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  • ideonek@piefed.socialtome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    21 hours ago

    I think it’s more complicated. Frome top of my head, the company who sells them makes more money from servicing them than from sales. And they use arguably predatory practices to make 3rd party service impossible. Jet there is some ownership overlap, so there are some shady incentives to allways choose this sub-obtimal contractor. Something like that.






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    2 days ago

    This always bother me. Never in my life encounterd a broken McFlurry machine.They bring too much.money to it happen. I suspect it’s another US-specyfic “there is a weird systemic reson behind it, but we’ll just accept is as fact of life” kind of problem.






  • ideonek@piefed.socialtoMental Health@lemmy.worldAh pointless advice...
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    5 days ago

    That’s a good point, actually. When people are asking you to stop with “just go for a walk or exercise” it is not because it has no chance of working. It may be very effective for some people. But seriously, how likely is that this struggling adult person raised in the same culture as you with similar knowledge-base as yours didn’t hear about the concept of going outside? Your insights are not that insightful.

    And yes, it applies to parenting advice as well, Karen.










  • I honestly belive that donations are like savings. For people who do then this is the first expense out of their income. People who try to do it out of what’s left after all important stuff is covered really do it, becouse we all spant “all” every month. What’s different, is the definition of “all” if you manage to hide important stuff there buy “paying yourself first” it’s much easier to cover thing you truly care about.