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I'm going to make another sticker that instead says "You voted for this."
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Who CARES? I'm a Jesus Loving Church Going American and I FULLY Support this AS LONG as I still get to Bully GAY KIDS!
-LITERALLY Everyone who Voted for Trump since he LITERALLY CAMPAIGNED ON THIS!
A really stunning amount of people, when confronted with evidence during the campaign (i.e. project 2025 or tariffs or what have you) simply chose to swallow whatever one sentence dismissal Trump issued; "Oh, he said he's never heard of P2025", "oh, no, we don't pay tariffs, the company does", etc. I know a fair amount of them now that are quietly eating crow and upset with the way things are going. The hot new thing I've noticed with the more normal half of MAGA right now is trying to come up with reasons why Trump is "acting so weird".
I could give them a few reasons if they're struggling to come up with their own.
Y'all are gonna roast the shit out of me, but I really have a strong urge to buy toilet paper before all the weirdos start clearing the shelves (which I am fully aware makes me one of the weirdos)
Bidets are good, decreases your TP expenses long term. Just a bit to pat dry.
I wonder where most bidets are manufactured
Buy them now while you can leverage remaining on shore inventory.
Also, get your car maintenance done now.
I want one so bad, but I can't get the husband on board. I have considered just buying it and installing it myself via the "do it anyways and ask for forgiveness" method, but dunno if butt spray is a battle I'm willing to choose yet. I just want to convince him it's a good idea.
If he doesn't like it he doesn't have to use it.
They're very easy to install. It's almost as easy as installing a shower head.
There are also compact battery powered portable handheld bidets that work about as well as the real thing. I have one I take with me on trips.
I have a portable one too and it's not exactly what I'd call discreet but sure gets the job done. Honestly can't recommend it for travel though because in spite of the "portable" label, it's terribly bulky and causes me no end of grief when trying to take it on an airplane. Your experience may be different, here's the one I've got.
Roflmao
Maybe I should upgrade...
This is what I use at work:
It's just a cap that you can put on almost any soda bottle or water bottle.
I keep an old 20 oz soda bottle in my office to use with it.
Great for travel and very discreet.
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They're not mandatory if they're attached. It's not gonna jump out and douse your butt without you asking.
Assuming your financial decision making for a purchase of that magnitude isn't at the "we need to make this decision together" threshold: do it.
He doesn't HAVE to use it just because you bought/installed it.
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Having just spent 2 weeks in japan, I'm not looking forward to my first poop at home. Am going to be looking at cost of upgrading.
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Still have my emergency supplies from covid. During the really scarce time, I ended up buying some of those massive rolls that go in public toilets, totalled 2.4km of tissue paper in the box.
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We chose to do a little bit of "buying ahead." Where I would buy one pack of TP, I bought a second one, and when we use the first I'll get another. Nothing we're not going to use within a few months anyway, not looking to build a TP throne but just a bit of cushion. We were already mostly doing this anyway since covid because it seems like there's random shortages here and there that didn't happen prior, or at least not enough to notice.
Really, nothing beyond what I'd want to have for a natural disaster where we're on our own for a few days. Trying to be prudent without being a weirdo.
Just wipe your arse on the curtains.
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Glad I've lived poor. Can easily weather the tide
It's kind of a sad superpower, isn't it? Especially when you see people who have always been coddled living in luxury, start complaining.
I grew up poor as hell. I broke the cycle in my family just in time to have to deal with this shit. My garden is looking like it's going to do well this year and if meat starts getting scarce I can go hunting from time to time or get some yard birds from the friends I get my eggs from, but god damn (or maybe I'll go vegetarian, wouldn't be the first time), I just wanted a little more time not having to live hand to mouth.
But I'll make it as long as flour doesn't get to be the price of beef. And I'll complain the whole fucking time.
Have slowly cultivated my family's love of potatoes, carrots, and pasta for just such occasions
Rice and Sriracha for dinner again!
Don't forget the foraged ramps , dandelion greens and other foraged delectables..
I've always thought this shit was pretty funny. Like, oh, we're going to have spaghettio's again? I guess it's fucking Wednesday.
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rump proves he still has no idea what a tarriff is:
“I am this giant store. It’s a giant, beautiful store, and everybody wants to go shopping there,” he said. “And on behalf of the American people, I own the store, and I set prices, and I’ll say, ‘If you want to shop here, this is what you have to pay.’ ”
It's hysterical how he compares the US to a department store, a kind of store that is all but dead in 2025.
And then he makes the surprized picachu face when people shop elsewhere.
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As someone who doesn't live in the US, I'm looking forward to watching this unfold.
It's going to hurt Trump. I'm sorry a lot of Dem voters will be collateral damage but honestly, an economic shit storm of biblical magnitude is pretty much the only thing that can save you IMO.
As an American I agree, though I have to point out something those of us living this shit nightmare know...
This won't hurt him. At all. His supporters by and large are what you'd expect from full on Stockholm syndrome victims.
They excuse, Sanewash, and pretend it's part of some plan to make them great.
His supporters? They can soak in their own bloodbaths and say it was Obama's fault or some Hillary conspiracy.
The one issue voters who sat out last time, the middle of the ground twats who thought their vote didn't matter, the Palestinians who thought Kamala's stance on Israel wasn't strong enough... Those are the people who have to suffer enough to motivate them to not be so fucking indifferent to things they don't fully understand.
Agreed. After watching videos of people literally dying in the ICU being told they are passing away soon specifically because they got COVID and didn’t take the vaccine or wear masks and drank horse dewormer or whatever else, and when asked they said they were regretful, they all say “no,” I knew we were screwed.
Hell, I had that same thought happen again when I watched parents whose little children died from Measles were asked “do you regret not vaccinating your now dead children?” And they immediately without hesitation said “no.”
It is a cult, and they are locked in until they are all burned away like a literal fever.
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It's unclear if it's going to save america, considering it's 1:1 out of hitler's playbook. He crashed the economy with tarrifs before going all in.
Let me put it this way. Today I spent over $700 on a massive amount of groceries and various toiletries.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph and all his carpenter friends what the fuck did you spend 700 dollars on? Is that US?
Like I know you said groceries and various toiletries but the curiosity is tickling me.
A few dozen eggs?
Jesus, Mary and Joseph and all his carpenter friends what the fuck did you spend 700 dollars on? Is that US?
Eggs.
4 of them to be precise.
Could actually be a lot of canned goods. The top shelf stuff is like $5 per can 😳
Probably a lot of non-perishables, or like those camping meals with a 10-year life span.
Stockpiling
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I'm living the dream with individually wrapped quilted 3-ply tp rolls and $1.75/doz eggs. Current version of the us sucks balls.
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