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glowing-fish posted:Like conservative anti-globalists don't really have an alternative to their current lifestyle, and as much as some of them are "preppers", that seems mostly a hobby where they buy expensive hardware. They are just assuming that corrupt politicians have made bad deals, and if globalism is crushed, all the factories will come back to the USA with $30 an hour union jobs with full benefits, and no other effect on prices or the economy.
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Baronjutter posted:What are rents like in a typical mall? I've noticed that the prices of small shops in my (expensive) area are roughly half that of a ground floor studio apartment. Makes me think....
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learnincurve posted:I give the amount of money I would have spent on Christmas cards to the donkey sanctuary, it’s a thing we do in the uk and it’s where the donkey sanctuary gets 99% of it’s donations from. Poor sods get worked near enough to death giving rides to children on our beaches so it’s a collective guilt thing. Aren't donkey sanctuaries notorious for overfundraising due to the sheer cuteness of the donkeys?
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Making a special trip to a toy store doesn't make sense in modern parenting. If the kids want something specific, order it online. If you just want to reward them by saying they can pick something out, the supermarket has toys. Why would you subject yourself to a big box store full of toys and the inevitable tantrums? RIP Toys'r'Us.
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FCKGW posted:The Sears I went in to a few weeks ago (which is one of the ones closing) had half their tool section dedicated to riding lawnmowers in an area of the country where lots don't exceed 10,000 sq. ft. K-Mart in Manhattan has a garden department. Most people in Manhattan have a balcony at best, and if they are rich enough to have a real yard, it is teeny-tiny and a landscaping firm deals with it. Next to the garden department is row upon row of cheap junk food, still in health-obsessed Manhattan. If you ever feel overwhelmed by city life, go to the K-Mart in Astor Place for 50,000 sq feet of beautiful solitude in one of the most expensive areas of real estate in the world.
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Jan 5, 2018 19:48
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Oh yes, rich foreign tourists most certainly visit Manhattan in order to shop at K-Mart. And I imagine any Wall Street analysts who venture into the empty caverns are more likely to wonder when the lease is up than to invest in the company.
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Jan 5, 2018 21:37
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Sundae posted:I went into a Sears at my local mall over the weekend. The register line in the Men's department had a wall of 36-packs of bottled water, five or six baskets of $1.00 women's thongs, and where candy or gift cards would be on the racks they instead had roach killer, bed bug/flea bombs, rat glue traps, and draino for sale. What more would a man need?
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Jan 8, 2018 22:40
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Magius1337est posted:so barnes and noble is going the way of gamestop now? With digital distribution/amazon killing sales it seems they've also gone into selling funko pops and board games and stuff. While being able to play board games with a starbucks in the same building would be nice I don't know why people wouldn't just buy the specialty items online. My local B&N seems to be about 50% kids books and toys right now, and most customers seem to be under 10.
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Jan 9, 2018 19:20
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PT6A posted:I predict a bunch of people will buy a whole bunch of poo poo they don't need at the Go store, trying to figure out ways to successfully shoplift from the Great Algorithm. I predict the stores will be hard to maintain, and people will be often shoplifting by accident due to broken cameras and wifi issues.
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Jan 25, 2018 21:04
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Baronjutter posted:gently caress em, make that poo poo illegal. Make them pay for "on call" time and they will soon stop doing it, except for highly paid people like your techie friend.
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Jan 26, 2018 21:51
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withak posted:I don't think the inventor of the store is reading this thread. Who knows? This place is full of Silicon Valley tech nerds.
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Jan 28, 2018 03:21
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cstine posted:AmazonCare Prime: for $2999 a year you can see a doctor in only two days. Uh... that would actually be much better than the current system.
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Jan 31, 2018 03:15
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BrandorKP posted:Used clothing (after being run through a shredder) get used as rags in industrial space and sold in bulk. Clothing that makes it through the shedder whole often gets resold / worn over seas after being picked from the bulk rag bundles. Or why is that chinese man wearing a Childern's show X tshirt? No, they actually just sell bundles of old clothes in third world markets. No need for it to "escape the shredder."
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It would be a very underconfident burglar that needed to "case the joint" every morning at the same time for a year.
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I went to a job interview in Minneapolis and got there early like the night before, so thought I'd check in on my 90's kid nostalgia and see MoA. It has NOT aged well. They sound like assholes. "Only people hip enough to check out the craft beer scene are cool enough to work here!"
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Apr 12, 2018 16:09
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MiddleOne posted:There's also the fact that Mcdonalds has pretty strict location requirements for its franchises while Subways entire model was letting you set-up literally anywhere. Subways also don't have much equipment required - they don't do the frying and grilling that McD's does. Just toasting and sandwich assembly. A lot easier to train people to do.
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Apr 27, 2018 15:19
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mandatory lesbian posted:I too don't understand why people who dont play sports watch sports, or people who don't write read books, or people who have never touched a camera watch movies or people who can't draw look at art Playing sport *is* better than watching sports. I don't really like either, but at least actually playing sports gets your blood pumping. Watching other people get fit is about as much point as watching someone else eat a salad.
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Jul 8, 2018 22:45
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Lambert posted:Pretty sure watching boxing is better than actually boxing. Hmm, yes. Boring vs brain damage. TV wins.
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Jul 8, 2018 22:50
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Paradoxish posted:This is a super weird interpretation of watching sports. Nobody playing professional sports is "getting fit" as a result of anything that you're watching, unless for some reason you're watching a ton of training. Hell, most professional athletes only need to be in good shape in really odd and hyper specific ways that are meaningless or even counterproductive for everyday health. People watch sports to watch the game, which is exactly why esports has taken off disturbingly quickly. Sports and esports are basically interchangeable when it comes down to the reasons that people actually watch them. It reminds me of that weird genre of kid YouTube videos which is basically just kids playing with toys. Instead of playing with toys, your kid watches other kids play with toys.
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Jul 15, 2018 14:01
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I'm not crying for him. I'm just saying that he monumentally screwed up. Like, to an unprecedented degree. Shoulda taken some tips from Trump who never believes in himself to use his own money. If you read “Fear” by Bob Woodward there’s a funny chapter where the Republicans are trying to get a measly $10 million out of him to save his campaign and he does it as a grudging loan.
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Oct 10, 2018 20:27
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While the criticism of capitalism as creating perverse incentives to pollute is quite true, communist countries are also noted for their stinking factories and poisoned rivers. Are we talking about “ideal” socialism here, of the kind that might exist after the singularity? Because we kinda need a solution in the next 5 years.
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Oct 21, 2018 13:18
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withak posted:Subways open and close constantly, I think they give a franchise to anyone who can put a signature on the correct quadrant of the form. The franchise is extremely cheap. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-it-costs-to-open-a-subway-2015-3
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Nov 11, 2018 02:39
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All the badged stuff on the first screen of Amazon results is actually making the site less useable. You have to scroll down a bit to find whatever you are after. Could be a weakness. Covering a site with ads is generally a bad sign.
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Dec 26, 2018 13:18
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Invalid Validation posted:And besides as has been said unless they push everyone out of business and then raise prices on their products it’s not illegal. It’s kinda scummy on some level due to Amazons money and power but until it actually negatively effects the consumer there isn’t a problem. If they do that, they’ll push themselves out of business too, because people go to Amazon to choose from an enormous range of products not one “AmazonsBasics” product.
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Dec 26, 2018 13:53
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Liquid Communism posted:It's a rack of christmas ornaments. I think the Republican party should have a word with them about the War on Christmas then, because there's a distinct lack of angels, stars and baby Jesuses. Just looks like a lot of cheap toys.
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Liquid Communism posted:Geek Squad hasn't been able to hire anyone competent in at least five years because they want people who are competent to do deskside support and customer service, but also want to pay $11 an hour and have them spend all their time upselling. I think there's less of a need for a retail presence to fix your horrible computer now that modern OSs have more protection against spyware and trojans and most people have SLIGHTLY more computer skills than when computers were new and magical consumer goods.
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Shrecknet posted:Then how does Dick's Drive-In pay more than min wage, offer heathcare and college, and can't grow fast enough? (and is also better food) I had to Google this to be sure it was a real place.
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