Idk if 10% of the town patronizes it regularly and there's no other shops around that's like 250 customers coming in year round, let's say each spends an average of 150 in a year that's what .... 37 grand? Plus whatever online retail they can do.

If it's just like one dude that runs it and works there and pays themselves I could see it being viable.

Edit: probably would be a good way to launder some drug money though and I've found a lot of weed smokers in the mix of my nerd shops I frequent.

Not gonna click anything from a jesus-is-savior domain but I think it's blatantly obvious Alex Jones is a huckster that peddled supplements and lies.

Occasionally he might have accidentally made a salient point but he has never been and never will be a good source of information. It's ironic his show's name is also what he's doing, fighting a war on information and truth with his bullshit and lies.

So I remember a political party behaving like one? Yeah, I do.

The party spends money on candidates that's how politics works (which sucks but whatever).

Is that not just how the DNC/political parties in general normally works anyways?

I always wonder if people complained about stores when we started to get the merchandise out of the warehouse ourselves.

Something like, "why isn't there a clerk getting the groceries on my list for me, I don't work here, I shouldn't have to go into the back and get my own shit."

I prefer bagging my own shit anyways when I go shopping. I don't break shit and at least in my area it looks like they disabled the weight shit or set the tolerances higher so I'm not constantly told to bag something I already did or getting told I bagged something without scanning .

Now it's pretty good actually.

I did say fuck Nestle, didn't I? I'm not really trying to advocate for them just from reading that excerpt I would be interested to know how much the company and its reps really knew about the drinking water situation.

Like, I'm very certain they didn't do anything to help or to combat the problem, just curious if it was something they knew about and how it was handled. I can say for sure they're evil and should have helped. It's just I am thinking about who knew what and how much.

I guess it's more of a thought and less of a defending them because I am not a big nestle fan. Although I do love their chocolate milk mix, reminds me of my childhood so I occasionally buy it because I'm a bad guy.

To play (actual) devil's advocate ... Is it Nestle's fault the drinking water was unclean that was mixed with the formula?

That's where I would say the whole, who's responsible part of the equation gets fucky. To be clear, nestle should have done more to combat this and not have pushed formula feeding where they knew the water could be bad.

I'm not a fan of them by any means and would definitely need to read more and definitely know they're evil (fuck I mean I'm pretty sure every large enough corp is evil, hell most of the small ones too) but it still gives me pause when it's presented.

Just so I'm unequivocal here - nestle is bad and fuck them.

If you got money and really want something like it there's eBay as an option potentially.

You're looking for a Philco Television

Good luck! If you don't have money to light on fire you might just have to accept the dream won't become reality.

Some people also make art pieces either with or just as smaller reproductions. So that could be an option if you want something just aesthetically pleasing but still will be pricey.

Edit: I know that eBay link isn't the exact same model but I'm like 99% it is a philco TV on the album cover

A better question to ask, what will be done if it is illegal? If there's no consequences to illegal actions then what does it matter other than having an "il" in front of legal?

I fail to see how this comic blames people driving cars for the problem. Just that we should strive to improve how we build our society so that we could have meaningful and good lives without requiring an automobile.

Look, as the world's dumbest man you might not realize this but there are lots of suicide devices already on the market or even better free alternatives!

Why not try a skyscraper? Perhaps wading into a cold ocean and never coming back? You could drive a car into a tree?

Just trying to save you some time and frustration, plus a few bucks too!

...uh seriously though if you want to talk to someone feel free to dm me. Your life has value and I do hope you come to realize this and try your best to find some enjoyment in this world of ours. Of course, I say that as someone who has described life as being "trapped by existence" so I can kind of get what you're feeling. Hang in there, not literally though because tying a noose right can be hard.

It's just razors all the way down...

No, Trump imposed additional tariffs without reason on China. The only reason China raised tariffs, and by the way they literally stopped raising them because it's pointless since they're already so high, is because Trump started imposing them when he took office.

There already were trade agreements and tariffs in place negotiated with both countries input. These new tariffs were just slapped on by the Trump admin not as a reaction to anything but as a unilateral imposition.

You could also say they're unilateral because they're only aimed at China and no other states if you want to look at it that way too.

What? The poll said 86% of Republicans strongly or somewhat approve of Trump right now.

I'm still sad anyone would even vote for that goon. I truly worry for my countrymen who voted for him, they're naive, dumb or full of incredible hate and malice - none of which is good.

Eh, I wouldn't say Americans reached the level of industrialized genocide Nazi Germany achieved but we definitely had and still have plenty of blood on our hands.

Hey! You skipped the civil war concentration camps on both sides, how dare you.

I'm starting to wonder if we're going to get killed while we scream how wrong it is.

I'm not sure you'll get any advice that will be particularly helpful here but I'll try to give my tough love point of view. Please read this with kindness because it's not meant to be mean but sometimes I write with a very frank style/tone.

Your wife and you may end up having irreconcilable differences when it comes to this situation. Personally, I'm sure you've already had some frank discussions on the matter but more communication certainly won't hurt.

If she wants to have a child that's conceived through sexual intercourse with her partner and that's something you can't provide ... That's really hard to reconcile because it's straight up divergent feelings. Not even considering the whole physicality of it.

I'll be honest, speaking personally, if my wife were to transition to a man I'm not sure I would find her attractive nor want to remain married. Maybe your wife can't or won't admit that she is not okay with what is going on. She doesn't want you to think she loves you less or doesn't care about you but she also can't help her own feelings.

I wouldn't go so far right now as to suggest a divorce and staying close friends but it might be worth considering that could be an outcome.

I think that no matter what happens you'll be in each other's lives and an important part of them at that. Just remember that both of you have feelings that are valid and while it's scary to explore those, that's what will need to happen to reach a mutually agreeable outcome.

Above all else, be true to yourself and true with each other. Even if it's hard.

It's just a US person that's paranoid.

Besides who the fuck is gonna sue the park they're literally trying to clean up if they hurt themselves? And the park ain't suing them unless their "maintenance" is observed and really donks stuff up.

Moving some brush and debris off a trail, nobody would complain or get in trouble in reality.

This is like the difference between normal and right. Like I know a ton of people normally search for answers by putting full questions in. With the advent of LLMs and AI being thrown into everything asking full questions starts to make more sense.

For actual good results using a search engine, for sure what you said is better.