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  • Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

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  • Doesn’t the insurance issue affect Chinese bound ships the same as any others? I’m not yet seeing how this adds up to Iran being able to block just what they want and allow through just what they want. Mines especially aren’t known for being discriminating.

  • Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

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  • I don’t understand how they create an effective barrier to the whole rest of the world without at least slowing down Chinese vessels.

    How do their rocket systems even know where all the ships are bound for?

  • ‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

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  • The comment I replied to was generalized to all candy.

  • Kash Patel Confirms UFC Fighters Will Train FBI Agents This Week, Calling It A “Historic Opportunity”

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  • Run for office! I finally know someone who decided they’d had enough and are just going for it.

  • Kash Patel Confirms UFC Fighters Will Train FBI Agents This Week, Calling It A “Historic Opportunity”

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  • Don’t we have any fucking work to do in this country? The childlike carelessness of this administration is horrifying.

  • If Tyler Perry is a billionaire with his own successful movie studio then why are his films so bad?

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  • Yeah I could be totally wrong on that example - was just looking for some example.

  • If Tyler Perry is a billionaire with his own successful movie studio then why are his films so bad?

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  • I’m quite certain it tracks directly with restaurants by revenue. I’m not really aware of many restaurants I’d consider truly healthy. They aren’t all as bad as fast food, but none of them are really in the business of taking care of your health.

  • If Tyler Perry is a billionaire with his own successful movie studio then why are his films so bad?

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  • Visualize that base: people who like Tyler Perry Movies. They would probably say Monty Python are shit and they can’t believe how much garbage they produced.

    Basically yeah: Tyler Perry movies are not for you (or me). And other people think the same thing about the stuff we like.

  • One of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives is arrested in Mexico

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  • Not that many people murder 40 and leave the scene alive. Plenty of people murder thousands but they are heads of state and a wee bit harder to arrest.

  • Do people in countries outside the US believe our bases in their countries like terrorist cells/bases our country videws theirs? How is the reputation of our military being in a peacefull country?

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  • Please get your leaders to force US bases out. If you actually want to do something that’s in your own power, that’s it.

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    Tech billionaires reportedly plotting $500M fund to reshape California politics

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  • Oh you mean “free speech?” /s

  • Thousands of Chinese boats mass at sea, raising questions

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  • I’ve been waiting for China to do something.

    A year+ ago I learned the Strait of Hormuz existed from a video about China and Taiwan. In that video they claimed that if China were to do something dramatic like invade Taiwan, the US could retaliate by using its naval might to close to Strait of Hormuz.

    China produces little oil and relies on imports for something like 80%. And most of that comes through the Strait of Hormuz. With that closed, China begins ticking through their reserves, which last something like 90 days.

    So closing the Strait was always a card the US could play against China, a formidable opponent to the US (as Trump sees the world anyway).

    Now the US has started a bizarre war against Iran with unclear goals. But surprise surprise, Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. So basically the US got one of China’s own partners, Iran, to put a chokehold on China.

    It’s just a matter of time before China responds.

    Do we want World War 3? Because this seems like how we get World War 3.

  • Nandor judging you

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  • Thanks

  • Nandor judging you

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  • What this image from? It’s hilarious.

  • ‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

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  • Well swish swish. Even those with an ounce of self control sometimes also allow themselves an ounce of enjoyment. You should try it.

  • ‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

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  • You’re using the future tense but this is pretty much the way it already is. No one considers hersheys good chocolate. It’s getting slightly worse and people are acting like some goddess has been kicked off her pedestal. Its more like a dead dog has just had one more fly land on it.

  • ‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

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  • Right? These candies have never made their money with quality.

  • ‘I took two bites and had to spit it out’: candy makers are phasing out real cocoa in chocolate

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  • I think we’re talking about very old brands that sell in big numbers because they’ve locked in grocery store shelf space and Halloween combo bag deals. It’s not like every sale is made after a careful taste test. Boomers with practically no tastes buds left buy these to hand out to trick or treaters because they remember them being good 40 years ago. Meanwhile the manufacturer can make millions just by shaving costs here and there. They aren’t going to keep growing sales. Their brand is mature and their market is saturated. All they can do to juice profits is cut costs.

    I’m not justifying their way of thinking, just saying this is why they don’t behave as if every single candy must taste amazing. Their sales keep chugging without that. And if you aren’t growing profits, you’re already dead. So blame capitalism for the underlying reasons for why they can’t just leave well enough alone.

  • Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation

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  • What’s the expression? Markets can stay irrational longer than you can remain sane… or something like that.

  • Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Sam Bankman-Fried is angling for a pardon from Trump

    gizmodo.com /sam-bankman-fried-thrown-into-solitary-over-tucker-carlson-interview-report-2000573371
  • cats @lemmy.world
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    Sisters hanging out, holding hands (and feet)

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    Cuddle train has left the station!

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    It’s not a proper gardening community without this posted at least once, so let’s get it out of the way :D

  • Gardening @lemmy.world
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    This potted succulent REALLY gave our doorstep some pizzazz this year