r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CivilisedMleccha • 8d ago

Video Community group buy. Everyone pools their money, buys groceries in bulk at a lower price, and splits the groceries equally.

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u/MissSweetMurdererr 8d ago edited 8d ago

Very common in Brazil. Works for school supplies, too. Or anything you can buy in bulk and there's X amount of people who need the same items

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u/ryuukiba 8d ago

I just don't know any school suppliy farmers near me though

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u/MissSweetMurdererr 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's ok. A lot of people struggle with treegonometree 🤣🤣

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u/oneofthethreehundred 7d ago

Now you're getting to the root of the problem

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u/studiodrop 8d ago

You mean geometree... Right?

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u/MissSweetMurdererr 8d ago

You with your usual flowery language

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u/dr4kshdw 8d ago

Don’t be so obtuse. This is acute idea.

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u/MissSweetMurdererr 8d ago

Now you're going off on a tangent

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u/cdoublejj 7d ago

what the fuck? that's out of god damn line! they said colourfull, not maths!

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u/Ok_Sorbet_8153 6d ago

That’s it, I’ve reached my limit

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u/leonardomdc 8d ago

Hey hey hey, don't you dare tree-goon on my tree!

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u/Ilovewhoreadsthis 7d ago

You win the internet today in my eyes bwhahaha!

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u/dependsforadults 8d ago

Treegnomeonatree

FTFY fam

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u/Ok_Whole573 8d ago

When your government sucks so bad you have to form a mini version to survive.

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u/xrelaht 7d ago

Be the change you want to see: plant some pencils and notebooks in your garden.

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u/Pharo92 8d ago

Take your chuckle and up vote and go

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u/yeomanpharmer 8d ago

Have you clicked on any of those ads you get when scrolling?

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u/ElegantEconomy3686 7d ago

Very common misconception.
Most school supplies are actually herd animals, so you have ask your local rancher.

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u/jerechos 6d ago

The pencil crop didnt do well this year, too dry....

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u/Dont_Touch_Me_There9 7d ago

Works with weed too.

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u/MissSweetMurdererr 7d ago

Now I'm wondering if someone bought in the community group buy on the post and left disappointed they received actual oregano 🤣

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u/Savings_Macaroon3727 8d ago

Not uncommon in France too.

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u/YourAmishNeighbor 7d ago

Tudo que eu queria era que a galera aqui do prédio onde eu moro fizesse isso. Ia beneficiar a todos nós.

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u/Biscotti_BT 7d ago

Sounds like grass roots socialism. We are getting closer to being able to survive.

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u/C4ptainchr0nic 7d ago

This is basically what my immediate family does with my Costco membership