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Tariff bombs are coming to the US

작성일: 2024년 12월 26일 글쓴이: 광오

After Trump was elected in 2016, there was a strong tone to protect the domestic manufacturing industry. At that time,

LG and Samsung Electronics’ washing machines were taking over the US market

Whirlpool protested to the US government to impose a 50% tariff on Samsung LG washing machines for 3 years. At that time,

the Korean government and Korean companies protested, but the US ITC International Trade Commission instructed that the 50%

tariff was a bit much and instead agreed to a quota system of 1.2 million units per year.

When the safeguard emergency import restriction measure was announced on February 7,

2018, exports immediately decreased by 45% compared to the same period last year. At that time, Samsung and LG held out by operating their US factories,

and the Korean government also started a WTO lawsuit. At that time, Samsung had 1,000 people, LG 600 people,

Whirlpool 200 people, and 1,800 jobs were created, and the US is said to have seen an annual economic effect of 100 billion won.

But then, a year later, the price of washing machines was falling every year in the US market,

but due to the tariffs, import prices went up, and the production costs of US manufacturers also went up, so the cost passed on to consumers was more than $2 trillion,

which is equivalent to $815,000 per job. Not only did the prices of Samsung and LG washing machines go up,

but the prices of washing machines produced by companies in the US also went up, so the prices of dryers, which are not subject to tariffs, also went up.

Consumers started buying less washing machines, but Whirlpool held back so much and couldn’t beat Samsung and LG.

Manufacturing jobs were created in the US, but in the end, only consumers were harmed by the increased prices…

It seems like the same thing will happen again this time…. How should we prepare for it? !!??

카테고리: life tip | 태그: Economic impact, lg, Quarter system, Tariff, Trump, Whirlpool | 댓글 남기기

Nowadays, at car centers…

작성일: 2024년 12월 24일 글쓴이: 광오

Why do auto centers these days only want to replace the entire part? My car’s electronic parking switch hasn’t been working for a while.

I went to an auto center and told them the symptoms. The mechanic tried changing the OBD and pressing the switch a few times and said,

“This seems to be a PB module failure, but it’ll probably cost about 500,000 won to replace it.

“ I said, “Is there a possibility that the switch is defective? When I park with the auto hold on, I hear a motor-like noise. If that’s true, I think the switch is defective.”Auto hold

The mechanic listened to me, sat in the car, pressed the button several times,

parked, and said that the sound was not from the motor, but from the other side. He said that the EPB module was broken.

I was worried, so I left the service center and stopped by a nearby auto parts store to buy a switch.

I thought that I would lose money before spending a lot of money, so I decided to try replacing the switch myself.

When I arrived at the parking lot, I searched the Internet to find out how to replace the switch, and after replacing the switch in 20 minutes,

I tested it and it worked normally. ㅡㅡ::

These days, even if you listen to the internet or stories around you,

it seems that repair shops, unlike in the past, do not find the cause when something is wrong,

but rather just replace the suspicious part. Furthermore, there are many cases where the cause cannot be found without an OBD.

I think that the repair industry needs a change,

whether it is because cars have a lot of electronic equipment these days or because the skills of mechanics are declining and they have no will. What do you think?

카테고리: car,it tip | 태그: Auto hold, car centers., Electronic equipment, EPB module, OBD | 댓글 남기기

A phenomenon that appears as you get older!

작성일: 2024년 12월 23일 글쓴이: 광오

A phenomenon that appears as you age An online study found that people stop listening to new music on average after the age of 33

According to the analysis of Spotify data by Kalia, an ajusshi who runs a music research site,

Kalia says that teenagers are fascinated by pop music, but as they pass their 20s, their interest gradually decreases,

and their music tastes mature in their 30s. However, women’s interest in pop music lasted from at least 13 years old to at most 49 years old,

while men’s interest rapidly decreased from their teens to their early 30s.

It is said that this is due to the lock-in effect, where people choose the original service or product even if it is better than the service

or product they were using before due to the investment cost or inconvenience.

So, in Kalia, there are two reasons why we listen to less new music as we get older.

1. When people get older and encounter unfamiliar music, they tend to dismiss it as music that only teenagers listen to.

2. People tend to look for music that they enjoyed when they were younger. Come to think of it,

I also stopped listening to songs at some point and only listen to familiar ones. What do you think?

카테고리: life tip | 태그: Annoying, get older, Listening to music, Lock effect, music, Old music, Spotify, The tendency to rediscover music | 댓글 남기기

Bubble tea that will kill you if you eat it

작성일: 2024년 12월 20일 글쓴이: 광오

A Chinese reporter drank tapioca pearl bubble tea at a bubble tea shop in Qingdao, China, and went to the hospital because his stomach hurt so much.

The CT scan done at the doctor’s recommendation showed that tapioca pearls were still there in the reporter’s stomach.

However, the doctor said that he didn’t know exactly what was left in the reporter’s stomach,

but that the adhesive was so strong that It was definitely not tapioca pearls and would never be digested unless he forced himself to vomit it out or opened his stomach to get it out.

After hearing this, the reporter immediately went to the bubble tea shop owner to question him, and the owner’s confession was truly legendary.

“To be honest, our shop makes bubble tea granules from used tires and shoe leather,

so if you drink bubble tea made from used tires, it doesn’t matter as long as you don’t get sick, right?”…

What’s shocking is that even if you eat bubble tea granules made from discarded tires or shoe leather, the chewing sensation is not much different,

and the color is similar, and even the taste is similar when pickled in brown sugar. Surely there aren’t people in our country who fool around with eating in a similar way?

카테고리: life tip | 태그: Bubble tea, Bubble tea granules, CT scan, Shoe leather, Tapioca pearls, Waste tires | 댓글 남기기

Culture shock when you go to America!!

작성일: 2024년 12월 18일 글쓴이: 광오

These days, I often see people immigrating around me. Jejiin also immigrated to the US a few years ago!!

When he first immigrated, he had a hard time and spent a lot of time talking. I’ll tell you about some of the culture shocks that Koreans experience when they go to the US.

1. There is no concept of recycling at all All trash, including food waste, is thrown away in black plastic bags Do they not think about the Earth!!!?

We are doing a lot of recycling…

2. Disposable items are used a lot at home or at school They say that disposable plates and cups are used for everyday use at home,

but in fact, the use of disposable items is quite well-known. They use disposable plates for school meals, and this is so common…

They say that after eating everything on the disposable plates, they throw the leftover food in the trash can.

It seems that there are often scenes in movies where they search through trash cans to find food. In our country,

there is nothing to eat even if you search through trash cans….

3. Air conditioners are running at full blast at companies, schools, and homes.

They say there are a lot of kids who wear coats because it’s cold. They don’t think about electricity bills at all.

There’s no progressive tax system. They think the reason Americans worry about electricity bills is because there are not enough resources,

and the reason they separate their trash is because there aren’t enough places to throw it away.

카테고리: life tip | 태그: air conditioner!, America, Culture shock, Disposable food plates, Disposable items, Electricity bill, Progressive tax, Separate collection | 댓글 남기기

Japanese late night bus!

작성일: 2024년 12월 17일 글쓴이: 광오

1100km late night bus in Japan Late night bus route between Fukuoka and Tokyo Hakata-go has a total travel

distance of 1100km and a travel time of 14 hours and 40 minutes. The high-speed rail travel time is 5 hours. This is more than 3 times longer.

Perhaps because of the distance, the business class and premium risk class fares are also high. It would be much cheaper to go by plane, so why did you take it??

First of all, there’s a room? There’s one. There’s also a bathroom.

Hakata-go’s competitors aren’t trains or airplanes, but hotels. Haha. It departs around 7 PM and arrives around 9 AM the next day.

So you can save on one day’s accommodation fee.

The idea is to just sleep instead of paying for accommodation. It looks really good. It’s a niche market that makes sense. Haha

카테고리: car,it tip | 태그: Accommodation Savings, Hakata Lake, Japanese, long distance travel, night bus, travel | 댓글 남기기

Embezzlement, breach of trust

작성일: 2024년 12월 16일 글쓴이: 광오

20 million won crab?? That’s right, a bread crab What on earth is a 20 million won crab that costs 20 million won? You can do it,

What is a pancake?

It refers to a female crab, and currently in Korea, it is a species that cannot be caught, sold, or eaten.

If you are caught, you will be fined 20 million won, so behave yourself…

In Korea, it is impossible to catch male and female crabs under 9 centimeters all year round, and among these, female crabs carry about 100,000 eggs per crab,

so they should never be caught to protect the population.

You might wonder what kind of population protection they are when they lay 100,000 eggs per crab, but it usually takes at least 7 to 9 years for them to grow into adults…

If you look at it this way, a normal person would think they shouldn’t eat them!! But, There are bound to be abnormal people wherever you go

There are people who sell and eat it illegally. But they also brag about it on SNS, so it doesn’t seem easy… You could say, “What if I say I ate it without knowing?”, but the truth is that they know it’s illegal and are eating it. ㅡㅡ:: However, it is legal to eat Hokkaido-produced crabs. If you really want to eat it, I hope you buy and eat Hokkaido-produced crabs.

카테고리: car,it tip | 태그: 20 million won crab, 20 million won fine, female crab, Hokkaido-made bread, pancake, Selling illegally | 댓글 남기기

Tires cheaper than shoes?

작성일: 2024년 12월 13일 글쓴이: 광오

Tire Bank sees customers visiting during recession as fools

Tire Bank secretly stabs customers’ tires with an awl to induce them to change tires, and damages customers’

good wheels with an extension to force them to sell expensive wheels,

while also forcing them to buy wheels by secretly attaching magnets to the inside of the wheel and scaring them by pretending to do a rough repair while only eating up

30-40% of the official fee.

To avoid paying hundreds of billions of won in corporate taxes, they devised a trick to evade taxes.

They operated stores as disguised business operators all over the country under the so-called franchise structure where franchisees operate as individual business owners.

The Seoul National Tax Service, sensing something strange,

began an investigation, and as a result, it was revealed that most of the stores were directly managed by the head office,

disguised as franchises under the names of each branch manager.

The number is as high as 366. 312 of these stores evaded corporate taxes amounting to hundreds of billions of won,

so the National Tax Service notified the 312 companies of the closure of their businesses as fake businesses.

The prosecution indicted the chairman of Tire Bank for violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc.

of Specific Crimes, embezzlement, and breach of trust, etc., and sought a sentence of 7 years in prison and a fine of 70 billion won. However,

the sentence was reduced to 4 years in prison and a fine of 10 billion won in the first trial, and the appeal is continuing..

카테고리: life tip | 태그: breach of trust, Certified Fee, Corporate tax evasion, Embezzlement, Head office direct management system, Tire Bank | 댓글 남기기

The truth about the shape of a baseball field

작성일: 2024년 12월 10일 글쓴이: 광오

As a person who loves Major League Baseball, I was very curious about the reason why Major League Baseball stadiums are so strangely shaped.

The baseball stadiums we usually know are symmetrical, but sometimes when you watch Major League Baseball,

you will notice that American baseball stadiums are strangely shaped.

Usually, the outfield side is like this, and it is asymmetrical. Why is that??

Originally, baseball was a sport that started with only the infield bases without a set distance to the end of the outfield,

but as spectators appeared, team owners started installing walls to collect money, and as stadiums were formed like this,

the outfield border was created. Thanks to that, there was also a spectacle called a home run,

which is the best hit that a batter can make that an outfielder cannot catch, and its popularity skyrocketed.

Looking at the skyrocketing popularity of baseball, teams decided that they had to quickly build baseball stadiums in places with lots of people.

As the teams somehow squeezed in baseball fields between cities, baseball fields of different lengths were created.

There was even a case where a long football field was remade into a baseball field due to extreme use, and since the red circle was all in the outfield,

there were no home runs that went over that section of about 147 meters even ten times until the stadium was demolished.

카테고리: life tip | 태그: Asymmetrical structure, Football field remake, Home run, Infield base, Major League Baseball | 댓글 남기기