[–] 2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Picnic blankets are plastic table cloths under normal blankets are the cats meow.

We do a few free concerts a summer and have a blanket that folds into a blanket. It’s got a moisture barrier and makes a great place to relax, eat, or doze off the band is boring.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago

    He’s the kid who would have traded 30 pennies for a dollar because there were more of them.

    His dementia addled brain can’t remember that a dollar drops in value when prices inflate, but also since he doesn’t buy anything directly he might have no idea that prices have risen.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 hours ago

    Went to a shitty sales pitch at a bank the other day and the guy mentioned that we should decide and meet before Nov 1. He said there was meeting then.

    I asked what meeting (think Fed meeting or some kind of treasury report due out). The guy had no clue, then I realized it was because of the election and laughed at the fucking guy.

    On the way out he mentioned that we should move our stocks into cash before November. I think that might be what’s really happening, but it would also be a good excuse to hide the AI bubble burst.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 hours ago

    You used to save 30% plus. You still can on lease returns sometimes and the warranty should continue until the mileage or time runs out.

    There are still some deals out there, but yeah a 1 year old car is going to be either too expensive or risky for mechanical or some other weird reason.

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago (1 child)

    I’m not advocating for imperial rule, but it might be good to keep in mind a comparison with what was happening in China at the time. Life probably was better for some Taiwanese.

    This was not too long before the Great Leap Forward (when the worlds largest famine would happened).

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