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7:59:38
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN2... Website (HTML), Title: I SUCK DICK LOUD AS HELL - YouTube
7:59:38
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN2... Website (HTML), Title: I SUCK DICK LOUD AS HELL - YouTube
9:13:33
shinmera
Considering joining the SGDA (Swiss Game Developer Association), but membership would cost 240 per year and I'm a chepaskate
13:00:31
minty
omigosh this little handsome buddy https://twitter.com/Mr_ERR0R_/status/1448452041660157952
13:10:53
shinmera
https://eand.co/why-everything-is-suddenly-getting-more-expensive-and-why-it-wont-stop-cbf5a091f403
13:17:55
minty
a lot of the economic history n economist opinions i spent the summer course reading just wanted orange juice with their breakfast n didn't care it came from halfway across the globe from a country in turmoil
13:29:22
minty
yeah. i've seen peaches in fruit cups here that were picked in georgia, shipped to east asia for packing, and then shipped back here
13:29:53
minty
georgia is like... not that far from here... according to fancy suit-wearing economists this is somehow good
13:34:48
minty
basically, a while back a lot of stuff used to be made in country but that was by unionized workers and companies didn't wanna pay those wages anymore so they were like "hey, overseas ppl wanna make this for cheaper?" and started exporting the work for individual parts over to 3 or 4 separate countries for the lower costs they gave. so now we have "global value chains"
13:35:34
minty
country a does one portion for cheap, country b finishes up for even cheaper, country c packs it for cheap, etc
13:41:45
minty
not just the fuel, either... just, the huuuuuuuuge amount of waste generated by packing n shipping shit internationally... and also packing it for the stores, is just, hideous
13:42:58
minty
here is toy. toy must be... wrapped in sheets of plastic and then in a cardboard thing which must also be in a cardboard box and there needs to be a clear sheet of plastic so that it's visible through the box and...