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[Kagus]

The trick is to eat all of their barbecue so they have nothing left to grill and be dicks with.

[Sheb]

In slightly related news, the Dutch chapter of Pegida has announced that they will hold barbecues, making roast pork in front of mosque entrances, during Ramadan.

That's a huge dick move. Also, doesn't that qualify as religious discrimination? (Though I have no idea what Dutch laws on that are)

Nah, it's rude and a dick move, but you can't really ban people from having barbecue if it's a place where barbecue are normally organized. It's not like they're forcing anyone to eat pork.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I am SHOCKED and DISGUSTED by what Dutch people think barbecue is.

[Kagus]

I am SHOCKED and DISGUSTED by what Dutch people think barbecue is.

If you think that's bad, you should try their ovens.

[Loud Whispers]

In a co-lab with Ameripol: Donald Trump threatens to use trade talks to get better prices for US pharmaceutical companies

In a stunning lack of self awareness, Mr. Trump concluded:
"The reason why they are getting better net prices than we get is their socialised system."

He then went on to say that the reason why the US has fucked up prices in the absence of any such socialised system, is that it's everyone else's fault.

“In some cases, medicine that costs a few dollars in a foreign country costs hundreds of dollars in America for the same pill, with the same ingredients, in the same package, made in the same plant. That is unacceptable.

Lmao this is your brain on peak capitalism
You overprice medicine far in excess of what other nations pay, your solution is to try and raise prices worldwide instead of lower yours to competitive pricing

[Kagus]

I... Wow. And here I was hoping he'd bumble into another actually good decision when I first heard about him trying to lower pharmaceutical prices.

But no, yes, I can see it now... The only reason big pharma can continue to operate what with all these socialized healthcare countries, is to have America pick up the slack in their international earnings expectations.

[Sheb]

In a co-lab with Ameripol: Donald Trump threatens to use trade talks to get better prices for US pharmaceutical companies

In a stunning lack of self awareness, Mr. Trump concluded:
"The reason why they are getting better net prices than we get is their socialised system."

He then went on to say that the reason why the US has fucked up prices in the absence of any such socialised system, is that it's everyone else's fault.

“In some cases, medicine that costs a few dollars in a foreign country costs hundreds of dollars in America for the same pill, with the same ingredients, in the same package, made in the same plant. That is unacceptable.

Lmao this is your brain on peak capitalism
You overprice medicine far in excess of what other nations pay, your solution is to try and raise prices worldwide instead of lower yours to competitive pricing

It's also a bloody misunderstanding on how drug pricing works. No drug companies is going to say "Jolly, I made an extra 100 millions in Europe, I'll lower the price of my drug in the US". They charge what the market will bear. What is true is that we benefits indirectly from the ridiculous US prices because they fund much of the R&D: if the US lowered its prices, prices wouldn't bulge much in Europe but fewer new drugs would come on the market.

[ChairmanPoo]

In a co-lab with Ameripol: Donald Trump threatens to use trade talks to get better prices for US pharmaceutical companies

In a stunning lack of self awareness, Mr. Trump concluded:
"The reason why they are getting better net prices than we get is their socialised system."

He then went on to say that the reason why the US has fucked up prices in the absence of any such socialised system, is that it's everyone else's fault.

“In some cases, medicine that costs a few dollars in a foreign country costs hundreds of dollars in America for the same pill, with the same ingredients, in the same package, made in the same plant. That is unacceptable.

Lmao this is your brain on peak capitalism
You overprice medicine far in excess of what other nations pay, your solution is to try and raise prices worldwide instead of lower yours to competitive pricing

It's also a bloody misunderstanding on how drug pricing works. No drug companies is going to say "Jolly, I made an extra 100 millions in Europe, I'll lower the price of my drug in the US". They charge what the market will bear. What is true is that we benefits indirectly from the ridiculous US prices because they fund much of the R&D: if the US lowered its prices, prices wouldn't bulge much in Europe but fewer new drugs would come on the market.

You're taking at face value the industry's claims thst they are doing poorly. Now, I understand very well that drugs, esp new groundbreaking drugs need to be paid. And overall ythe pharmaceutical industrial complex works, that cant be denied. But there have been a lot of price hiking scandals in the last few years, too.

I get the feeling that this kind of lobbying is preventive versus some populist proposals to abolish the patent system (which would be a disaster too... look at India). But really, bullshit proposals cannot be countered with more bullshit proposals. That only leads to a brown fan spiral

[Sheb]

Oh yeah, there certainly is a bunch of scandals, especially with off-patent medications. (Where, for exemple, a company will refuse to let competitors access its drug so they cannot prove equivalency to get market authorization). But lots of money still get plowed into R&D, that money has to come from somewhere, and the high prices in the US are where it's at.

[Antioch]

I am SHOCKED and DISGUSTED by what Dutch people think barbecue is.

As a Dutch person I agree.

Most Dutch BBQ's look like people trying to make charcoal out of meat.

[scriver]

(As MSH is a Georgian, I think he refers to BBQ being used for grilling instead of smoking)

[Kagus]

I think the Dutch just don't understand BBQ because it doesn't have enough vowels in it.

[Jopax]

Honestly the bigger problem is that some Dutch eat fucking watermelon as a BBQ salad. Like, why the fuck would you do that???

[Doomblade187]

Honestly the bigger problem is that some Dutch eat fucking watermelon as a BBQ salad. Like, why the fuck would you do that???

I mean, doesn't watermelon go well with grilled meats?

[martinuzz]

Pretty darn nice if you know the trick of first emptying a liter of vodka into said melon (and leave that for a few hours so the vodka soaks all of the melon)