• dead [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    I honestly think Tucker hasn’t ever been to a grocery store in the US. I watched the grocery store video he released. He thought the carts you put a quarter in was exclusive to Russia.

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      10 months ago

      He’s probably too rich to be bothered, but I don’t see it as a claim of exclusivity, just remarking how it’s good to see policy being built into the system that encourages neatness, decency, and order. Even in the little things.

      We have the quarter-cart system in the US, at Aldi’s…and that’s about it. Everywhere else is fucking trash, carts everywhere, better or worse just depends on the day & foot traffic. I sure wish they did it everywhere.

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        10 months ago

        “So I guess you put in 10 rubles here and then you get it back when you the cart back. So it’s free but there is an incentive to return it – and not just bring it to your homeless encampment.”

        This is Tucker’s quote from the video. Not only did he explain to the audience the concept as if it didn’t exist in America. He also fantasized about how it would potentially hurt homeless people.

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          10 months ago

          Public speaking isn’t easy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I think I would briefly explain the concept for the benefit of anyone unfamiliar, and I would remove the “I guess” part from the front. My area didn’t have an Aldi’s until…idk. I want to say 2009. So it’s old enough news to me, but maybe there’s some people that have a Kroger/Walmart/everything else.

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    10 months ago

    “I went to a russian grocery store, and do you know what I saw? No soy milk. None of it. Russia is fighting back against the woke with their own beverage, which they call являюсь молоко.”

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    10 months ago

    Tucker’s angle was “the sanctions aren’t working, therefore the Democrats are incompetent.” There’s a section of the ruling class that wants to wedge China and Russia apart, and use Putin to contain Xi. This is of course a terrible plan that would never work (although it’s not like the “pretend it’s still the nineties” plan is working either).

  • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    dudes just going insane cause he thought grocery stores were for americans only or something

    or maybe its the first time he ever went in a grocery store