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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com • 65 days ago

is it bad that my spontaneous reaction to this was "lol"

Reposted from The Guardian

UK economy shrinks unexpectedly in blow to Rachel Reeves

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radiobeartime.com•65 days ago

Oh no! We’ve got mirror universe Marie!

youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com•65 days ago

things will simply never get better!!!

radiobeartime.com•65 days ago

Entropy wins in the end

da.videvans.uk•65 days ago

You can't win, you can only break even. You can only break even if you do the impossible. Isn't it lovely that this is baked in to physics?

I'm convinced that both entropy and the role of the square root of minus one in Quantum maths are punchlines to divine jokes.

radiobeartime.com•65 days ago

They show us that we are dust and to dust we shall return and have we heard the one about the penniless duck?

da.videvans.uk•65 days ago

I don't think I have heard the one about the penniless duck.

columnist.bsky.social•65 days ago

Morning!

radiobeartime.com•65 days ago

How’s the head? :)

columnist.bsky.social•65 days ago

Ok! I was quite restrained.

asnicoleseesit.bsky.social•65 days ago

Nope, mine too

achristiemiller.bsky.social•65 days ago

I love the way all bad economic news is now framed as being primarily bad for Rachel Reeves before anyone else.

hayes56.bsky.social•65 days ago

Very patriotic!!

rhysneedham.bsky.social•65 days ago

She's now down to plastic cheese on her sandwiches?

danielrembrandt.bsky.social•65 days ago

We need a new type of vegetable analogy for this.

freedomforall.net•65 days ago

Seems appropriate.

jonathancresswell.co.uk•65 days ago

my desire to have her realise maybe this ain't working vs my fear of what she'll decide is the better way when the realises

right now I am still on stage 1 and doing by best not to think of stage 2, so I shall join you, "lol"

jasonroberts3114.bsky.social•65 days ago

Ah, so you’re the reason! You’re simply not *believing* enough! We need more boosterism; ‘believe’ our way out of 14 years of austerity & Brexit self-harm. We can just tell business we’re open, want a better relationship between them & govt & sprinkle some AI magic, & the economy will go great guns!

johnnieburdette.bsky.social•65 days ago

No, it’s a perfect reaction, not least because January is generally the weakest month for economic growth.

aidan.skinner.me.uk•65 days ago

pivoting to economics Joker seems on brand

latentvariables.bsky.social•65 days ago

I've never had a worse period for my 'business'. Atrocious. Giving up to get a job.
Cars in the nearest rich village keep getting larger while everything else just shrinks

jasonroberts3114.bsky.social•65 days ago

My wife’s business is in the same boat. She hasn’t quite given up yet, but close to. My line of “it’s not you or how you run the business, things are sh*t everywhere at the moment, you just need to hold out” is wearing a little thin on her. Purse strings tightening everywhere.

latentvariables.bsky.social•65 days ago

its unfortunate but slightly reassuring its not just me then)
Best of luck to you and your wife!!!!

andraswf.bsky.social•65 days ago

You called it https://bsky.app/profile/youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com/post/3ldydimvp6c2k

rkemb.bsky.social•65 days ago

Clearly now is the time to tighten our belts and cut spending again.

dylan-king.bsky.social•65 days ago

I'm pretty sure Reeves isn't the only person in the country impacted by a shrinking economy.

s54e30.bsky.social•65 days ago

It’s certainly weird. Are you Russian?

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