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Aviation Pro

(15,594 posts) Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:50 PM Nov 2025

We are the fucking power of the purse [View all]

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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We are the fucking power of the purse [View all] Aviation Pro Nov 2025 OP

Call it No Chings lame54 Nov 2025 #1

That just sounds racist. What is "Chings"? Melon Nov 2025 #4

Ching ching is the universal sound for money spent lame54 Nov 2025 #5

It's the universal sound of an old time cash register being opened and money being dropped in. MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #6

Yes. I didn't tie it to Ching Ching. Melon Nov 2025 #7

Here's Pink Floyd's song Money, which starts out with that sound. MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2025 #8

I'm aware of the word. I know the song. " No Chings" is not a good name.... Melon Nov 2025 #9

Buy Nothing Day has been around for 25 years. n/t flvegan Nov 2025 #2

Im not buying jack shit right now. CanonRay Nov 2025 #3