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It's good business to keep your customers alive.

by benjohnson 5y ago

Threeve303 5y ago
Unless you're a funeral director
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- cptskippy 5y ago
  Has Walmart entered that market yet?
  - trimbo 5y ago
    Yes https://www.walmart.com/browse/home/caskets/4044_4431611_1058564 https://www.walmart.com/browse/home/caskets/4044_4431611_105...
    - tyingq 5y ago
      If I change the sort order to Price Low->High, I get this really odd captcha telling me to "Press and Hold" a pill shaped button. And I can't solve it, it's in a "Try Again" loop. Weird.
      - cptskippy 5y ago
        Weird, it worked immediately for me. $879 is the cheapest casket if that's what you're after. The cheapest items were all urns.
- hansvm 5y ago
  Short-term vs long-term gains. You want your customers to stay alive longer to have more kids and more total customers.
- ectopod 5y ago
  If you sold them a funeral plan you want your customers alive.
  - teitoklien 5y ago
    Only until they stop seeing the point of the funeral plan
cptskippy 5y ago
I mean they're partially to blame for it right?
- UnpossibleJim 5y ago
  Depends on the type of the diabetes. There's both Type-I and Type-II diabetes. Type-I is an autoimmune disease where your body attacks the insulin producing cells in the body, and can no longer regulate your blood sugars (high or low) and the person must take insulin. Type-II is sometimes caused by obesity, but is also caused by age sometimes. This can be controlled by oral medications, exercise and diet, sometimes, and lower doses of insulin to assist with their blood sugars. It's often referred to as "insulin resistant diabetes". EDIT: Forgot to mention. COVID seems to have been causing a rise in Type-I diabetes cases in non-juveniles =/
- x13 5y ago
  No, that's a common misconception. Humans are born with different features and flaws. While one can increase their chances of developing diabetes later in life with poor diet choices (called Type 2), many people are born with diabetes. (Type 1) It's wild how diabetes is an epidemic in so many places. http://main.diabetes.org/dorg/PDFs/Advocacy/burden-of-diabetes/michigan.pdf http://main.diabetes.org/dorg/PDFs/Advocacy/burden-of-diabet...
  - cptskippy 5y ago
    I was referring to the relationship between the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and consumption of excess sugars. Big box stores push refined and processed foods that contain excessive amounts of sugar these days. They have sugary snacks and drinks in the checkout lines. They carry very few products without added sugars; try to find a bread, pasta sauce, or soup without crazy amounts of sugar. It's not entirely their fault, but Walmart has demonstrated in the last 40 years that they can compel manufacturers to just about whatever they want. If they wanted, they could push for the reduction or elimination of excess sugars in processed foods. But then again, there wouldn't be as large a market for Walmart brand insulin if they did that.

It's good business to keep your customers alive.

Threeve303 5y ago

Unless you're a funeral director

deleted 5y ago
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cptskippy 5y ago
Has Walmart entered that market yet?
- trimbo 5y ago
  Yes https://www.walmart.com/browse/home/caskets/4044_4431611_1058564 https://www.walmart.com/browse/home/caskets/4044_4431611_105...
  - tyingq 5y ago
    If I change the sort order to Price Low->High, I get this really odd captcha telling me to "Press and Hold" a pill shaped button. And I can't solve it, it's in a "Try Again" loop. Weird.
    - cptskippy 5y ago
      Weird, it worked immediately for me. $879 is the cheapest casket if that's what you're after. The cheapest items were all urns.
hansvm 5y ago
Short-term vs long-term gains. You want your customers to stay alive longer to have more kids and more total customers.
ectopod 5y ago
If you sold them a funeral plan you want your customers alive.
- teitoklien 5y ago
  Only until they stop seeing the point of the funeral plan

cptskippy 5y ago

I mean they're partially to blame for it right?

UnpossibleJim 5y ago
Depends on the type of the diabetes. There's both Type-I and Type-II diabetes. Type-I is an autoimmune disease where your body attacks the insulin producing cells in the body, and can no longer regulate your blood sugars (high or low) and the person must take insulin. Type-II is sometimes caused by obesity, but is also caused by age sometimes. This can be controlled by oral medications, exercise and diet, sometimes, and lower doses of insulin to assist with their blood sugars. It's often referred to as "insulin resistant diabetes". EDIT: Forgot to mention. COVID seems to have been causing a rise in Type-I diabetes cases in non-juveniles =/
x13 5y ago
No, that's a common misconception. Humans are born with different features and flaws. While one can increase their chances of developing diabetes later in life with poor diet choices (called Type 2), many people are born with diabetes. (Type 1) It's wild how diabetes is an epidemic in so many places. http://main.diabetes.org/dorg/PDFs/Advocacy/burden-of-diabetes/michigan.pdf http://main.diabetes.org/dorg/PDFs/Advocacy/burden-of-diabet...
- cptskippy 5y ago
  I was referring to the relationship between the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and consumption of excess sugars. Big box stores push refined and processed foods that contain excessive amounts of sugar these days. They have sugary snacks and drinks in the checkout lines. They carry very few products without added sugars; try to find a bread, pasta sauce, or soup without crazy amounts of sugar. It's not entirely their fault, but Walmart has demonstrated in the last 40 years that they can compel manufacturers to just about whatever they want. If they wanted, they could push for the reduction or elimination of excess sugars in processed foods. But then again, there wouldn't be as large a market for Walmart brand insulin if they did that.