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lmao nooner rides a bike what a poor oval office, has it got a little floral basket at the front? i'll gently caress you up. in my car. at pace. what i'm trying to say is i like your bike and i'll be taking it from you through sheer force.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 07:31 |
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Robbie Fowler posted:lmao nooner rides a bike what a poor oval office, has it got a little floral basket at the front? i'll gently caress you up. well, poo poo. franco was right about something after all.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 07:49 |
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theyre expensive and smell of licorice and dust
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 07:51 |
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I can't wait until Amazon Prime sells weed
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 07:52 |
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Local restaurants are the only "local" thing that are good. Any other "local" business might as well be called the "No, we don't have that in stock. We can bring it in for you, in 14 to 16 weeks." store.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 09:42 |
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i needed a 32mm socket for my car, the local hardware store said no, grainger said sure pay up front with a purchase order (???) and wait 7-10 business days. amazon prime undercut them by $3 and had it to my door in 48h sorry guys the time of yall being subsidized to roleplay shopkeep is over
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 10:01 |
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Local restaurants are the only "local" thing that are good. It's like you've been with me literally every time I've shopped local.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 11:54 |
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the "town square" in Bentonville, AR the Station Cafe, as of November 2015, still serves "Freedom Fries", hand to god
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 11:57 |
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I don't want Fop goddammit! https://youtu.be/YZ4z0QhD92Y
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 12:00 |
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King of Bees posted:I don't want Fop goddammit! that man really knows his pomades
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 22:18 |
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OctaviusBeaver posted:Local businesses are expensive and suck. Also my job isn't tied to the local economy so I hope this city tanks and I can buy a cheap house in Neodetroit. Death to local businesses. Neodetroit? Why would you live there haven't you seen RoboCop?
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 22:24 |
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Local one and two horse taquerias are legit better in every way than taco cabana or w/e. Living in a place with em is the next best thing to having your own abuelita.
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 22:32 |
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Nooner posted:lol people live in Detroit. sometimes i stop and think about this (many times while watching the sunset) and I just have to laugh like just leave goddamn what are you still there for the community?
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# ? Oct 20, 2016 22:47 |
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Moridin920 posted:sometimes i stop and think about this (many times while watching the sunset) and I just have to laugh I know you may need to use your imagination for this, but some people have these things called emotional attachments.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 17:25 |
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satanic splash-back posted:I know you may need to use your imagination for this, but some people have these things called emotional attachments. yea but i mean emancipate yourselves from mental slavery and gtfo of dodge
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 17:26 |
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some local businesses are good and are run by good people who do a better job than a large chain ever could a lot of local businesses are run by idiot morons though and thats when you go to a chain with policies and procedures to prevent moronism from surfacing to the customer
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 18:55 |
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When you shop local you are stealing from corporate ceos. Think about the guy who might not be able to gold foil his coffered ceiling because you decided to be a total rear end in a top hat.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:00 |
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I'm going to buy a bunch of clothes from my local online bespoke suit shop H&M.
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:03 |
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between walmart and amazon the american entrepreneur has been assblasted lately the dude a few office buildings down was telling me he uses Amazon fulfillment for his product and was super happy about it because it sold like gangbusters... until recently he told me they found his supplier in China or where-ever it is manufactured and sent him a letter basically saying 'thanks but we're no longer selling your stuff on our site' and cut his account off and now they're just selling essentially a knocked off version of his product direct lmao that's some gabagool right there
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:04 |
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Moridin920 posted:between walmart and amazon the american entrepreneur has been assblasted lately
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:08 |
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http://qz.com/771727/chinas-factori...to-get-over-it/
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:09 |
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The problem beyond being willing to pay the extra quarter is that supporting local business is almost impossible to do due to, and I know I am a broken record: post industrial capitalism. Sometimes I shop at the oldest and only remaining family owned grocery store in my town. Every ingredient the bakery makes comes from bags that come from the same corporations that sell the same bags of ingredients at Walmart or Target. Most of the poo poo they sell nowadays is the exact same product I would buy at a big corporate franchise. So what's the loving difference? My groceries cost 28 dollars instead of 22, 6 of it gets divided between the store owner and his three employees, the other 22 still goes to a company that had the products made overseas, then the guys at the top put it in a bank off shore or in Switzerland. If nobody locally works with their hands to get those carrots in and out of the ground, if they're not growing the trees to fell them to make your cabinet, what's the loving difference between Milton's Woodworks and Ikea? I feel good because my cousin held the screwdriver that put my desk together instead of someone's cousin slightly further away! What a loving revolution. We've saved the town! Hey Billy, you got any eggplant thawed out? No? Well how about those fries. Piled high. Everyone thought Doobie was some unique joke we made, but isn't he really just a more retarded example of the future of local business unveiled?
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:12 |
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i love when articles say things like this quote:Moving the world’s manufacturing center to China makes the latter hurdles nearly disappear. Factories are set up in makeshift buildings. Cheap labor is abundant. Sourcing components is easy because of online marketplaces like Alibaba. As a result, smart ideas that are easy to turn into physical products become commoditized quickly like they are good completely unironically i don't see why "it's too hard to enforce" gets the be the card China hides behind forever meanwhile i'm getting harassed for downloading a movie
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# ? Oct 21, 2016 19:15 |
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Moridin920 posted:i love when articles say things like this "Sure, Child slaves in Africa are forced to work in the worst conditions in the world, but don't you want cheap diamonds!?" "Yes, I know the diamonds aren't any cheaper, but think of the poor stockholders profit margins!"
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