"Not Worth its own thread" Thread

[jaxadam]

I’m more of a Boltzmann brain theory guy myself.

 

[MetalDestroyer]

The squeeze is finally hitting the US economy, or at least the corporate-consumer part of it. These greedy companies have been squeezing Americans for all they can since COVID and it seems like it's finally coming to a head.

McDonald's just posted losses. Across the fast food industry, value menus are making a roaring comeback.

I received a promotion from Discover a month-ish ago for a 2% interest rate to try to convince me to spend more. I just got an email from Synchrony (a card I took out 3 years ago to buy my PRS, paid off with my bonus 1 month later, then never used again) begging me to spend some money with some promotional financing. I now have 3 credit cards with 0-2% interest rates and I'm still keeping my wallet tight.

I just love the idea of these companies squirming as their profits sink.

 

[nightsprinter]

The squeeze is finally hitting the US economy, or at least the corporate-consumer part of it. These greedy companies have been squeezing Americans for all they can since COVID and it seems like it's finally coming to a head.

McDonald's just posted losses. Across the fast food industry, value menus are making a roaring comeback.

I received a promotion from Discover a month-ish ago for a 2% interest rate to try to convince me to spend more. I just got an email from Synchrony (a card I took out 3 years ago to buy my PRS, paid off with my bonus 1 month later, then never used again) begging me to spend some money with some promotional financing. I now have 3 credit cards with 0-2% interest rates and I'm still keeping my wallet tight.

I just love the idea of these companies squirming as their profits sink.

I got the same Synchrony sweetwater email and laughed my balls off. Never used the card and never will most likely. I signed up for it a couple years ago thinking it could be a good option until I read the terms more thoroughly. I have basically same situation as you where I have two cards- both 0% for 18 months.

I typically use them to buy a guitar here or there and pay off within a month or two. The illusion of not dropping the entire amount at once makes it feel more palatable to me.

Curious to see how this all unfolds. If the U.S. can somehow get some cheaper grocery costs eventually, I will be extremely happy. That's really all I want. Household of three and it really is thousands a month for food for us. Every other day I feel like I spend $60-70 on groceries. I don't even want to tally up the monthly cost to know the true number.

 

[Fenriswolf]

So I was reminded by another thread on here,

The technique I use for rough vocals (according to my wife it involves using your diaphram) also works for when I have a sore throat, if I do the thing to do the rawrz, my throat doesn't hurt.

All the tips you see about how to sound sicker when you call in...practice talking with your screaming voice...nobody questions it when you sound like Christian Bale Batman, say you have a sore throat and growl a lot.

 

[crushingpetal]

The squeeze is finally hitting the US economy, or at least the corporate-consumer part of it. These greedy companies have been squeezing Americans for all they can since COVID and it seems like it's finally coming to a head.

McDonald's just posted losses. Across the fast food industry, value menus are making a roaring comeback.

I received a promotion from Discover a month-ish ago for a 2% interest rate to try to convince me to spend more. I just got an email from Synchrony (a card I took out 3 years ago to buy my PRS, paid off with my bonus 1 month later, then never used again) begging me to spend some money with some promotional financing. I now have 3 credit cards with 0-2% interest rates and I'm still keeping my wallet tight.

I just love the idea of these companies squirming as their profits sink.

I've been tempted to start a finance thread, not because I know that much, but because it would be really funny.

But I don't think McDonald's posted losses---they just missed estimates. Indeed, business is down, but they still earned 2 billion in net income for Q2.