America Is Running Out of Everything The global supply chain is slowing down at the very moment when Americans are demanding that it go into overdrive. By Derek Thompson

  • deadbergeron [he/him,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    saw this article during an anger-scroll through r/lockdownskepticism. Most comments: "See! We told you lockdowns didn't work!" Yeah, this is definitely because of lockdowns, not, like, a global pandemic that has overwhelmingly affected workers and which many countries continue to refuse to appropriately deal with.

    My favorite comment:

    And I bet this article did not say "lockdowns" or vaccine mandates or mask mandates or super unemployment benefits. The media willfully created the covid hysteria, supported lockdowns, but won't admit that government policy they incited are causing this!

    You would be correct. Nary a word about lockdowns , vaccine mandates or mask mandates.

    This just in! Mask mandates have destroyed the global supply chain!

    Link cause I'm not a lib

    Also I love Americans who have like pretty much no restrictions at this point, but continue to act as if they're being forced at gunpoint to remain in their homes. Like, you want to go out to eat so bad, just do it, don't whine about a fake lockdown.

          • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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            3 years ago

            Cmon I love hexbear but like half of what we do here is just post shit for each other to get mad at together

          • deadbergeron [he/him,they/them]
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            3 years ago

            yeah there are definitely good vibes on this site. i do have to be careful to take breaks often though or i will just start making myself mad, especially from the_dunk_tank. going through r/lockdownskepticism once every couple of months isn't too bad, I already get all those arguments from my friends anyway

            • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              i do have to be careful to take breaks often though or i will just start making myself mad, especially from the_dunk_tank

              I'm going to shill the megathreads. You ever post in the megathreads? Good vibes in the megathreads.

              • deadbergeron [he/him,they/them]
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                3 years ago

                i gotta get back into the megathreads. i used to exclusively look at the megathreads when we were on the subreddit, but now on the new site i rarely look/post in them

            • CopsDyingIsGood [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yeah the dunk tank is bad and imo should only exist to quarantine that type of thing to one comm

      • bort_simp_son [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        They'll spend the next 20 years acting like that one-time unemployment boost was a permanent UBI.