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So concerned they broke records for black friday shopping. We can't even be bothered to stop spending to send a message. I hate it here.
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The flip flopping and lies from media is so disgusting right now. First I hear BEST rebound, people shopping more than two years ago! Then I hear no one can afford shit. So which is it???
Media, get your nose outta the orange cancer ass and DO YOUR JOB--- report the truth. Ugh.
Something that caught my attention. I ordered two random, non-Christmas items on Monday. I fully expected not to see them until later this week or next week. Much to my surprise, they’re out for delivery today.
The sheer fact I could order something 3 days before Christmas and have it arrive on Christmas Eve tells me that shipping rates are much lower this year than they have been in years past, which means people aren’t ordering the same amount they used to.
I had this same thought when my should-be-next-Saturday deliveries showed up yesterday.
Two things we ordered over a week ago were supposed to be delivered yesterday but now say the 27th. So YMMV I guess.
Mine came via FedEx. Were yours USPS?
One Fedex one UPS. Another Fedex package that was supposed to be here last week only got here yesterday.
My guess is that they hired more people in traditionally heavy areas so that there it’s going faster but in flyover country it’s business as usual.
I've seen a lot more talk about Prices than the other notable impact of Tariffs: the highest number of Layoffs since the Pandemic and loss of manufacturing jobs across the USA.
Those are intertwined though.
More people losing income makes the impact of rising prices even more noticeable for a larger portion of households.
It's possible for the price of goods to change independently of number of well paying jobs.
It's unlikely to change as drastically without it, though.
I wasn't saying that fewer jobs was the cause of increasing prices.
They are blaming AI for that, which is surprising since not one of those jobs was actually replaced with AI.
If you have any confidence in the dumpster fire that is average American economies I'm sorry but you're an idiot.
Too stupid to create your own saucy analogy but really craving Internet karma? Just use "dumpster fire" and watch the upvotes roll on in!
What a weirdly unnecessary reply.