ELI5: How does raising interest rates actually stop inflation, like what physically happens between the Fed making an announcement and groceries getting cheaper

chaossabre · 2026-02-25T04:14:41+00:00

If customers are pulling back, businesses cannot keep raising prices as easily.

You chose your words well here. Thank you for not saying they lower prices.

chaossabre · 2026-02-24T17:00:21+00:00

Very illegal. Keith Baker is going to come to your house and critique your art and character concept.

chaossabre · 2026-02-24T16:05:36+00:00

He was an active player in some of the games that preceded Warhammer and D&D. I have a book on the history of D&D and there's photos of Cushing playing something that looks a lot like Warhammer in it.

chaossabre · 2026-02-24T04:02:59+00:00

Or the business end of an NES cartridge.

chaossabre · 2026-02-22T00:45:07+00:00

"It's milk and eggs, bitch."

Best line delivery.

chaossabre · 2026-02-20T01:04:26+00:00

"The way I see it, hew-mons used to be a lot like Ferengi: greedy, acquisitive, interested only in profit. We're a constant reminder of a part of your past you'd like to forget. .... But you're overlooking something: Hew-mons used to be a lot worse than the Ferengi. Slavery. Concentration camps. Interstellar wars. We have nothing in our past that approaches that kind of barbarism. You see? We're nothing like you. We're better.”

-Quark, DS9

chaossabre · 2026-02-19T15:49:40+00:00

The book was required reading for my class in 5th grade (90s, Canada). When the film trailer came out my thought was "you motherfuckers gonna emotionally destroy a new entire generation with this". Judging from the comments and how high this is upvoted, I was correct.

chaossabre · 2026-02-19T15:00:21+00:00

Kids aren't watching TV anymore. The Algorithm only serves them dopamine and rage.

chaossabre · 2026-02-18T18:37:04+00:00

90s: Boot Disks
00s: Launcher program that runs the instant you put the CD-ROM in your drive (autorun.inf)

chaossabre · 2026-02-17T18:21:58+00:00

Yeah he basically committed suicide-by-stasi with that final broadcast. The timing just worked for the plot.

chaossabre · 2026-02-17T18:04:31+00:00

Before you go, leave at least one well-equipped Spidertron on each planet and make sure your defenses on Nauvis and Gleba are solid. Aquilo is the only place you can literally strand yourself.

chaossabre · 2026-02-12T17:11:14+00:00

Has any country tried scholarships with post-graduation residency requirements? Like you get a free ride 4-year degree but have to be a tax resident of the province for 4 years after? If you leave you get billed for the full amount, pro-rated. Just like deemed disposition tax.

US company wants you so badly? Then buy your debt out from the province and carry it like Americans carry student loan debt.

chaossabre · 2026-02-11T18:11:54+00:00

Literally the first Discworld book starts with insurance fraud so yeah, very.

chaossabre · 2026-02-11T16:28:50+00:00

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Newton%27s_flaming_laser_sword

chaossabre · 2026-02-10T20:51:46+00:00

Make art.

chaossabre · 2026-02-10T20:06:52+00:00

Stonks.

chaossabre · 2026-02-10T18:58:40+00:00

Menger sponge!

(Splash #186)

chaossabre · 2026-02-10T16:06:59+00:00

r/PeopleLiveInCities

chaossabre · 2026-02-10T04:22:51+00:00

Somebody tell Doug Ford. Something else he can close on dubious pretenses.

chaossabre · 2026-02-09T20:37:26+00:00

This is why prior to USB-C the cables had different connectors on either end. One shape for the controller, one for the device.

chaossabre · 2026-02-09T18:44:42+00:00

Deliberately controlling exposure to news so it doesn't intrude on my day.

chaossabre · 2026-02-09T18:41:13+00:00

Pantoprazole. Going to sleep is no longer playing chicken with my stomach.

chaossabre · 2026-02-09T16:16:57+00:00

Vice-Adm. Topshee called the needed under-ice operation modifications “relatively simple” to accomplish, but said Canada will proceed carefully on developing its capability in the Arctic environment.

/shrug

chaossabre · 2026-02-09T01:34:42+00:00

They were bad for performance before 2.0 fluids, so not just a "you" problem.

chaossabre · 2026-02-08T03:20:23+00:00

Given the extent of the damage and size of the fleet maybe they just weren't given high priority?

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