and he’ll never be on the ballot again so guess what that means

I own a store in Atlanta and host Fulton Dems & DSA meetings, cookouts, meet & greets, college gameday watch parties, etc.

People wanna get involved, but they don’t always just wanna come to a meeting with a set agenda. They want to hang out, make like-minded friends, and go from there.

I just wanted some live election coverage tbh. It’s pretty much the only time I turn on any linear tv news

Like what are we doing here? He has 4 main policies that you genuinely have to lie about to make them sound bad to any normal person.

Free & Fast buses - good
Free Childcare - incredible
Rent freeze for stabilized units - awesome
5 city run grocery stores - why the fuck not?

except… that’s not what you said

Fuck you for saying that was 16 years ago how dare you, you monster

Dude you took a cute little video of baby turtles making it to the ocean and made it about the deadly brutality of nature. Just enjoy the cute little video of baby turtles, it’s not that hard

what you said about turtles in the wild is “just a fact”, but your need to comment something so pessimistic & nihilistic about a cute video is what’s weird

The only reason they make it is because some humans care enough to make sure enough artificial lights are off in the surrounding area that they can follow the moon to the water’s edge.

What a weird thing to say for no reason my guy. just be happy the babies lived.

My dad still remembers the number for UPS in Arlington TX from 1998 but he’s unsure about my & my sister’s birthdays half the time.

gonna blast Black Messiah all day at my store

Yeah, even on the supply/buyer side it’s hard to tell which certifications are legit (ethical factories, sustainable products) vs which are some half-ass green label slapped on anything for a fee

Even traveling to visit factories can be misleading if they only show you the “nice” factory

Yes! come on by sometime. Social Space, right next door to Ladybird in O4W on the Eastside Beltline.

That’s amazing, you’ll have to let me know where they are too!

That’s great though! at the end of the day they found you and you found them and they’ll probably make that sale to you.

There’s so many things about that (connecting online to brands you would’ve never known about) that are good. Then there’s all the other noise from brands with more money

that’s the hard part; creating that trust is also expensive. It’s necessary to get customers to find you etc. it’s worth the investment if you find your audience, but it’s not a given due to the ever-changing algorithms of our tech overlords.

It’s possible but it’s hard and costs a lot to learn

I get that, I would too in certain instances, but tbh I don’t know if I would’ve bought my own shirt. I wanna know its quality, but I also don’t buy clothing often so I usually only spend on brands I know. That shirt cost $26 to make. I would’ve sold it for $50, but had to sell for $100 bc of costs.

But this is what’s necessary now. Normal stores take at least 40%, a store I was in, in NYC, charged $1200 for 6mo up front plus 40% of sales to sell there. High foot traffic, but caused me to raise prices from $50 to $100 for a (organic cotton) t-shirt for a brand no one knew.

Is to have a consignment shop essentially. Local clothing, art, homegoods, etc. The clothing vendors pay a flat rate for the space they want plus 20% of sales. The goal (not there yet) is to have enough vendors paying that overhead is covered. Then I take a section for myself/my brand.