You Snobs!

 


Temu. I've been there. I've also been to Ali Express where I bought the cutest handbag that looked like a train because I was taking a train trip. Clever me.

Until.... As I sat in my roomette on the train to Seattle, I couldn't help notice a weird smell. It wasn't until I was in my hotel room and searching for something in my bag, I found the smell. It was a mouse, oh so very dead. In fact, so dead it was nearly as flat as a piece of paper, but it was a mouse because it smelled like death. I never bought from Ali Express again. My last purchase from Temu was probably my last, although I rarely have an issue with the product itself. My last purchase was a bead painting kit, a big one which will take months to do even though it's already ruined.

(Environmental impact statement here!! If I have leftover beads I make another craft using resin so these tiny things don't enter our brains, but it's another conundrum I must face)

The kit came inside a plastic bag. As I opened the bag I was disturbed to see how they had twisted and smashed the kit that is completely useless. There are YouTube videos where Temu rivals like to denigrate the products. It's total bs. I've never had a truly bad experience there. Do I think of the people working in the factories to churn out this stuff no one actually needs? Yes. Do I still buy? Yes. But, I'll get to that later. I want to discuss Mrs. Hegseth and her apparent faux pas by allegedly wearing a dress ordered from Temu. It's a nice dress. Fairly simple, but nice. She is being reamed for going cheap at a very special occasion. Some criticize that she is using slave labor by a country who treats their people like tools. I've watched a few YouTube channels of several Chinese citizens talking about their lives. YouTube is banned in China, but these people go around the rules because they are making money by providing content. Every post is about their long working hours which is usually twelve to fourteen hours a day. They live in hovels and eat cheap day old noodles. I'm a little skeptical of these videos which are popping up like popcorn on my feed. So many people all over the world struggling to survive. What makes me wonder though is that fancy camera and recorder y'all have. An electric bike!? I wish I had one! 

Anyway, Mrs. Hegseth... if anyone wants to feel sorry for her it should be because of who she married. Perhaps he's a tightwad. He holds the purse strings. He's got a lot of financial obligations so the Mrs. has to go online and buy cheap. The elitists are angry. As are the environmentalists and modern day anti-slavery advocates. 

By the way, where do you think Nike is made? Yeah. Prada, Coach, Burberry, Marc Jacobs- made in China. So don't give me your faux outrage about the Mrs. going cheap. Spending thousands of dollars on an item of clothing is an atrocity. I have found some very nice haute couture at Goodwill and am not ashamed to wear them. I usually get my clothes from Walmart. 

As for the practice of slave labor... Hey, bitches, the minimum wage in America is $7.25 an hour. The conditions here are no better than in China or Vietnam or wherever there are people to exploit. So, you fancy dressed hypocrites who probably get your nails done by illegal Asian girls who share a one bedroom apartment, or get your hair done by an American living on tips, stfu. Life is hard for most of us. We're in the year 2026 and not much has changed regarding equality. People will be used and people will go to fancy dinners. Life ain't fair. We shouldn't stop fighting for a better life for everyone but when the side that wants the poor and elderly to work for their food stamps, or when an eighty year old has to deliver food to survive, who gives a shit about a piece of material made by cheap labor in far off foreign countries because American citizens want a living wage which you refuse to acknowledge. 

No one on this planet should have to suffer, but your side isn't the one to point manicured fingers. 

Comments

ex-ferrer said…
When I was like 5, I saw some revolutionary war figures for sale on the back of a comic book. I wanted them! As portrayed in the ad, they looked awesomely cool. My parents warned me I would be sadly disappointed, but I think they helped me to make the purchase as part of a life lesson. It was probably $1.25 and a couple of boxtops of something. Four to six weeks later, I received them. Not at ALL like the ad. They were obviously from a mold and arranged in an unnatural line, not individual as my little green army men were. I was very disappointed! The lesson was learned. If it looks too good to be true, oh yes, it is!
April 29, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Maggie said…
When I was twelve I wanted that special cream that made a woman's boobs three times their size. Good thing I never could afford it. Some toxic waste most likely.
April 29, 2026 at 11:59 AM
ex-ferrer said…
As a Ferrerman of some renown, there is NOTHING *wrong* with smallish breasts. You have my word on that.
April 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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