What I'm seeing is that China's subsidies create cheaper products that benefit consumers, be it Chinese or the world at large.

Meanwhile American subsidies to American companies benefit their CEOs who then cut themselves an obscenely fat bonus, and fire half their downline staff.

I'm not so sure about food, but for many mass market products it is indeed true that the same manufacturer can be engaged to make the same product under different branding. The difference then comes down to the corners cut to meet the client's pricing. Crappier boxes, thinner bags, packing material, and quality inspection. Assuming the core ingredients are not compromised in some way.

Pretty much the pandemic for people who didn't lose their jobs.

Outside of the USA, those giant pickup truck are outright illegal, or would have an annual road tax of USD 2000. That's how tiny cheap EVs are made safer elsewhere

The word "Onomatopoeia" sound more complicated than what it means.

In the before times, I was uniquely blessed with the ability to decipher these paper maps. I was seen as a god among men.

Alas, with the advent of GPS and navigation I am but a mere relic of days gone by, regaling my days of glory to whomever should have the ears to listen.

I'd definitely pick up a "Tassler". Has a fake EV charging port that you flip out of the way to fill up gas.

https://www.justonecookbook.com/oden/

Oden. A popular staple in Japan Convenience stores.

Lol. I have hundreds of hours on OW (NOT OW2) and Diablo III (not IV), and i can safely say I forgo ever playing those 2 games again because of the toxic entity that is Acti-Blizz. Not that I have much choice considering OW cannot even be played as its own game now.

For those wanting to play this as a game, there is this wonderfully fiendish website.

https://neal.fun/password-game/

Rule 13 Your password must include the current phase of the moon as an emoji.

hah. i stopped using Google search for about 2 years now. DuckDuckGo still shows Newpipe in search results btw. Nevertheless this sucks because only so many people use DuckDuckGo (There's DOZENS of us!)

I love mud and have no ragrets.