• jaschen@lemm.ee
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    12 hours ago

    My bro in law sells boba tea supplies from Taiwan to all your favorite boba tea stores.

    He had a container that he was about to send but cancelled it because his margin is less than 10% and his stores he supports also runs a lean margin.

    Last week he decided to close one of his warehouses in Portland, letting go of 20 people and a few hundred stores that depend on him.

    When asked why he doesn’t just up the price, he said that if he did, the mass majority of the stores he supports won’t make it and the Oregon warehouse is barely breaking even.

    Funny thing about him is that he sat out this election and now he regrets it.

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      5 hours ago

      Funny thing about him is that he sat out this election and now he regrets it.

      ouch, this always hurts. I choose to still have empathy with him, even if he did make a extremely stupid decision.

    • Match!!@pawb.social
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      9 hours ago

      Funny thing about him is that he sat out this election and now he regrets it.

      what, like Oregon could’ve gone 70% democratic instead of 55%?

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        8 hours ago

        He is registered in the outskirts of Clark County in NV. His vote counted there.

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      10 hours ago

      I have less than zero sympathy for your BIL.

      tell him some random asshole on the Internet hopes he feels like a fucking idiot for the rest of his miserable life.