My "Thomas Friedman talking to a taxi driver/NYT interview in an Iowa diner" story:
The guy behind the counter at the Thai place down the street has informed me that his boss was a Trump supporter right up until fish sauce hit $12 a bottle and now she is furious.
@evacide you have a wildly better editor.
Jun 14, 2025, 4:33 PM@evacide and now we know the true breaking point of Trump support: when fish sauce hits double digits.
I boggle at people. I really do.
@offby1 I have a lot of complicated feelings about this.
Jun 14, 2025, 4:37 PM@evacide I don't even know where to start, tbh. "Rueful chuckle", "angry stare", "shocked pikachu", so many feelings.
Some peoples' tipping points are infuriating but I suppose I'm glad they *have* one at all.
@offby1 I mean, the revolution needs all the help it can get, but...oy.
Jun 14, 2025, 4:42 PM@evacide they'll be at best allies of the moment/convenience and then return to their regularly scheduled ... "isms"
unfortunately someone who could forget/forgive jan 6 less than 4 years later will also not remember how annoyed they were about the price of fish sauce a few months ago.
@evacide lol i need a few million of these compiled from across the nation
Jun 14, 2025, 6:35 PM@evacide Maybe the leopards used up all the fish sauce eating faces
@evacide
Then they came for the fish sauce. And I was like, Oh, it's ON now!
Ok.
@evacide $11.99 not a peep. $12 we are going to war.
@evacide
Wait until that boss sees what happens to the price of labor when workers are kidnapped!