Yet another total disaster that never happened..
  • 550 points FartrelCluggins

    Good thing they got that white board out to show an extremely easy to grasp statistic

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    162 points Ok_Impression3324

    Did they terif the visual effects guy out of a job too??

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    55 points simple_champ

    The 150% tariffs on pixels really destroyed the industry.

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    94 points stinkymoron

    “Hey idiots look at this doodle I’m doing to see how serious this is”

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    20 points Maalkav_

    I'm often weirded out when I watch US news, the anchors are sometimes super loud, dramatic and are highlighting obvious shit on a screen...

    I have to wonder about the attention span of the target audience

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    8 points noonsumwhere

    You don't have to wonder. They're idiots. Not unique to Americans tho.

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    3 points Maalkav_

    Oh believe me we aren't lacking idiots here in France but the news aren't nearly as theatrical and weird lol

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    5 points noonsumwhere

    Are your news anchors actually impartial and just report the news? I heard that was a thing but I haven't seen it yet in my lifetime in USA, and I'm 50.

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    2 points Maalkav_

    There are propaganda channels owned by billionaires as well but they appear normal, they just spew bullshit. But yes, the majority are factuals, or at least as much as possible, they are public services and not privately owned.

    At least that was when I still had a TV, like 10 years ago

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    2 points noonsumwhere

    Public/Government-owned media outlets are biased by definition unless you're talking about your city's own public access channel.

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    2 points Maalkav_

    There are several channels, the government doesn't have control over them and it's regulated by an independent commission.

    We even have a shared channel with Germany.

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    1 points noonsumwhere

    Who gets to pick the broadcast language. Be careful giving those Germans too much power LOL

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    43 points West_Data106

    Without that hamburger ship I would have been totally lost!

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    34 points SurlyJohn009

    Made me want to cook lunch. CNN is a joke of a network, this just proves it once again.

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    11 points vatderfurkk101

    I thought she was drawing labia. Imagine my disappointment

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    1 points marc4882

    Mmmm I like hamburgers.

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    17 points CCWaterBug

    I learned so much!

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    15 points RedditPoster05

    Also isn’t CNN, the network that prides itself on stupid digital graphics

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    17 points heywoodidaho

    Yes ,but they know their audience. You have to use crayons and leave it on the fridge to express the gravity of the situation. Alternately if it's a truly dire issue they use a sharpie on an empty box of wine.

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    7 points Pukebox_Fandango

    Their viewers are stupid, and they still think they're stupider than they are

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    3 points morrisjr1989

    What an absurd thing to do. You could give me 50 min and no pressure and I’m drawing a shittyass sailboat, couldn’t imagine thinking of doing it on TV

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    2 points VirtueSignalLost

    they probably think their viewers are 5 years old

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  • 285 points NDK_forums

    They had to pull out a white board and draw it so the viewer base could understand it 😂

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    131 points NDK_forums

    Their viewer base staring at the white board and trying to make it all connect

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    19 points vatderfurkk101

    Ice Cube thinking, "Bitch, that ain't 40 percent. Look more like Fitty "

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    51 points KevinJ2010

    And the narrative is that Republicans are uneducated.

    CNN looking like kindergarten…

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    18 points RiskyAdjusterX

    They needed something to draw attention from that one dude’s puce outfit (with rainbow hoodie accessory). Had THAT become popular, I would start thinking the apocalypse IS upon us!

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    -10 points Cuck4HungDogs

    I’m surprised it wasn’t Fox News when I saw that 😂

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  • 259 points Silent-Wonder6546

    Media fearmongering as usual

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    69 points Heeeeyyouguuuuys

    Gotta spook shareholders into making money moves somehow.

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    1 points UpperPermission1153

    Not really, this was really what would have happened if the us kept hug tariffs on China like what was going on at the time

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  • 126 points Agreeable_Sense9618

    My lazy investments have increased by 40% since that video was released. I bet against the doomers just as I did in previous years.

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    19 points VirtueSignalLost

    Inverse reddit is the best investment strategy.

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    5 points No_Patience_6801

    This is true, made me laugh.

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    2 points suicidedaydream

    Usually on Reddit, if I’m getting downvoted for what I comment, I know my opinion is what the majority of normal healthy adults think. Having said that, Sandusky was railroaded /s

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    1 points No_Bunch_39

    This is some crazy cope 😂

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    16 points alurbase

    The media work for the big funds. They want the market to panic so they can buy cheap

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    1 points UpperPermission1153

    Maybe because trump ended up dropping many tariffs after that…

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    1 points Agreeable_Sense9618

    There's always a reason behind the latest doom and gloom, and there's always an excuse when it doesn't pan out.

    I've tuned out this noise for years.

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  • 54 points Ok_Impression3324

    "ships go when they have to go" FFS. They aint trains blocking the tracks. Boats sit for long period of times all the time.

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    14 points Substantial-Tone-576

    Yeah the San Francisco Bay has like 5 big cargo ships sitting there for a few days either in line to get offloaded or loaded up.

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  • 154 points kinghawkeye8238

    Lmao man I forgot about this.

    I remember reddit telling me I had max 2 months before shelves were bare and we were rationing food supplies.

    People that fall for this shit year in and year out amaze me. Then again they think were in 1940s Germany, that we should let everyone in that wants to come and not kick out the ones who do it illegally and only republicans can be pedos.

    Then they wanna be taken seriously when you talk politics.

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    61 points ansem119

    I had so many remindme’s from during covid of people saying there would be bodies piling up in the streets and mass graves within a few months. Of course all those comments are deleted now.

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    14 points No-Virus7165

    It’s because everyone took the vaccine! /s

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    13 points kinghawkeye8238

    Oh 100% and I bet they will say they never said that now that they deleted it.

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    28 points don_kong1969

    You know, all that food that comes from China on huge cargo ships.

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    9 points Substantial-Tone-576

    California also is a huge food producer.

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    2 points DoomerCircleJerk-ModTeam

    Partisan rhetoric is not the objective here. We are a diverse group sharing some common ground and that is good thing.

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    0 points UpperPermission1153

    They were right if trump didn’t drop tariffs

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    25 points ImmortalPoseidon

    I clicked on a few of the top comments just to see their comment histories and to my not surprise most of them are still just going at it about the collapse in places like r economics and politics. They just love LARPing about this

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    6 points JD-boonie

    Its some type of chemical reaction in the brain to doom that hard or they really hate trump. Maybe both.

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    6 points Thiccdaddy420_69

    One of the top comments was about what goods to stockpile, all recent comments about hand bags they bought

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    2 points DoomerCircleJerk-ModTeam

    Harassment in any shape or form is not allowed here.

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    1 points DoomerCircleJerk-ModTeam

    Harassment in any shape or form is not allowed here.

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  • 34 points odellrules1985

    It's easier to sell doom than it is to sell sunshine and happiness. It's why most movies that do well show some level of insane corruption in the elite/corps/government etc. It's all bad and therefore true.

    While I hate the flow of time, my kids are growing up too fast, I really want 2028 to roll around and Trump to leave office so we can get over the "if we ever have another election" crowd.

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    8 points koshka91

    Well, sure. It’s easier to make a good tragedy than a good comedy. And why half of those comedies are satires or mean spirited.

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    2 points _Oxeus_

    Sadly... probably not. They do this for most presidents. Trump is just dialed up to 20. 

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    1 points odellrules1985

    Yea I am beyond over it. The entire political spectrum is so polarized these days.

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    0 points UpperPermission1153

    How is this dooming? That was an accurate explanation of what would happen if the tariffs stayed the same at that point

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    2 points odellrules1985

    The empty shelves never came nor would they ever. Its just the media hyping something to get views. Especially CNN who has on multiple occasions been known to mislead or twist information.

    And as I said its easier to sell doom. Thats why the majority of news is negative and why they typically will create a single segment dedicated to something no so negative.

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  • 87 points AuthorSarge

    Why would anyone pay to sail across the Pacific for no reason?

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    29 points FluidAmbition321

    They aren't. They cancel the ship. Or show up only partially full. Blank sailing is when ship doesn't go to it's destination.  That's what she was trying to show with her white board magic

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  • 25 points D36DAN

    OOP's username is fitting

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    15 points DfreshD

    Miserable lizards life sucks so bad he wants yours to as well!

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  • 28 points AdorableBar786

    Leftists now are taught on a board and a marker lol

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    2 points AFourEyedGeek

    Well, for many years teachers used chalk and a blackboard.

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  • 18 points Possible-Tangelo9344

    Wait are my shelves supposed to be empty?

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    5 points Living_Plane_662

    Almost like there was things that have happened between a newscast from 8 months ago and now.

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    2 points UpperPermission1153

    No because trump dropped his tariffs

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  • 17 points ModsBeGheyBoys

    What’s more embarrassing? Erin’s whiteboard art? Or the old guy’s purplish colored hoodie?

    And the original post is like 8 months old now. Where are the empty shelves that geezer was on about?

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    1 points UpperPermission1153

    No where because things happened since 👍

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  • 12 points RavenCarver

    What the fuck kind of submission title is that, anyway? Very strange to imply that in order for our shelves to go empty, china has to ship us empty shelves first.

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  • 13 points RefelosDraconis

    3.2k upvotes, do you guys think even one of those people will look back and admit they were wrong? Or just double down on dooming

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    6 points VerdantVisitor420

    Yeah that whole thread is crazy. The “economics” subreddit and it’s pretty much the most economics illiterate conversation you could possibly find on the topic.

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    1 points UpperPermission1153

    They were right in context

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  • 12 points BIG_BOTTOM_TEXT

    Yep that's totally real shipping routes costing millions per trip are definitely proceeding with zero return on investment as some passive aggressive form of political resistance yes that is how the world functions

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  • 10 points Zaik_Torek

    I love this - CNN expects people to believe that Chinese shipping companies had ships basically empty but sent them out anyway at their own expense to...what, make the US president not look bad?

    Doesn't hold up to 10 seconds of logical thought, and yet they put it on the TV anyway. Ironically, them partnering with Kalshi might actually make them less able to spout irrational obvious lies if they're required to show the betting on what they report on and it constantly contradicts their deranged nonsense.

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  • 33 points brtf_

    Just wait another two weeks, then you'll be sorry

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    32 points CousinEddysMotorHome

    Its always two more weeks.

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    11 points Agreeable_Sense9618

    You inspired a new meme post....

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    4 points CousinEddysMotorHome

    I saw that. Cheers bud!

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  • 9 points Sir-Copperfield

    The viewer base.

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  • 9 points DoomZee20

    I would be genuinely humiliated if I was a part of this broadcast or if I was a moron who lapped this up

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  • 8 points vatderfurkk101

    Last time I saw a guy wearing a blazer and a hoodie, he was homeless. And he robbed me

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    5 points BronCurious

    It’s an outfit that just screams credibility!

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  • 9 points Riotguarder

    CNN viewers definitely needed that whiteboard

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  • 8 points Own_Command_5003

    niggas thinkin their an economist after watching a segment on CNN on the economy

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  • 6 points Blarghnog

    The MV Walnut is apparently carrying fewer nuts. Got it.

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  • 8 points koshka91

    Holy crap. Democrat Pravda is not fair and honest?

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  • 7 points novafreak69

    Fear mongering is their forte...

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  • 6 points KingTutt91

    Lmao, this was so funny at the time, and it still is now

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  • 12 points Capital_Historian685

    Wait, I thought the disaster was all the diesel fuel cargo ships burn, and all the plastic stuff coming from China. They really need to get their story straight.

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  • 6 points FluidAmbition321

    Economy so bad reporters have to draw their own graphics 

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  • 3 points RiskyAdjusterX

    Yeah the “Empty Shelves/Food Riots by Halloween” predictions were a bit of a dud - altho I did hear that Dyno-Bites were sold out in most suburbs with basements….🤔

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  • 5 points Setsuiii

    I love looking at old posts and laughing at the retards. I’ve been ahead of the curve when it comes to AI and basically everyone has been constantly wrong on reddit and will continue to be.

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  • 4 points crucialdeagle

    erin burnett can still get it. i said what i said. wood.

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  • 4 points timetomove2

    Sorry but if they’re empty why would they even bother to leave port in China?

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  • 3 points Accomplished_Ad2599

    Yeah been so much fear this year that never materialized. Who would have thought it was all fake news?

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  • 3 points torysoso

    so American Manufacturers will have to start Manufacturing in America, isnt that the purpose of the tariffs?

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  • 3 points FluidAmbition321

    Who are these two guys? They look like they should be discussing changes to a New York writers fair.

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  • 3 points Icy_Marionberry_9131

    This is actually a good thing when considering the vulgar state of consumerism in the United States And the degree to which it has come to influence supply and demand. Many people don’t need much of what they purchase. A second tv in the house, the latest phone, a festive Christmas sweater, a new pair of shoes to go with the new outfit, another purse, dessert, cigarettes, tattoos, booze, more apps, a game console, a pocket pussy or dildo, a pasta maker, or an automatic air freshener to mask the poo smell in the bathroom as examples.

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  • 3 points Aggressive_Lawyer_38

    Leftist media treats people like they are 5 years old my god this is embarrassing

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  • 3 points GroundPlatypus1

    Wouldn't that imply they're coming here to purchase products? Also what about the other 60%?

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  • 3 points Killah-Messiah

    They broke out the white board...

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  • 3 points WoodenLynx8342

    I remember when we all died from this, it hurt

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  • 3 points 3dge-1ord

    Empty shelves. Less purchasing. People losing jobs because a slowdown of commerce. Doom loop.

    -Comment from the original post

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  • 3 points GolfExplained

    Weird, so if I look at the markets vs 7 months ago if the jobs I should see a huge drop right?

    Oh....hm

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  • 3 points Warbeast78

    This is like an SNL skit. Cant be real life.

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  • 3 points Mal_531

    Thank God there's a white board, though I forgot what she drew. Can you overlay subway surfers gameplay so I can stay focused?

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  • 2 points LetsTryAgain91

    These two look like the forefront of economics in a gentrified neighborhood where all they do is complain about things they cause.

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  • 2 points ABC_Family

    Ahh yes sailing empty ships makes lots of sense. This totally happened.

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  • 2 points UltimateKane99

    ... Isn't that a GOOD thing? That China has less leverage over US markets? 

    Or is CNN trying to foster the notion that supporting them is helping keep them from invading Taiwan like increasing ties with Russia would prevent them from invading Ukra- oh right, we all saw how that went... 

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  • 2 points Frosty_Vanilla_7195

    lol a white board.... really

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  • 2 points Mr_Tetragammon

    Why would a shipping company send empty ships across the an ocean? How much do they charge nobody yo carry their nothing?

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  • 2 points turkweebl7616

    Why would they send an empty ship? That seems.like a huge waste of money and time.

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  • 2 points Excavon

    As we all know, ships and empty containers just teleport to where they're needed when empty and don't have to sail there.

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  • 2 points Ordinary-Lobster-710

    https://preview.redd.it/hwrifhmfhu8g1.png?width=498&format=png&auto=webp&s=995fd2ef03a403240b0315344a8f46533e7d1f81

    I get my news from CNN

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  • 2 points FidusKryptman

    The same people who doom monger about climate change and panic about the carbon emissions of shipping all our consumer goods from china are now doom mongering that not enough Chinese consumer goods are being shipped in.

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  • 1 points toni_btrain

    God I love this sub, exposing the hysteria is noble work

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  • 1 points vatderfurkk101

    I was watching this on mute and thought she was drawing a labia. Imagine my disappointment

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  • 1 points RUIN_NATION_

    hmmm ok I know 3 people who work in cali ports and they call this bs.

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  • 1 points Substantial-Tone-576

    Sure, the San Francisco Bay is full of cargo ships right now. They are several lined up by the oilfield offload port for days now, one after another.

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  • 1 points MiChOaCaN69420

    Empty shelves in December 2025.

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  • 1 points MrTheWaffleKing

    I love the throwbacks. Good reminders of things that we so unnotable I wouldn’t even remember it in case of “I told you so”

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  • 1 points Large_Choice4206

    I love the idea of people transporting empty shelves across countries.

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  • 1 points Ok_Access_189

    Sorry I have Spotify playing so I have know idea what they are saying and I’m just going off of OOPs text. Why would an empty ship sail from china to the US?

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  • 1 points Apprehensive-Tip9925

    https://preview.redd.it/swdwwulcqs8g1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=c679ede952adda00e5307216edf82a2852a7c258

    This comment sent me

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  • 1 points monsterzero789

    they desperately need to touch some fuckin grass. will they?

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  • 1 points Inside_Anxiety6143

    Why the fuck is someone writing on a whiteboard on live tv in 2025? Do they not have a graphics team at CNN? A single intern with Nano Banana should have been able to whip them up some infographics in about 2 minutes.

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  • 1 points Inside_Anxiety6143

    https://preview.redd.it/f84p4mqt6t8g1.png?width=397&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d1a0a73c6cc96c9af9129e96a8fa91cad4246ca

    Their econ guy is an old boomer wearing a pink blazer and pink hoody with a rainbow flag is so on brand for CNN. All he is missing is the pussy hat.

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  • 1 points Zestyclose-Prize5292

    CNN fear mongering when ratings are down.

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  • 1 points LoneHelldiver

    So that would mean they were coming here to pick up goods to take back to China right?

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  • 1 points ChaosSigil

    Now it makes sense why some bastards in politics were saying shit like "this holiday make sure to save your money," or "spend less," and shit.

    I want to see the other end of deal making, what china has said about all the "deals" made with our jackass leader.

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  • 1 points Mechadupek

    So even with the lilac togetherness hoodie and mini white board they couldn't make this real? Not even with the help of Temu Larry David? Dude...

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  • 1 points Content-Audience252

    I can assure you that ships are not leaving empty. Anybody with a half working brain would know that

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  • 1 points Rokkmann

    Lmao because people who are in the business of making money commonly spend money on fuel, wear and crew to sail an empty ship across the biggest fucking ocean on Earth and back....

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  • 1 points otters4everyone

    Wow. The drawing really helped my underdeveloped brain understand what's happening. Erin Burnett is a godsend to those of us with far less intellect.

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  • 1 points hawkeyebullz

    Here is hoping that as the supply chain gaps get filled with domestic production these country club glorified brokers that have feasted on slave labor go belly up

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  • 1 points Dutch110

    The Ambiguously Gay Economists really sealed the deal on this one.

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  • 1 points saintgabriel1

    Bro just drew a koopa shell live on tv

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  • 1 points kehaborn

    Their viewers are basically children.They need to make drawings for them

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  • 1 points Esprit350

    Their mistake was getting Larry David on for his expert opinion.

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  • 1 points AlarmingDelivery9311

    I see everybody making jokes about her drawing but why are none of us talking about the gay dad's nodding their heads and saying thats a very good drawing sweetheart no show us where the bad man's going to touch us on our shelves.

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  • 1 points Pretend_roller

    So its not over?

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  • 1 points Wild_Range170

    Alright ready up the next empty ship to sail across the world boys!

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  • 1 points fooloncool6

    The ships were so empty they didnt even exist in fact China doesnt exist either so were all fucked

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  • 1 points FirstPersonWinner

    Tbf, this didn't happen because the government cancelled that tariff policy. If they had kept it in place we would've actually had some real economic issues. 

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  • 1 points largegreenvegtable

    Sure. Just gonna sail 1/2 way around the world with empty ships. Sounds logical. Gimme a break .

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  • 1 points Annual-Ad-4372

    Whats really funny an really weird is how they just dont see that all this constant alex jones level dooming by literrly all of them is destroying their party. Its like there desperately trying to figure out a strategy to win. An all they can come up with is to copy what they think won trump they election. All well believing their own b.s. about trump and ignoring the things that actiually won him the election.

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  • 1 points TrollinThunder24

    she’s a horrible artist

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  • 1 points scudsboy36

    They know this shit is a lie, but it pulls at the emotions of the left which is their goal anyway.

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  • 1 points neutralpoliticsbot

    Somehow we will survive just fine

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  • 1 points Medical_Artichoke666

    Shipping companies love burning fuel on empty ships

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  • 1 points SlySychoGamer

    Oh no consumer garbage...

    As long as there is food people will get used to it, and quickly find alternatives.

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  • 1 points UpperPermission1153

    Well yeah, cause trump dropped tariffs…

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  • 1 points PanteraOne

    Somebody thinks 40% is an incredibly complex thing to imagine.

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  • 1 points WealthSoggy1426

    Erhmagerd errr nerrr

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  • 0 points GiganticBlumpkin

    I was just thinking about this the other day and could find zero discussion on the internet about how this never happened... until now

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