Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?
Maybe op should have bought domestic <niche item only available in Spain> instead of importing it.
Sure, and Mexico will pay for your wall 🤣
It helps. Because Trump will spend that money on destroying east wing, hiding and redacting Epstein files, and killing American citizens
This is literally how tariffs work. They don’t benefit you. They fuck you in your anus. We tried to tell you.
For fairness here, tarrifs can be beneficial and useful when specifically targeted at industries which you can compete globally in with commensurate subsidies. In other words, universal tarrifs is the same as shooting your own nuts off, but targeted tarrifs can be helpful in growing specific industries you can grow.
All tarrifs are paid by the population of the country doing the tarrifing, but when it’s well thought out and specifically targeted it can be a good thing.
Lastly, for clarity, fuck trump, what he’s doing is incredibly stupid and will only hurt US citizens.
If they fucked me in the I’d at least have a good time. They fuck me in the wallet, which hurts a lot and not in a sexy way.
wish they did 😔
Sadly there are tariffs on those toys too. :(
You have to pay extra to get fucked.
😔
It’s all those woke economists’ fault (and literally anyone else who understands anything)!
woke economist
Oof, what an oxymoron 🤣
Wokenomics!
If all the SMART people weren’t so WOKE then MAYBE I’d listen to them and we’d get some ACTUAL WORK done around here!!!
(Sorry to steal your comment, BigMacHole)
Let them do their own research now.
How does this benefit me?
Is the satisfaction of making dear leader and his rich friends richer not enough for you?
I bet he didn’t even say thank you for the opportunity to
führerfurther line their pocketsHahaha thank you for the laugh and not only with the golden call back to Zelenskyy!
There are plenty of benefits - dei is illegal, trans folks aren’t able to compete in women’s sports, brown people are afraid to go outside. Does that supersede $450? You tell me.
He must be a domestic terrorist or something if he’s not unequivocally grateful for the opportunity to personally enrich dear leader!
Bro… dear leader is sending everyone $2000 for how rich the tariffs made him, and he doesn’t even need congressional approval to do so… much like blowing up random boats in international waters and attempting to steal Greenland.
At first you think he may just be naive of how tarrifs work. Which is still true, but it doesn’t explicitly label him as maga.
Then he says this…
How does this benefit me?
And there it is. The selfish attitude that tells me he voted for this exact outcome without a clue what that outcome actually was. Just voted for his team, and didn’t bother with the details. Oh well. Have the day you voted for.
Not only that but imagine if he was right and the seller paid the tariff, does he honestly think they would just eat the loss?
He thinks mexico paid for the wall.
He thinks the wall was fully built years ago in trumps first term.
He believes trump tells the truth.
In other words, he did “his own research”, which consisted of believing his own biases, and confirming them in an echo chamber.
It’s amazing how some people still don’t fully grasp that Trump supporters don’t look at the world, they just look at Trump to tell them what they would see if they did.
Tariffs are more of a soft ban than anything else. They’re meant to function to protect local industry from cheap imports. And they don’t even achieve that.
Case in point: in the 1980’s I believe it was, Yamaha came out with their Virago line of cruiser motorcycles. They were objectively better than Harley-Davidsons and sold much cheaper, the only reason to buy a Harley was 1. because the gaing you’re in requires ownership of one to be a member, 2. cosplaying as a member of said gang requires ownership of one, or 3. your boomer brain couldn’t handle your motorcycle going duh-duh-duh-duh instead of duduh-duduh.
So Harley lobbied for and got a tariff on cruiser motorcycles of over I think it was 1200ccs engine displacement, which simply made the Japanese bikes cost more like what the American ones did. Yamaha responded by slightly treducing the cylinder bores to bring the displacement down to 1150cc making the tariff non-applicable and nothing of use was accomplished.
A person could pay 100% tarriff on the cost of a Yamaha Virago(v-star) and it would still be cheaper than a Harley.
ESPECIALLY considering the long term costs of ownership
What you mad at lil bro? that’s called making america great again! Next time you order your equipment from USA 🏈🦅
“But they don’t make it here, everything is offshored.”
“Oh, well, should have thought of that first.”
blocks ears lalalalalalallalaa i cant hear you
Surprise! You’re being taxed. They use tariffs because you don’t know what the word means
It appears that Dan is suffering from a case of “really fucking stupid.”
It pays the salary of the people who will murder you for owning a gun and the people who will lie about it and obstruct the investigation.
We call it the Trump extortion tax.
Maybe that’s why Canada keeps responding with “tariff me harder”.
I had the same issue with a piece of music equipment. Unfortunately, I didn’t know it was coming from Europe until DHL asked me for money.
I just ate $34.80 in import fees for a sweater recently. It’s rough. The pig will swing soon.
When the current ways fail, return to the old ways.
Knitting a jumper requires time, patience, and a modicum of skill but nothing outside the ability of a determined beginner. It can be done while watching TV!
You can also make it 100% wool instead of acrylic or polyester, which most clothes are made from now-a-days. Therefore being warmer, longer lasting, slightly water resistant, more sustainable, and considerably more environmentally friendly when it inevitably meets its demise many years from now.
$34.80 would go a long way in covering the cost of the wool, potentially even all of it depending on the type chosen and your location.
Next thing you know you’ll be surrounded by your own-made blankets and scarves wondering why you ever put up with the plastic crap we’re sold in shops. And the warmest you’ve ever been!
You must have skills to knit a sweater while watching tv. I can’t even do a plain, no pattern, knit stitch only scarf without staring at it. I can listen to podcasts or something, just no looking away.
Watching is a strong word to be fair haha
Zoning in and out
I wish that I could make stuff, but you see how my right hand is curling a bit in the picture despite me trying to keep it straight?
Sadly, two strokes have done a number in my motor skills. My cane is resting just out of frame and I’m precariously balanced in that shot.
I didn’t see your picture before commenting. I’m sorry to hear that. I like your drip though, very avante garde!
Is it at least a good sweater?
I had an imported parcel get lost last year, and the seller was kind enough to just send out another. I paid the fees for the replacement and then after six months the original parcel showed up. Funny how that happens.
My fashion sense used to have me looking like I was in a yet-unreleased Final Fantasy, but the further we go into fascism times, the more I end up drifting away from that. One of my friends recently said I look like an android refugee. I suppose she’s not wrong. Most of my wardrobe is like this now.
(Oh and yes, the outfit is fantastically warm and fits well and there’s a convenient place on the front I can just drop my phone into.)
Omg that is a fantastic sweater. I’m temporarily handicapped at the moment, have to use crutches or zimmer, and that there is the pocket of dreams. You look super stylish. I’m sorry to hear of your health woes - I hope some recovery is possible.
My second stroke was over two years ago. Physical therapy every day! Gotta keep at it!
I’m terrible at Megabonk though, just like everyone else. And I play a lot of solo board games to help with the motor function! Currently neck-deep in Arydia and Stars of Akarios!
I’m no fashion icon but I do find it annoying that most clothing I come across is symmetrical. I don’t know what I like more, the asymmetry or the pocket of champions. Incredible.
If you have a link to wherever you got it I wouldn’t mind having a window shop. Thanks for sharing!
Yup! For stuff that fits this vibe, I usually hit up ZOLNAR on Etsy, but their stuff often feels more like uniforms than street clothes; and Navaho Clothing there, which is where this piece came from.
I’m not much of an advertiser and I’m not really about spamming that stuff, so there’s no links. Hope that’s okay!
Android refugee isn’t a bad look, it looks very cool.
