=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-post │ └──────────────────────┘ what if corporations gave better quality products to people who clicked through their advertisement ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4597 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if we made marketing part of research and development I mean, they're the ones who need to know what products people tend to prefer right? so... for every ad give the consumers a choice. then you'll be able to tell if they prefer the red gameboy or the purple-see-through. frankly it just makes sense to have 50% of the income go to products and 50% to administration. I mean, what are all those executives up to anywho? Their joyrides on yachts are great for socialize, but are they really more productive than coffee-shops at noon? seriously like it's not that big of a deal to just... reduce their salary. unless it really is about greed? control? power? pfweh, I thought so. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 messages/199 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── What if the government only intervened in failing companies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5118 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── what if we paid people to answer questions about their life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1523 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── social media companies should be entertainers, not ad-presenters. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5202 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: price-of-lunch-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────┘ "there's no such thing as a free lunch" okay but what if we economy-of-scale'd until it cost pennies ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6407 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── what if we designed washing machines which cost twice as much but didn't damage clothes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #7 messages/1132 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── marketers know society very well. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══─────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2045 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── what if we taxed every ounce of resource that companies wasted (maybe with a multiplier for the current relative value of the substance - diamonds are more valuable than apples per pound) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5104 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── there's no such thing as a free lunch excuse me sir but have you heard of economies of scale what if lunch were free ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4717 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── what if instead of shredding our cardboard boxes and melting them down into fertilizer or whatever we instead gave them to homeless people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 messages/441 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Do you remember stores with floor-to-ceiling goods? The kind that didn't go bad, so you could afford to have lots of inventory. Not like it's being replaced and thrown out as soon as the executives with their profit margins decide that its no longer worthwhile. Here's an idea - how about executives are paid by the employees to manage their company? And if things aren't going right, they can get a new team. Like, if every team had control of their manager, I wonder what dynamics would emerge? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/206 --- ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── @user-174 so what you're saying is if we make it harder for companies to exist then the minimum threshold of quality will rise? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 image/img-8678 ---
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--- #15 fediverse/4153 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ someday corporations will realize that the best way to maximize profit is to eliminate billionaires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/6410 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── what if we solved all the problems and left none for our children and their children's children? the world would be a better place. I think we'd make new problems. I am unconcerned. If the peace started to get to them, I trust that they'd start fights. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4859 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-kink │ └───────────────────────┘ what if the whole party shares their gold and the fewer resources you spend at the market the more your vote is weighted so, the opposite of: In the eternal quest for increased revenue, YouTube is introducing a feature where rich people can like videos more than poor people, and I am about to throw up. It is called the hype button, and it is similar to the like button. But where likes are democratic, hypes are for pay, allowing rich kids to add as many hypes to videos as they can afford. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse_boost/435 --- ◀═╦═════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation? │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ It looks like an additional monthly user. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┴─▶ --- #19 fediverse/1118 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Product warning: Aveeno products have been reformulated, now harmful for people with allergies │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-820 the reason they do that is because they want to alienate you as a customer. your needs are too specific, they are not that of the majority where they derive their profit. so they dismantle the operational functionalities necessary to provide the product that you are adapted to, that best suits your needs. In doing so, they perhaps save some money, you can't tell of course. why would they tell you why they're hurting you by depriving you of a product you depend on? how cruel ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 notes/non-competition-clause --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── what if there was a law that all trade secrets are to be free? what if copyright only prevented people from harming those they compete with? For example, as a media production company Disney could not host the content of other media con- -glomerate. But regular ordinary people would. The idea would be that if you wanted to change yourself to align with the ideals of a corporation, you could watch it on their streaming site. Then you'd be contributing your attention, which is bought and sold by our selves. Content creators could stream untethered, and collect payments however they pleased. The attention is what garners, that price that is bartered, sold on the market for all of us. Attend not ye sinners, and failures of our innards, what more can we charter for our souls? Accosted by our jams, and drilled as hard as I can, our notebooks are much more than charming. Accumulated designs, of theories that are out of our minds, compelling and driving us forward. The fellowship that we be, internally and under our seats, connecting us to ground at our own shoes. humans are not time. They are the whispers of the undying. Projections of fore-sought virtues. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/3914 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ that feeling when capitalists make technological advancements that benefit all of mankind but refuse to open source them because... they want more money? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 messages/1263 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I bet the computer bubble pops when datacenters can't find any way to get paid. then, they all break at once, and who's going to do stuff with their components? ah, what a shame, what if we ssssssocialized them instead "hello energy for you because of the cheap rain is more expensive because you're just as valuable as the farmers in the [area/desert]. --- there are millions of people in every city. how many people do you think are in a traffic jam? several ten thousands? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #23 fediverse/4800 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if we just wrote our own executive orders and changed things for the better ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 messages/1393 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── What if, in addition to "trash and recycling" what if there was also "give to the hobos" where they just cart it off to the slum side of town where people can slum it up to their hearts content without worrying about stuff. All they own is what they see, but none of it can ever leave. Except what you carry with you. Everyone's incentivized to make it nice because everyone has the same stuff - alike in use, not design. Is it common? To remember more than a couple weeks at a time? Humans work too hard. Humans deserve good thijnz. Let's work to fix both of those things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════──────┘ --- #25 fediverse/374 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── @user-278 kinda makes me think it'd be nice if we had some way to quantify the amount that employers taxed their employees? If people saw 50-70% of their paycheck going straight toward executive bonuses and stock buybacks or whatever... maybe then we'd fix things ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/959 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── @user-233 they were betting on selling us spaceflight and advertisements, but wouldn't you know it most of us cared more for food and water ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 image/img-8947 ---
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--- #28 fediverse/3373 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ I bet we could solve capitalism if everyone on earth went blind for a day ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/4677 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── what if words were made up and we communicated in plausible deniabilities ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/1822 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── we should reward frugality as much as value-creation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/1800 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── good companies turn bad when all the good people leave, and all the work they done can be used by the bad. good people leave when they are told, by the higher-ups who can't afford to justify their existence any longer. Kinda wish I owed my ability to live to my government, rather than a corporation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/6331 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── what if we bought homeless people motorcycles ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ --- #33 messages/1121 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── Gift economy: whenever you please, you can be offered a choice. "which of these two do you like better?" something you already have, and something you might like. Whichever you prefer is yours, the other is theirs. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══─────────┘