What’s the purpose of the megathread? I’m so confused what’s going on with this community…

Bosses hate this one. The things they’ll do for a full office…

When you order something with 2-day delivery, it not only needs to be in stock… but it needs to be in a warehouse in your city. This requirement means there needs to be a surplus.

They don’t know where the orders will come in, so they make enough to send them to every warehouse in the country. But if all of them got sold, the supply would drive the price down. So, they wait until a certain number gets sold (say… a few hundred) and then destroy the rest.

It’s sickening that this is even a thing. But that’s the world we live in.

Thanks for the feedback – I’m really excited about starting this community, and I think I overdid it on the promotion 😬

“Bilingual” is really hard to define.

I live in Taiwan (English is my native language), and have studied Chinese to be passably fluent. I can trick people into thinking I can follow advanced conversations, interjecting comments here or there (even though I’m mostly lost – just picking out the tidbits I do understand and commenting on them).

But am I bilingual? At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter. What matters the most is whether your level is “good enough” to do what you want! In my case, I just want to be able to go to the store, buy things, and hang out with friends. I can read the newspaper, but I’ll never be able to read/write business contracts – but that’s not a goal of mine.

There are so many different shades of bilingual. Don’t worry about it… and just be as good as you need to reach your goals!

Welcome aboard! I really hope this commumity provides the support you need. Keep writing!

With great power comes great responsibility

I don’t cry when I chop onions. If I’m chopping dozens of them, everyone needs to get out of the kitchen because the air will get potent (but I won’t notice).

Never tried it… but I should!!

Peanut butter and cheese.

Peanut butter and pickles.

Peanut butter and raw onion slices.

Peanut butter and tuna fish.

I’ve tried peanut butter combined with the strangest pairings I can imagine. They’ve all been excellent.

Thanks, this is the answer I was looking for. I’m trying to save money because we don’t have a lot. My wife is on board with saving, but she hasn’t done the math to see where most of our money is going.

I might need to back off a bit. I like to save, but this might be a bit much.

The problem stems from the fact that brands want their products to be made readily accessible to anyone who wants to order with next-day delivery, which means there needs to be a surplus to satisfy customers’ cravings for instant gratification… but a surplus would drive prices down, which is why they mass-produce products, then immediately trash whatever is not sold.

It sickens me to know this is even a thing. But what can be done to prevent it?

It really wasn’t hard. I took them to an animal shelter, and we talked about how there aren’t enough families willing to give homes to these cute puppies. If only there was a family who was willing to help for every dog here…

My kids didn’t want a dog until I planted the idea. Now, I roll my eyes along with my wife every time the kids ask for a dog.