Post AsuZIwl5fKsLs39McC by ryanjyoder@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #AsuWJz2GNyWlMMz9E0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-09T09:42:10Z
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I'm furious at the local grocery store! I buy many things from them, often every week ... but they buy nothing, not one thing from me!You may mutter that the grocery has not need for services such as: math education, questionable short stories, or advice about ants... but I think this is incorrect. You may mutter that services aren't even included in trade deficits but I don't care!I'm putting a tariff on the grocery until they correct this horrible trade deficit.
(DIR) Post #AsuWhqThqyH7lmCRpw by pms@cupoftea.social
2025-04-09T09:46:22Z
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@futurebird honestly they could probably make their store more ant friendly. They might not want your advice on that, but who are they to choose what they want?
(DIR) Post #AsuXYqwMrhgYYEsjiq by TomSwirly@toot.community
2025-04-09T09:55:57Z
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@futurebird I didn't know you did math education! That's something I do too, but only for fun these days.Somehow an ant got into the bedroom and kept crawling on me a couple of nights ago. I eventually turned the light on to see what it was, agonized a bit, but did terminate its little life, because brushing it off repeatedly hadn't worked and I didn't want to wake my wife.I felt bad, still do. Bless me, mother, for I have sinned.
(DIR) Post #AsuXbqkm16veq8t6TQ by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2025-04-09T09:56:33Z
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@futurebird You may mutter that the grocery has no need for services such as: math educationI don't think I would argue that about most grocery stores I've visited, to be honest.
(DIR) Post #AsuYBTDqyw94HjTVLc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-09T10:03:02Z
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I spend $190 every two weeks and they spend nothing so it is a 100 percent trade deficit. Therefore their tariff is 50 percent. So, if they wish to sell me a box of crackers and some frozen spinach they must also pay me at the same time half of the price of these items. That is cut the price in two.If they would simply invest in one of my stories or some "Ant Services" it need not be this way. I'm tired of being taken advantage of like this. (Also very hungry, but let's not dwell on that)
(DIR) Post #AsuYDUo04EKdm2LdXk by davidnjoku@mastodon.world
2025-04-09T10:03:12Z
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@futurebird And if they ever increase their prices you should double your tariff!
(DIR) Post #AsuYJcB9Z930Nb5yka by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-09T10:04:30Z
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@davidnjoku Since it is now a 50 percent tariff that would mean everything would be effectively ... free. Which seems like it might be a problem, but they are only bringing this suffering on themselves.
(DIR) Post #AsuYS7d2WJUKEhCBsm by davidnjoku@mastodon.world
2025-04-09T10:05:58Z
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@futurebird They wouldn't be in this fix if they only paid for some maths education, would they?
(DIR) Post #AsuYTJxq8u60mdUqZs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-09T10:06:16Z
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@pms Everything it place way too high up! And often the very best items are in the most annoying plastic boxes. The ants, however, are not always good about paying for the good that they buy. I don't know if they really understand that concept although I've tried my best to teach them they still seem to just wander off with whatever they want. But, still.
(DIR) Post #AsuZIwl5fKsLs39McC by ryanjyoder@techhub.social
2025-04-09T10:15:33Z
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@futurebird I think this is wrong. If they sell you a box of crackers YOU have to pay the government 50% if the price on top of paying the grocery store. I guess you could try to haggle at the checkout so your tax burden isn't so high?This is a really stupid thing you're doing to yourself. Why would anyone do this. 😉
(DIR) Post #AsufiIItIWbBelQhzk by funnymonkey@freeradical.zone
2025-04-09T11:27:21Z
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@futurebird Hold out and stay strong, even if it means your cupboards go bare.
(DIR) Post #Asuh6JlJcv6x5GkDCq by brakeoutgaming@gamerstavern.online
2025-04-09T11:42:47Z
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@futurebird not quite - believe it or not, it's actually dumber than this!A tariff is a tax a country imposes on itself. So, it would actually be "I'm going to insist that the grocery store charge me $285 for the same stuff (and give the $95 difference to the local billionaire) until the store decides to start buying things from me!"
(DIR) Post #AsuhOOOj887YfpnV8C by crcollins@writing.exchange
2025-04-09T11:46:09Z
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@futurebird Good point! Every company I buy goods from should buy my books, dammit! 🤬
(DIR) Post #AsukAdQkk4156ZsPPE by lrt_writes@mstdn.party
2025-04-09T12:17:18Z
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@futurebird 😅
(DIR) Post #AsukmDsICqUUqigIoi by murodegrizeco@toad.social
2025-04-09T12:24:05Z
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@futurebird "The ants! They come crawling to me now. Because they've been getting away with bad things for so long, ripping us off! But Trump stoped it. Coming into our house, nobody knows where they are coming from!Taking tiny grains of sugar back to their nest. To their queen. I call her "Queenie". She likes those sugar granules. Nobody uses that word now. But the ripoff stops today! I put a strong tariff on ants. If Little Queenie wants our sugar, she's going to have to make a deal!"
(DIR) Post #Asum2AfzxtLBW96E8u by baishen@mastodon.online
2025-04-09T12:38:09Z
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@futurebird Seems everyone had the same idea. :-)https://xkcd.com/3073/
(DIR) Post #AsunWxIVrBt0xHMCki by neil_h@mastodon.social
2025-04-09T12:54:54Z
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@futurebird, I'm sorry, but that's not quite how it works, surely?Don't you have to tax yourself an extra 24% on every purchase in the grocery store until they purchase services in equal amount from you?
(DIR) Post #AsuolonnpBC8uBdyZU by clarablackink@writing.exchange
2025-04-09T13:08:50Z
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@futurebird Did they even thank you when you put the frozen veggies next to the ice cream when you decided not to buy the veggies?!?Outrageous!And you even washed your hands after using the restroom. Still not a single thank you.
(DIR) Post #Asuoo6Vcxh1wOwESxM by WellsiteGeo@masto.ai
2025-04-09T13:09:16Z
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@futurebird Quoth Marie ANToinette : let them eat ants!
(DIR) Post #AsuqTahViMoJrl8YF6 by nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social
2025-04-09T13:16:27Z
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@futurebird Except tariffs are where you're basically charging yourself, not them.
(DIR) Post #AsutEV12ruOVklllmi by pattykimura@beige.party
2025-04-09T13:58:50Z
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@futurebird Lol. And by the way, that Chinese store and Japanese store have lent you $2.4T so you can buy more ant infrastructure, fresh cookie dough for billionaire government employee Doug Burgum, and stuff you can put in a bag.
(DIR) Post #Asutp51qS0djs1aQuO by agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social
2025-04-09T14:05:28Z
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@futurebird I find it interesting is that the "reciprocal" tariffs, which Trump claims he is just responding to, are not tariffs at all. What they've done is calculate the trade imbalance, then levied a tariff in the same amount. It's like measuring the length of your shoelaces to decide how much to pay for a carton of eggs.
(DIR) Post #Asv03OHwExmJNkJyj2 by duckz@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-04-09T15:15:16Z
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@futurebird idk if it's the same grocery store I'm thinking of but I need it. I'm sure they understand it's for the well being and food security of my building and they like me very much, it's in everyone's best interest if it stops belonging to that ungrateful owner who just happened to get it for cheap decades ago
(DIR) Post #Asv0DqZ1y0TryPImKe by sab38@infosec.exchange
2025-04-09T15:17:10Z
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@futurebirdDon't you instead pay 2x $190, but take $190 back as your #tariff.
(DIR) Post #Asv39Xacs2DrpVgcIC by adamrice@c.im
2025-04-09T15:50:00Z
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@futurebird And how much do we spend on the government without any reciprocation? A lot!Actually, we do get a lot of government services, but they don't come in a form we can easily account for, so I'm just going to arbitrarily say the value is $0. And services don't count anyhow.
(DIR) Post #Asv5sBbXepjAaEWzNQ by AlgoCompSynth@mastodon.social
2025-04-09T16:20:26Z
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@futurebird Pretty much everyone needs advice about ants. Like it's even in the Bible!"Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise."
(DIR) Post #Asv7aXtGGDwOOhXFTM by akash@mstdn.plus
2025-04-09T16:39:42Z
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@futurebird https://payhip.com/b/IKHeZJust promoting!!!
(DIR) Post #AsvEmZpXZaUHZITl0i by stevenaleach@sigmoid.social
2025-04-09T18:00:18Z
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@futurebird Huh... that sounds like a good savings plan - every time you spend at the grocery, you tax yourself and deposit some percentage of your grocery bill into savings?I mean I know that wasn't the idea - but that sounds like something someone would cook up to suggest for folks that have trouble staying on budget or saving.
(DIR) Post #AsvLiA660NBeHP43Xc by mral@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-04-09T19:17:48Z
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@futurebird and just so we are clear on how a #conservativeTariffTax works; your children, with the allowance they earn for working around the house, will have to pay you that tariff tax for every glass of milk they drink until you get a cow in the back yard. You can buy one with all the extra income you will have from the tariff.#democracy is more than voting!
(DIR) Post #AsvwlwEjB4WEkmlXg8 by patcanfield@mastodon.social
2025-04-10T02:13:14Z
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@futurebird REalize you trade for food Paper! OR, Invisible Wealth! Be not fooled the invisibility of a good trade. They get what they want, your get what you want--win-win! Don't fall for Trump's moronoclone- I build a cabinet, I get currency, you sell vegetables get currency. Wait! I have more money than you! I don't have the patience to explain how stupid the US president is. I'm waiting for the GO-FUND ME assassin
(DIR) Post #Asw1pEinPHyIiuDpGy by ollicle@mastodon.social
2025-04-10T03:09:50Z
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@futurebird @pms to be fair these ants are couriers. Paying is (waves antennae) someone else’s responsibility.
(DIR) Post #AswGEdgB9NF0j60MtM by caroona@norden.social
2025-04-10T05:51:17Z
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@futurebird As a fellow maths educator and producer of very non-professional short stories I feel your pain. My supermarket also never buys anything from me and I am not willing to let that slide anymore 😠 Who do they think they are with their fancy schmancy groceries?Groceries, such an interesting word.
(DIR) Post #AswGd2P8sFbyMOfctU by caroona@norden.social
2025-04-10T05:55:44Z
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@futurebird @davidnjoku if they have to pay me for taking away their products, I failed to see where the problem is. Win win.
(DIR) Post #At3HIVjS6En3IVfKXA by TimePencil@infosec.exchange
2025-04-13T15:06:11Z
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@futurebirdAs usual, xkcd has touched upon this point with his consistent brilliance:https://xkcd.com/3073/@Walrus
(DIR) Post #At6lcn3Sz2nIujUcpk by RosyMaths@mathstodon.xyz
2025-04-15T07:27:53Z
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@futurebird Everyone needs questionable short stories and advice about ants!!!!