WTF Sht's Fcked Up and Bullsh*t - a "Who Cares" thread for news

danielravennest · Apr 27, 2020

Clara D. said:
Pfft, I buy house brand because I don't see the point in "name brand" butter.

It's hard to fuck up cream and salt.

It's not like Walmart or Kroger actually makes the house brands they stock. They are manufactured by the same people who do the branded stuff, just with a different label. The big chain stores can guarantee a certain number of orders so they get a good wholesale price. They don't need to advertise the house brand, either, so they can sell it for less than the branded version.

danielravennest · Apr 27, 2020

Innula Zenovka said:
Hungary prepares to end legal recognition of trans people

Trans people fear more discrimination as Orbán pushes through law defining gender based on ‘sex at birth’

www.theguardian.com

They must be running low on other scapegoats.

Kamilah Hauptmann · Apr 28, 2020

Essence Lumin · Apr 28, 2020

danielravennest said:
It's not like Walmart or Kroger actually makes the house brands they stock. They are manufactured by the same people who do the branded stuff, just with a different label. The big chain stores can guarantee a certain number of orders so they get a good wholesale price. They don't need to advertise the house brand, either, so they can sell it for less than the branded version.

Sometimes they do.

Kroger operates its own dairy and meat processing plants, bakeries and other facilities. All told, the grocer manufactures 40% of its store brands, Phipps said.

Not just knock-offs, but 'knockouts': Inside Kroger's private label push

Kamilah Hauptmann · Apr 29, 2020

Free · Apr 29, 2020

Kamilah Hauptmann said:

That's just a rounder version of the hug reaction icon.

Innula Zenovka · Apr 29, 2020

Nigerian maid for sale on Facebook for $1,000 | World | The Times

Nigerian maid for sale on Facebook for $1,000 Jane Flanagan Thursday April 30 2020, 12.00am, The Times An estimated 250,000 migrant domestic workers are employed in the country, some took part in a pr...

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A Nigerian maid was advertised for sale with a price tag of $1,000 on a Facebook page which specialises in trading bric-a-brac in the Middle East.

The 30-year-old woman was marketed as “very active and very clean” with “new legal documents”, in a post which appeared on the “Buy and Sell in Lebanon” account, prompting widespread outrage.

A man thought to be responsible for the advert, Wael Jerro, has been arrested for possible human trafficking crimes, police in Lebanon said. The post was deleted after a wave of protests.

Adverts for apple-flavoured shisha tobacco and car tyres appeared above and below the post featuring the woman’s identity document, which named her as Peace Busari and pictured her wearing a red top.

Marie-Claude Najm, Lebanon’s justice minister, said the case represented a “blatant violation of human dignity”.

bubblesort · Apr 30, 2020

WTF is wrong with holy people? Now a reverend is encouraging people to tip their mask when shopping, LOL

Local group asks you to "tip your mask" to help prevent racial biases

Tip Your Mask" is in coordination with various police departments in Illinois. When you go into a store or building, you're now asked to "tip your mask" by lowering it slightly so the business owner can see your face.

www.kwqc.com