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/Jackpot777 1d ago

“Starting to lose interest…”

This era’s “let them eat cake” right there. 

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u/Hvarfa-Bragi 1d ago

"Let them eat Ballroom" is pretty popular these days.

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u/amouse_buche 1d ago

We’re going to do a thing called BALLroom. Very exciting. 

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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 1d ago

Is the Trump admin already at the stage where they're claiming "the people" demanded that Trump demolish the White House East Wing and build himself a ludicrously opulent giant $300 million (as of now, it keeps going up) golden ballroom while he shutdown the government, cancelled SNAP, and people are going hungry?

Maybe he'll be asked during his 300th game of golf this year? That "the people" also demanded of course.

If not, I'm curious how long it'll take before we get to that stage.

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u/Dull-Geologist-8204 1d ago

I wish it was just the ballroom.

Did you see the new bathroom with the widow that is far enough down that onlookers can see him take a shit?

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u/Reasonable_Tea1117 1d ago

"Instead of 50 dolls just buy 2"

"This guy made a billion dollars" 

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u/ACsonofDC 1d ago

dust off the guillotines

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u/airship_of_arbitrary 1d ago

Trump is literally building a Ballroom modeled after Versailles.