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I hope it's fucking funny.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago

Hopefully all the treats. I want amerikkkans to be wholly without creature comforts; I want amerikkkans to suffer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

They banned vapes in australia at the start of this year, people just started smoking (yes you can still get vapes, yea they were mostly always under the counter)

raise the busfair in brasil .30c? Riots, raise the busfair $2 in australia, a public transport users association gets some media coverage tut tutting

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago

They're sold out of Made in China™ dildos!!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago

Blue chew and blue chew accessories

[–] [email protected] 42 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Funniest possible treat shortage would be fireworks. Independence Day is only 2 months away. Fireworks were originally invented in China. 82% of fireworks in the world are made in China.

Every Independence Day of Trump's first presidency, the hogs went wild with fireworks. Imagine July 4, the first Independence Day of Trump's second term, and a shortage of fireworks. Hogs would go nuts.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll bet anything that most of the fireworks will be procured before the tariffs. Probably a bit of an increase of prices, but not insane. Next year though? Lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I did some websurfing, saw some various news articles on firework tariffs. Some firework companies have halted shipments. Then I came across the /r/fireworks subreddit. I'm seeing a lot of posts by people who are saying that they are firework retailers and have canceled their orders from China. Some posts say that the tariff on fireworks was at 59% as of 25 days ago. People are saying that 2026 is "America's 250th Birthday", 250 years since 1776. Time will tell, I guess

https://old.reddit.com/r/fireworks/comments/1jq6ief/what_are_you_going_to_do_about_tariffs/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 13 hours ago

Ozempic is causing a shortage of beautiful American man boob

:thicc-trump:

[–] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Are we at risk of this? Because that's not something I want to hear.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

More than half of garlic sold in the US is imported, mostly from China.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

it will be considerably easier for domestic garlic production to be stepped up than manufactured goods.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago

Garlic bulbs have gotten hella small the left few weeks

[–] [email protected] 13 points 13 hours ago

Implying cracker's use flavour when cooking

[–] [email protected] 16 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

People make their whole personalities the 'tee hee I luv coffee' sort, so I would guess that. Or ice cream in the summer, close call.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

I'll fight someone for tequila

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

just let her go, Tequila will never love you for you!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Tequila is definitely going to disappear due to agave going extinct at some point, isn't it? kitty-birthday-sad

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 14 hours ago

it's paradoxically gonna be computer parts and smartphones lathe-of-heaven

[–] [email protected] 18 points 15 hours ago

Jalapeno poppas frothingfash

[–] [email protected] 35 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Lack of chocolate and coffee due to global warming is gonna cause some fits. Idk if it is running for the banks kinda fits but definitely some imperial anxiety

[–] [email protected] 24 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Isn’t it always toilet paper, for Freudian reasons?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

it’ll just force the remaining barbarians to get a $30 bidet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

but it won't be $30, it will be at least $60 if not $90 muahahahaha!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

proportionally a bidet purchase will still make each poop cost less

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

And it'll require a phone app to set up and use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Unfortunately no, some folks just refuse to wash their damn asses.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 14 hours ago

I still think the the toilet paper hoarding during the pandemic was because they copied what they saw on tv. If you're fillming multiple takes of chaotic crowds in a store to show a burgeoning disaster its easier if you have the extras carry toilet paper than heavy bags of rice.