mofongo

mofongo wrote

Reply to comment by !deleted19441 in by !deleted19441

People here are forced to try the seas for survival too. If you do, remember to take as much fresh water as you can carrry, mirror, flashlights, and a floating vest.

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mofongo wrote

Reply to comment by zddy in by !deleted2159

YouTube changed their algorithm again, waiting for an update. This is making realize I should put more effort on looking for non- YouTube services.

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mofongo wrote

Reply to comment by mofongo in even stolen by An_Old_Big_Tree

I'm actually remembering lots of circumstances where my family would try to make things appear used or new, like family abroad making small imperfections on clothing so it would be charged as used instead of new by the freight carrier company, or shipping the product and box separately so custom would believe a product was used or convinced them that a forged receipt was legitimate.

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mofongo wrote

This reminded me of someone I knew that would avoid buying used products as much as possible, and would even prefer not to buy things they needed. It was really confusing for me at the time.

Now that the internet is more common, it was also confusing to me to see how things would get discounted for imperfections, even cosmetic ones. My TV has a 5cm scratch in the bottom middle, it takes a lot of effort to notice, yet it was marked down.

I remember how the new car smell was a popular car refresher product a decade ago, until it was found the composition causes lung issues.

Putting my thoughts into coherence, that the desire of pristine and new, is also related the desire to be first, to appear wealthy (following my own experience), or just add a magical significance to a thing.

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mofongo wrote

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Use pee as a jet stream to move faster between orders.

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