I genuinely thought this was going to end with like "and then shove it up your ass!" or something

Nah, they're resistant to that because their whole engine is fueled with hate. They have persecution and victim complexes. Calling them weird actually seems to affect them because their whole thing is parading around as if they're the party for "average" aka "normal"~(white)~ Americans.

I know this is a joke but deflation can be scary too. Basically if it becomes a pattern then consumer spending will crater since people know if they wait their money will be with more in the future. Obviously this effect is less on stuff people have to buy to survive but it's still not desired.

The sense of obligation towards your coworkers is something companies absolutely abuse and exploit. I'm not saying don't have empathy for your fellow human, but people aren't typically incentivized to use best possible solutions if they take more work outside of this obligation so you have to be careful to not let yourself be exploited because of it.

Don't forget Oprah who amplified the idea more than they ever could have done on their own

I know a lot of people won't believe it happens, because the simpler and more mundane explanation (which is usually the true one) is that it isn't necessary because of all the data that we know is being collected like browsing habits, searches, etc but my partner has a few times tried to test this as a party trick. Normally her ads are for like kitcschy knick-knacks or like funky flower pots but one time we were hanging with friends talking about this discussion and we decided to all repeat out loud "lab grown diamond engagement rings" for about 15 min. Not 1 hour later she had an Instagram ad that said word for word "lab grown diamond engagement rings." I know it's anecdotal and isn't proof but we've done this a few times and it's seemed to work about half the time; each time we get an ad that's both hyper specific to what we're taking about and also not something close to anything we've been advertised before.

Um, I'd start with the current Supreme Court and their striking down of Roe v Wade?

This is such a weird "america bad" take; having universal healthcare has nothing to do with wanting to hold corporations accountable for their shitty behavior.

Around here you'd be lucky to get any kind of justification for raising rent. Mine went up $500 this year just cuz for fun.

What do they expect the Palestinians to do, just accept their own extermination?

I mean you can fight back against your oppressors without massacring civilians, many of whom aren't even Isrealis

The scam part comes when you are forced to fight tooth and nail to get money from them even when you are clearly covered

Imagine if you played monopoly but everything on the board was already owned by somebody else and the prices to buy any property from that other party were more than you start with and every time you go around the board all you can do is just do your best to break even.