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re: What industry is secretly on the verge of collapsing, but people haven’t noticed yet?

Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:10 pm to
Posted by Shorts Guy
BR
Member since Dec 2023
907 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:10 pm to
The ingredients are pretty cheap and easily prepared compared to most other cuisine and they can make a million different dishes with the same 5-10 ingredients. People love TexMex and they love margaritas. I’m not surprised at all that they are everywhere.
Posted by ChatGPT of LA
Member since Mar 2023
7426 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:12 pm to
When Mexicans show up, they do the thing they know best, cooking mexican food. Plus, its cheap as frick to make. Margins are high
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
27735 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:14 pm to
Real estate.
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83135 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:16 pm to
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Still cheap to put cheap meat in cheap tortillas.


Yep. Cheap to make. Highly palatable to American tastes. Automatic alcohol sales on probably 75% of tables. Nobody balks at a $25 plate anymore.

They're probably making tons of money.
Posted by Obi Wan Ryobi
Member since Feb 2026
309 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:30 pm to
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Was Texmex ever that popular of an industry in the first place?


Guess what’s the most packed restaurant in every dipshit town across the entire South
Posted by HighlyFavoredTiger
La
Member since Jun 2018
1017 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:30 pm to
I have had river catfish from at least 3 different restaurants but it’s been several years, they came from Red River and Big Cypress in east Texas, they were good. I know a commercial fisherman that sells hundreds of pounds a month from Red River but only sells them live and I don’t care to have to dress them.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
27735 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:38 pm to
Most catfish restaurants that I visited only had farm raised.

However I went to this catfish shack in Dewitt, Arkansas. I was given two options, farm raised or river caught? I said which is better? She said river caught.

So I tried river caught for the first time and I thought it was very good.

This post was edited on 7/27/26 at 9:39 pm
Posted by GREENHEAD22
Member since Nov 2009
20999 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 9:55 pm to
I was watching something on the MS river and a biologist was saying how under fished the catfish is in the river. It can stand large scale commercial fishing but there just isn't any.

I guess the biggest issue is finding a processor and market.

I would think a entrepreneurial fella could land enough contracts between local groceries and restaurants to start a processing outfit. The cost of catching then is actually not that expensive from what I have seen. Especially compared to the farm raised method.
Posted by jasonbr1975
Lafayette, LA
Member since Sep 2024
2444 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 10:01 pm to
This reminds me of the Blockbuster collapse!
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
17930 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 10:58 pm to
Leaking condoms.
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
15352 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:04 pm to
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I enjoy driving and think I'll continue to do it


Owning and driving your own car will become like owning a horse now. Sure you can do it and it’s not illegal. But why? It’s not expensive and a pain in the arse to maintain for less quality transportation.

I’d venture within the lifetime of our children it will become illegal for a human to drive on public roads. Humans will be relegated to dedicated tracks for sport driving.
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
36747 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:06 pm to
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Owning and driving your own car will become like owning a horse now. Sure you can do it and it’s not illegal. But why? It’s not expensive and a pain in the arse to maintain for less quality transportation.


This. You won’t own a car, you’ll just summon them like a driverless uber.
The tidal wave of industries that will be decimated by this is mind blowing. Insurance to organ transplants to small towns will be upended.
Posted by turnpiketiger
Member since May 2020
12429 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:07 pm to
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Several BR Mexican spots are Lebanese owned too.


Which ones?
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
23850 posts
Posted on 7/27/26 at 11:17 pm to
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new and used car parts are taking a major hit.


My cynical self says "by design" they want everyone in smart cars.


I could see that in play, but I think competition is also there. I've got 3 old (but popular) vehicles, had to do some routine work on them. Rock Auto crushes Autozone for prices, and takes maybe 2 days longer to get the part in.
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
12123 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:34 am to
O'Reilly's auto parts does have something that the internet can't equal.
O'Reilly's will loan you certain tools that you need to fix cars that aren't a part of most folks' garage tool collection.
Posted by TideHater
Orange Beach AL
Member since May 2007
19934 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:12 am to
entire American Aerospace industry
Posted by Stinger_1066
On a golf course
Member since Jul 2021
3372 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:30 am to
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Car dealerships (current model)


I have thought this to be the case for a long time now, but they are still hanging in there. I feel the same about real estate agencies.
Posted by HattiesburgTiger5439
Hattiesburg ms
Member since Sep 2023
1161 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:43 am to
3D printing along with AI and quantum computing is gonna help and wipe out alot of industry's on the coming years. Way down the road but its happening.
This country is gonna see some dark days coming for the next generation unless we make some major changes. I dont see it happening though.


Its actually closer to over 126 countries with Brics leading the way. Our own.allies are denouncing the dollar. Chinas 50 year plan to collapse our economy and take us out without firing one missile had been underway for a long, long, long time.
Trump tried to use tariffs to force businesses to come home and start a 2nd industrial revolution. He tried to make it so expensive to do business overseas that we bought and started to build shite on ohr own soil again. We got fat and.lazy and we depend on way to.many other countries nowadays. These idiots that cant see or think past there eye lids cant, wont and dont see the big picture. Its actually pretty scary shite
This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 5:49 am
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
14153 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 5:52 am to
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Cigarette companies

You ever been to Europe or Asia? I've been in Europe for a few months and these fricks smoke like crazy. We were at dinner and there were 9nly outside seats and we basically sat in smoke from all the tables around us. This one dumb bitch was in the middle of eating her salad and smoked a cigarette. She smoked another before finishing eating.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
38231 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 6:33 am to
Is Orestes still alive?
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