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[Iduno]

I don't understand what word Chriego is supposed to be either

It's a synonym of tree uncle

Homophone?

[Naturegirl1999]

I don't understand what word Chriego is supposed to be either

It's a synonym of tree uncle

and both of these are synonyms of triangle

[scriver]

I don't understand what word Chriego is supposed to be either

It's a synonym of tree uncle

Homophone?

just because it's homo don't mean it's a sin

[TD1]

The hell is Arnotts

Little-known fun fact: there are brands of things which aren't American.

Ah, google tells me it's a Republic thing. Seems to be a more localised Dunnes.

[Kagus]

I don't understand what word Chriego is supposed to be either

It's a synonym of tree uncle

Homophone?

I'm not actually a homophone, I just sound like one sometimes.

[Eschar]

I shouldn't be sad. I don't deserve to be sad.

[Naturegirl1999]

I shouldn't be sad. I don't deserve to be sad.

if you are sad about nothing, there is no reason to be. Try thinking about something that elicits a different emotion, after all, emotions are chemical responses to stimuli. I am trying to help. If this doesn’t help, I am sorry

[Yoink]

The only things left at one point were a couple of types of Shapes (the less popular types) and a couple of home-brand knock-off shapes.

They sell knock-off shapes in Australia? Does that include concave polygons and cardioids?

Such a strange place.

This made me laugh so hard that I fell off my kangaroo on the way to the geometry market. For srs though, Shapes is a popular brand of snack. Like, biscuits, or cr***ers if you prefer. With flavour you can see.   

I shouldn't be sad. I don't deserve to be sad.

That's right, punk! You don't!
I own all the negative emotions in this town! Now hand over the sadness and cheer tf up before I give your ass something to frown about.    

[scriver]

But Chriego though. It doesn't sound as triangle at all. The others all sound like their actual words.

[JoshuaFH]

I saw this video today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jKl-SgJQVc

I understand the point he's trying to make, but with his example he's basically saying "I should be allowed to profit, even if it means killing people." and thus comes off as propaganda for an unregulated free market capitalism. The creator seems to assume perfect efficiency and rationality in his theoretical example, and so apparently even feels totally fine to say that price gouging is protecting those people that are most helpless and needy! My response would have been "Oh, you need this generator to keep your daughter alive? That'll be *looks at calculator* everything you have; your car, house, life savings, everything. And I know you'll pay it. Thank you very much."

It just came off as sociopathic, and I was bothered by the number of people in agreement in the comments.

[bloop_bleep]

I saw this video today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jKl-SgJQVc

I understand the point he's trying to make, but with his example he's basically saying "I should be allowed to profit, even if it means killing people." and thus comes off as propaganda for an unregulated free market capitalism. The creator seems to assume perfect efficiency and rationality in his theoretical example, and so apparently even feels totally fine to say that price gouging is protecting those people that are most helpless and needy! My response would have been "Oh, you need this generator to keep your daughter alive? That'll be *looks at calculator* everything you have; your car, house, life savings, everything. And I know you'll pay it. Thank you very much."

It just came off as sociopathic, and I was bothered by the number of people in agreement in the comments.

This video makes me more than mildly upset.

You're right. It's downright sociopathic to believe it's somehow perfectly okay to exploit a position of power over someone else to drain them of all they have. Is what Harvey Weinstein did okay? Is it okay to justify it with "oh, you know, I guess that woman just wanted to be an actor badly enough..."? No!

[Reelya]

Yeah, my point before was about a supply/demand imbalance being behind empty shelves. It's actually very similar to what happened in Venezuela a few years ago, and the current situation basically demonstrates it's not "socialism" which caused that, it's due to underlying economic factors that can happen anywhere, under any system.

One "fix" of course is to let supermarkets to jack up prices until people stop buying the stuff. Then you get the "full shelves" again. But of course, this comes at a horrible price. So, prices stay where they are and the vulnerable can't get any toilet paper, since the raiders are on-point to empty the stores each day, or the prices skyrocket and they can't get toilet paper due to cost.

So, whichever way you cut it, you need targeted assistance for the vulnerable population to access the goods.

[ChairmanPoo]

this comes at a horrible price. So, prices stay where they are and the vulnerable can't get any toilet paper, since the raiders are on-point to empty the stores each day, or the prices skyrocket and they can't get toilet paper due to cost.

I still think that what you need is a crash course on how to wash your asses with water and soap, and a shipment of bidets and faucets from continental Europe.

FFP masks and ventilators probably take precedence at this point though.

[Reelya]

this comes at a horrible price. So, prices stay where they are and the vulnerable can't get any toilet paper, since the raiders are on-point to empty the stores each day, or the prices skyrocket and they can't get toilet paper due to cost.

I still think that what you need is a crash course on how to wash your asses with water and soap, and a shipment of bidets and faucets from continental Europe.

That advice works for the toilet paper issue, but that's really only the go-to example. Those same pensioners can't get rice, pasta, canned food, etc, and soap doesn't make a good substitute for those. BTW I think they've stripped the stores of soap too.

[ChairmanPoo]

this comes at a horrible price. So, prices stay where they are and the vulnerable can't get any toilet paper, since the raiders are on-point to empty the stores each day, or the prices skyrocket and they can't get toilet paper due to cost.

I still think that what you need is a crash course on how to wash your asses with water and soap, and a shipment of bidets and faucets from continental Europe.

BTW I think they've stripped the stores of soap too.

Pressure faucet will do in a pinch by itself, better than toilet paper. (but yes, for the best results you need soap)