feetsoup

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by feetsoup 9mo ago
The person he was responding to was claiming that "literally everyone creating media" is permitted to be used as a source on Wikipedia, which isn't true. There are some issues that are niche enough that the only articles writ
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by feetsoup 2y ago
Alternatively you could use 'most people', or any one of several equivalent expressions, and preserve the meaning of everyone as every one. There is an aroma of manipulation around using language that gives the impression of absol
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by feetsoup 2y ago
I think it could be better in that you get a more rounded perspective of what people think, and develop greater empathy for the hang-ups that people have and understand the patterns they develop along. It's certainly more comfortable t
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by feetsoup 2y ago
I bet you're fun at parties.
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by feetsoup 2y ago
Pretty sure you can commit crimes in your bedroom, and pretty sure a crime is easier to get away with when you have a private space to do it/hide stuff in.
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by feetsoup 2y ago
Care to expand on this?
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by feetsoup 2y ago
Fair enough, perhaps I'm bringing some biases into this since I think online discussion has a tendency to be very dismissive of less sensational or impactful topics. I really don't think you're defending the pricing strategy,
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by feetsoup 2y ago
Regarding point 2, it seems strange to ask 'what changes?' when the point of the article you're commenting on is showing how and why you spend more when presented with 9-ending items. If it was found to make consumers spend 8
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by feetsoup 2y ago
That's easy to say, but when it comes to shopping at the store, picking up several items and not actively thinking about it, are you really sure you aren't unconsciously interpreting that 9.99 differently from 10? Personally, I li
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by feetsoup 3y ago
>In a functioning regulatory environment [...] you wouldn't have industries where any one company has more than 15% of the market. Is that realistic? Intuition is telling me that's very idealistic but I'm prepared to be su
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by feetsoup 3y ago
> In other words do we have a framework for deciding on additional punishment for repeat offense? Yes, and you should be able to find how it's handled in your state fairly easily. The fact that you don't know that, and that you
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by feetsoup 3y ago
I'm curious about that last part, harmful extremes of consumption informing every other aspect of our lives, if you'd like to expand on that.
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by feetsoup 3y ago
I'm assuming the person I replied to was insinuating that the people with an influential amount of voting stock are adequate representatives of the interests of small fry investors building up for retirement. My response is that if the
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by feetsoup 3y ago
THEIR numbers going up, is the part you may be overlooking in that.
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by feetsoup 3y ago
To earn a return on your investment. Maximizing that return in the next quarter by threatening to take a controlling stake in the company falls into this category of course, but it's silly to think it is the exclusive mode. The point t
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by feetsoup 3y ago
I think what they're referring to is the global increase in light pollution they cause. This article goes over the consequences for both astronomy and the broader human experience if you're interested. https://www.natur
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by feetsoup 3y ago
'Art made out of money' is conceptually played out; this is much more interesting. In this case, the art isn't sensible matter on the canvas, but the intelligible matter of its creation. Clearly, it was effective on the museu