Dude, if we tariff coffee I will personally write a strenuous letter to Trump. In crayon, and strenuous because I won’t have had my coffee.
Withdrawal is going to make people go mad
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Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I do think like 1 million americans sending letters to the white house telling them to fuck off is a funny thing to do. How many letters can be opened by 1 person a day?
Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 months ago
All of them in severe grogginess crayon writing on construction paper. So they know as soon as they open it.
gigachad@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Beans?
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The things at the bottom of some paws?
Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nah, those are and will always be free–if you’re lucky. 😼😹 Grab 'em while you can (without bite marks).
dch82@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
inb4 ersatz coffee revival
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My chicory plantation will finally turn a profit! Wait till Dandelion Dan hears about this!
pinkystew@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Chicory makes my teeth hurt, and it tastes like ass. Just seeing the word makes me want to explode vomit out of my eye sockets. It’s horrible what the fuck is wrong with you people
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
On slave plantations
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Foreign slave plantations.
… Not that slave plantations anywhere makes it better, but the fact that it’s foreign will mean that not only is the labor mainly performed by slaves, but we’re also paying a premium because it’s imported goods. Double jeopardy.
Yay capitalism!
PanArab@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Maybe there’s money in starting a coffee exporting business to the US…
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 months ago
???
Not only do tariffs decrease demand by increasing cost, I think you’ll find that people have, in fact, considered that idea before.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In our techo utopian future, the only caffeinated beverage will be Diet Mt. Dew.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 months ago
[deleted]WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because of your lack of patriotism for our national beverage, the leadership has decreed that you will now only be able to drink caffeine-free Diet Mt. Dew.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Ewwww, I will take the crab juice.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sorry, everyone who knows how to make khlav kalash has been deported.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Wonder if we will see an uptick in American made “koffee”?
Something like the Ersatzkaffee from yesteryear. I mean they have the means of making caffeine so maybe it will be better?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Black Rifle Koffee
But (assuming a tarrif is something that can even pass) I imagine you’re going to see a swiss cheese of exemptions for favored countries. And these countries will become a back door for imports.
Expect all of your coffee to be mysteriously harvested from Canada.
Kaput@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No don’t. Last mandate, Trump out tarrifs on Canadian steel, labeled it a strategic risk. Read somewhere that it boosted Russian owned us steel mills somehow. Canada is not getting any favors from that guy.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Why do you think Canada would be spared tariffs?
The intent is clearly to “fix” the USs trade deficit, so Canada being the biggest trade partner would be prime for these.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
About a year of shelf storage life for green whole unroasted coffee beans.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Coffee :(
regangetsthebat@midwest.social 6 months ago
I’m sure the fuckface is going to only tariff countries and products he doesn’t like, that saidF we have no idea if Mr. KFC drinks coffee or andrenochrome (joke) my guess is he hates mexico so coffee is getting taxed and things like monster and coke are gonna be the only caffeine available. Start growing coffee folks.
InputZero@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I have a gut feeling that his talk of tariffs is a bluff. Even if it’s not my gut still tells me there’s going to be exceptions for certain things that are big money makers for Trump and his allies. Trump’s administration is not going to tax themselves unless they can provide a loophole to get themselves out of it. Ultimately it’s the consumer who pays for tariffs, but they’re entire purpose is to slow down trade and if that costs Trump and his allies too much of their wealth it won’t happen.
Trump is as predictable as he is unpredictable because he doesn’t stay consistent. He changes what he says and does to be perceived as best he can in that moment. Which makes understanding his actions a little easier, his past actions are irrelevant to his future decisions, it’s just about what’s in his head in the moment. Which is just a lot of words to say that Trump, his administration, and his allies are just chaos, and you never really know what chaos will bring except a change in the status quo. It’s not looking optimistic though.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
You mean, so-called shit hole countries?
As a Canadian, I’m curious if we’re considered a “shit hole country” to these fucks.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
I think it depends more on how white you are.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Get yourself a few bottles of caffeine pills. They’re really cheap and might get you through some tough times
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 6 months ago
So then what companies should be formed in the US to give its citizens a chance at affordability of breathing in this life ?
dullbananas@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Not something Daniel Suelo buys
smokebuddy@lemmy.today 6 months ago
No more coffee but plenty of PRIME™ for all!