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re: What industry is secretly on the verge of collapsing, but people haven’t noticed yet?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:56 am to Sho Nuff
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:56 am to Sho Nuff
quote:did you notice how old these people were? In the US cigarettes consumers under the age of 50 have a like a 70% drop off.
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.
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:11 am to Pettifogger
Gotta be
They had a manufactured scarcity but lab grown diamonds are cheaper, better and have no moral qualms.
They had a manufactured scarcity but lab grown diamonds are cheaper, better and have no moral qualms.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:14 am to FlyingTigerBo
6% realtor fee is dead nuts.
24K on a 400K house??
24K on a 400K house??
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:19 am to Jim Hopper
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did you notice how old these people were? In the US cigarettes consumers under the age of 50 have a like a 70% drop off.
They're young as well in Europe and Asia. They'll keep tobacco companies in business alone.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:28 am to turnpiketiger
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Which ones?
Los Reyes is the Albasha people. Mi Padres is the Roman's people. Luna Cocina is the son (?) of the Albasha people.
I don't mind it. Some of them have yummy crossover dishes. I should clarify I'm just assuming they're Lebanese by their non-American names and the fact that they own longstanding Lebanese restaurants. Both families have been in Louisiana for a very long time at this point.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:33 am to Sho Nuff
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They're young as well in Europe and Asia. They'll keep tobacco companies in business alone.
all the young Korean males doing their stint in the US making cars always smoking. always.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:06 am to Obi Wan Ryobi
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Guess what’s the most packed restaurant in every dipshit town across the entire South
My brother lives in a small town in southern Alabama. Aside from fast food, there's one catfish house, one bad Chinese spot and 5 Mexican spots (probably 6 now since I haven't visited for 5 months). There's not even a "country cookin" type place anymore.
The catfish spot is closed on Sundays which seems to be the day I'm usually there.
Those people seem to like Mexican food more than Mexicans do.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:13 am to StPeteLSU
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Dont worry natural diamonds will come back in the long term been around the business forever. You are better off with real
Lab made diamonds aren't fake though. I think more and more people are going to struggle to find the value in natural diamonds. Unless pricing adjusts.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:15 am to FlyingTigerBo
Dry cleaning
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:20 am to faraway
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product of too much competition. not indicative of this market overall collapsing
Why would this particular industry suddenly have too much competition? It seems much more likely that there is another explanation.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:23 am to CatfishJohn
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Lab made is indecipherable from real thing to naked eye and are flawless.
It’s not detectable to jewelers, either. I live next door to a jeweler, and he told me that he had to buy a special machine to determine if a good diamond was lab grown or not.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:25 am to wm72
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Those people seem to like Mexican food more than Mexicans do.
one of the Mexican places has become the go-to after church place, in the absence of a "country cookin" type joint. packed on Sunday. ironically located in an old Western Sizzlin bldg. which was the go-to after church eatery 30 yrs ago.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 11:52 am to anc
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My daughters over the weekend said they and their friends preferred lab grown diamonds
They don’t prefer the lab grown diamonds; they prefer the price. You can’t tell them apart to prefer one over the other.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:07 pm to Jmcc64
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one of the Mexican places has become the go-to after church place, in the absence of a "country cookin" type joint. packed on Sunday.
Home cooking, seafood and local American style restaurants used to be in all those small towns in south Alabama and always packed on Sundays when I was growing up in the 80s.
There's not nearly as many these days and many of those left are closed on Sundays
You'd think in small southern towns that Sunday would be their busiest day, but what do I know?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:21 pm to Pax Regis
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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.
Do you live in a rural area? Driven gravel roads in the dead of winter? Ever done farm or field work?
I highly doubt an autonomous vehicle could drive a highway in the Dakotas in a blizzard. That takes a driver.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:49 pm to SoDakHawk
All eight people that live there will drive, but where people actually live will be autonomous vehicles and subscription based models
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:56 pm to cattus
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I don't know about the country as a whole but the alcohol industry on the west coast is in decline because of Gen Z being being a boring generation.
A night at the bar has lost its luster imo. Strangers aren't as friendly as they used to be, and single baws having a one night stand now risk getting MeToo'd.
Weed is still controversial, so it makes sense why people usually stay in & smoke with friends that already know won't judge them
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:59 pm to FlyingTigerBo
One thing that isn't collapsing is Chic-fil-A. They are printing money and will be for the foreseeable future.
Simple formula. Quality product + world class service.
Simple formula. Quality product + world class service.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:03 pm to FearTheFish
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Dry cleaning
When corporate America stopped wearing suits to work had a large impact on this business. That means fewer trips for starched shirts.
I came up in the 80's when the power suit, the corner office and the lust for power was at an all time high. We partied our asses off and intra-office sex was rampant. We still had secretaries. Greed was good.
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