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BruceTwarzen , in Locking up items to deter shoplifting is pushing shoppers online

I don’t think it’s that necessarily. To me it’s things like that: i needed a toaster, and didn’t want to go on Amazon or whatever. I went to a real store and looked at toasters. I found one that fits my needs. The guy who worked there said they fon’t have that one here, but can order it. Neat, that’s just like me ordering it, bun inconvenient and more expensive.

Same thing happened when i needed a new food processor. They didn’t have the one i wanted, so i took the expedition model they had (yeah i’m an idiot). At home i realised that some parts were missing. So back to the store. They had to order a new one after talking to 3 people, and then pick it up again. So instead of ordering it for cheaper and picking it up from my porch, i wasted like 2 hours to take 3 trips to pay extra. And brick and mortar stores are dying? That’s crazy

DJDarren ,

Here in the UK there are a number of bigger chain shops that are effectively running their websites as a kind of Amazon, and it’s really frustrating.

Needed a specific chainring for my bike, so went to Halfords website. They had what I wanted, but not in stock. Meaning, when I bought it, they then ordered it from their supplier to collect a few days later.

I needed a cheap tool for a single job from B&Q. Looked on their website, saw they had one for £3, drove up there to get it. But that one is online only, and the cheapest they keep in store is £6.

It’s like the shittiest bits of in store and online all mashed together, and it sucks.

BruceTwarzen ,

Every time i go to a store and something like that happens i wanna yell: AREN’T YOU WORRIED? YOU ARE THE FIRST ONES WHO GET REPLACED BY A COMPUTER. I hate amazon with a passion, but once i got a empty carton (because someone stole it) it took me one phonecall and 0 proof or anything and they just send it again. I haven’t used their customer support often, but if i did it was super good, compared to when i have to go to the store. Where is the original recipe? Oh it’s opened? This is not how it was packaged originally and so on.

corsicanguppy , in Break-in reported at Trump campaign office in Virginia

Feel the Watergate vibes.

Donjuanme ,

I’m more suspect of Watergate from inside their own building.

homesweethomeMrL ,

This exactly. They never think anything they don’t say, there’s no campaign strategy to take, much less from a remote office.

Dude wanted a laptop. End of news cycle.

sunzu2 , in Amazon says US labor watchdog that filed labor charges violates constitution

The elites really do think think of us as property.

Slaver mentally is still very much very strong

TeoTwawki , (edited ) in Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular
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They fear becoming a minority.

They operate under the false beliefs that they already are and that “the libs” bring in foreigners to tilt the vote (which is litteraly not possible) and then “those people get free everything” to feed further into racism. The imaginary bussed in people can’t vote or get benefits but thier social circle says so and thats all they need to believe and repeat it.

The triangle of rhetoric is appeal to authority, appeal to emotion, appeal to logic. They don’t accept any of it thay didn’t come from within thier social group so there is no convinving them and that is why Tronald Dump can say he could shoot somebody on 5th avenue and have them call it fake news despite being recorded.

(Edit x 5 :Why oh why can’t spellcheck just work?)

w3dd1e ,

This is exactly what my neighbor stopped me to tell me recently. About bringing in immigrants to vote and what not. I tried to tell him none of that information is true and show him where and why, but it’s really hard to do without making them dig further into their position.

Anne they are now conditioned believe that any media that doesn’t align with them is fake.

TeoTwawki ,
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Even when you do manage to get one to thinknand realoze the truth their peer group will come down on them HARD for “falling for leftist propaganda” and they will 180 immediatly.

Silentiea ,
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Aren’t they also the ones loading up all of their undesirables onto buses and shipping them off to more lefterly cities?

TeoTwawki ,
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Yeah, coz every accusation from them is a projection if some type.

rezifon ,

The triangle of rhetoric is appeal to authority, appeal to emotion, appeal to logic. They don’t accept any of it thay didn’t come from within thier social group so there is no convinving them and that is why Tronald Dump can say he could shoot somebody on 5th avenue and have them call it fake news despite being recorded.

This is spot on. Delve into the inevitable “Politics and Religion” section of any old school web forum for white guy hobbies and nine times out of ten it’s going to be knee deep in a loud circle jerk consisting of these exact guys whipped into a frenzy over nothing. Look, but don’t touch, it’s like a buzz saw in there.

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jumjummy , in SpaceX accused of dumping mercury into Texas waters for years

One of the many reasons he moved to Texas. This is what you get when your state is so “business friendly”. All the complaining about California and the related regulations, but this is what those regulations are supposed to prevent (yes I know there are still plenty of examples of companies polluting in CA).

The Chevron ruling is absolutely a blatant effort to neuter all of these government oversight departments to allow businesses to accelerate their “line go up” polluting efforts.

chiliedogg ,

The thing is California used to do the same thing. They invited everyone to California with business incentives, but eventually they had to start putting in regulations because they realized things had gotten out of control.

Texas today is what California was in the 60s and 70s.

Resol , in Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek]
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I bet he’ll run for president there too, and then fail, and then flee to another country that’s most likely allied with Venezuela.

tate , in Hot Summer Threatens Efficacy of Mail-Order Medications | Temperatures inside delivery trucks can reach twice the recommended threshold, but federal rules on drug storage conditions do not apply
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“Twice” a temperature, whether in Celsius or Fahrenheit, is a meaningless measure.

silence7 OP ,

Physics-wise, unless it’s Kelvin, yes.

In terms of perception; it’s pretty clear that they’re talking about having a degree measurement that’s twice the numeric value of one in Fahrenheit.

tate ,
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But that doesn’t tell anyone anything about how far above the threshold we’re talking about. Could be 2 degrees instead of 1. That’s not much. or it could be 60 degrees instead of 30. That seems important.

wondrous_strange ,

The title says ‘twice the recommended threshold

paraphrand ,

60 vs 120

50 vs 100

tate ,
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or 1 vs 2

disguy_ovahea ,

The article is more clear than the headline.

But the temperatures inside the cargo areas of delivery trucks can reach 150 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, according to drivers — far exceeding the range of 68 to 77 degrees recommended by the national organization that sets standards for drug handling.

Resol , in Racism Is Why Trump Is So Popular
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Pretty sure this applies to all right-wing politicians, especially ones of the far-right.

Crikeste ,

Yepp. Even if they don’t speak to it, they are Trojan horses.

anubis119 , in A Wisconsin Tribe Built a Lending Empire Charging 600% Annual Rates to Borrowers

Reminds me of this old commercial I used to see. I think they got shut down for predatory lending IIRC. youtu.be/xgLMgVq4p_E?feature=shared

billiam0202 ,

I remember those! Also the fine print:

The APR for a typical loan of $10,000 is 89.66% with 84 monthly payments of $743.99.

For the curious, that means you pay

$743.99 x 84 = $62,495.16

How the fuck that commercial aired more than once without any sort of federal intervention boggles the mind.

Fedizen , in Donald Trump says he will flee to Venezuela if he loses election [Newsweek]

In context it was more of a stupid joke:

he’ll have to go to venezuela because its safer now that they sent all their criminals to the US

gandalf_der_12te , (edited ) in SpaceX accused of dumping mercury into Texas waters for years
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Did you even read the article? It says in the article that the mercury waste is actually way below the legal threshhold.

One of the major initial concerns—the wastewater’s mercury content—stems from what experts believe may be egregious typos within SpaceX’s records. Lab reports indicate polluted waters contained 0.113 μg/L of mercury, while subsequent summaries appear to misplace the decimal point to show 113 μg/L. If the former measurement is accurate, then Starship’s wastewater contains roughly 1/17th the legal mercury limit.

About people just mindlessly hating on SpaceX: SpaceX is really important for the US society as it provides vision and a specific type of stimulation that would otherwise be hard to get. What makes you think the moon landings of 1960s/1970s were great achievements, but spaceflight today is not?

You telling SpaceX to stop operation is like a fish telling a bird to stop flying, because swimming is sooo much better.

polle ,

Lol

naughtyguy17 ,

Which measurement is accurate? The former, or the latter?

You also fail to reference the next statement: “… This, however, does not explain SpaceX’s numerous other alleged reporting issues, regulatory side steps, and disregard for federal and local concerns. In a blog post last year, environmental engineer Eric Roesch also pointed to previous SpaceX water samples reports that appear to omit measurements for nickel, a toxic metal. Meanwhile, the same chart lists multiple pollutants at concentrations at or above TCEQ and EPA standards, including total suspended solids, cyanide, copper, and chromium.”

KillingTimeItself ,

What makes you think the moon landings of 1960s/1970s were great achievements, but spaceflight today is not?

probably because we literally invented digital computers for the purposes of doing it. The amount of technical construction and mathematics knowledge required to design build and manufacture the hardware of that era is lost, the space shuttle is one of the most incredible technical achievements of the US to date.

SpaceX doesn’t even use large rocket engines because they’re hard to build and impractical, but we managed them perfectly fine in the 70s

Mouselemming , in Hot Summer Threatens Efficacy of Mail-Order Medications | Temperatures inside delivery trucks can reach twice the recommended threshold, but federal rules on drug storage conditions do not apply

I guess even your local pharmacy gets its meds through the mail too

LEDZeppelin , in Break-in reported at Trump campaign office in Virginia

Yet another attempt to stay in the news cycle.

I won’t put it past trump campaign to set up break in at their own office just so they can blame antifa, immigrants, Joe, Kamala, cat ladies, libtards, FBI, open border, drag shows, LGBTQ, wokeism etc.

Gingerlegs ,

Don’t forget, childless adults are now an issue as well.

some_guy ,

I’m finally part of the problem!

Jk, I’ve been part of the problem for quite some time.

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