Yes, and, in the case of a place like Vietnam, corporate goods are openly counterfeited so they become something available at small shops. This is true with clothes, books, music, etc. In the larger business models, sellers don’t have agency over their selling prices. They’re reduced to mere middlemen.
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A lot of this is old world vs. new world culture in general. Even South of the border, where cultures have been more preserved, there are more shops and carts and little family businesses where this stuff is an option which exists almost nowhere in America now.
Not until I visited Vietnam. We hit it off with our hotel manager, hung out a bunch. He told us it’s part of the culture, you’re supposed to do it. You’re going to get offered the price that’s three times what’s considered reasonable. The third offer should get it where it’s supposed to be and that’s where a reasonable person stops haggling. He said some very unpleasant people always take it too far and people don’t want to do business of any kind with people like that. He also said there’s a different price for foreigners than there is for locals. When we’d go out with him, he’d insist on paying, ostensibly because he’d get that local price. Of course, it’s more complicated because we eventually learned they get kickbacks for bringing customers in.
5·1 day agoBecause of course it’s meritless bullshit meant to smear. They’re sending FBI agents to deal with this ICE shit and it’s making agents resign. Not sure if it’s been reported yet. Just heard something through the grapevine. It’s not their damn jobs and it only serves to lend credence to a bullshit propaganda narrative so the cult will think it’s real. Forcing people to implicate themselves in lawlessness is an organized crime tactic. It forces those who can’t stomach it to out themselves and leave. Those who remain are confessing their willingness to continue to be lawless, even if they’re not actually willing but don’t want to quit and hand over all the keys to the mad king’s bad guys. This is how they dirty everybody.
Everything he says is a lie/confession.
1·2 days agoTruth. Good point. I’m waiting till I get myself more well informed. Thanks.
I’ve never edited anything there but log in sometimes just if I’m interested in a topic and want to bookmark it. This is making me think I should just delete my account.
31·3 days agoFirst saw this pop up on LA local news IG account, knew something was up with all the trolling responses dominating. There’s really no way to even report fake/suspiscious accounts over there. Very glad/relieved to see rational comments here.
How is that defensible? Are there no laws to tamp down online terrorism from bad actors like Heritage? I’d imagine they’re 100% in the wrong for making threats of any kind but I’m just a wee layman.
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2·5 days agoeast to the western end of Riverside County.
Bingo! That 2nd one down almost captures the Doppler effect dramatizing what it sounds like when they fly by.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Allens_Hummingbird/maps-range
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen's_hummingbird#Distribution
2·5 days agoBraised, to me anyways, just means browned, then cooked slow and low, till tender, starting to fall off bone.
That sounds delicious. Pretty much the same ingredients except for the paprika, which inspires me to make something similar. Thank you!
Interesting. One tore past my head the other day and made a really loud screeee sound, for lack of a better description. I’ll have to learn more about these. I think I’ve heard the sound you’re describing as well. The other thing I’m surprised to see them do is just land somewhere and not move for a while.
Ground Squirrels, here in Southern California. Other burrowing mammals in the mountains also make similar chirping sounds. Peregrine Falcons can make sounds somewhere between screeching sea birds and ground squirrels.
Hummingbirds make noises I would never have expected were coming from them. Roadrunners make sounds I could have sworn were coming from insects.
Looks delicious! Braised chicken with polenta, yum. Appears similar to Italian ingredients. Am I right on that? (Not familiar with Romanian cuisine.)
6·6 days agoYou know, for kids.
4·6 days agoAuthorities investigating a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded on New Year’s Day in front of the entrance to the Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
A highly decorated army soldier who fatally shot himself in a Tesla Cybertruck just before it blew up outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas
George Wallace could probably use some love right about now https://bsky.app/profile/mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social
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