Re: Cost Of Living Crisis
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Originally Posted by
Doucas
Alright Mr Enlightened Centrist.
It isn't clear as day though is it? I see shops and I think of Tesco's etc I'm not justifying stealing from small shops but my heart doesn't exactly bleed in a country where poverty is rife if people steal food.
Mr Enlightened Centrist was my father's name. Just call me Enlightened.
Your post would have been a great response if Hilts had said anything negative about people stealing food - instead of him being concerned for shop owners dealing with shoplifters who could have full impunity.
They aren't mutually exclusive.
You overreacted and misunderstood his post, whether that was intentional or unintentional is to be confirmed.
Out of interest, would you condone the shoplifting of non-food items if people were selling them to buy food?
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Wonder how many fuel bills would have been paid for this winter from the outputs of fans expenditure in Paris on Saturday and Rangers fans stay in Seville , never mind the 400 % uplift in foreign holiday jet setters this and next week and the huge uplift in home takeaways orders ??
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You're wasting your time trying to converse with Tito. He's blue pilled to the max and I have little doubt boosted to the eyeballs as well. The Tito's of this world view government as their friend and protector. He will be among first in line each week soon enough to collect his state rations of Ramen noodles, tin of spaghetti, powdered milk and stale loaf - and he will be so grateful. Even when he becomes skeletal he will refuse to consider his penury was entirely by design.
Re: Cost Of Living Crisis
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
You're wasting your time trying to converse with Tito. He's blue pilled to the max and I have little doubt boosted to the eyeballs as well. The Tito's of this world view government as their friend and protector. He will be among first in line each week soon enough to collect his state rations of Ramen noodles, tin of spaghetti, powdered milk and stale loaf - and he will be so grateful. Even when he becomes skeletal he will refuse to consider his penury was entirely by design.
I'm loaded mate. Enjoy your new coat.
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If you're loaded in currency you're most susceptible to the ravages of hyperinflation... the more of that you have, the greater the pain. Diversify while you can: don't be among those launching themselves from bridges and windowsills when the plug's pulled.
Re: Cost Of Living Crisis
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
If you're loaded in currency you're most susceptible to the ravages of hyperinflation... the more of that you have, the greater the pain. Diversify while you can: don't be among those launching themselves from bridges and windowsills when the plug's pulled.
That doesn't make sense. The more you have, the greater the pain?
If coats go up and cost thousands, who is going to be affected first? Someone with a million in the bank, or someone with £500?
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The most someone with £500 can lose is £500.
I remarked in another thread Turkey's annual inflation rate is 70%. Asif with a million lira tucked away has lost 700k of his wealth, while Ahmed who has 500 lira to his name has lost 350 lira of his. They both lost an identical percentage of their purchasing power but who do you think has the longest face?
Re: Cost Of Living Crisis
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
If you're loaded in currency you're most susceptible to the ravages of hyperinflation... the more of that you have, the greater the pain. Diversify while you can: don't be among those launching themselves from bridges and windowsills when the plug's pulled.
Diversify you say. Ok, I'll ensure that I get chicken and mushroom as well as beef and tomato Pot Noodles.
I'll be fine thanks.
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Pulled Pork Pot Noodle is my fave. Though I imagine I'll be unable to persuade you to give that one a try.
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Have I got this right? The world is hurtling towards a once in a lifetime catastrophe, Klaus says the WEF are engineering a great reset and Lardy & Cyril say they aren't, while Tito is more interested in other people's coats?
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Cyril, who's batting for Team Klaus most days here, knows it's true but is desperate for the Teletubbies to remain in denial by staring at Netflix shite for 12 hours per day.
Re: Cost Of Living Crisis
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
The most someone with £500 can lose is £500.
I remarked in another thread Turkey's annual inflation rate is 70%. Asif with a million lira tucked away has lost 700k of his wealth, while Ahmed who has 500 lira to his name has lost 350 lira of his. They both lost an identical percentage of their purchasing power but who do you think has the longest face?
I guess you think it's the richer guy, but it's Ahmed as he will starve first.
Re: Cost Of Living Crisis
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Originally Posted by
lardy
I guess you think it's the richer guy, but it's Ahmed as he will starve first.
Ahmed can't even buy a coat with what he's got left while Asif still owns his coat production factory and is drowning in pot noodles.
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I can only repeat my info suggests social and economic turmoil the like the world has never witnessed before will be triggered within the next nine weeks.
High density population areas will burn first. Residents of cities and towns will flee. Eventually rural communities will be overwhelmed by those intent on living another day. Farmers will use their last shotgun cartridge on themselves.
The strategy is to ensure those who survive the internecine bloodletting will not just welcome the solution offered to ease their suffering but demand they sacrifice everything they own in return for the promise of being allowed to exist as a worm-eating slave at a secure accommodation.
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I'll be off soon to visit the barber and then proceed to get sloshed at two of my favourite drinking dens.
Both have beer gardens. It's where I linger. I wait for the unwary to come within doom-mongering range. I don't care how happy/relaxed/content they are initially because I almost always ensure their mood soon becomes gloomy before depression sets in.
I shall return tomorrow to submit messages, none of which will be happy-clappy.
Re: Cost Of Living Crisis
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
I'll be off soon to visit the barber and then proceed to get sloshed at two of my favourite drinking dens.
Both have beer gardens. It's where I linger. I wait for the unwary to come within doom-mongering range. I don't care how happy/relaxed/content they are initially because I almost always ensure their mood soon becomes gloomy before depression sets in.
I shall return tomorrow to submit messages, none of which will be happy-clappy.
It's cute how you think you're bringing their mood down with hard truths when the reality is they went to the pub with friends and are annoyed that they're being bothered by an uninvited man holding a plastic bag and spittling while he talks
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
It's cute how you think you're bringing their mood down with hard truths when the reality is they went to the pub with friends and are annoyed that they're being bothered by an uninvited man holding a plastic bag and spittling while he talks
For the first time in a very long while, I think organ might be right. He almost certainly does bring their mood down.
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During 2021 average workers' pay rose 4.4%, average consumer prices rose 8.5%, and average CEO pay (in 500 biggest corporations) rose 17%. Even in pandemic, capitalism deepens inequality. Gross!!!
Get the Tory’s out, levelling up my arse.
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Originally Posted by
lardy
For the first time in a very long while, I think organ might be right. He almost certainly does bring their mood down.
I was stymied yesterday. The barber's was heaving and I didn't fancy waiting for hours. Both pubs were virtually empty. However, I believe I did manage to ruin one bloke's day. I would like to think before returning home he visited a supermarket to exit with a carrier bag in each hand weighed down with a load of tins.
It seems you are determined to remain complacent. Time for one of my favourite quotes. It's from Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged: You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
If your plan is to Lewis Hamilton it to your nearest Tesco to fill the boot and back seats up with loads of grub within hours of learning of whatever event is planned to kickstart the collapse has happened, then you'll likely find yourself in a giant scrum down every aisle battling others for the last bag of frozen sprouts, etc.
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I noticed last week a decline in pub punters' numbers, at least in those I attend, and there's been fewer in them this week.
Yesterday and on Wednesday for the first time I noticed a marked decline of shoppers inside Tesco, Iceland and elsewhere. There were far fewer in the streets too. Also their quietness struck me.
Fish and chip shops, takeaways, pubs and restaurants will be the first businesses to shutter as people begin to fasten their financial belt at an increasing rate.