Things that make you go What the F**k?

[theskull1]

Joe Biden and his understanding of how inflation works

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1730247565537390998?t=TPRTYPx7Ny1jN0VS2XsF3g&s=19

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Inflation is defined in economics as the rate of increase in prices. 

It has come down, even as prices continue to rise, albeit more slowly.

[gallsman]

The Tesla Cybertruck

[armaghniac]

Inflation is defined in economics as the rate of increase in prices. 

It has come down, even as prices continue to rise, albeit more slowly.

Richard Nixon was the first president to use the third derivative to advance his case for reelection, stating that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. In other words, the rate of the rate of the rate at which the purchasing power of money is decreasing was decreasing.

[smort]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-67575318

[ONeill]

Starmer says Thatcher was pure class.

[J70]

Joe Biden and his understanding of how inflation works

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1730247565537390998?t=TPRTYPx7Ny1jN0VS2XsF3g&s=19

Why is this in the WTF thread?

[Saffrongael]

I know it's the way of the world now but Shane MacGowan dies on Thursday & his wife is on Good Morning Britain this morning to try and canvass for Fairytale Of New York to be the Christmas #1

[johnnycool]

Joe Biden and his understanding of how inflation works

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1730247565537390998?t=TPRTYPx7Ny1jN0VS2XsF3g&s=19

Why is this in the WTF thread?

because the "leader of the free world" is gaslighting people in relation to inflation, either that or he's just plan dumb but I've seen similar from our neighbours over in London, but they're gaslighting people as well.

[JoG2]

Speeding fines

* 35mph in a while 30mph zone (I wasn't, 110%, I was at 30mph well before entering the 30mph zone.

* 1st letter arrives, NO right of appeal, asking me to confirm it was me

* 2nd letter asking me confirm I'll pay fine / take speed awareness

* 3rd letter then to confirm amount (£60 + a wee £5 Offender Levy, whatever that is)

* payment only by cheque (who the fcuk has had a cheque book the last 20 years??) or postal order. Went and got a postal order, £8.30 fee for it.
The girl behind the counter @ the Post Office  asked me 'The Clerk of Petty Sessions?, we'll have another 50 of those today, and everyday.

So a nice wee total of £73.30 for going 30mph in a 30mph zone... 110% that speed gun was pointed a couple of hundred yards down the road.

3 x letters, postal order or cheque, the 'offence' happened early September.... Is it 2023 of 1973?!

[RedHand88]

How are out so sure you were under 30?

[JoG2]

How are out so sure you were under 30?

About 200 yards before we hit the 30mph my work colleague shouted re the speed van. I was at 40 down the road (two lanes of a climbing road in a built up area, famous in Derry for being a money making exercise).. I wasn't over to 30 hitting the 30 zone. Look I've been caught coming into Desertmartin and another 4 lane in Derry the last 20 years, if I'm speeding I'm speeding, I've zero bother with admitting to it

[Estimator]

Both the Derry (just before the Altnagelvin) and Desertmartin speed van locations are there solely to make money.
The Derry one always seems to appear when there is an event on which brings traffic to the city. Eg GAA fixtures, St Patrick's Day etc.

In Desertmartin, they are always hidden behind a sizeable tree in the wee layby. As a village location it must have one of the highest counts of having a speed van located there in the North. Can't remember ever seeing the van anywhere else in South Derry.

[RedHand88]

Don't speed and you'll be grand.

[J70]

Joe Biden and his understanding of how inflation works

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1730247565537390998?t=TPRTYPx7Ny1jN0VS2XsF3g&s=19

Why is this in the WTF thread?

because the "leader of the free world" is gaslighting people in relation to inflation, either that or he's just plan dumb but I've seen similar from our neighbours over in London, but they're gaslighting people as well.

How is it gaslighting?

Is price gouging NOT taking place?

Has inflation NOT been steadily coming down, at least in the US?