Ancestors

Written by blakestacey@awful.systems on 2024-09-23 at 05:31

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 29 September 2024

https://awful.systems/post/2447490

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Written by blakestacey@awful.systems on 2024-09-23 at 05:41

From an article about a boutique brand that sells books to rich people:

Assouline has made its name publishing tomes that sell for $1,000 or more.

Oh, so they publish textbooks.

“They represent stealth wealth, intended to tell you what your hosts are about and to provide visual evidence: that the owners are people of wealth, education and taste.”

🎶 Please allow me to introduce myself 🎶

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Toot

Written by froztbyte@awful.systems on 2024-09-23 at 12:35

I just learned about this “wonderful” little item too

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Descendants

Written by Charlie Stross on 2024-09-23 at 12:39

@froztbyte Your term of art in economics to describe this shitbaggery is "Veblen goods": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

"a type of luxury good… for which the demand increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. The higher prices of Veblen goods may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure."

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Written by froztbyte@awful.systems on 2024-09-23 at 16:12

handy to know, ty

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Written by Soyweiser@awful.systems on 2024-09-23 at 15:48

“Complimentary Carbon Efficient Delivery”

Carbon Efficient even…

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Written by skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de on 2024-09-23 at 16:52

That means that DHL driver has to take bike instead of car for this one

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Written by Soyweiser@awful.systems on 2024-09-24 at 02:16

If there is an elevator in the apartment, the driver has to take the stairs, contractually. Of course people who order that don’t live in high rise apartments where the driver can reach the door, so everybody wins.

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