If I saw that in real life i might still refuse to believe it

God, working as a cashier sucks. Imagine having to put up with that shit every day for minimum wage

Screaming at a cashier because of decisions made 40 years ago at the executive level is the most liberal shit

r/politics has broken the containment field and is seeping into real life.

A kinda related story: i was visiting a place in Fujian Close to Taiwan and visited a factory making pots, pans and woks and according to the tour guide there they got their start from turning scrap metal from artillery shells fired over by the KMT into pots and pans

Bonus points if the wok came from the "Republic of China".

My favorite moment behind the register came when CVS stopped selling cigarettes

This happened because they weren't making enough money to justify selling them, but they spun it as if it was for our benefit because they cared so much about our health (keep in mind that CVS singles out "Patients of Greatest Need" i.e. sufferers of chronic illnesses and overcharged them, because they knew they could never stop taking their medications)

I had so many libs congratulating me and Chuds scolding me over a two week period, I almost fuckin' quit right there

covid messed with their brains

I used to live near a food co-op that published a newsletter with a consistently hilarious Suggestions section. Once someone wrote in furious that the bell peppers came from China, and they ended their letter with "Nothing good has ever come from China!" The Co-op replied that bell peppers were in season in China, but not here, and that they strongly disagreed with the assertion. But I do wonder if they'd push back as hard now that the atmosphere has only been growing more hostile in the last ten years or so.

in 2000 America imported 6.38% of its total imports from China, in 2020 America imported 19.5% of its total imports from China, over a threefold increase. Setting aside the question, if the US government actually cared about the treatment of Muslims in China (they don't, they just got done bombing Muslim countries for 20 years), they would have to decouple the American economy from the Chinese economy as quickly as possible with a general boycott of Chinese goods. But we all know that's not gonna happen, lol. People like that baffle me not just because of their unhinged reactionary politics, but because of their ludicrous idealism: They they think they can turn the ocean yellow by pissing in it.

I hate the government, not the people. That's why I refuse to buy cookware made by the people.

Ugh... reminds me of working in electronic retail. The amount of people whining about stuff being made in China was just tiring.

The year is 2032. A dimming sun rises over America as Biden is elected for his 4th term, celebrating with a psychic speech from his golden throne. "Student loan interest rates will now be tripled." Young 50-60 year old libs cheer in celebration as they storm retirement homes and smash chinaware and burn anything even tangentially silk related. Undersea mechanopensionists in Florida plan their fascist takeover of DC at their local Denny's. It is a new day, same as the last.

You hate China, yet everything you possess was made in China. Checkmate, liberal.