It has everything to do with it. I live in a country that made greenwashing a lifestyle: Finland. Every shop around here advertises how responsible they are with their business. Meanwhile, the quality is often worse than that of brands derided as "fast fashion". Marimekko* made national headlines some time ago when they licensed a pattern to IKEA, and the IKEA product turned out to be much better quality for a fraction of the price.
It's very important to target fast and ultrafast fashion, and I'm glad France starts with influencers. The next step should be quality norms. Otherwise, you're just pricing poor people out, while consumer behaviours and environmental impact stay the same, and owners of established brands get exponentially richer.
*If you don't know Marimekko, suffice to say I saw Marimekko knockoffs in boutiques in France last week.
Um, actually, it's not a debt because the proper term is "liability"
The point that the average gambl-, erm, small investor needs to understand it's that they have obligations that will need to be paid, and those obligations are over twice as much as they want you to know.
Have you considered that the friends might be insincere about their own frequency too? In many societies masturbation is considered shameful. Even when people admit they do it, they might not want you to think they do it "too much".
If you suspect you might have sleep apnea, you should first see a doctor. I see you use €, so there's a chance you won't need to pay to use a machine - you might get one from your health care operator for free.
For example: my family member in Finland got a diagnosis, and with it he got issued a machine, on the condition that he uses it on most nights. The machine is internet connected. Once a year a doctor makes a remote check-up: they look through the data collected by the machine to see if it works well for you (effective air pressure, persistent obstructions etc.). If you use the machine on most nights (at least 70% of the year), you get to keep it for another year. You also get a new mask, hose and air filter once a year for free.
I hope you can have a similar experience in your home country.
(Forgot to add: I have no idea what the "good enough" CPAP machine costs, it might have to do with the necessary air pressure or other factors i know nothing about. You really should ask your doctor first)
It's a machine that supports your breathing while you sleep. If you have sleep apnea, you will stop breathing multiple times during the night, which will prevent you from properly resting. CPAP machine connects to a mask on your face and produces a slightly elevated air pressure, which forces air into your lungs.
If they were introducing some groundbreaking tech I could agree, but they're using premade components to make their own version of an existing product. And sure, it's cheaper to manufacture at scale but 5x the going price is way too much. For comparison, Nothing Phone launched 4 years ago at $400. By that logic it should've cost ~$1500.
If there were a way that you could have 50% more attention for your kids, yourself, and the people around you, how much would that be worth for you? How much is your attention worth?
Following this logic they could just as well stick a $50 000 price tag in it. It still wouldn't be defensible.
Manufacturing a phone in small numbers is not cheap
Sure, but is it so much more expensive than manufacturing a HMD 2660, which does more or less the same things and retails for approx. $100?
Let's be for real, the whole Commodore thing nowadays is milking gen X nostalgia for all it's worth. And I don't think it's worth that much.
I'm not entering the exploitation olympics here, feel free to disregard my argument if Eastern Europe doesn't clear the suffering threshold in your book.
I'm Eastern European, my country was exploited by USSR until less than 40 years ago. My bad for getting excited about the prospect of being able to walk in old age, it's all my fault for -checks notes- joining a freedom of trade and movement organisation
I deleted my reddit account during the API debacle and didn't participate since, but kept lurking there. Then, a couple days ago they started requiring an account to access the site, and now I'm here, oh well.
Don't beat yourself over it, the joke is hilarious. I think transgressive jokes require you to be really careful about your audience to:
Not hurt or offend a member of a vulnerable population
Not reinforce harmful stereotypes in people too dumb to tell jokes from reality
Not make racists think you approve of their worldview
That usually leaves only the family and closest friends, if you're lucky. That being said some of those jokes are absolutely excellent, especially those that refer to neutral characteristics, such as an accent.
Sure, but I cannot eliminate that link. I can, however, queue to the cashier so that they can put food on the table.
It has everything to do with it. I live in a country that made greenwashing a lifestyle: Finland. Every shop around here advertises how responsible they are with their business. Meanwhile, the quality is often worse than that of brands derided as "fast fashion". Marimekko* made national headlines some time ago when they licensed a pattern to IKEA, and the IKEA product turned out to be much better quality for a fraction of the price.
It's very important to target fast and ultrafast fashion, and I'm glad France starts with influencers. The next step should be quality norms. Otherwise, you're just pricing poor people out, while consumer behaviours and environmental impact stay the same, and owners of established brands get exponentially richer.
*If you don't know Marimekko, suffice to say I saw Marimekko knockoffs in boutiques in France last week.
Um, actually, it's not a debt because the proper term is "liability"
The point that the average gambl-, erm, small investor needs to understand it's that they have obligations that will need to be paid, and those obligations are over twice as much as they want you to know.
I love the shade of referring to him as the "Apollo 13 star "
Have you considered that the friends might be insincere about their own frequency too? In many societies masturbation is considered shameful. Even when people admit they do it, they might not want you to think they do it "too much".
If you suspect you might have sleep apnea, you should first see a doctor. I see you use €, so there's a chance you won't need to pay to use a machine - you might get one from your health care operator for free.
For example: my family member in Finland got a diagnosis, and with it he got issued a machine, on the condition that he uses it on most nights. The machine is internet connected. Once a year a doctor makes a remote check-up: they look through the data collected by the machine to see if it works well for you (effective air pressure, persistent obstructions etc.). If you use the machine on most nights (at least 70% of the year), you get to keep it for another year. You also get a new mask, hose and air filter once a year for free.
I hope you can have a similar experience in your home country.
(Forgot to add: I have no idea what the "good enough" CPAP machine costs, it might have to do with the necessary air pressure or other factors i know nothing about. You really should ask your doctor first)
It's a machine that supports your breathing while you sleep. If you have sleep apnea, you will stop breathing multiple times during the night, which will prevent you from properly resting. CPAP machine connects to a mask on your face and produces a slightly elevated air pressure, which forces air into your lungs.
Define normal
Nothing lol about it. https://xkcd.com/1053/
If they were introducing some groundbreaking tech I could agree, but they're using premade components to make their own version of an existing product. And sure, it's cheaper to manufacture at scale but 5x the going price is way too much. For comparison, Nothing Phone launched 4 years ago at $400. By that logic it should've cost ~$1500.
Following this logic they could just as well stick a $50 000 price tag in it. It still wouldn't be defensible.
Sure, but is it so much more expensive than manufacturing a HMD 2660, which does more or less the same things and retails for approx. $100?
Let's be for real, the whole Commodore thing nowadays is milking gen X nostalgia for all it's worth. And I don't think it's worth that much.
I'm not entering the exploitation olympics here, feel free to disregard my argument if Eastern Europe doesn't clear the suffering threshold in your book.
I'm Eastern European, my country was exploited by USSR until less than 40 years ago. My bad for getting excited about the prospect of being able to walk in old age, it's all my fault for -checks notes- joining a freedom of trade and movement organisation
Are you working on a book or are you giving away book ideas for free?
I deleted my reddit account during the API debacle and didn't participate since, but kept lurking there. Then, a couple days ago they started requiring an account to access the site, and now I'm here, oh well.
Don't beat yourself over it, the joke is hilarious. I think transgressive jokes require you to be really careful about your audience to:
That usually leaves only the family and closest friends, if you're lucky. That being said some of those jokes are absolutely excellent, especially those that refer to neutral characteristics, such as an accent.