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Those are easily detectable via other means.

They're collecting people's information so they can sell it.

It's the same in Canada, not to mention schooling capacity for doctors and nurses has not changed in decades, despite our population booming.

Okay but that doesn't make that shirt in particular racist. Horribly insensitive, and I'll admit I laughed a little in shock, but racism is really a stretch. There are plenty of other good ways to denounce this without using a term that can be disputed.

I actually think that's an important part of communication that many people, particularly on the left, overlook: if your phrasing can be disputed, your words are called into question even if your underlying point is sound.

It would be wise to sidestep the issue using phrasing that is not disputable, or at least easily defensible.

I'd still rather support American jobs and the American economy. I'm willing to pay for that and the quality is usually worth it IMO. If I can give my money to company that hasn't outsourced jobs, I will.

I'm actually in Canada but there's only two sunglasses manufacturers here and they're both over priced high fashion stuff.

The Thomas family in my town always names their first son Thomas.

Thomas Thomas the fifth is the most recent heir to this sobriquet.

Started shopping for sunglasses about a week ago and learned about Luxottica. Turns out there's a grand total of three brands of sunglasses that are viable for me to buy. Made in the USA but still only cost the same $300 that made in china Oakleys and ray bans cost.

As you can see, lots of people don't read those explanations.

Perhaps clearer communication would be beneficial.

I see, that makes sense.

I don't really think it's reasonable to expect businesses will do anything to benefit customers though. Right now they have those costs accounted for in pricing, as you've stated. If they are allowed to charge fees for credit card use, they will keep their prices the same and simply add a further cost to the customers using cards. They're not going to lower prices.

I believe your situation will simply result in higher costs for everyone while the business profits more than ever.

I don't really get your complaint in the last paragraph. How are you losing money on transactions?

If people find credit cards more convenient then that is great, but others shouldn't have to pay for their preferences.

It sounds like you're saying that people who don't use credits cards are somehow subsidizing those who do. I've never heard of that before and it sounds wrong to me. Merchants are usually the ones who pay transaction fees, not customers.

I remember when it was coming out, and everyone on reddit was going gaga over how faithful to the story it was.

Then that episode came out and everyone loved it, so as someone who didn't play the games, naturally I wondered if it was in the game, as that had been apparently of utmost importance to the fans.

But merely asking "was it in the game?" got an army of angry people calling me every name in the book.

I never even watched the show because I thought that was just so fucking stupid. Fans ruin every franchise.

Wasn't there a big thing a while ago about telecoms charging credit card fees? I was pretty sure they lost that battle.

It seems unwise to rely on the uneducated masses to interpret things correctly. Perhaps clearer communication would be helpful.