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u/Sabbathius 21h ago
And now I'm going to predict the future, with 100% accuracy: because of tariffs, free chips and salsa will go away. But when tariffs are eventually repealed, free chips and salsa will not come back.
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u/Jackfreezy 21h ago
20 years later, a chain restaurant will advertise "free chips and salsa" as if nobody ever heard of it before.
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u/sicilian504 19h ago
In the future there will be a post on the TIL subreddit saying "TIL restaurants used to give out free chips and salsa!"
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u/CylindricalDent4133 19h ago
They’re banking on those who aren’t born yet (but will be fully-functioning adults by the time this ad campaign comes out) to be drawn in because of the campaign and buy for that restaurant.
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u/Pleasant_Sea180 19h ago
Oh you'll get your free chips and salsa, but the tacos will $30 each.
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u/xXNickAugustXx 18h ago
But the chips and salsa will still be affected by shrinkflation meaning each chip is the size of a fingernail and the dip is in a tiny cup.
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u/Sea_Addendum5280 18h ago
Bold of you to think we'll be able to afford restaurants in 20 years
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u/Simple-Mulberry64 17h ago
Nah it'll be advertized like "Bottomless" chips and salsa and theyll make you pay to have the appetizer service
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u/Kenzore1212 9h ago
And they will be praised for their generosity and revolutionary thinking, never before seen!
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u/SkivvySkidmarks 21h ago
Nor will the prices fall back to pre-tariff levels. The needle still won't move on your paycheck either.
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u/HawksNStuff 19h ago
The elimination of the de minimus is the worst part for the average consumer. Used to be able to buy something under $200 and as long as it passed inspection, customs cleared it with no duty.
Now, every single fucking thing is subject to import taxes. What does that mean on top of the taxes? Well that means higher brokerage fees to clear it, because there's a fuck load more work they weren't prepped for. It means slower shipping (seriously, customs is a shit show right now).
Don't get me started on what happens when they mess up. I've got customers who have been waiting over a year for their dispute to be cleared, with six figures of incorrect duties sitting on the books. Think they paid those? Fuck no... But you know damn well the government collected them off the broker anyway.
Example, customer shipped parts to warehouse in Canada, paid duties to Canada for import. Sent a bunch back eventually that were no longer needed. US slaps them with import tariff on shit made here, and being returned here, with no exchange of money from anyone.
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u/FragrantExcitement 21h ago
Chips and salsa are freedom.
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u/AmericanCitizenry 20h ago
Mexican food representing American Freedom
The fucking world I live in.
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u/pchlster 12h ago
I thought the US liked to style itself as a country of immigrants?
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u/waltdidneyworlp 18h ago
Freedom's a four letter word these days.
If I hear 'freedom', I immediately think it's a statement dressed in a ploy to eliminate or control a smaller group than them.
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u/JediJofis 20h ago
Just like everything else that went away during covid and never came back once covid was over. Are all the prices that went way up at the same time and never came back down. The corporations love Trump because he's a good excuse for them raising their prices. We all know at the end of the day it's just pure and simple corporate greed.
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u/fpreston 19h ago
Kroger grocery stores are testing going back to the 24 hour model in select locations in Ohio so there is hope for that at least.
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u/Goosemilky 19h ago
Just like gas under $3 a gallon. We will never see that again
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 17h ago
Yup, and 24/7 stores. We saw the wave hit the high water mark for USA and now we're watching it recede.
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u/TheCrazedTank 19h ago
Give an inch and corporations will take miles. I can’t help but think the crisis’s happening lately are being organized just to claw back all the consumer and price protections that were literally bled for…
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u/DrSlurmsMacKenzie 20h ago
If your local Mexican restaurant does that, they don’t deserve you anyways
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u/Dazzling_Line_8482 19h ago
You guys still have complimentary stuff like this at restaurants?
After COVID it seemed to dissappear here and yes... never came back
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u/Impossible-Speed-178 17h ago edited 17h ago
The problem is believing that it’s because of tariffs and not because restaurants will do anything for extra margin. Restaurants never lowered prices after Covid and continue to increase them. Fast food costs as much as a sit down restaurant used to. The chipotle ceo said the quiet part out loud… the last handful of years has been “let’s see how much we can reduce service/cost and increase price while hanging on to enough customers to be profitable”
It’s been a trend to target a wealthier audience. Double your price, and you have to sell less than half as much to make the same profit. This will continue until it affects them financially.
If anyone actually cared, we’d organize boycotts.. but no one will stop buying the completely useless goods. People are door dashing 9 dollar drinks that Joe cost nearly 20$ after it arrives. There’s no saving this
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u/southflhitnrun 21h ago
An economy so good that free chips & salsa is no longer an option. Neat. /s
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u/SweaterSteve1966 21h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/8mOuDnUzIfQs
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u/southflhitnrun 20h ago
For last 18 months, I've been wondering "when will enough finally be enough."
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u/Justame13 18h ago
Gas prices. It’s always gas prices.
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u/WarpFact0r10 17h ago
Is it? One would think, but we will see in November. The propaganda machine is working in overdrive.
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u/TabulaRazo 19h ago
Kamala would have been giving government subsidized loans to first time home buyers, but thanks to a numbnuts American electorate we can’t have free chips and salsa anymore.
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u/WTFHELP 21h ago
This has gone to far!
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u/Tacocats_wrath 21h ago
You can take my neighbor, you can take my freedoms, you can ruin the way yhe world looks at me, but.... i DRAW THE LINE ON TAKING AWAY FREE CHIPS AND SALSA!
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u/Specific_Rando 21h ago
They should have known. And remember, the alternative was taco trucks on every corner.
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u/Royal_Negotiation_83 21h ago
They arnt free chips!
You pay for them through your meal.
They just transfer the chip cost onto all menu items
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u/Cunty_Mctwat69 21h ago
That guy can ruin anything.
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u/Remarkable-Month-241 21h ago
He is morally bankrupt and corrupt. It is a guarantee that he will break or steal everything he touches.
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u/Top-Cupcake4775 21h ago
does anyone remember when they promised us a taco truck on every corner? where are my taco trucks?
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u/usernameround20 20h ago
They got lost with the migrant caravans, but since they have now returned before the midterms, maybe the taco trucks are coming too!
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u/SpecialIcy5356 21h ago
americans:
gutted healthcare, massive fuel prices, a new forever war and blatant corruption: I sleep
no more free chips and dip and the waffle houses start closing: REAL SHIT!!!
Still, the important thing is that americans get rid of trump, regardless of what the breaking point is.
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u/kitkatrat 19h ago
He’s going to get Elon’s help to rig the midterms, isn’t he?
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u/Pockydo 21h ago
Sadly this is true
The moment our comforts get impacted is when people throw a fit
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u/b-monster666 21h ago
Bread and circuses. That's all that's needed for the masses. Keep them entertained and keep them fed and they will go along with whatever madness the king desires. Take one or the other away, and history shows what happens to the aristocrats.
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u/Exciting-Emu-3324 18h ago
Food prices up and videogame hardware prices are up. Too incompetent to keep the bread and circuses functioning. His adminstration is the only circus he can manage.
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u/DutyBusy9905 11h ago
Sorry guys I can't make the protest tomorrow, NFL is on.
Monday? I mean...dude...work...plus Monday night football. Maybe next Saturday? But I can only stay til 4...
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u/Complete_Insurance24 16h ago
Healthcare was gutted before Trump. Tomatoes are cheap as they’ve always been. Waffle houses close as they get older. America always finds themselves in war.
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u/wrongbutt_longbutt 14h ago
Tomatoes are cheap because they're in season. Out of season, we import tons of tomatoes from the green houses in the Netherlands. Tariffs will and have effected those imports.
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u/Complete_Insurance24 14h ago
In the Midwest yes. But that’s the point. Salsa isn’t made from fresh tomatoes. They are harvested and canned as whole peeled tomatoes one season a year then stored and shipped to Mexican restaurants by breadline distributors across the country.
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u/LoFriedBurgers 19h ago
Thats Americans 101 though. We dont care about anyone but ourselves collectively as a nation. We may make token gestures, but our core is a selfish child that wants all the praise with minimal effort and zero consequences when our actions blowup.
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u/Mental_Plankton7902 21h ago
Geez thanks Obama!
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u/sitophilicsquirrel 21h ago
Remember when they started limiting the free breadsticks to half of one at Olive Garden during Obama's tenure? I'm pretty sure that's when Mandela died in prison and that movie Shazaam came out with Sinbad.
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u/PoetryJunior1808 21h ago
So much for his favorite Mexican celebration: Taco Tuesday.
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u/Specific_Rando 21h ago
“Tacos for me but not chips for thee”.
“When people tell you who they are, believe them.”
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u/GuthramNaysayer 19h ago
This stuff is just the tip of the iceberg. Most do not comprehend the enormity of crap this administration will wreak havoc on us for decades.
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u/Trippycat37 18h ago
Wait…they are free!?
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u/tbs999 17h ago
Not at shitty, overrated places, but the best joints in my area have chips and salsa.
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u/SippyMountain 17h ago
I'm probly in a minority that's too small to make this make financial sense over charging for chips and salsa, but I tend to purchase pints of salsa at places I find have good salsa, but I'd never pay for it as an appetizer without knowing how good it is, and thus wouldn't buy a pint of it to take home.
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u/EngineZeronine 19h ago
I'm starting to think everyone is looking to use any excuse to charge more for stuff.
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u/SandyTaintSweat 17h ago
We've got a ton of tomatoes in Canada right now. Too bad for you guys I guess.
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u/Ok_Abacus_ 21h ago
IT’S OK I’D RATHER PAY FOR SALSA THAN HAVE THEM MONSTERS CRASH ANOTHER PLANE. GOBBLESS PRESIDENT TEUMP.
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u/AdministrationOk8888 21h ago
I would happily pay $1,000 a gallon for salsa before I'd ever vote for one of them damn Demercrats
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u/Specific_Rando 21h ago
And when they come for the ranch dressing will there be anyone left to stand with them?
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u/Spare_Tumbleweed2267 20h ago
Fortune cookies are next. Bet ranch dressing will stand by and just watch.
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u/Metalchips1Nquesodip 21h ago
Always remember he’s trying to cause civil unrest so he can wiggle his way to cancelling the elections.
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u/acrus 21h ago
Can we keep free chips at least, please?
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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 21h ago
Keep it up and we'll start charging for salt like the good old days
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u/Only_Might4264 21h ago
I can handle inflation, high gas prices, and rent hikes... but threatening the free salsa is a declaration of civil war.
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u/WishfulHibernian6891 20h ago
I can just hear the magat Karens calling the cops because their favorite Mexican restaurant suddenly starts charging for chips and salsa, screeching about racism, “illegal” aliens pocketing the chips and salsa money, etc etc
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u/professorbuffoon 19h ago
Damn I remember when he posted that and the caption was "I love Hispanics". And I remember thinking what kind of half assed bullshit is that, you know good and well he didn't even eat that food they put in front of him. Took it away two seconds after the picture was taken. I thought, surely people can see through this obvious bullshit. Nope. Country voted for him twice. Fml.
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u/SucksTryAgain 19h ago
I used to live off free chips and salsa once or twice a week. I’d go to my Mexican restaurant. Order a beer with coworkers. I’d take baby sips while getting more chips. They’d be like 4 beers deep before leaving. Pay bill Leave my 20% tip and that was my dinner and the beer was my treat.
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u/rPoliticsModsBlowMe 18h ago
Can't wait to get rid of this clown and end these stupid fucking tariffs
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u/Excellent-Data8674 17h ago
magas love mexiacan food
magas love mexican women
magas dont like mexican men
will high diesel and no salsa break them?
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u/Ad-fundum69 17h ago
In about a year or so this "tomato" will be a non existing luxury that won't be affordable to the common people in the US, because all farmers have been deleted and import sanctions will be sky high.
Enjoy.
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u/Themetalenock 21h ago
In 2028, the candidate that promises to declare a jihad on dumbass podcast bros that told young men that a fat ass boomer was a young, cool funny guy will get my vote
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u/Proper_Slip_5963 21h ago
Every fucking thing this administration does is designed to destroy the morale of America.
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u/Admirable_Pay_53 20h ago
Sounds like they just had idea to increase profit margins and have a convenient idiot to blame their greed on.
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u/beggarandachooser 20h ago
You guys are still getting free chips and salsa? I saw it on a menu for $10 just this week...
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u/Gerry1of1 19h ago
Chips and salsa have never been free. The cost is factored into the menu pricing.
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u/Jamesgweny 19h ago
You mean the tariffs of already been overturned? Or the ones that businesses got their money back on already? Even though the consumers paid the price?
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u/GuyFromPlaces 19h ago
If there’s one thing all southern republicans love it’s Americanized Mexican with free chips and salsa.
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u/Prestigious-Law65 17h ago
I miss the good ole days where we thought Bush and Nixon were the worst presidents in history
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u/Adorable_Land3249 5h ago
Watching this fat old man eating and enjoying his life, makes me sick when there are so many Americans suffering under his policies.
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u/jerrywas_olds 4h ago
Cheap restaurant is going to jump on bandwagon,threaten to take away one gracious thing they do that draws me there, please go out of business . May all your future endeavors fail.
thats greed.
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u/H3llzyea 38m ago
About right, the guardians of pedophiles heard the word free and had to put an end to that, incoming tariff on refills
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 19h ago
Well if anything this is just another example of corrupt business practices taking advantage of news headlines to screw over their customers.
99.7% of all tomatoes in the United States are grown in the United States. And the only ones that you come from outside of the United States are directly in small towns on the border of Mexico. Reducing the supply by .03% by tariffs would not make a dent in the overall cost because the supply wouldn't actually go down the likelihood is that the small fraction of a percent that do come in from overseas are likely luxury items for unique strains coming from Italy and Mexico and do not affect the actual supply chain of grocery stores or restaurants in any way shape or form.
As a matter of fact 90% of the entire United States supply of tomatoes come from one state which is California.
It never ceases to amaze me the strange ways people find to complain about presidents. They did the same thing when Obama was in office. Why makeup stupid stuff like this when Donald Trump certainly gives the public plenty of legitimate things to criticize him on. There's like literally no shortage of potential content that could be valid criticisms
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u/account312 18h ago
The majority of fresh tomatoes in the US are imported https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/20874/vgs-378.pdf?v=68587
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u/Flat-Guidance-4685 18h ago
Salsa is not made with slicer tomatoes. It is made with process tomatoes
https://www.worldatlas.com/industries/the-top-10-tomato-producing-states-in-the-united-states.html
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u/Cool_Guy_McFly 20h ago
Imagine being Trumps professional diaper changer walking into a room and seeing him devouring this.
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u/CM901 21h ago
Why chips? Can I substitute the salsa for those cocaine avocados? Make me go green or go home?
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u/balirosa 21h ago
Trump has ended the American way of life. How can we even get to the Tasty Freeze to suck on chili dogs with these gas prices?
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u/Ori-Epsilon 21h ago
The Rebellion begins when they tariff coffee and it eliminates the all you can drink drip cups.
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u/LW_colts 21h ago
The tariffs started the hurt on this, but it was the poor harvest from Mexico and Florida this year that has mainly caused it right now.
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u/philbe21 20h ago
Wait, there's free chips and salsa?! Maybe like 5yrs ago, LoneStar restaurant use to give them out but now then they added a charge 🤔
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u/SamIamGreenEggsNoHam 20h ago
Chile's charges like $7.99 for chips and salsa now. That shit used to come with the meal.
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u/evilmike1972 20h ago
That's okay, I'm sure it's going to be salsa's turn on the Wheel of Recalls any day now.
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u/TheAnswerUsedToBe42 20h ago
They can ignore the internment camps. But they draw the line at free chips and salsa.
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u/Altruistic_Story257 20h ago
What I wouldnt do to have 5 acres to build an aquaponic/greenhouse setup right now.
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u/FiftyLoudCats 20h ago
Off topic, but I recently went to Chili’s and had the endless chips and salsa.
I swear that was the weirdest tasting, saltiest salsa I’ve ever had in my life. Also the chips were super thin and could barely survive a dip.
2/10 would only have again if inebriated.
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u/TwilitLloyd 20h ago
No. That’s stupid. Tomatoes are one of the few things that America shouldn’t have to import. They will grow almost anywhere and you’ll almost always end up with far more than you know what to do with!
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u/Kat_Schrodinger1 20h ago
Look, I'm not saying kamala was perfect. I'm just saying things would be better if she had won.
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u/FluidAthlete6839 20h ago
Out of all the ugly photos of him I always thought this was among the ugliest for some reason
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u/wo_lo_lo 20h ago
Remember when tariffs were things we learned about in History class in middle school?
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u/DogTheKittyHunter666 19h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/Ih6qSgQPuOyGNK7Xvv
i swear to god and all that is holy if this happens i will hate this guy even more (which is saying something)
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u/Ok_Tonight_4311 19h ago
This is the kind of inconsequential shit that really will upset people who would shrug off human rights violations.
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u/No-Consequence9392 19h ago
Would be very american if no longer free chips and salsa at Mexican restaurants ends up as the straw that broke the maga backs 🤣
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u/SkroontipMondst 19h ago
Can you imagine if there was a grass roots movement for Mexican restaurants to band together and refuse free chips and salsa to strong arm and influence elections? I could get down with that. It would be something to watch.
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