CmdrShepard

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Lol I'd hardly call it a Pavlovian response. It's more that it's a well known date for stores to have sales on their merchandise, which is why people shop around on those days. I don't see what's so offensive about saving some money on a purchase you were going to make anyway, but I think there is some projection happening here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The point is to increase sales. Browsing a website or walking through a store and not buying anything doesn't generate any revenue for a business. Nothing is being consumed, nor is anyone being forced to buy things against their will as the term "ordered" would suggest.

Do you get this bent out of shape when a store has a sale or promotion at any other point in the year?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'd hardly call them "orders." I will shop for deals on both days, but that doesn't mean I'm actually going to buy anything, especially with all the price tracking extensions available and the severe lack of actual discounts over the last few years. I will only buy things that are actually on sale and things that I actually want/need prior to me seeing them on discount.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Hey, that's how old my baby boy turned today. What a coincidence!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Remember when Netflix first started raising prices claiming it was all going to go toward new content that people would be excited for? That was years ago now and we've seen additional increases, along with ads, and blocking account sharing and their content still sucks for the most part.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Don't forget to stock up on masks and toilet paper while you're at it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I know there are several similar channels so maybe I'm mixed up, but wasn't this the one where they found out the guy was using machinery to create his projects off camera and claiming it was all done by hand?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

FSD is an entirely separate thing. Autopilot is just an LKAS system, or adaptive cruise control.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

100% seafoam green

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

Yep, just like "cruise control" made tons of people drive their car into the ocean thinking they could sail it to popular island destinations.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

To probably 90% of people "autopilot" means "drive automatically".

Based on what?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Full Self Driving and Autopilot are two totally separate systems.

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