IndridCold

I used to return the cart when the concept was "return the cart to avoid the grocery store having to hire someone to collect carts, increasing their overhead, thus raising prices".

Then we learned, at least in Canada, that the grocery chains kept prices high after the pandemic well after the supply chains settled down. They even did a second wave of higher prices. They are price gouging so much they've never seen such high profits.

They have also made a move to get rid of regular checkout, pushing robotic checkout so they don't have to hire humans and they can increase their profits even further.

The shopping cart question used to pose itself as "do you help society and return your cart if there is no reward for you."

Let's rephrase it. "Will you do free labour for a multi-million dollar company who is laughing all the way to the bank with record profits while some people in society are going hungry because they can't afford the higher prices?"

I NEVER return my cart now.

Of course, it does make Ford look really weak saying he was pulling the ad.

I have a joke. It goes like this. Knock knock.

Who's there?

Not Charlie Kirk because Charlie Kirk was such a cunt his own people shot him in the neck.

Not Charlie Kirk because Charlie Kirk was such a cunt his own people shot him in the neck....who?

Just like King Trump's anus.

Oh fuck dude. You made coffee come out my nose.

There is no amendment for courage though.

Americans will roll over and expose their bloated belly like they always do.

Since Trump shit his pants, he didn't need to keep running the ad. If Trump had kept his mouth shut, it would have been a blip. Since he filled his diapers, everyone has seen it, talked about it, heard of it, know of it. The ad did exactly what it was designed to do.

Why keep running it when it has become viral and people watch it for free?

I think you missed my point. Every time that orange idiot opens his face, he pisses his allies off and make them non-allies. He didn't earn the relationship the US has with Canada by being diplomatic, but he has no problem demolishing it. His last term he dicked around and threw out a previously agreed upon trade agreement, so he signed a new one that was similar, and this term forgot that was his agreement and said it sucked.

Each time he dicks around, it motivates Canada to look elsewhere for reliable, trustworthy and sane long term partners. Since the US had decided it is no longer a friend of Canada and speaks of absorbing it, Canada has decided to stop shopping with the US as much as possible. This is how I now have avocados from Mexico. If the stores put US produce on the shelf, it rots. No one wants it simply because Trump is a huge piece of shit.

There is a growing desire in Canada for Chinese EV cars. They are just as shit as the US ones (except they charge faster and go further), but they're way cheaper. Canada put a tariff on these cars to help protect the US auto industry. China had made Canada some nice trade offers, which aren't so great for the US, but we haven't taken them yet. Keep dicking around Trump. I want my Chinese EV.

I guess my point is, the more Trump tries to bully Canada, the better off Canada becomes.

Bigger picture: The US is failing, Canada sees this, and Trump is escalating it. This has really benefited Canada because we're positioning ourselves to be better off when the US crumbles. Without Trump, I don't think we'd be in as good position when it finally happens.

I disagree with you. I also think if Charlie Kirk were alive today he would disagree with you as well. He'd probably say "gaaarllrrrlrlrl garglelllllrllrl gargle."

This is psycho Handmaiden's Tale type shit.

HA HA. Like I'm ever stepping foot in that shithole again.

I'll stand at the border and they can take a picture of my ass.

The one nice thing is all the experienced people are being cleared out and replaced by people who love the taste of Trumps asshole.

That will play a key role with Trump and his Christian Nazis decide to start a civil war. None of them will have any idea what to do outside of brute force and memes. I wouldn't be surprised if every one of those assholes are terrible at chess.