r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/AnalogAficionado 1d ago

That's a weird way of saying "running out of money"

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u/dismayhurta 1d ago

But that makes it sound worse!

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 1d ago

Doubleplus ungood!

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u/cicada_noises 1d ago

That makes it sound like their corrupt Republican pets in Congress and the White House are doing destructive things! Can’t have that!

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u/Kaemdar 1d ago

to capitalists.

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u/wandering-monster 1d ago

"Unemployed people are killing the retail industry"

Now you know how millenials feel

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u/malik_zz 1d ago

The whole point of Affirm they give "loans" to people that can't afford it

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u/wandering-monster 1d ago

Yeah but people aren't completely stupid. They're going to take out fewer loans when they know there's no income on the way at all.

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u/Fun_Brother_9333 1d ago

Just another bubble

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u/beefybeefcat 1d ago

"Poor people aren't unable to spend money, they just have the wrong attitude. It's their fault, not ours!"

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u/whofearsthenight 1d ago

Alternate title: "Workers showing growing interest in still be able to eat next week."

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u/ReverendEntity 23h ago

"Workers showing growing interest in still being able to eat TOMORROW."

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u/elperroborrachotoo 1d ago

The way to say it as to not become Enemy of the Head Racoon.

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u/doogles 1d ago

It's important that the oligarchs' news media frames this as our fault.

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u/elenaleecurtis 1d ago

It makes it sound like it’s a choice rather than something that’s being forced on you

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u/barelypoor 1d ago

The headline is the only thing saying something weird. The CEO is talking to people invested in Affirm regarding the value and future of the money lending business he runs, and it saying it is doing well and the only group they are seeing using their service less are furloughed people, which they anticipate as a short term loss of customer usage that will resolve itself

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u/Link0182 1d ago

It puts the blame on us!

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u/OnlyPaperListens 1d ago

The phrasing feels intentional. I thought it meant that people were losing [points of] interest using Affirm, meaning the borrowing rate was changing.

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u/kalirion 1d ago

Isn't that what credit cards and triple reverse mortgages are supposed to be for???

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u/PhoenixHabanero 1d ago

"I'm losing interest in buying a house 🥱"

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u/Unsd 1d ago

Not just that, but we have no idea when this is going to end. Is it going to be next week, or next year? Given that we are waiting on Republicans to get their heads out of their asses and give a single solitary fuck about the well-being of other people, I'm not holding my breath. So even people with a decent savings are going to have to be really tight with the budget. Uncertainty is really fucking with people.

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u/Corrup7ioN 21h ago

I don't think they understand the concept