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@chrisdepper @KitchenRecipes_ Butter knife. Butter spreaders do not have the pointed tip, but are rounded

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@shairnn Vivian, Eleanor, Gladys, Rose, Bethany, Muriel.

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@muheediva01 Open floor plan. Oversized kitchen island. Shelves instead of upper cabinets in the kitchen.

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@its_Lexieroy Botox, breast implants, hair extensions, lip filler, lash extensions, cheek implants, and too much makeup.

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@muheediva01 Fritos, potato chips or Hostess baked goods in your brown bag lunch. Getting an after school snack.

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@Oldtimers365 Feet.

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Wait, money for good grades? I got grounded for an entire 6 week marking period because I got 2 As and 2 Bs.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

Having a debate

How much money did your parents give you for good report cards when you were a kid? 💰 🏫

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@ThrillaRilla369 Mighty Mouse!

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@DocPriyamMD Early osteoarthritis -like at age 30- runs in my family. My mother was in renal failure due to prolonged NSAID use by the time she was 50.

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@GayBearRes Also, it might be helpful if you offered to handle everything associated with them moving. Removing that burden might change their mind. Moving is harder as you get older.

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@GayBearRes Possibly one of them is in the early stage of dementia, where “poor judgement” is the main symptom, with the adamant insistence that they are correct. It might be worth it to have a talk with each one separately. Also, older folks tend to resist change reflexively.

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@elonmusk I recommended a friend get Starlink. He lived in a place where a cellphone hotspot was the only Internet he could get, and even that was unreliable. He absolutely loves his Starlink, it is the first reliable Internet he has had.

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@WontMarch4Soros @electionsjoe Tell me you’ve never lived in a 66% Republican area. Dems will vote for the least offensive Republican on the ticket, as that is the only way to have any real voice at all in the election. A Republican WILL win. Dem votes can swing it to a less awful candidate.

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@Ravenismeee I sm up by 10am most days, my husband by 2pm

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@BTCBreadMan You supply the funding for the XE, and he supplies the extra 5K for the XLE. Or you continue raising a lazy, entitled child.

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@4thOfJuly365 AquaNet.

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@Here_s_Hoping I embroider pillowcases - and I want them to be used!

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@cindyann1228 @wxyzdetroit Most people want to know if they have been exposed, so that they can take appropriate action. Like quarantining themself if they start getting sick, to avoid further spread. It is one of the oldest medical ways of handling disease outbreaks, and one of the most effective.

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Amazon just got caught running a secret price manipulation operation with Levi's, Home Depot, Walmart, and many more.

Every time you "comparison shopped" online, you were looking at prices that were already rigged.

Here's what happened:

Amazon would monitor prices on Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Chewy in real time. The second a competitor listed a product cheaper than Amazon, they'd contact the brand directly and tell them to "fix it."

And the exact emails are now PUBLIC.

Amazon sent Levi's links to two Walmart listings with the subject line "styles of concern." They basically said the prices on Walmart are too low and we have a problem.

The next day, Levi's responded: "I talked to Walmart and they have partnered with us to take Easy Khaki Classic fit back up to ladder SPP price, $29.99 immediately."

Levi's literally called Walmart and told them to raise the price. Because Amazon told Levi's to make the call.

Walmart complied. Then Amazon matched the HIGHER price.

Both retailers ended up charging more. The customer paid extra. Nobody competed.

Same playbook with Hanes:

Amazon sent them links showing Target and Walmart prices were lower. Hanes confirmed they "reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased."

Target increased the prices. Walmart increased the prices. Amazon kept their margins.

But it gets even worse...

Amazon told Allergan (the company that makes eye drops) that their product was "suppressed" on Amazon because it was cheaper on another site.

Allergan responded: "Walmart got their price back up to $16.99." Amazon then unsuppressed the listing.

They did this with pet treats on Chewy. Furniture on Home Depot. Products across dozens of categories spanning YEARS.

The mechanism is simple but terrifying:

If you're a brand and you sell cheaper on Walmart than on Amazon, Amazon suppresses your product, removes you from the Buy Box, buries you in search results, and effectively makes you invisible to 300 million customers.

Brands can't afford that. So they call Walmart and Target and say "raise your prices or we'll lose our Amazon listings."

Walmart and Target comply because they need the brand's products.

Amazon captures 40 cents of every dollar spent online in America. That gives them the leverage to set prices across THE ENTIRE internet. Not just their own platform.

So turns out, you were never comparison shopping.

You were looking at a coordinated price floor set by Amazon through backroom phone calls between brands and their competitors.

"Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable."

3 separate antitrust trials are now scheduled for 2027. The FTC has its own case. 18 states plus the DOJ are piling on.

This is literally happening during the WORST affordability crisis in a generation. Groceries up 25% since 2020. Housing unaffordable. Wages flat.

And the largest ecommerce company on Earth has been secretly coordinating with brands to make sure you can't find a cheaper price ANYWHERE.

"Competition" in retail is just a fantasy.

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