08/25/2025 6:32:47 AM PDT
· 32 of 65 riri
to cuban leaf
The fun part is that that “welfare” money actually strengthens the economy (at least temporarily) because the recipients spend it like drunken sailors - at Wal-Mart, McDonalds, etc. It’s all about money velocity.
Truer words never spoken.
All the toxic, brightly packaged trash in the "grocery" stores? Who do you think buys it?
06/13/2025 6:46:57 AM PDT
· 29 of 30 riri
to Jim Noble
About 2 months ago, I stumbled up some YT video, basically following around a (western) guy in Iran. It was filmed that week, so not old.
Both my husband and I were shook.
He went on the subway, to the grocery, had dinner, etc.
Do you know what we saw? Clean, orderly, quiet subways. Very few women in the get up. Huge, modern grocery stores, filled to the the brim with goods. Well dressed, normal people going about their day.
I'd love to do a side by side with a day in one of our cities.
Pretty much everything you are told, believe the opposite.
06/08/2025 8:11:41 AM PDT
· 123 of 126 riri
to Jim Noble
There were stories in the Crazy Days and Nights blog during Covid about Musk and Grimes having drugs delivered to them during the lock downs.
Where there is smoke...
There is also a lot of drug use among the tech bros supposedly. So it is part of the culture. There is also a high level of arrogance among a lot of them. I'd wager many think they are so smart, they can control it.