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Terrible for your wrists though
by tomasz_fm 2y ago
Terrible for your wrists though
- inatreecrown2 2y agoyes, it looks very uncomfortable.
- DemocracyFTW2 2y agoThey do have a spiky edition tho, too, so maybe that's something
- dogma1138 2y agoAlso terrible for the environment. The energy cost of buying this online, the carbon cost behind the $22 + shipping, the actual carbon cost of shipping this crap. We are truly living in the most idiotic timeline.
- nozzlegear 2y agoWhat would a less idiotic timeline look like?
- tedunangst 2y agoReuse the cardboard box your laptop came in.
- cle 2y agoStick a book under your laptop.
- nozzlegear 2y agoWhat's the carbon cost behind buying and shipping the book, or cutting down the tree to make the book?
- redundantly 2y agoThey didn't say to buy a book just for this.
- recursive 2y agoAssuming you don't have a book in your possession?
- dylan604 2y agothis is actually more common place than you might expect. just like wearing tube socks vs ankle socks has become some sort of age delineation, owning books is as well.
- borski 2y agoThis makes me so sad.
- dylan604 2y agoI have no books that have any value other than I already own them. After moving across the country a couple of times with them plus all of the other various moves, I have thought about getting rid of them numerous times. The only reason I have not is just sheer laziness on taking them some place. My most recent move left them in boxes and just stored.
- borski 2y agohttps://x.com/paulg/status/1860692810279559283 https://x.com/paulg/status/1860692810279559283
- 0xffff2 2y agoI'm old enough to have owned a lot of paper books at one point, but as a Kindle owner and person who moves every few years, I no longer own any physical books. For fiction and non-fiction prose, I find an e-reader to be strictly superior to the paper version. I've even embraced e-cookbooks. The UX is markedly inferior while cooking, but the convenience of not having to move boxes and boxes of paper around with me is worth it.
- wiseowise 2y agoWhat an amazing idea. Carry 2kg book of necessary size instead of foldable cardboard. Truly genius.
- spencerflem 2y agoWhat's the carbon cost of shipping a plastic stand? Fwiw I do think that non-consumtion is a more 'real' protest than buying recycled but if you _have_ to get something
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- latexr 2y ago> but if you _have_ to get something You don’t have to get it shipped, most of the time. Whenever you next go to town, go into any hardware shop and buy whatever they have. Heck, hop on freecycle and you’re bound to see someone giving away one of these that you can pick up for free, in person. Or buy one second hand. Or use a large book. Or, or, or…
- spencerflem 2y agoHey yeah I agree, I just thought OP was being over the top with the moralizing. Like, OK its a bit virtue signal-y but so is complaining about it. And its still better than plastic. I'm not sure that being shipped is much worse than buying from a store that also gets it shipped and wrapped in as much plastic. And if its a town over, you're driving there which is CO2 as well. Using nothing at all is better for sure and I said as much. Second hand stuff rules. All in all though, this sort of individual choice is peanuts compared to taking a single plane ride which is itself peanuts compared to what corporations get away with. So imo. having any sort of strong opinion on this is silly.
- latexr 2y agoFair, I agree with most of what you wrote. However, advertising yourself as sustainable (like this store does) is also a marketing move which caters to a specific type of audience. If your products aren’t actually sustainable, it is valid criticism to point that out. Imagine having two companies selling candy. One says their sweets not only taste good but are good for you, while the other doesn’t make any kind of health claim. Both are bad, but one of them is outright tricking you, which feels worse. Note I’m not claiming this is what this seller is doing. Maybe they think what they’re doing is sustainable when it’s not. But that’s all the more reason to point it out so they can work of something better.
- lnsru 2y agoI grew in poverty. This looks to me crazy expensive. Sustainability comes second. These things are probably made overseas, shipped in a container and distributed in a small package. Then used few weeks, paper will wear out and then thrown away. But that’s how quick fashion industry works anyway. Edit: Asus laptop had foldable stand included in the paper packaging.
- cryptonector 2y agoThat's why I rarely use my laptop's keyboard. Always use an external keyboard, and also an external monitor. That way you can look forward and not hurt your neck while also not having to hold your arms in a very high and uncomfortable position. Oh and don't rest your wrists while typing. Also learn to type correctly, and/or use sticky keys (the accessibility feature). Right, then you don't need this stand, though since traveling with a monitor is not practical, an stand that raises the laptop's display is a great thing, so... sold!