Russia is the junior partner to China but also the greatest threat to Europe of all time, somehow

So it begins. It is now illegal to be against this genocide

I work in the payment processing industry and I won't say more than that for fear of doxxing myself

You'd be surprised. National restaurant chains pay more than you think. There's absolutely zero chance steak n shake is getting a 1% rate. I promise they're paying something near 3%. Credit card processing is infinitely more complex than folks think it is.

This surprises me not at all. Every time you swipe your card the credit card network charges the merchant 3% of what you paid. Bitcoin definitely does not cost the merchant 3% especially if they have a way to convert it in near real time to avoid any weird spikes or dips in the price of Bitcoin.

Credit card processing is expensive and there's a reason merchants don't like doing it. So it sounds dumb but from a business standpoint it makes more sense than you might think

A zoo

I mean this is kinda a weird viewpoint. I've lived in a huge city for many many years, and sure I know lots of people who use AI for dumb shit, but I also know tons of people who don't. Cities are full of quite literally all kinds. So of course those kinds of weirdos are here, every kind of weirdo is here. There's nothing inherently more pro social about living in a small rural town with a few thousand people than in a city surrounded by a million other people

Jorks as I call them

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