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I think you need to spend some time learning what "capitalism" is. That's not even close to accurate.

I redid the bathroom when COVID hit (was walking around home Depot the day before the shut down frantically buying 3 of everything so I had a chance to do this without being able to make the customary mid-project visits)

The toilet we got was not the one I wanted, it was 4 or 5 on our list of "toilets the Internet says are good " and boy howdy the Internet was wrong. This toilet wouldn't flush piss. I'm not kidding I didn't notice at first but a couple days into "man this toilet didn't like to flush our shits, they must be mighty" I had a pee that was dark enough that once I flushed I read like "wtf". 3 flushes for the water to be "clear" as I could tell.

This isn't a 2 button eco toilet.

I ended up finding a guy online who had extended the tube inside the tank to be just shy of the rim, thus allowing the tank to fill up more and more water to be sent down with each flush. Whatever eco feature it had in sure it's now among the worst water waster in town.

And it's still a terrible toilet. It has some sort of extra funnel port in the front that I guess some of the water flushes through to help direct the shit and water down the pipes. But it gets dirty and is unreachable with every toilet brush I've tried, and not visible even if you jam your head down as close to the water as you can and look back. This means that the flush stops working and then I have to go in with disposable chop sticks and chip away and the shit fossils blindly until the port is clear again.

Yes I tried soaking with green goblin and leaving the blue duck to soak, still need to physically mine the area clear....

Ok so my father makes his own wine, at home from kits/concentrate. He makes a lot of wine and drinks a lot of wine (and gives a lot of wine away as gifts)

One day he called me, and he was so excited. Like if he wasn't a 61 year old man I would have guessed he was going to announce his pregnancy.

"You won't believe it! The wine place is selling bags now!!! So I can put my wine in bags and put those in boxes!!!! Omg why didn't I think of this?! Think of all the time saved with corks and recorking!"

It was a happy day for him, certainly.

Same. Then I had to hear an endless stream of whining for over a year because my other half likes the old style for reasons. It got so bad I bought them a shit one for Christmas, and now I'm faced with the stupidity of having 2, but the sadness that I'm gonna end up putting the good one in the donation bin because reasons.

So you are gonna have to provide a source explaining how the president using an executive order to rename international water is "policy" that Google must follow.

They you'll have to explain why I, as a Canadian, have to see this stupid renaming in parentheses.

If the US truely doesn't have a system beyond "once the president orders it, it's renamed." That's their problem but I don't give a fuck what they call things and I don't know why google thinks I should.

Beautiful.

I was at a thrift store and saw a box labeled "kitchen wonder!" It was a mandolins from the 70's before America knew about them I guess. I still have it in the box, even though I'm usually a stickler for efficiency. It's just too enjoyable to have to pull out the "kitchen wonder".

It "Makes your food more charming and delicious!"

I'd like that but full electric, minimum 500km in the "tank"
I had an all electric vehicle and LOVED everything about it, except the range. Then eventually I needed a truck for my job (but I did cram my Kia Soul to the brim for the 3 years I had it.)

I'd buy a hybrid though, if that's what was available.

I must say I e never played Skyrim, and I didn't know how beautiful it could be. I might have to have a closer look.

I play a game called "The Long Dark", and the first screenshot with the aurora made me do a double take. In that game you are alone in a northern Canadian region that has been abandoned both due to economics as well as some in game magic that makes electricity not work. The survival mode is just "live as long as you can, then die."
It's permadeath and can be incredibly frustrating and cruel, but the beauty in that game is unreal. I've ended a 6 day run (nothing to me now, but a big acheivement at the time) because I was watching the Aurora on a clear winter night. The music was somber and I thought I might freeze to death as I crossed this long rope bridge. I should have been looking at the bridge, because staring up into the sky I suddenly was getting further away from it .... It was maybe a 3 second fall as I realized I either walked off the bridge or maybe there was a gap or something.

"You have faded into the long dark." -wasn't even mad.

I mean he's being bukaked with publicity.... So if that's his thing?

What I'd like to know, assuming there is still logic and sanity in this world (please it's all I have don't argue) how would a company from this list have avoided this in the first place? Like once you start advertising with a partner like X then you may never stop? Seriously I'm not sure. So maybe just never risk doing business with anyone because you'll be sued into staying in business with them forever? I'm certain it's right in their contracts how and when they can leave, is that in dispute?

While it's impossible to know what this shit bag wants, I listened to an interview with some asshole from some conservative think tank and by the end my vibe was this:

America is big and strong. In the past America has played fair to the benefit of everyone. But now America wants to be the biggest and strongest, and everyone else needs to be subservient to the American Masters.

Basically America wants to be a bully by impose tariffs and not having the other countries return the favour. America wants every other country to bend over and take whatever tariffs America wants to impose without consequence

In this perfect world it would allow America to start building up their own companies, forcing consumers to buy American and drive demand for new manufacturing businesses.

Of course this all STILL falls apart with just a few basic questions like "if Canada does not impose counter tariffs (and even if they do) their economy will suffer greatly. Is it important for the USA to have economically healthy allies?" and "Why jack the prices so suddenly without allowing time and investing money in these new business that will be needed?"