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by cm2012 4mo ago
Yes not gonna pull it but there's data that shows calories got meaningfully cheaper and easier to access in the United States and more plentiful from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Comedy is about putting butts in seats. No comedian can be successful without promoting themselves to get attendees at their shows, and Bill Hicks was no exception. Bill Hicks clearly did the normal career-promotion work of a comedian: he a
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Those things you said sound evil but they're really not. Finding hyper-palatable food is just another word for finding stuff people want to eat if you're making food, something that's tasty. Spending billions on marketing? Ma
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Weight gain has basically happened across the whole developed world because cost per calorie has gotten so low that people just eat more calories on average. This is why semi-glutides are the first thing ever to reduce weight gain and actua
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by cm2012 4mo ago
I don't know if you know this, but all Facebook ads as well as TikTok ads and so on are public on the internet. You can go to Facebook Ads Library. https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&a
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Tobacco is an addictive product that on average hurts the people who use it as a negative utility. Almost every other product people buy has a positive utility. Tobacco, along with other drugs, is uniquely bad.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
These two categories are massively different. Tobacco, you could make the case that you're just hurting people. Industrial food conglomerates are necessary to feed the world. People would die without them. They also make plenty of nutr
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Yes it seems like the authors of this article are implying this is bad? I mean ultra-processed is a meaningless term but generally processed food lasts longer, is less perishable, often cheaper, etc.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
I know its just a joke, but Bill Hicks also constantly marketed himself and branded himself as an anti-marketing comedian. In his mind it was okay to promote yourself as a comedian but not promote your own business.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
That seems like super harmless fun to me.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
When writing was invented people complained that written words weren't actually art the same way. "If they're not going to take the time to memorize it, then it's not worth my time to listen to it."
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by cm2012 4mo ago
This would be a masterpiece if it was half as long, the second half is not as convincing or compelling.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
No, you cannot say the mood is fatalistic when purchase interest in stocks is at an all time high
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Yeah, this article does not seem evidence backed to me. There is a ton of optimism now.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Eh I played trombone in high school and it is very forgiving. You can vibe play a trombone.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Newspapers, network tv, etc has been subsidized by ads for 100 years+
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by cm2012 4mo ago
I love this and think it is a great use of the tech
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by cm2012 4mo ago
This is absolutely a good thing for the world.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Both ads and capitalism are messy and have some externalized harms, but are better than the alternatives. In the "advertising led" model of customer discovery, businesses advertise to essentially tell the market that they exist an
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by cm2012 4mo ago
"The average person in the USA has about $1200/year spent on advertising intended to reach them. Where do you want “your” $1200 spent?" Interestingly $1,200 is roughly 3.5% of what the average American spends per year (roughl
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Yes, the manufacturers coupon. Savings card takes 2 min to fill out, I have done it on my phone at a CVS
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by cm2012 4mo ago
In the US every CVS had rapid acting insulin for $35 for one month supply. This is not special to europe.
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Especially now that we have magic boxes to answer any question and speak any language
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by cm2012 4mo ago
No it wouldnt
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Same should be said of anyone who ever does international travel
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by cm2012 4mo ago
A minority cannot socially pressure a majority, it will just backfire
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by cm2012 4mo ago
You are incredibly proving OPs point
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Local governments can do the trade off on tax revenue vs inconvenience
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by cm2012 4mo ago
Yes, any major manufacturing ends up as a big number. It is still usually worth doing!
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by cm2012 4mo ago
For sure, and for me that means AI tech is a great moral good like all human productivity improving technology.

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