors around, building expertise and maintaining things. https://gcaptain.com/us-navy-released-worst-rust-photo-to-date/ 
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Mar 23, 2023 15:36
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:there's like three guys doing actual work in this country and everyone else is just sending each other emails lol teachers nurses and moms are all doing work
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Mar 23, 2023 15:37
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euphronius posted:teachers nurses and moms are all doing work thank you for taking my post literally you moron
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Mar 23, 2023 15:38
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Here's more for people who don't click https://twitter.com/manimota/status/1131343812025081856
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Mar 23, 2023 15:38
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Twerk from Home posted:It's weird that we keep buying these ships and making contractors rich instead of keeping more sailors around, building expertise and maintaining things. FF has posted about this a lot but neoliberalism is fundamentally incompatible with the concept of a military as a long-term institution that you're supposed to keep running in decent shape for many years even if you never "use" it
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Mar 23, 2023 15:40
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median house being 440k does not seem good
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Mar 23, 2023 15:41
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just change the us flag colors to orange white and blue, and we can say the ships are flying a patriotic color
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Mar 23, 2023 15:43
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the great brown stars and stripes
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Mar 23, 2023 15:44
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alarumklok posted:the great brown stars and stripes 
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Mar 23, 2023 15:47
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Twerk from Home posted:Here's more for people who don't click lol our tools for force projection are rotting in full view of the world. that rules so much
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Mar 23, 2023 15:49
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euphronius posted:median house being 440k does not seem good median family income $67,521 HUD affordability guidelines are no more than 3x gross yearly income
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Mar 23, 2023 15:50
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Corn Pop still hasn't forgiven my student loans.
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Mar 23, 2023 15:53
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https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1638906077919191041 lmao
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Mar 23, 2023 15:54
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Lololol
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Mar 23, 2023 15:58
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Nice and hot piss posted:Corn Pop still hasn't forgiven my student loans. he has forgotten about them though
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Mar 23, 2023 15:58
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galvanic corrosion had been a solved problem since the 17th century at the minimum and the navy hosed it up
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Mar 23, 2023 16:03
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War and Pieces posted:How many public pools & beaches are without lifeguards these days? The lake near my last place has no lifeguards and they ripped out the old lifeguard towers last time they remodeled the park. No less than 3 people drown in that lake every summer.
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Mar 23, 2023 16:06
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just make him say "funds are safe" itll give it away instantly
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Mar 23, 2023 16:15
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I decided to fact check this whole "food inflation" media conspiracy by looking at a Mint account I hadn't logged into in a while. We're actually spending roughly the same amount we did on food per month as we did in 2018. So ha! Of course, we used to go to nice restaurants and get drinks and appetizers and poo poo once a week. Now we order takeout twice a week at cheaper places like Vietnamese or Peruvian chicken. We used to buy lunch at the office every day. We've been WFH shut-ins since COVID started. Used to do more frozen meals and whatnot. Now we buy and cook food in bulk. Still spending the same money though!
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Mar 23, 2023 16:18
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We were out and about yesterday and got two chicken sandwich combos at Wendy's because we were in a hurry. It was $22 and change. At that price I just don't bother with fast food at all
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Mar 23, 2023 16:23
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:We were out and about yesterday and got two chicken sandwich combos at Wendy's because we were in a hurry. It was $22 and change. At that price I just don't bother with fast food at all I've said it a few times, but the last time I got Wendy's, sometime in February, it was $12, and it made me remember how I was thinking $8 was too much six weeks earlier in December.
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Mar 23, 2023 16:26
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jumping on the wendy's is too expensive train
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Mar 23, 2023 16:31
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Mr Hootington posted:The tech layoffs should have started to show up, but they aren't lol employers that do real things are still woefully understaffed. there are plenty of jobs that suck because they are physically unpleasant and or physically hard. the pay is a mixed bag.
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Mar 23, 2023 16:33
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Frosted Flake posted:I don't know, I hate them, I don't know why people have them. Because it essentially reduces the price of everything by 2-5%
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Mar 23, 2023 16:35
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Frosted Flake posted:My wife makes a point to do it. I never understood it because credit card debt makes me sick to my stomach so I never use mine. She checks her credit rating a few times a week and makes sure to never carry a balance of more than 33% or something, but also makes sure to use her card often for things like packs of gum so she can pay it off at the end of the month. most of (non-anglo) europe doesn't bother with credit cards, just debit cards credit cards have higher fees (which powers the cashback shite obviously) so nobody really wants to accept them here (because then they would have higher fees) the whole USA point-maxxing thing seems so stupid, you get "free money" but obviously its not actually free
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Mar 23, 2023 16:36
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:median family income $67,521 those affordability guidelines are just as relevant as the disability jobs like egg picker and dowel rod inspector
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