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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • I realised this when I took money out of a cash machine in Tenerife.

    It shows you an exchange rate and a prompt to accept. If you press yes, you get scammed with a crap rate. It’s not really clear that if you press no you still get money but at your bank exchange rate which is almost certainly better than a scummy airport ATM.

    I guess it’s nice that you get scammed right out of the gate, because at least it puts you on guard for the rest of your holiday. Fuck that whole island tbh.



  • Here’s what I don’t get about every Chinese item on Amazon:

    Why the terrible photoshop?

    You’ve got a product. You make it. It’s cheap crap, sure, but so are most established brands at this point. You probably make them in the same factory.

    And surely somebody who works for you isn’t a grotesquely ugly freak and could just hold the item, or otherwise use it as intended.

    But no, everything from digital cameras to sticking plasters is slapped over the top of a bit of stock photography taken at an entirely different angle and lighting conditions to the one you took of the product.