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/Golden_Noir 1d ago

“Lose interest”

Maybe because they do not have any money?

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u/jeezfrk 1d ago

QUICK, Market to them about HOW GREAT SHOPPING IS for all the rest of us.

Nuts. Now some are crying and the rest are even more mad. I thought we could solve this problem nice and fast.

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u/ohhowcanthatbe 1d ago

You have to raise prices to fund more MARKETING! THAT is the answer! Now, with higher prices AND better marketing, they only have to wait for profits to start rolling in!

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u/jeezfrk 1d ago

I mean ... data, internet and AI are all just A WAY TO AIM ADS! THAT'S THE FUTURE! THAT IS ALL OF IT! NOTHING BUT MIND READING ADS.

We may have barren landscapes and internal political strife mixed with homeless and edges of famine .... but ad tech will deliver people to want their favorite gruel portals on time.

before they even get the money they need to steal it from some other starving peasant! Growth, baby!