& Pigeon is old school slang for someone naive & fooled by a con artist, in the US, UK & Eastern Canada. A mark is a target & a pigeon if they fall for it. We got it from the French expression.
Apple to heli-lift entire factors back to the USA. Says Tim Apple, 'This will only take a few hours. We'll have the factories up and running in no time, provided America allows children to work 17 hours days. Thanks in advance!'
I worked in China and Taiwan for 26 years. Foxconn is the major manufacture of the iPhone in China. Their factory in Shenzhen employs and provides room & board for up to 450,000 workers. It is a self contained city in the Longhua subdistrict of Shenzhen. That's just one of Foxconn's Apple locations
I lived in Dongguan, about 60 Kilometers from the Shenzhen factory. I passed several times a week. It's difficult to describe the size of the actual factory and the many dormitories. And remember, that's just one of Foxconn's factories. Apple also works with non-Foxconn factories too.
I'd say a city would be descriptive. A hospital is in the factory. Maturnity care and nurserys and schools are provided for. Dormitories that house thousands of employees. Sport fields for recreation. Educational opportunities.
I didn't notice the arm until you pointed it out and now it's made me nauseous lmao it's a curse to be so sensitive to uncanny valley but at least I'm unobservant enough miss it a lot
I did like it, but then had to unlike it because its fucking AI shit. I didn't realise. My bad. I'll remember to have to check fucking toons as well as all the other shit for obvious AI signs. Fucking AI. Fucking tech bro cunts.
We can send one to Trump & MAGAs, made of styrofoam and wood with a tag, made by MAGA in America, by the 49th in state education in the USA. Then another by the 47th in state education & see if he knows the difference!?!
(What a great gut laugh βIβm still gigglingππ)
He is somewhat correct. It will
Be much easier to steal one from the factory if it is located in the US. Thatβs cheaper than paying for one. Does that count?!?
Famously iphones are harvested from trees in the US Sunbelt states. The tariffs will make it easier to grow them, so prices will sink. Am i getting this right?
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Hereβs some math I did on a iPhone manufactured in πΊπΈ:
Assuming πΊπΈ manufacturing costs would cost $1,900β$2,300 vs $600 in China (see chart) & that Apple has a 50% margin, an iPhone would cost $3,800 & $4,600* to maintain profitability.
*final amount doesnβt assume factory building costs
Lmbo sorry but the grocery stores and others have been increasing the prices since Covid and have been price gouging ever since you see it in their earning reports. And now they have product on us soil in warehouses and they are increasing prices again and they havenβt paid a dime on a tariff .
15 days
January 20, tramp signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency at the United States southern border.
90 days after, on
April 20, Trump will constitutionally β through the Insurrection Act β be allowed to deploy the military against American civilians....also known as martial law.
There will be downward pricing pressure if there is any demand elasticity. I bought several times more eggs when they were under a dollar a dozen than I do now.
Elasticity is how much demand changes with price. Some things you have to buy no matter the price, so they're inelastic. I don't *have* to buy chocolate, so if it's expensive, I won't, so that's elastic. Stockpiling is a result of elasticity, but only, as you say, for nonperishable goods.
As dumb as it sounds, I think we need to engage with people like this and ask why they think a tariff would bring down the price of a phone (or anything).
Need to educate them that the opposite will happen. Gotta reach some of these people that are swayable.
"Educate Trump" should have been in quotes to read more like the old meme, "attitude adjustment". Referring now to the administration's lawlessness, Pam Bondi fired the DOJ lawyer representing Trump's defense in court for not being more forceful (lying to the judge) in the defense.
Most Americans can access a computer at work, school, public library, or even their homes.
It takes seconds to type βdefinition of tariffsβ into a search engine. How is it possible so many people donβt understand tariffs and how they work?!
cuz someone above them told them what it means so they donβt question it.
started young with parents and church, then some schools added to it, then being brainwashed enough to not allow themselves to question, they accept answers from βon highβ.
Probably because magaturds are spoon fed right wing bullshit that they happily gobble up. They were probably told that tariffs meant they were getting more free government cheese.
I love my old Samsung, it literally kicked the bucket on Tuesday and Verizon sent me and my husband brand new Samsung S25 ultra phones and lowered our bill. They day before this nonsense π€£
Presenting us with another level of ignorance: Remember being 50th, 49th, or 48th in state Education, no state taxes for schools, educators & teachers β thatβs what we end up with, then they believe in Cheetos or Pigeons & can vote. Thank you for your awarenessπ
This is an "Oh Honey" moment. First, iPhone and Samsung are handheld computers. They're gonna cost some money. Second, they are imported. Tariffs will make them cost more. And finally, tariffs are a tax. That's why Boston had it's tea party, dumping tea into the harbor rather than pay the tax.
@petershankman.bsky.social
Same person as on X? Avi is the same. Dude, Bluesky needs you posting over here more frequently. That was a crazy sick burn.
Apologize to the pigeon. π€£
Also, I received an email from a small online only jeweler that uses recycled materials and sources responsibly that prices would increase beginning April 9 on some products. They are based in the US, but materials are imported. You just fuck right off girardtony
I've been screaming this into the void since Trump returned
His whole presidency has been Disaster Capitalism 101:exploitation of natural/man-made disasters to advance capitalist interests,inc deregulation, privatization,& economic profiteering,in the wake of crises.When everyones focus=recovery.
China can save money on production by using slave labour nd having little or no environmental protection. Tax fraud and bad laws can keep taxes from providing better quality of life to residents.
Bound to be 1,000 other reasons too, none of which are good.
The worldwide price will be on their website. Tariff price will be added when filling out shipping. We have this issue in the UK since Brexit where the importer has to collect the vat.
I thought these dopes were finally coming around to what tariffs actually are and then they start up with iPhones being cheaper? My good bitch, that iPhone is about to cost you $2300β¦
Soooooo many of the younger ones were homeschooled. Which honestly should be outlawed except in rare circumstances and for those exceptions-heavily regulated.
We have generations now that were taught by parents without educational degrees using very questionable curriculum.
Yes, through the lens of some really close-minded, right-wing Nationalistic or Christian ideologies that donβt believe in science or democracy (or even that women should be able to work outside the home). I didnβt realize it was that widespread though.
Realy so all of a sudden Apple will make a factory and produce all the components here in the United States and she thinks it's going to be cheeper. π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
What did he answer about homeschooling? There is really a huge number of Americans who are walking advertisements of how truly bad the American educational system is... America, Land of the Dumbsh*ts. How embarrassing! π€¦ββοΈ
Or much more likely these days... the CPU has a Major Malfunction! Seems like there's a Stupid virus doing the rounds.π
(And they only apply to imported goods or a part thereof - there may even be some exemptions?)
It is, or will be, for so many, and not just in America!
If it is of ANY consolation there IS 'method in the madness'.
Very rich people want to try to ensure they can still have a future in an America that suits them - if they have to 'break a few eggs to make an omelette' then so be it.
Very Sad.
If anything, iPhones will now be double or triple the price. while American wages are very poor the Chinese wages are worse in comparison π€£π€£π€£π€£
EXACTLY!!!! nothing whatsoever happens overnight this should have been a long term goal offered incentives to return manufacturing to the USA like reducing taxes or offering free land etc but well we all know the rest π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ 6 time bankrupt what did we expect!
I mean yeah, Biden used incentives to encourage manufacturing to come back to the US with some success (e.g. the TSMC plant) but of course we couldn't be doing that because then it might look like we agree that it was the right way to do that.
How silly of me you are of course absolutely right so instead they completely destroy the economy because it's not what Joe did π€£π€£π€£ so pathetic
indeed, small men with small minds, no strategic vision and small... masculine attributes they're trying to make up for by being "STRONG MANLY MAN MEN"
And here I thought Trump just hated Obama because Trump is a raving racist but as it turns out he is a raving racist and a raving lunitic too πππ
Hahahaha! What kind of lunatic thinks phone prices will go down? At my local provider stores people were buying up phones before the tariffs make the prices go up!
Trump: βLetβs bring back Navarro.β
Navarro: βGreat! Ron Vara agrees with everything I say.β
Also Navarro: βRon Vara is me. I am Ron Vara.β
The economy: π₯
Trump is a degenerate leaving our Country's doors wide open for fraud & corruption.
Trumpβs madness and irrational actions will hurt the common people - the wealthy wonβt even feel it and will easily recover but everyone else wonβt.
The depth of dishonor and failure of the current POTUS, VP and minions has no bottom. A stain on their honor, their families, their party, their communities and our nation. We elected a convicted felon with a lifetime record of dishonor, bankruptcies and failed relationships. Now their tyranny. sad!
I donβt know whatβs worse the fact that I canβt tell whether this is a Russian troll/bot or an actual American Idiot, or that regardless, both now sound the same at this point on or off-line.
But don't you see, it's magically (and instantaneously) going to bring manufacturing back to the US so it'll be cheaper to ship the phone to me... or something...
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We need to teach economics in high school.
A pigeon alerted me a half year back that he/she has a nest on the tree I am chopping down - so they are good parents.
I would not trust anyone with multiple bankruptcies.
Just learned sβthing new to improve my Frenchβ¦
Need some laugh at the moment.
Petershankman wherever you are, you rule!
Time to bring out the duct tape @petershankman.bsky.social
You can't fix stupid but you CAN muffle the noise π€·ββοΈ
#USpol #TrumpTariffs
You just gotta make sure to soak the ground with BRAWNDO!!
It's going to take more than one helicopter, that's for sure.
We're going to need more than one helicopter!
MAGA is an arm of the Xtian Nationalistsβ cult, after all things considered.
for drawing your attention to the
situation π€³
Do not search βMar-A-Lago Trumpettes.β π£
(What a great gut laugh βIβm still gigglingππ)
Be much easier to steal one from the factory if it is located in the US. Thatβs cheaper than paying for one. Does that count?!?
But he HAS said that humans are not ready to be introduced to actual aliens because we are still too barbaric.
So, there's that.
... and they'll probably just 'toe the line'.
Assuming πΊπΈ manufacturing costs would cost $1,900β$2,300 vs $600 in China (see chart) & that Apple has a 50% margin, an iPhone would cost $3,800 & $4,600* to maintain profitability.
*final amount doesnβt assume factory building costs
A pigeon knows it coos.
January 20, tramp signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency at the United States southern border.
90 days after, on
April 20, Trump will constitutionally β through the Insurrection Act β be allowed to deploy the military against American civilians....also known as martial law.
People still think the price of eggs are going to go back down. The market has figured out what it can bear.
I'm no economist. I always understood inelastic demand to be anything you couldn't stockpile if the price drops. Milk, bread things like that.
Need to educate them that the opposite will happen. Gotta reach some of these people that are swayable.
It takes seconds to type βdefinition of tariffsβ into a search engine. How is it possible so many people donβt understand tariffs and how they work?!
started young with parents and church, then some schools added to it, then being brainwashed enough to not allow themselves to question, they accept answers from βon highβ.
Reuters
Natural Stupidity of the loyal fan base
The mantra -
'believe me,not your lying eyes'
Helps explain why people stay in abusive relationships
Same person as on X? Avi is the same. Dude, Bluesky needs you posting over here more frequently. That was a crazy sick burn.
Also, I received an email from a small online only jeweler that uses recycled materials and sources responsibly that prices would increase beginning April 9 on some products. They are based in the US, but materials are imported. You just fuck right off girardtony
His whole presidency has been Disaster Capitalism 101:exploitation of natural/man-made disasters to advance capitalist interests,inc deregulation, privatization,& economic profiteering,in the wake of crises.When everyones focus=recovery.
Isnβt that being slightly optimistic?
Bound to be 1,000 other reasons too, none of which are good.
https://www.ngrippel.com/ngr-politics.html
Trump Tariff Tax ...$72.00
How could they? They exist in a manufactured illusions based reality that is starved of objectivity and facts.
#ignorance
We have generations now that were taught by parents without educational degrees using very questionable curriculum.
(And they only apply to imported goods or a part thereof - there may even be some exemptions?)
If it is of ANY consolation there IS 'method in the madness'.
Very rich people want to try to ensure they can still have a future in an America that suits them - if they have to 'break a few eggs to make an omelette' then so be it.
Very Sad.
Or how long and expensive a process it is to setup a new factory, anywhere...
*rolleyes*
(1) Deport all cats
(2) Clear away those spiky things that appear on all our best roosting spots
(3) Yes, thatβs great. Weβre all done here.
Navarro: βGreat! Ron Vara agrees with everything I say.β
Also Navarro: βRon Vara is me. I am Ron Vara.β
The economy: π₯
Trump is a degenerate leaving our Country's doors wide open for fraud & corruption.
https://youtu.be/MJbZCbBLqkk?si=WBWI1AQPWxG2c_rF
That comment is insulting to pigeons.
SMDH