The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 4 days agoCan't throw me off the scentlemmy.worldimagemessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageCan't throw me off the scentlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 4 days agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIf this is how the Western world arrives at harm reduction and UBI for everyone - that it’s just good business - I’m not even gonna be mad.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoLike that would happen when they can sell £4 cables for £300.
minus-squareShard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIt’s not that £4 cable costs £300. £4 is the scrap value of the copper once the insulation has been peeled off. Freshly made cable costs a bit more than that. It costs £300 to fix because of the cost of the cable, labour and the workmanship.
minus-squarebeaiouns@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoWhy scrap it when you can turn around and sell it right back to them?
minus-squareTheLowestStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoIf I break into your house and steal your TV then knock on your door the next day to offer to sell it back to you, would you buy it?
minus-squarebeaiouns@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoDepends on how much copper is in it, I guess
minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoNot much since I stripped it out and sold it for a cool $4. Now do you want this cable for 1/2 off or not!
If this is how the Western world arrives at harm reduction and UBI for everyone - that it’s just good business - I’m not even gonna be mad.
Like that would happen when they can sell £4 cables for £300.
It’s not that £4 cable costs £300. £4 is the scrap value of the copper once the insulation has been peeled off. Freshly made cable costs a bit more than that.
It costs £300 to fix because of the cost of the cable, labour and the workmanship.
Why scrap it when you can turn around and sell it right back to them?
If I break into your house and steal your TV then knock on your door the next day to offer to sell it back to you, would you buy it?
Depends on how much copper is in it, I guess
Not much since I stripped it out and sold it for a cool $4. Now do you want this cable for 1/2 off or not!