• Miles O'Brien@startrek.website
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    17 hours ago

    I had a target I would eat lunch at whenever a contract took me to the area, I could just walk over and get a personal pizza and drink.

    Not anymore.

    It’s getting harder to shop at places that don’t bend the knee.

    Thats not a challenge to get more places to bend so we don’t have a choice, I would happily never spend money in the United States again if I could help it.

    • PolarKraken@sh.itjust.works
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      16 hours ago

      Lotta moments like these adding up. Lotta times I myself just end up not buying a thing instead of getting it from better places, too. Between that, financial uncertainty with all the craziness lately, and folks just being broke, I have a feeling consumers are spending a lot less these days.