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Adds a certain level of tension to the shopping experience, plus we know stores use slow songs to slow people down and shop more.

"Why did you buy a 5lb roast?"

"Proof of a Hero started playing."

You know, they blame AI but it's just a fucking 20 year old intern using Ctrl find and replace. I have literally been that person before, although not such that my indifference to my job involves nuclear secrets and a whole nations SSNs.

Y'know, I've never known anyone who'd use that because credit cards exist. Is it a bad credit thing? Cause even my bad credit homies have credit cards (with terrible API).

I'm not sure what the reaction is if Mystic Quests Battle 2 theme played at the super market. Lol

Was on the radio, some notes:

1. The responsibility of FAFSA (which is 2/3 of it's budget) likely goes to Treasury and honestly I don't think they can realistically pull that back legally, at least anytime soon. Disability funds supposedly will move somewhere too.

2. The DoE itself likely will exist in the same limbo as USAID since legally it requires Congress, and judges can and will challenge illegal moves. That said, I say limbo because USAID may have got people back but empty buildings and ongoing stuff is ruined. Expect that from DoE, even though it shouldn't be allowed.

My own info, though, is they only provide public schools about 5 to 10% budget on average, and yes, it's heavily towards rural districts. This likely will have very little impact on blue states, although don't go celebrating as budgets are already tight in several places and even blue states will cut into education to fund other things like fire relief. Our Blue states are still no where near as good as many European and Asian country educational institutions.

Hasn't happened to me because I listen to video game music and if my local grocer fucking started playing the Monster Hunter theme I would absolutely lose my shit.

(Once in Japan a small shop selling pottery was playing a song from FF5 and I bought a lovely cup out of principle).

And don't forget ending the fairness doctrine, one of the contributions to the polarization of US politics.

It's probably mostly propaganda that gets most people, same with USAID. People have a poor grasp of what they do and higher ups know but they likely have an interest in it, like ties to the industry or are anti-science/pro-religion or simply hate a group they want to discriminate against. DoE protects and improves the social mobility of black and brown folk and that was good enough reason in the 80s for GOP to target it, after all.

I can't believe it was this guy or Dr. Fucking Oz. There is something deeply wrong with Pennsylvania.

Hey yo, while we're cutting jobs I heard the secret service costs the government billions and isn't even secret, we best tell Musk on X and use a thinky emoji to show how smart that observation is.

That's what you get when everyone has a sauna.

And yes, many homes have it and one thing my Finnish friend does is sauna up and then jump in the snow. That'll wake you up.