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What’s the matter? Don’t you like me? I’m your girl?

Uh… I regret this.

Little Saddie… in the ass.

By that logic they saw a god. But I’d ask if they need a starship first. Then that would confirm if they were a god.

But that isn’t a Meta company.

And there is a big chance those of us clearly not on there can’t see them post about that denial.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: the person hired to fire themselves.

You must be offended that Starbucks has Italian named drinks too.

FYI: No one who has ever had a “caramel macchiato” at Starbucks has ever had a macchiato at Starbucks.

I left after the API price hike.

No but would you let your hologram house maid date your single dad?

Huh. Is that good or bad?

I don’t pay attention to TikTok. I’m not on there.

Why the fuck does this dude care so much about one social media platform being available here? Is he perving on dancing teenagers?

My grandfather helped me purchase the car I have. At one point he was arguing with the salesperson and I got uncomfortable.

Except, they legally can’t do that everywhere. Many states have laws against direct sales. Doubt they’ll let third-party dealerships do any of the work.

I don’t understand this. Anyways, how’s your sex life?

That is something that might make Kurt roll over in his grave.

Yes I would. It is free.

I am unable to find a news report now, but I am certain I read one back in 2018 or 2019. I believe that Conservation International (an organization that helped develop the C.A.F.E. standard the company uses) was discovered covering up the certification of one of the farms in Brazil. As I remember reading, that a farm was at the time listed somewhere as being certified but after slave labor was discovered, CI uncertified the farm and attempted to claim it failed to meet the C.A.F.E. standards, thus never was awarded certification. They weren’t saying the certification was revoked; it never had any.

Here are three different reports regarding three different instances in Brazil. https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/slave-labor-found-at-second-starbucks-certified-brazilian-coffee-farm/

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/slave-labor-found-at-starbucks-certified-brazil-coffee-plantation/

https://reporterbrasil.org.br/2023/11/starbucks-slave-and-child-labour-found-at-certified-coffee-farms-in-minas-gerais/

Here is one on the Guatemala incident. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/01/children-work-for-pittance-to-pick-coffee-beans-used-by-starbucks-and-nespresso

Just so people are aware, Starbucks was caught buying from farms in Brazil multiple times that used slave labor. In Guatemala, along with Nestle, were caught buying from farm(s?) that used child labor.

EDIT: On top of this the company partnered with Conservation International to certify the farms met the company’s standards. The incident in Brazil saw CI trying to coverup the certification of that farm. Also CI is involved with arms dealing.

EDIT 2: Their retail products have the claim “100% Ethically Sourced”. That is a lie.

EDIT: I got the slogan wrong. It is “Committed to 100% Ethical Coffee Sourcing”.

Want a worse number? Back in 2019, the price of commodity was at less than a $1. Starbucks, at the time made up 3% of the world’s production. They decided to give $20m to their farmers. Did it help? Well based on available financial data at the time, $20m was approximately single afternoon’s profit for the company. A SINGLE FUCKING AFTERNOON! https://sprudge.com/starbucks-would-prefer-you-dont-think-too-hard-about-that-20m-relief-fund-151839.html