My boyfriend and I play riichi mahjong via phone app (just called Richii Mahjong on the Play Store on Android) and it’s solid. I know that’s not exactly what you’re looking for, but hope it works in a pinch!

I think there’s “sexy” versions in the same way you can find porn poker or shape matching games, if that makes sense.

A zoo in Thailand. The hippo’s name is Moo Deng which translates to bouncy pork. It’s adorable.

Hundred percent. Why pay $8 if I’m just gonna lose it snagged on an unseen underwater log or in a tree?

Also, the fish do not scoff at the off-brand lure. They say, yay, yummy!

I still pay premium for my reels, but only because I haven’t found one that compares with the Pflueger President yet. Though that’s mostly because I haven’t been in the market for a new reel and the ones on Ali Express don’t come with the rubber soft touch knob the Pflueger ones do. Small things, though. I’m slowly looking into ordering the knob separate as replacement parts then trying out some $14 12+1 bearing spinning reel just to see if it’s good enough.

On another note, I think China might be a way better resource for carp fishing equipment. They specifically fish for carp there way more than in the US and I see more double drag reels or rods with ground spikes built in for just that purpose. But I haven’t had the interest to expand beyond trout, bass and pickerel just yet.

Tbqh I’m not shopping for electronics or clothes on Ali Express, but I’ll happily buy line, lures, rods, terminal tackle and tackle organizers on there. Even if I bought it in a brick and mortar here, it’s probably all shipping from China anyhow.

This makes sense to me. I’m not checking the consistency of the line thickness, for example, but I’ve seen some people report that it isn’t consistent throughout the whole spool. I’m buying .016mm thick line, though, so some variance is a-okay for me.

The Rapalla-style lures work well (the brand name ones do have slightly better action, but the off brand ones are $5 for 8 vs $7+ for 1), spinners work great, the Kastmaster style spoons are a phenomenal find.

I got a $10 ultralight rod that showed up with a partially misaligned tip guide I fixed with some pliers and I needed to glue in one of the rings in a guide. That said, it’s withstood more abuse than an Okuma rod I got for $40, which snapped on the second outing and Okuma told me would cost $30 to fix.

I’ll happily shop American, for what it’s worth, if it was actually gonna BE American instead of just made elsewhere and assembled here so it can get some stupid sticker. Also, pay me more so I can afford it… maybe the Amazon’s, Walmart, dicks and targets don’t need to be YoY huge growth companies and maybe the people who work there should be able to afford to shop there.

Ehhhhh too much soapboxin’, sorry, imma get back to fishing.

I mostly use Ali Express (admittedly, not mentioned in any of the articles about this change in tariff applications) for fishing gear. Many of the big names in fishing lures, Blue Fox, Panther Marten, Kastmaster, etc. have all moved their production overseas. When I buy the “knock offs”, it shows up in the same packaging I see in Dick’s or Walmart with the same product inside. But I can choose to pay $7.99 for one lure or $2.16 for 3. It’s coming from the same factory, made by the same people, the only difference is how much it costs and whose pockets get filled from paying that price.

Oh, also, the cheapo Chinese braid line (its being manufactured to be sold in Japan under their brands) is way superior to what we get in the USA, way stronger and thinner. And I get 500m of it for $17.

I’ve gotten a few of these, but I just moved so it only included Google maps images of my old apartment, and I guess the data scrape didn’t get my phone number, so it included language like “I bet you wouldn’t like it if I called you at 0000000000, would you?”

I’m savvy enough to laugh and delete, but I’m sure this would be very effective against some older Americans.

Great! Now I’ll have to buy the same products from Walmart for ten times the cost. At least the Waltons can wet their beaks on it now.

English ivy may grow better in Kentucky soil than Kent chalk, but I’m not familiar with that in the way I am kudzu.

I think the vines in the second photo are kudzu tho

And? Cats and dogs usually seem to be having more fun anyway…

sorry not sorry that warlocks have more fun than any other class I guess it’s a patron thing 💅

It’s kinda cool to be living through Cold War 2, I bet my dad felt similar reading propaganda in his youth

No worries, Eric, they’ll figure it out for you.

With their actions in Lebanon? Ugh, you might be right…

“May you live in interesting times”, eh?

I miss the Note 9. Between the fingerprint scanner on the back, the lack of a camera bump, and a headphone jack, it was a nicer experience than the Note 20 Ultra I have now.

Thank goodness the program told me I have value after Tyler stopped replying once I showed him my asshole.

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That marks the start of World War 3 tho

I imagine if Trump dumped Vance, the Secretary of State would make “special arrangements” to accommodate the RNC candidate and quickly.

That’s some real dirty dealing by the Secretary of the State, but hopefully those voters will be able to hold their nose long enough to vote for Harris so Trump doesn’t take the swing state.