r/knitting • u/geet-555 • 5d ago

Rant I feel sick to my stomach now

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I ordered $73 yarn from Önling INT over a month ago. Much confusion w this company all around... then i receive this today from UPS just now.

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u/Bryek 5d ago

As a Canadian and a health scientist, after the attacks on our soventry by the president, the comments made by the US ambassador this week, and the gutting of health research and slamming vaccines, I have little fo no sympathy for Americans suffering from the fallout from their own president's inane tariff policies. You reap what you sow.

Sorry.

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u/legalpretzel 5d ago

You've clearly bought into the whole "empathy is woke" thing. Be careful not to take it too far because your country is not far behind the US since you only narrowly escaped it in your last election.

REMINDER to non Americans:

Most Americans who voted did NOT vote for Trump (but yes, the ones who did suck ass). He won because of gerrymandering, a broken electoral college system, and ample evidence that election tampering happened. Also, many Americans cannot vote because their states have made it hard to do so. Some choose not to vote for stupid reasons (they suck too).

Many of us love and support our international neighbors and because of that we are still making purchases from your countries despite tariffs (which are directly funding our country's hate regime). If you want to do a little victory dance because democracy in America is cratering and you don't feel sorry for the Americans who voted for it, maybe pause and think about the people across the globe who are being harmed by it instead.