But if they're measuring against 2 years that aren't normally sustainable, then they have flawed data...that's like Twitch streamers complaining that the platform's average viewer count is massively down now that nobody is home all day every day to sit on Twitch and watch content. Well, of course the viewership is down, people went back to their normal lives again.

A decline in cardboard box sales to companies after record highs in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic when everyone went nuts buying things online while stuck at home seems logical to me and not a valid indicator of a recession...it's a valid indicator that we're no longer stuck at home during a pandemic...

I was lucky enough that I had the available cash to make big moves Friday morning while everything was down in order to position myself for the recovery...if it keeps going further down, then I'm stuck holding the bag unfortunately...it is what it is...just gonna ride it out for now...

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I'm up .78% for the week...the peak was 4.5% until Thursday/Friday happened...

Square would be closest, as far as normie people being aware of what the company does...

Can you name more of them? Shopify has increased brand awareness quite a bit over the years, and business owners that I know have been adding them to their businesses more and more this year...

"OMG, THE US IS GONNA DEFAULT UNLESS THEY RAISE THE DEBT CEILING!"

Congress raises the debt ceiling yet again

Max out the new debt ceiling

Rinse & Repeat