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5. Great job

Reply to BlueKota (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 09:02 PM

Sep 3

You explained without being mean to make him tune out...

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Gotcha 🤣 [View all] BlueKota Sep 3 OP

Nice Coexist Sep 3 #1

Thank you! BlueKota Sep 3 #2

Well done! pandr32 Sep 3 #3

Thank you! BlueKota Sep 3 #4

Great job Fresh_Start Sep 3 #5

Thank you. BlueKota Sep 3 #9

It's always so satisfying to shut down a Trumper! Diamond_Dog Sep 3 #6

It's definitely a great feeling BlueKota Sep 3 #10

If they think grocery prices are high now central scrutinizer Sep 3 #7

They have no clue what they are in for. BlueKota Sep 3 #11

Child labor and those receiving public support, I suppose travelingthrulife Sep 4 #37

Or they'll round up all the liberals central scrutinizer Sep 4 #38

I suspect they'll use the liberals to fertilize the fields.... erronis Sep 4 #40

Crop picking is what MAGAts think are "black jobs" -- I think that's been pellucidly clear all along Hekate Sep 4 #42

I had a moron post one of those, "our founding fathers fled religious persecution" memes, and my response was, brewens Sep 3 #8

Love it. BlueKota Sep 3 #12

I do shit like that a lot. Make statements not revealing what I know, as bait. Then BOOM! LOL n/t brewens Sep 3 #13

It's a lot of fun BlueKota Sep 3 #14

A Trumper woman posted one of those longing for news like we had growing up memes and I asked who she had in brewens Sep 3 #16

Wait, who did Walter call a communist sympathizer? ShazzieB Sep 3 #17

Right-wingers called Cronkite a commie sympathizer over Vietnam. n/t brewens Sep 3 #18

Oh, so someone called Walter a commie sympathizer! ShazzieB Sep 4 #25

The all important missing comma. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 4 #27

Proper comma use is not taught in schools anymore. Neither is penmanship. Just scribble your name on this line. mucholderthandirt Sep 5 #46

So true. Exactly why Republicans have been Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 5 #49

Excellent BlueKota Sep 4 #28

Great response. LoisB Sep 3 #15

Thank you BlueKota Sep 4 #29

No one I know on Facebook every discusses economics. Xolodno Sep 3 #19

They need to be trounced. BlueKota Sep 4 #30

When I argue this same point, I bring up self-interest (because that's a phrase that perks their ears up)... JHB Sep 3 #20

Big ole K&R! yonder Sep 3 #22

It's basic logic, BlueKota Sep 4 #31

soup. did you say soup. i recently discovered for me, that i have been cooking soup "right" is all wrong. pansypoo53219 Sep 3 #21

Good idea BlueKota Sep 4 #32

You know, I'm an economist. I have been practicing for 18 years. Someday, I figure I'll PatrickforB Sep 4 #23

When I was in graduate school getting my MBA, the theory was that corporations had three constituents. Lonestarblue Sep 4 #26

I will definitely read the book. BlueKota Sep 4 #34

I think one of the solutions is... dickthegrouch Sep 4 #41

Note to Earl G - soldierant Sep 4 #43

I use a quick workaround, which you can see in my post right next to yours... Hekate Sep 4 #45

Thank you. My workaround has been to soldierant Sep 5 #48

Very interesting & very understandable! Thanks for the food for thought. 🌸 Hekate Sep 4 #44

Not an economist, and probably crazy, but my opinion is ... mucholderthandirt Sep 5 #47

That's how you do it. applegrove Sep 4 #24

Thank you BlueKota Sep 4 #35

Sounds a lot like the current Wally World way of doing business. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 4 #33

Very true and the same with Amazon too. BlueKota Sep 4 #36

Well done. c-rational Sep 4 #39