alt-text: Woman ordering food (photo): “I would like to buy a hamburger for the same price that it was 2 hours ago.”

Cashier (sketched): “Sir, this is a Wendy’s”

  • Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    in 1956 some guy sneakily trough shell companys and such stuff, used the futures market to controll 98% of the onion suply and screwed over a lot of people.

    the onion futures act was the goverments absolute brilliant idea for a fix.

    i have no idea what the box office receipts thing is about

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      Yeah no, I get the Onion thing, it’s usually taught in collegiate finance courses… but the Box Office thing threw me off. Apparently the MPAA lobbied to have it added. I am just amused that it’s attached to Onion Law.