Re: Streaming TV Enshittification Will Continue Until Morale Improves

On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 15:44:07 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

On Dec 8, 2024 at 2:08:31 PM PST, "anim8rfsk" <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
 

shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:46:29 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
 

On 11/28/2024 9:28 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

On 11/28/2024 8:20 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:42:49 -0500, shawn
<nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
 

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:28:58 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
 

On 11/27/2024 12:52 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:05:53 -0500, shawn
<nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
 

Then we will wake up and realize he actually did what he
threatened to
do and now all those cheap Chinese goods are no longer cheap, gas is
no longer under $3 for much of the country (sorry BTR) due to Canada
raising oil prices and all those fruits and veggies and cars from
Mexico now cost 20-30% more. Thanks Trump.

 
If Trump imposes duties on incoming Canadian petroleum products of
course prices will be raise to cover the new costs Trump has imposed.

 
Now if you can just convince Trump of that....

 
I think Trump likely knows that. He just refuses to say it as he knows
if he keeps saying tariffs are paid by the country they are imposed on
enough people will believe it to keep him in good standing.

 
More to the point, I think he knows it would trigger a trade war and
feels it's a trade war he can win decisively.
 
Meanwhile it's causing havok in Canada as the Canuck buck has dropped
3 to 5 cents which is starting to cause price increases across the
board at the worst possible time of year.

 
There is a theory making the news rounds that the tariffs are a club to
beat Canada and Mexico with until they seal the US borders to stop
illegal immigrants and drugs from entering the US.

 
That's probably about right.

 
Basically Trump discovered that he couldn't actually make Mexico pay for
his "Big Beautiful Wall" the first time so he's trying again.
 

 
It may be a theory but it won't work since most of the fentanyl

 
Hey, they gave me that as a painkiller in the hospital because they could
push it in my IV. That was really trippy stuff and worked in like five
seconds.

 
Way back in my 20s I had my appendix burst and was like an hour away from
death by the time I got to hospital for the emergency surgery. In the
aftermath, they gave me morphine for the incredible pain of it all. I was
allowed to have one shot a day. I'd spend all day doing my law school reading
and listening to the classroom lectures the girl I was dating at the time
recorded for me, then at 6:00PM, I'd put the books away, click on the TV and
call for my shot. It not only relieved the pain like someone turning off a
light switch, but it made me feel so all around awesome, it was at that point
I realized why people make using it the center of their whole lives. It was
actually scary, so the moment the pain receded to the point where I didn't
need it anymore, I started refusing the shot.
 
 
 

>
They were giving me morphine like three weeks ago before the fentanyl they
wanted to give me Percocet, but they were problems with swallowing.

I've been lucky enough to never need the truly heavy drugs. I did one
time get given some oxycodone and was told to take the pills before
the pain hit. I took one pill and when it hit it was just like when I
had the flu. Plenty of strength but no will to do anything. Luckily I
never had any pain so I never took another one of those pills.

I'm more than willing to take something for pain if I need it but if I
can do without the pain killers I'll choose that option.