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 (DIR) Post #Az8r4ycFP5KXnKdDqC by nervous_jessica@mastodon.social
       2025-10-12T17:57:27Z
       
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       Every time someone asks me how things are going I have to explain that small businesses are doing terrible across the board. Many of us have sales that are only 20% of what we normally do. It seems like a lot of people are completely oblivious to the fact that the economy is doing very poorly.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az8r503w1d4WHUaqdU by EllisDee@wolfgirl.bar
       2025-10-12T18:53:21.965073Z
       
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       @nervous_jessica is your small business selling Chinese shit?
       
 (DIR) Post #Az8r546D17Genhgijg by nervous_jessica@mastodon.social
       2025-10-12T17:57:45Z
       
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       You may have noticed that food prices are going up but it's not just food prices. It's everything: materials, shipping, insurance, suppliers that we used to depend on going out of business. the constant instability of tariffs and just in general people aren't spending money on nonessential items like art, jewelry and jigsaw puzzles.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az8r59jO4sZsGf3Zzs by nervous_jessica@mastodon.social
       2025-10-12T17:58:18Z
       
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       I think we're going to survive because we have a couple big sculpture commissions and a research grant hopefully. But we've had to layoff people. Anyways, try to buy from some small businesses this holiday season
       
 (DIR) Post #Az8r5FXCV6OWGbOvpo by nervous_jessica@mastodon.social
       2025-10-12T18:08:25Z
       
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       Also thank you to whoever posted the flummoxagon on hacker news today. We are getting a lot of orders from that
       
 (DIR) Post #Az8wYHSMvuFIOensbw by gat@mu.zaitcev.nu
       2025-10-12T19:54:37.027394Z
       
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       @EllisDee @nervous_jessica My sales are not impacted thus far, but I depend heavily upon imported materials. I'll have to raise prices accordingly if I have to switch to domestic materials.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az8weCkTLln9X561HU by EllisDee@wolfgirl.bar
       2025-10-12T19:55:46.793536Z
       
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       @gat @nervous_jessica #partoftheproblem
       
 (DIR) Post #Az9CCPjl432oyRX4Lo by realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world
       2025-10-12T22:50:01.231396Z
       
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       @nervous_jessica @nervous_jessica The #MSM is not panicking because this hasn't impacted #WallStreet heavily...yet...
       
 (DIR) Post #AzAfPtwd9jUeFqISRs by kcarr2015@mstdn.social
       2025-10-13T04:19:22Z
       
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       @realcaseyrollins @nervous_jessica The focus on the stock market blows my mind. Like, someone will always be able to make money by buying low when the market dips and then inevitably rebounds. The rest of us in the real fucking world are just stuck with loss. 😵‍💫
       
 (DIR) Post #AzAfPvHECdZ0O0wQC0 by realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world
       2025-10-13T15:52:02.145411Z
       
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       @kcarr2015 @nervous_jessica @kcarr2015 @nervous_jessica I will say, I do stay liquid enough to buy into the dip when it comes. Strats like this can help build generational wealth in an economy that doesn't really let middle class folks buy homes anymore.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzAfqxrggkZsEQtCi0 by realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world
       2025-10-13T15:56:59.142874Z
       
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       @kcarr2015 @nervous_jessica @kcarr2015 @nervous_jessica But also, the poor effects of the economy mostly affect lower and middle class people. Even upper middle class folks are probably fine.What marks major depressions is that they affect everyone, even millionaires.