The Lounge 0001 [From the Beginning]

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#9983

All to familiar with that XD

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#9984

Lets see. Currently working and browsing eBay, also lounging a bit. Other than that not much. Will probably either stream or work on the streaming area downstairs after work. As my dad got some actual sound deadening insulation … But its fiberglass… So that might by fun to work with lol.

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#9985

Gonna make some brownies :smiley:

Should only take 3-4 hours

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#9986

yeah I hope they turn out well :smiley:

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#9987

Even if they dont turn out well i still have brownies :smiley:

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#9988

I think I might make some tea.

I got a ton of it from when teavanna went out of business.

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#9989

yep brownies are brownies no matter how bad they are XD

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#9990

That sounds good, to spite being British I haven’t had a good cup of tea in ages, got my mother a tea diffuser two Christmases ago and the tea that makes is amazing.

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#9991

I found out 4 months ago that I am 60% English. Guess that’s where my love for tea comes from.

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#9992

its in our blood

#9993

Wait… They went out of business?
Cant say I’m surprises; considering that only at places like the Mall of America can it remotely hope to get business because everywhere else the absolutely insane pricing makes it very unattractive to basically everyone kek
I mean its good stuff yes but when you can drop $100 on a medium sized container of the stuff and that’s a “low-end” blend lmao
I’m sure if they were going out of business some good deals were had though

#9994

Well they’re not actually going OOB. They’re closing their entire mall chain-stores, website, and only maintaining their contract with Starbucks; soon that will be the only place to get their tea. They’re getting out of the niche loose-leaf tea market. I think Amazon put them OOB.

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#9995

I mean I like tea but I’m partially Irish so theres that
But i just don’t get to make it much as coffee is cheap and good and good tea here is hard to find or not cheap sooooo theres that

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#9996

So they’ll likely keep the MoA store but close the rest. How interesting. And yup on the Amazon thing.

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#9997

amazon is killing everyone

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#9998

In a way its rough. In order to stay alive in today’s market you need to do a better job than amazon at whatever niche you are trying to fill, and pray they don’t compete with you.

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#9999

Good. It’s eating every place like an amoeba; the places that do a shitty job at stuff but only exist because its a niche so they get away with it.

I like supporting Ma n’ Pa shops, but when they do bad job, should I still support them? I argue no.

So time is changing from “I need to deliver this product”, to focus on, “I need to deliver this product well, or someone else will”.

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#10000

as a broad statement amazon is getting to big for their own good but they are there because they do a good so ???

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#10001

Its getting to the point where its just its just way more convenient to get everything from Amazon, my brother just orders everything he needs through Amazon prime without even looking anywhere else first just because its way less hassle for him and he doesn’t even have to leave the house.

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#10002

On top of they usually have the best price for stuff

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