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It doesn't matter how much you paid: You aren't the customer, you're the product.
by msla 4y ago
It doesn't matter how much you paid: You aren't the customer, you're the product.
- soraminazuki 4y agoThere's a saying in Japanese that precisely describes this situation: 鴨が葱を背負ってくる. The literal translation is "a duck approaches you with a leek on its back." It refers to good luck brought by someone waiting to be exploited. Paying money for a product that works against you is exactly this.
- dlivingston 4y agoThat description sounds very similar to the Farfetch'd Pokemon [0]. Was that the original influence? [0]: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Farfetch%27d_(Pok%C3%A9mon) https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Farfetch%27d_(Pok%C3...
- soraminazuki 4y agoIt probably is, and the English name for that Pokemon is a reflection of that. How likely would duck come along carrying ingredients for stew? That’d be “far-fetched.”
- guffins 4y agoSomeone’s essay on that theory: https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species:_Farfetch%27d https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Spec...