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I was hoping this would be the Turkish equivalent of two paper thin patties, three buns, some lettuce and thousand island dressing for $7 USD but yeah I can see how haggling the price of soap can be frustrating too.

I mean this is just a cultural difference. Of course as an American, where haggling is uncommon and not a part of societal norms, you will find it annoying.

In other countries, where retail sectors are not as standardized, haggling is seen as a form of social interaction and networking. It is, by all means, less efficient. But not every culture romanticizes productivity to the point of working / chasing a bag until you're frail, incontinent and need to be put in a 'home'.

The lack of efficiency is also antithetical to consumerism which is a cultural norm in many parts of the world where haggling is uncommon. You can buy 15 pieces of junk on Amazon in the amount of time it takes to haggle one peice of junk at a market. Which is more 'normal' depends on which part of the world you're from.

Haggling in person is a completely different experience from online. You can fake your identity online, disappear randomly, and spam for the sake of spamming. It's much harder to do that when you show up with your real face in a relatively close knit community.

Not in any way trying to dismiss your experience. I find it very uncomfortable as well but having South asian parents means that I've seen my fair share of such transactions and how they can have the interesting effect of bringing people together.

Sounds like capitalism working as intended to me.

A Big Mac is a bigger scam than anything sold in a market by ordinary people.

Going nuts in a reddit thread quickly becomes Black and brown people bad, white people good

A lot of people are sick in the head over there.

Expression becomes more free when you ban Nazis and other fascists.

Almost always higher pay but worse everything else. It's a golden goose to extract revenue from but actually being American is kinda cringe especially when the USA chants break out.

China has been subsidizing EVs since 2010.

Western culture is built on delivering value to shareholders first and foremost.

It would be an uphill battle. Yes Americans are overall less educated because they don't invest in education and let their media spread lies unchecked but invading Canada is a big leap (for now).

Canada as a nation has a concept of common good.

America is obsessed with the idea of not helping the poor because if they're not incentivized to "bootstrap," they'll get lazy.

Americans die of not having access to drugs that are developed In America and subsidized by American tax dollars.

I think we all know which is more ethical.

Many Americans do not care. Brains have been rotted by their social media and "anti-woke" identity politics so critical thinking is waning. They'll pay more and find a way to not blame it on Trump.

America as a positive cultural force in the world is on its dying breaths. It was a good run. The rest of the world should be looking at moving forward while leaving America and the crypto, AI, and social networking dystopia it seems obsessed with creating behind.

The rest of the world should be emphasizing divestment in the US and, overall, leaving America behind at this critical juncture.

Trump administration says fentanyl though very little moves across the Canadian border. They're using it to declare a national emergency and therefore bypass Congress.

From Canada's perspective it's to weaken Canada's perspective it's to weaken the Canadian economy so that it's easier to annex.