I hope Canada goes so far as to seeking other countries to import from and export to, where possible, as part of this uncalled for and needless trade war.
The grocery stores around here rarely have produce from the US anymore - not that we were buying it. Funny thing, after they started bringing in produce from other countries, the prices came down.
Suits me just fine.
I’ve got four grocery stores in town. Two are owned by Canadian companies, two by American companies.
I shop at three of them (two US and one Canadian) but pretty much just buying the marked down 50% off meats and veggies.
When given a choice I will buy the Canadian produce even if it is more.
I won’t shop at the fourth place because the markup is so high even markdown goods are more expensive. The owner is a giant asshole, I used to work for that company in my teens and avoid it as much as possible.
It is so incredibly frustrating and embarrassing to be a us citizen right now.
It’s never not been embarrassing. As a Native American I get asked questions like “do you live in a teepee?” The portrayal by white Americans of their fellow citizens to the rest of the world has been a profound source of embarrassment for my entire life, just as one for instance.
We had a brief reprieve in the Biden years, but pretty much ever since 2015 it’s been this way for me.
I always knew conservatives were way worse than the likes of David Brooks like to pretend they are. I grew up in a rural area, very very red, years before donnie came along. I moved out after college. But prior to that, I lived every day, surrounded by The Tribe That Rubs Shit In Their Hair, with very few exceptions.
And even I was surprised by them going for the washed-up never-was and complete con-man that is donnie. Pretty much anyone that was paying attention at the time knew he was an asshole back in the 80s and 90s. Hell, he’s featured prominently as someone to worship by the protagonist in American Psycho. That’s no accident, and that book was written in 1991.
Even I thought the rubes might not go for this effete fake “businessman” that has a lengthy hair-and-makeup routine and is mostly known for trying to climb the social ladder as a Manhattanite…but nope, they were completely fooled by this guy. Probably because of the racism.
This country has gone from one embarrassment to another during his two failed terms, though.
Oh, it was definitely the racism and mysogeny. “He says it like it is, just like me!” While at the same time Donnie is whining about immigrants, Muslims, eating dogs and cats, etc.
Shit, I live in the US and I’m boycotting their whiskey.
Wait until donnie the dotard gets a load of this. He’s gonna get out his sharpie and scribble more shit on maps and executive orders about how he’s “renaming” things.
Maybe he’ll threaten sending ICE into Canada to tackle and kidnap people who aren’t buying American goods.
They can try… but the only thing they’re gonna accomplish is a whole new list of no-no’s added to the Geneva convention.
You mean the Geneva to-do list?
Meanwhile all the apps and subscriptions Canadian pay for goes into the pockets of U.S. executives and shareholders.
That’s a much harder thing to boycott.
Harder, but not impossible. I canceled apple music, Amazon prime, Netfilx, audible, and Youtube premium. The hardest thing to replace has been audible, but I go to the library more.
Edit: i also canceled NYTimes for the Guardian and the Atlantic for the Walrus.
I don’t know where it’s operated out of, but I use libro.fm instead of audible. You can download the audiobooks you purchase so you get a drm free copy, but they do also have a subscription model. An added bonus is that some of the profits are donated to libraries. I believe you maybe can specify which library your money goes to.
Even if it’s US based, at least there’s that benefit.
Libro.me is dope! When signing up see if your local library is an affiliate - that way they will get a small cut of all your purchases and subs 😁
One option is for something like Plex + Prologue for audiobooks…also, as you point out, libraries (often) have options.
Yes and no
Far more of us than you realise, have never touched that shit to begin with. I have exactly 0 subscription services and the only apps I’ve ever paid for was to directly support independent developers (some of that’s been facilitated by google play, but even that’s been less and less over the years).
That was before we collectively said ‘fuck America’ and started actively seeking non-american solutions.
I wouldn’t buy it either, if it had a 50% tariff slapped on it
And PlayStation.
