we should make fun of americans more. why dont their shops include tax in the price tag. like how much does this item cost? its a surprise 🙂
Honestly, tea. I’ve lived here my whole life and I have never once known what my total is gonna be at the register. Total fucking mystery.
im an ex-american living in new zealand for the past two years and it still never fails to blow my mind that i can take a $2 coin, walk up to a counter with two $1 items, and perform the expected transaction
this callout is completely deserved
Genuinely can someone explain why though? There must be a REASON. Like it’s fun to make this joke but at the same time I am DYING TO KNOW WHY ITS THE CASE.
@wiwaxia It’s because each of the states, and often individual towns/counties, assesses their own various taxes (which can change yearly, depending on local ballot measures) and vary wildly. I always figured companies just couldn’t be bothered to print different signs or labels for different places.
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did I tell you guys that I went on a maybe-date about a month and a half ago, and then the guy immediately moved back to Alaska the following week?
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because they CAN! supply and demand! even i, with my 450 miles to a tank, could not wait for cheaper gas and paid $3.79 or something insane at The Only Gas Station at the Junction of Whatever and Whatever. argh!
OH NO DID YOU GET GAS AT MUDDY GAP
my anxiety has a loophole that if somebody is else is equally or more uncomfortable I develop the sudden ability to Do The Thing
Randomly Hearing your favorite song on the radio is more satisfying than playing it directly from your ipod.
Hillary Clinton’s Comprehensive Agenda on Mental Health
So here is just one of a hundred of policy documents Hillary’s team has released…she is ready to hit the ground running. She does constant press releases on these and the press does nothing but ignore them in favor of the Next Stupid Thing Donald Has Vomited From His Pie Hole. But man, I hope she wins because she has such terrific ideas. I want to see her have a chance to make them real.
Gary Johnson, otoh, has written ~300 words each on the issues he considers important to our country. That’s it. 217 words total on a quality topic like taxes. 286 words covers his thoughts on jobs and labor. Does he think he’s running for class president, here?
Ditto Jill Stein, whose idea of taking this seriously involves a platform statement of 3K words and 650 wd “Power to the People” plan. That’s it in toto. A real thinker this gal. She’s put her all into this.
Neither of these clowns is any more deserving of high office than the racist cheese doodle, who, btw, doesn’t do much better with only 13 issues and about 1000 wds per.
Where is Walter Cronkite when you need him?
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