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Buying local is a much more enjoyable experience in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 2 points 44 minutes ago

I dread to think how much energy and effort is wasted shipping these items back and forth when someone buys something online and then returns it.

It's worse than that — a lot of returned stuff ends up in landfill because it's not worth the cost of re-stocking it.

What first world problem are you dealing with right now? in c/ask@lemm.ee

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yup :|

What first world problem are you dealing with right now? in c/ask@lemm.ee

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The country next to mine keeps threatening to invade.

[Social Engineering] My Scammer Girlfriend: Baiting A Romance Fraudster. in c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Agreed!

Not the first time I've read through one of these scam-baiting articles and I'm sure it won't be the last. It's quite fascinating how they work.

Sales of US goods 'rapidly dropping' at Canadian grocery stores in c/globalnews@lemmy.zip

[–] chrisbtoo@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Canadians are buying fewer products made in the U.S. in an effort to brace for the impact of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which are set to cause prices to skyrocket across a range of products.

It has nothing to do with bracing for the tariffs. It's because Fuck The USA.