That’s not the only part of the equation though. Check cashing services in particular serve those who can’t get a bank account, likely because of immigration status or bad credit history or owing back taxes. Payday loans are sometimes used recklessly but they’re also the only option for the desperate who have no…

Dollar stores are targeting demographics who [.....] don’t make enough to have much choice in where and when they buy their household necessities.

Why do all these types of articles equate low income as low intelligence. People are smart enough to know they’re getting smaller sizes and maying more per ounce, pound, inch, etc.

‘Their demographic tends to be the underserved’ is kind of an odd criticism. I mean, snap your fingers and have them disappear...are the people who previously bought stuff from these stores now better off?

So the scam is that they’re generating a positive gross margin? And I think everybody, even less educated folks, knows that you generally get a better deal if you buy a bigger-volume product. If lower-income people are unable to afford larger-volume products, that’s not really these stores’ faults, more the nature of c…

i think ‘reasonably realistic’ is a fine assessment. it looked better than fake peter cushing from rogue one, at the very least.

Oh get a grip. It did not look terrible.

Yes, conservatives are well-known for ignoring things they disagree with. Cool story, bro.

you are a colossal idiot. 

The real difference is that, if and when you do get COVID on that cruise ship, the conservative will disown you and ban you from coming back to the US, while the liberal will lecture you but allow you to come back and find ways to cure you.

The difference is liberals recognize/care about the potential danger to others that comes from going on a cruise.

I’m not a prude, I have no problem with nudity or anything, but these just don’t look right- they’re aesthetically unpleasant.

I think that bullet goes more towards ending retributive hiring practices that have made it harder for folks who are vocal about abuse to get jobs than about actively seeking out survivors. I think the intent is to stop abusing folks twice over by having them live through the abuse and then see themselves not get…

The fresh melts are, as best I can figure, simply a foot-long sandwich that comes with triple the cheese. They then have to put it in a “griller bag” and put that directly on the grates of the toaster (not the microwave). That should give the sandwich its grill marks. Is this worth an extra dollar? I doubt it. But…

Want to talk about a real dick move?

Can’t help but think we are only following this story because the black man involved is relatively well-off and has some measure of fame. If this was just some random guy and his son who happened to be black, let alone (for example) a poor black family, or a guy who had any kind of police record, or an employee of the…

Ok, I just watched the video. If she touched my child, woman or not, after all the warnings, she’d a caught one to the nose.

Because clearly, if your phone is missing, “It must have been stolen by some black kid I’ve never seen before but looks familiar because all black people look the same.” Just wouldn’t be a ‘good’ day without America revealing it’s whole “Not racist” racist ass. [/eyeroll]

So a stranger, man or woman, touches my child in any way...I can guarantee I am going to jail that day one way or another and it’s going to be 100% worth it.

It’s hard to tell if she’s shoving them ... really looks like it. Hopefully assault charges are coming her way. Happy New Year, Karen.