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minus-squarew3dd1e@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·6 days agowut. If you don’t buy from me, I’ll bomb you.
minus-squarePointyFluff@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 days agopretty classic US negotiating technique, actually; just normally used against “brown” countries.
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoNo, negations for bananas usually goes “Suppress your workers enough that we get bananas for pennies or we will arm terrorists”.
wut.
If you don’t buy from me, I’ll bomb you.
pretty classic US negotiating technique, actually; just normally used against “brown” countries.
Really‽ That sounds bannanas!
No, negations for bananas usually goes “Suppress your workers enough that we get bananas for pennies or we will arm terrorists”.