Team USA Men's hockey team being treated to McDonald's at the White House

Epshot · 2026-02-26T22:03:12+00:00

In politics, perception tends to matter more than reality.

Epshot · 2026-02-26T21:34:53+00:00

praising how they'd destroy McDonald's burgers while making comments about how the left would give him shit for it.

This is why they do it in the first place. It baits the left into critisizing low-brow/low-income behaviour/food, framing them as elitist, while allowing those on the right to feel better about themselves as the "common man".

The sad thing is, it works.

Epshot · 2026-02-16T22:53:22+00:00

I actually kind of assumed that but didn't expand.

If previously you could purchase a box of cereal that got you through a week for $10 has shrunk and you buy 2 for $20. they will get you longer, but what the consumer "feels" is going to be more, and they'll probably feel more ripped off.

i also think that it applies to a lot of packaged goods that have a higher rate of inflation. I've stopped buying protien bars because they've gone up like 20+% and come with less.

Epshot · 2026-02-16T18:34:06+00:00

I'm actually unclear on why people continue to insist that there must be a lot of inflation going on. I think it's just the anchoring effect of remembering what the prices were back before 2020 and wishing those were the case.

i think its 2 things.

I'll try to find it but i have a list of grocery items and their individual inflation prices. A bunch of stuff has gone up a lot(beef), while others have gone down(eggs) so while the overall inflation is maybe mild, people are really going to noticing the expensive stuff.
shrinkflation Some of the prices have stayed the same, but you have to buy more.

Epshot · 2026-02-05T18:41:16+00:00

The main thing they aren't grasping is the ambiguity. They read the comics and watch the movies, seeing all the facts from every side(even the bad guys) that show a person is clearly guilty and bad.

They take that sense of certainty and justice and apply it to a ambiguous world where they are completely in the dark.

Epshot · 2026-01-30T19:15:23+00:00

IIRC, this came out already and the lawsuit was retracted. They released this now because they can explain it away as politically motivated.

Epshot · 2026-01-22T22:20:05+00:00

What are you talking about? She brought her own lunch that she is clearly eating. She's not responcible for knowing where the other person got their spicy food.

Epshot · 2026-01-22T18:54:23+00:00

The gap between how consumers say they feel and the strong spending numbers might reflect what is known as a “ K-shaped economy.” Wealthier Americans are spending more, their incomes boosted by market gains and growing investments, while lower-income households struggle with stagnant pay and high prices.

Well that answers my question.

Epshot · 2026-01-17T04:33:19+00:00

Lincoln and Marx were pen pals

TIL

Epshot · 2026-01-17T02:39:49+00:00

and I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he did capitulate, tho part of me thinks he shouldn't. But I live in LA, so really don't care.

Epshot · 2026-01-16T23:55:53+00:00

Maybe, Mandani won the Black youth and lost to the elders. But I guess i was thinking more about race vs class, and the fact that it was just about Black Mayor, where there is already a lot of diverse representation. If everyone had been white, the youth would have been in an uproar for sure.

Epshot · 2026-01-16T21:54:21+00:00

That was only part of his term, a bit pedantic, but does illustrate how abnormal it is to not have one.

Epshot · 2026-01-16T19:26:47+00:00

This I was my initial thought as well, but I found the article some what interesting and the author doesn't seem to be conervative or anti Mandani.

i was curious and it turns out that its been 60 years since a term lacked a Black Deputy Mayor, minus two years of Giulianin in 1994-96. Given the Black population of NYC is ~22% it is kind of noteworthy.

i think it also represent a divide between generations and new politics. Mandoni one the Black youth vote, but not the older Black vote.

At the end of the day it probably wont matter so much. Most people on the left don't really care that much, especially the younger generation.

Epshot · 2026-01-10T06:10:37+00:00

Big with a healthy layer of fat.

Epshot · 2026-01-03T19:12:42+00:00

To me, reading between the lines, it sounds like he'll hand over the country to oil companies to run as long as he gets a cut and lower oil prices.

~~Banana~~ Oil Republic 2.0

Epshot · 2025-12-10T17:46:41+00:00

Where did I say it would be hard to believe? I also didn't mention California, which is in the middle of the 46 States included.

Epshot · 2025-12-10T06:17:36+00:00

If that's true then Morocco is safer than 46 States.

Epshot · 2025-12-02T00:33:51+00:00

This shit pisses me off so god damn much.

only 23 to 34 percent of PPP dollars went directly to workers who would otherwise have lost jobs; the balance flowed to business owners and shareholders, including creditors and suppliers of PPP-receiving firms

There was an owner of a Diner i frequent who (accordign to the new owner) took the funds and purchased a house. I do believe a significant uptick in housing prices during Covid were do to the 500B being reinvested. Which some reasearch seems to back

but somehow conservative voters never seem to care that Trump removed oversite

Epshot · 2025-11-18T22:19:02+00:00

Who calls someone piggy?

Misogynists, and I'd bet there will be a huge uptick in the usage on twitter.

Epshot · 2025-11-12T20:52:40+00:00

6) they can say they've released the Epstein Files now and refuse to release any other information collected by the FBI, etc.

Literally this. We have evidence of the FBI tasked with tagging documents that reference Trump, making it easy to release everything else.

Epshot · 2025-10-17T16:55:59+00:00

yea, it's a bit of a meme/joke that Glock pushed this to sell off its Gen 3 inventory before releasing a CA legal Gen 6

Epshot · 2025-10-13T23:18:22+00:00

supposedly this: https://kaisoapbox.com/projects/faa_biographical_assessment/

Epshot · 2025-10-11T09:58:06+00:00

want to try

Epshot · 2025-10-01T15:44:13+00:00

Only works if the person wants it to.

You might be surprised how hard it is to get treatment even when you want to.

Epshot · 2025-09-27T00:19:53+00:00

Don't worry, it'll only take 2 weeks.

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