Friday, February 10, 2023

The Sarcasm Report v.291

February 8, 2023
lifehacker: The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Trying to Eat Healthy

Eating enough to stay healthy is important, and eating enough protein is a big part of that.

And if you continue to scroll down after reading that article...

February 10, 2023
lifehacker: Get Free Wendy's Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers Until Sunday

You can only get one per visit, but you can visit as many times as your stomach desires.

Bacon, cheese, and beef sure are great protein sources! Visit as many times as your stomach desires! You know, for your health! Woohoo! ;)

16 comments:

Shookie said...

Do what I say, not what I do. :)

Stagflationary Mark said...

Stay (for the) frosty!

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/stay_frosty

Shookie said...

I've recently experienced Chinese chemical prices at approximately 25% what there were a year ago. In some cases, packaged prices are less than what I can buy the empty package for here in the States. Is there a way you can show this graphically?

Stagflationary Mark said...

Here’s one chart that seems relevant:

Import Price Index by Origin (NAICS): Chemical Manufacturing for China

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=10lbD

Shookie said...

Thank you. Definitely lagging. The end point should be <105 at this point in time. Massive dumping going on now.

After the fact, I questioned how I crafted the question. I thought that for sure I inadvertently opened the door for you to have drawn a graph in sarcasm.

Stagflationary Mark said...

If you want “empty package” commentary, then you should read what I wrote here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3020381/buyer-beware-furious-tree-games

80% of my order was missing. There was 700 times more packing material than actual product. I kid you not! That’s gotta be close to a world record!! They don’t call themselves Furious Tree Games for nothing, apparently! ;)

Anonymous said...

I wouldn’t buy from China if it was free!

Shookie said...

My heart agrees with you, but the reality is that the quality is very good and prices are half. If you don't your competitor will. It's a trap. The Chinese are trying to destroy the market, and they are patient. Otherwise, why would you leave so much money on the table? They could easily be 10% lower and have an impact. Less than half shows intent.

Anonymous said...

I tried not buy anything Chinese-made for a while. You should give it a try. It is near impossible. Almost everything (except most food fortunately) is made in China. In many cases you just can’t find a non-Chinese made item.

Stagflationary Mark said...

Almost everything (except most food fortunately)…

Chinese food and fortunately? How am I supposed to resist that? ;)

As seen in the Internet:

The fortune cookie I got with my chinese food today was weird...

It said, ”FREE ME FROM THIS FACTORY
Lucky Numbers 23.5° N, 121.0° E”

Anonymous said...

Stocks were looking good first of December, now it looks like those hopes have faded.

SVB into receivership, FDIC says 175B on deposit with 150B uninsured! Those folks will get zero, six out of every seven of their dollars are likely gone.

Stagflationary Mark said...

SPB (Sex Panther Bank) would have been safer.

https://youtu.be/m9iXlOHtzV4

They’ve done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.

Anonymous said...

The head of supervision of the failed banks will head a reassessment of the supervision of the failed banks.

Welcome to the new world of artificial intelligence.

Stagflationary Mark said...

The selection process?

https://youtu.be/Br0DCEEBplY

Anonymous said...

Hmmm….who else do I know that buys TIPS?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/andy-beal-americas-richest-banker-makes-a-massive-bond-bet-on-inflation/ar-AA1a3h8V

Stagflationary Mark said...

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the TIPS yields aren’t bad at all right now, for those who would buy and hold to maturity.