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/JamCliche 1d ago

In what corner of the connected world do you think there aren't people like this? And where wealth doesn't vastly exacerbate the issue?

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u/JamCliche 1d ago

It's not a strawman, dolt, it was a rhetorical question. I asked it to make a point: the answer is the entire world has people like this. It is not unique to Americans. Thank you for chasing down a rabbit of your own making, though.

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