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That's a fair point on item selection. You get the major brands that are better about getting their supply chains. So the overall proportion is different, though still a significant problem.

My point was more about buying the same cheap jacket on Amazon as you'd find on Temu or AliExpress, which is what I see most of on Amazon.

Ah, I see. I haven't paid much attention to Temu ads, my perception of it from the website was just AliExpress with fewer options but faster shipping.

I don't get it, how is Temu a scam and AliExpress isn't? They seem like the same thing, just an online marketplace for cheap shit with campy wild advertising. I actually prefer the shitty exaggerated product descriptions. It's easier to gauge what I'll be actually getting. It's harder with better produced advertising coughRayconcough

Because the headline frames it as a purely Temu problem and with Temu-exclusive products, when all these other marketplaces should be included as they sell the same things. They should have compared them with other marketplaces as well to show whether or not it's a broader "online marketplace" problem.

Ohhh I see! Fiverr editor? Use cgatGPT to suggest edits? I've had some success using chatGPT as an informal editor for a few chunks of text

You need an editor!

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"Lmao no sympathy for anyone who buys expensive shoes"

^this you?

When you mature as a human being, whatever age that may be, you develop kindness through a willingness to understand and empathize with perspectives that conflict with your own. That doesn't necessarily mean you have to accept it for yourself. For many people, clothing is not simply a means of pragmatic function. It's also a source of self-expression, joy, and beauty. Now for me, $600 for a pair of sneakers is exorbitant and ridiculous no matter who designed it. But it's not a product for me. And if someone with the means feels great buying and wearing them, I don't see the harm. I don't usually pay more than I have to for footwear, but I would pay a premium for certain kitchen tools I use all the time if I like the design, enjoy looking at it, and feel good using it. What I do sympathize with and would like to see reduced in harm is the consumerist culture that pressures people with less means into feeling like they have to have such things for fulfillment.

Wrong, this is about all the excess lives lost due to misinformation and the moral culpability of those responsible, not your country's PR image. Russia getting Americans killed through anti-vax propaganda and the US getting Filipinos and others killed through anti-vax propaganda. Both are responsible for their actions. The US has proved untrustworthy long before this incident anyway.

You don't need to be a therapist or psychologist to not shoot someone having a mental health crisis

This framing makes it seem like Biden is going against the majority congressional sentiment, but he is not. The US congress, overall, is supportive of sending military support to Israel, as evidenced by their passing bills other aid bills, which is a slower process.