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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • qarbone@lemmy.worldtoFunny@sh.itjust.worksIt should be mandatory
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    1 month ago

    Ok, I can see that pricepoint with those metrics.

    In my wedding culture (African), a small wedding has 60 guests, and a respectable one cracks 100. If you’re doing that anywhere in the West, you’re racking up a charge even if you’re trying to be frugal.

    But it also doesn’t feel good for many people to have to scrimp and save on one of the few big social events of adult life, besides the funeral.







  • qarbone@lemmy.worldtoRare insults@lemmy.worldStark reminder
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    3 months ago

    If a thing is adopted everywhere, then…yes, it would be a universal concept. Sure, it would remain an American invention but that’s not what was being said.

    It’s like saying cars are a German concept, because they were invented there. And electronic TVs are American concepts. The rest of the world may have adopted them nowadays but “they are still uniquely German and American concepts.”

    “Only the American mind would conceive of ‘TVs’, other cultures may adopt and ape it but it remains American.”

    “Nothing but the German psyche could generate the concept of ‘cars’. Sure, other countries have adopted ‘cars’, and apply it by themselves, but it’s primarily a German concept.”




  • Have you seen prices drop since companies have laid off all the human help? If human interaction is such a botique concession how did business manage until now and where did their savings go?

    Why are prices staying the same (if we’re lucky) or still rising, services are staying the same (if we’re lucky) or getting worse, companies are taking all these cost-saving measures like sweeping layoffs, and yet the biggest companies are generally posting record profits?

    I understand you’re probably playing devil’s advocate but devils aren’t entitled to an attorney.