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-> file: fediverse/943 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── @user-646 babbling, yes, but that's just how I do. sorry to bother you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/944 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── @user-646 oh, I see. guess I had the same problem hehe - let's see: basically I'm saying that the incentives for manufacturers are unaligned to the desires of the consumers (or rather, the best interests of the consumers) - reduced consumption of plastic == less plastic waste poisoning our environement, which is what you mentioned in the original post. then I said "well we still need to make SOME of the cheap plastic, the kinda that isn't recyclable, the kind that is technically cheaper because economics of demand" and then I was thinking of ways around that particular problem. Then I got onto another thing about the economy, and the word count cut my words short because I started saying something I shouldn't. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/945 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── @user-646 will continue until you tell me to stop: industry works best at scale, and in order to produce materials that are needed for very specific use-cases (that can't really be done better by something else) you often need to make large batches of said material. In this case, plastics. if the production capabilities exceed demand, then there is a surplus of a certain kind of material. And that's not good, according to capitalists, because who's ever heard of national stockpiles? Plus, maybe that stuff goes bad, I don't know, I'm not an expert, but without that context it seems to me that instead of turning it into junk that we're just going to throw away, we should probably keep hold of it. Literally just put it in a warehouse in Utah or whatever. I feel like then, in a world where those cheap plastics aren't being used for consumer products, we'd be encouraged to buy the plastics that were recyclable (not all plastics are), or extremely durable, or even just metal/wood products instead. econ, /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/946 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── @user-661 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear from ruling your life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/185 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── The only reason a media streaming website would require you to log in before expressing it's purpose is to capture and use user data in a way that may may not be aligned to your interests. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/186 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── It's obfuscated, such that you cannot know the totality of their purpose for you (via your data) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/187 ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── A family of 3-5 is absurdly small, but that's all we can manage in the 21st century ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |