Good info I had no idea thanks.

I’ve ordered from Aliexpress a bunch of times and never had a problem except for it sometimes being slow. There’s lots of random stuff on there that’s incredibly hard to find over here. This shit sucks.

To me it just seems like they’re being set up to become like a permanent occupying force like the US in the middle east. At some point they’ll have to draw a line somewhere I would think.

edit: just having a really hard time imagining a scenario where this doesn’t continually devolve I guess, not trying to be a doomer or anything, and like I said, I know basically nothing about the conflict.

I haven’t been following Ukraine beyond headlines, but with the news that the US will supply them with long range missiles I’m wondering what the win condition for Russia is?

I’m basically talking out of my ass so correct me if I’m wrong but it seems like they’ve successfully called Russia’s bluff about escalating the war beyond Ukraine. I know Russia has tried multiple times to end the war through various deals, and they’ve also been very very careful about avoiding unnecessary civilian casualties. It is obvious at this point that the west wants the war to continue by any means necessary.

I’m just thinking like… Is there a world where Russia holds a line in the sand and appeals to the rest of the world to force Ukraine to negotiate? Like pull back to Crimea and Donbass or whatever and assume a defensive posture? I just don’t see a way out for them at this point. I hate to say it but it does seem like this whole thing has been pretty successful at slowly sapping Russia’s capabilities and leaving them with fewer options.

How do you win against an enemy with no soul and unlimited resources? Is it possible for them to “win” through PR? I fully believe the invasion was justified, and Russia has conducted itsself with great restraint. Is that story getting told to the rest of the world?

Idk man, the missiles thing got me feeling some type of way. Fuck the USA.

Thanks crapple!

I legit thought dudes name was Chili-chuck this whole time

Unfortunately I agree. It did seem to work very well. Libs in my family that know literally nothing about Russia are convinced that Putin is out to get them.

This shit is so ridiculous. Kabuki theater.

In my head I’m hearing a little “oink” every time the arrow bounces

None of them are good but Dollar General specifically exists to exploit underserved markets. Dollar Tree still has cheap stuff of slightly dubious quality, but you can find good stuff there for cheap.

all the grocery stores where I live are like almost 2x the price of when I was living in a bigger city. the demographics of the town are such that like half or more are on disability, SSI, foodstamps etc.

grocery stores are gouging food stamp customers because they know they have no choice.

Wow. Rare Heathcliff spotted

I remember thinking “why is everyone pretending this was an accident, when it was clearly on purpose”

11/10 no notes, i have laughed at this like 4 separate times

Nice, good to know for sure

extremely critical support

Poor person hack: lots of instant coffee like cafe bustelo comes in decent glass jars. So if you’re gonna get coffee get a reusable glass jar too. The lid is unfortunately plastic, but I’ve been trying to find a non-plastic solution on the cheap. Also instant coffee isn’t as bad as its made out to be.

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Before the stream cut out the first speaker made a dig about Kamala’s comments. “We are the ones who are speaking!”