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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe are the fucking power of the purse
Not our "representatives" in Congress.
Let's make the day after Thanksgiving "Red Friday" and make the following Monday "Analog Monday." Make this a warning shot over the bow.
Fuck every one of these obscenely rich motherfuckers by doing the one thing they fear, fuck with their money, which is our money.
Don't buy shit.
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Aviation Pro
Nov 2025
OP
It's the universal sound of an old time cash register being opened and money being dropped in.
MarineCombatEngineer
Nov 2025
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lame54
(39,758 posts)1. Call it No Chings
Melon
(1,525 posts)4. That just sounds racist. What is "Chings"?
lame54
(39,758 posts)5. Ching ching is the universal sound for money spent
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,060 posts)6. It's the universal sound of an old time cash register being opened and money being dropped in.
cha, ching.
Surprised that you don't know what that word means.
Are you mistaking it for the word ch**k, which is a racist word for the Chinese people.
Melon
(1,525 posts)7. Yes. I didn't tie it to Ching Ching.
It doesnt really sound like that. It looks like chin*. I thought you were trying it to Chinese products.
MarineCombatEngineer
(18,060 posts)8. Here's Pink Floyd's song Money, which starts out with that sound.
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You can hear the Cha Ching at the very beginning of the song, which, BTW, is a great song about corporate greed.
You can hear the Cha Ching at the very beginning of the song, which, BTW, is a great song about corporate greed.
Melon
(1,525 posts)9. I'm aware of the word. I know the song. " No Chings" is not a good name....
flvegan
(66,278 posts)2. Buy Nothing Day has been around for 25 years. n/t
CanonRay
(16,171 posts)3. Im not buying jack shit right now.
Holding off on everything but essentials.