Random thoughts

[bacon]

 

[roguejuror]

the worldwide light bulb industry is 17 billion usd

 

[Blitty]

They could easily make light bulbs that last 10-20 years but the purposely make them short lived to sell more, no?

Kind of annoying.

 

[FairWarning]

Purely random - a day in the life of a NYC cabbie

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/visualizing-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-new-york-city-cab/

 

[Blitty]

I saw that a few months back. Cabbies suck.

 

[Mudcat]

They could easily make light bulbs that last 10-20 years but the purposely make them short lived to sell more, no?

Kind of annoying.

I don't think so. I have heard the same conspiracy theory about other products too. Like the car companies know how to make an engine that will never break down - but they just don't.

That would mean that, in a free market system, people are purposely staying away from producing a superior product. Companies actually go out of business without using knowledge they have as a competitive advantage. Why? To keep the sweetheart deal going for their surviving competitors?

Doesn't sound right to me.

 

[Blitty]

Not fact checking but I think they are available just fairly expensive.

Possibly more common in hard to reach/replace areas

 

[Mudcat]

The short-sightedness of consumers is a thing for sure. I imagine there are one hell of a lot of people where, if you offered them lightbulbs that cost 10x as much as regular lightbulbs - but last 20x as long - they would go for what is going to cost less over the next 10 seconds.

 

[bacon]

inserted a light bulb into my anal cavity last year to see if it'd light up, it didn't

don't do that

 

[Mudcat]

You know who that would work for I bet?

Uncle Fester.

 

[bacon]

Walmart last night.

Man, I fucking love that place.

 

[Mudcat]

I was at a Wal-Mart last week for the first time in who-knows-how-long.

Some real good pricing on toilet paper, I tell you wut.

A little low on ambience tho.

 

[bacon]

If ambience is your thing Walmart is hell. Bacon's thing is efficiency, I want to be at home with what I bought as soon as possible, I want to pay as little as possible and I need to not have to go anywhere else.

Walmart has it all, except ambience.

Example of bad ambience - dude probably about 28 slowly walking down the dairy aisle whistling (badly). Not looking at any products. I guess that's his thing - doing that. Bacon does not understand.

 

[FairWarning]

The short-sightedness of consumers is a thing for sure. I imagine there are one hell of a lot of people where, if you offered them lightbulbs that cost 10x as much as regular lightbulbs - but last 20x as long - they would go for what is going to cost less over the next 10 seconds.

Most people on fixed/lower income will take the lower priced item most every time. Why do you think they shrink the sizes? People Value something at $5, that's what they will spend on that item. If it rises, they move to the next lower price.

 

[Mudcat]

While at Wal-Mart, I threw a bag of Premium Liquorice Allsorts in my handbasket. Turns out they are mini. Says that right on the label but did not notice.

Same usual selection. But mini.

So the big question is: are they better in mini form?

Yes. Yes they are.

 

[Mudcat]

I have never played Truth or Dare. Not sure I understand it either.

I have often seen it played in movies or whatever, and I guess I get the basic outline of it, but it always feel like there are some subtleties at play that I am not privy to.

Unspoken boundaries.

 

[Matty]

Truth or dare is a clever game invented by boys who wanted to fondle and kiss girls. The "truth" part makes the game look legit.

That's how 12yo Matty and Joe Rain got to french-kiss the 15yo hottie across the street.

 

[Archie]

That's how 12yo Matty and Joe Rain got to french-kiss the 15yo hottie across the street.

What was his name?


Git it?

You ARE both gay!