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Give me rubbish bins, top hats and puzzle pieces, but I don't believe a company legitimately costs the same GDP of Finland to operate. Because if it does, then the system is completely retarded.

You seem like you know a lot about what it takes to produce, ship, advertise, and service almost $400 billion worth of products. Where, based on your vast knowledge, do you think they're coming up with all these illegitimate (in your mind) costs, and why would they want to underreport their profitability? Do they perhaps feel their stock is too high and want to keep it down (???).

Apple’s market cap
Do you know the difference between market cap and revenue?
 
PLS TRUMP

CROSS THE RUBICON

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He want hear them out .
The issue is answer more than question.
Most of time the answer is fucking conspiracy theory being right.
*** please supreme court give the biggest black pill 💊 that Joe bidden flying people immediately gave them us citizenship. (Bet circle back labeled under dreamer act)**
 
Fag still believing the media lie.View attachment 7243472
They literally believe "president locks up the criminals" makes him a dictator. Amazing. I can't tell what's more astounding, that they're simping for "UWU widdle softboi drug dealing child trafficking mass murdering organized crime leaders wot dindu nuffin wrong" or that the idea that you can just lock up the worst elements of your society using harsh punishment for lawbreaking and do this repeatedly and the only repercussions are that everything about your culture/country/civilization gets noticeably better with every iteration is just an unthinkable nightmare to them.
 
You seem like you know a lot about what it takes to produce, ship, advertise, and service almost $400 billion worth of products. Where, based on your vast knowledge, do you think they're coming up with all these illegitimate (in your mind) costs, and why would they want to underreport their profitability? Do they perhaps feel their stock is too high and want to keep it down (???).
I'll be honest, which I know is rare online, but I don't want to believe it. It may be true, it probably is, but I just don't want to believe that 1 company is as powerful as a NATO ally. That they hold/move/own so much capital as a company is terrifying.
The snarkiness isn't required though, this isn't a marvel film.
 
Lastly, the other interesting thing about these protest are the yellow shirts. Usually in a construction vest with a walkie talkie who larp as security but harass any conservative journalist who try to talk to protestors or cover the event. Including blocking paths, spitting, pushing, playing copyrighted music, stalking and various other passive aggressive behaviors such as obstructing cameras
couldn't you just push them aside if they spat on you or blocked your view? 95 percent sure you wouldn't be charged for assault, or get the case dropped
 
Most of you know but for review, the “news cycle” begins on Monday. (Usually) I am a bit curious what the weekly soap opera will be about this time.

So much so, I almost want to wake up early and see what the big names like NYT put on the agenda. That’s also, (usually), how it works, but in 2025 I don’t know if newspapers drive the media any more. It could be the blogosphere that does.

What do you guys think the outrage du jour will be this week?
 
Most of you know but for review, the “news cycle” begins on Monday. (Usually) I am a bit curious what the weekly soap opera will be about this time.

So much so, I almost want to wake up early and see what the big names like NYT put on the agenda. That’s also, (usually), how it works, but in 2025 I don’t know if newspapers drive the media any more. It could be the blogosphere that does.

What do you guys think the outrage du jour will be this week?
few ideas:

1: donald trump shows up to WrestleMania (highly doubt)
2: Trump deported a woman to El Salvador
3: 51501 protestor shot and killed in public brawl
 
I'll be honest, which I know is rare online, but I don't want to believe it. It may be true, it probably is, but I just don't want to believe that 1 company is as powerful as a NATO ally. That they hold/move/own so much capital as a company is terrifying.
The snarkiness isn't required though, this isn't a marvel film.

Finland's total number of employed people is only 15x larger than Apple corporation, 2.5 million vs 160,000. It's not very big.
 
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American chocolates and soft drinks would be far better with good old cane sugar instead of disgusting high-fructose corn syrup.
No joke, half the reason I prefer diet drinks it because I find them less "heavy" taste, if that makes any sense.
What really gets me is that seed oils are always stored in clear, plastic containers. This means that they are constantly subjected to the ambient light that causes oxidisation.
 
It also could be more Russia crap.
Trump and Rubio have given indications that they're pretty close to washing their hands of the whole Russia mess. They thought they were close to getting a deal, but it's become clear that both Zelensky and Putin are egotist retards who refuse to come to the table unless they get literally everything they want, lock, stock, and barrel.
Time for us to detach and let Europe eat itself like we should have done a century ago.
 
How different from school choice would this be?
Head start is pre-k and a little younger, also has ability to be paid for by govt depending on income. It's admittedly very helpful as basically daycare. I knew a handful of kids who academically-wise qualified for advanced path in school but due to number of absences from having to stay home and take care of siblings weren't able to join.
 
So China is still the cheapest labour?
No. That's the exact opposite of what I was saying.
The BOM includes packing and R+D in most projects
BOM is what your factory will charge you for components. You already paid for tooling at startup and packaging costs may be included or a separate line item (depends on how the contract was written). That factory knows fuck-all about your in-house R&D, marketing, or other overhead costs. But maybe the Commonwealth does things differently from the rest of the world.

To clarify, you're claiming that it $30 covers not only BOM for an iPhone, but shipping, all R&D, and all other overheads as well?
You talk down to people as if they're retarded
How else do you expect to be treated when you storm out of the gate claiming that China uses "slave labor"? But let me guess: you were just being hyperbolic, right?
 
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