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Let them eat 2 comments
Reflection 1 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Ah, that's probably Rašínovo Nábřeží here in Prague. Pretty part of town. High cost of living though and there's traffic, including trams, ambulances and cops, always going right under your windows. Even at 2AM. Especially at 2AM.
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First of all, how dare you 12 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Right, they're low-balling and an informed person who has done their research knows that they can sell it for a lot more elsewhere. Maybe scam is a strong word but there definitely is a big information asymmetry going on there, and it mostly goes unnoticed unless the person has done their research OR it's a rare/precious item that they need to call an appraiser for. Sure, they gotta turn a profit, that's how businesses work. But it's kinda striking when they have an appraiser on the show who tells the customer directly "This thing is worth at least $1000" and then the pawn shop owner goes "$250, take it or leave it". Like, damn, we get that you gotta turn a profit but $750 just for the item to sit at a dusty pawnshop?
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You are submerged in the dead 3 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
When I die, I want no embalming, no coffin/casket, no headstone, just a degradable shroud and a tree planted above my corpse.
(Btw if you're into eco friendly funeral stuff I recommend checking out the YT channel Ask a Mortician)
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(Btw if you're into eco friendly funeral stuff I recommend checking out the YT channel Ask a Mortician)
Rt-PCR COVID Tests, basically 3 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Dude those tests suck. When I had it done it felt like they stuffed it all the way into my skull and tickled my brain.
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based 9 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Have you seen most Brits cook? You do need them to stay, you'd cock up the recipe and make it bland.
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Tokolotshe (South African folklore) 9 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Ooooh it's evil Yoda!
(Just kidding, thank you for the wonderful description in the comments, i love learning about other cultures and especially their mythologies)
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(Just kidding, thank you for the wonderful description in the comments, i love learning about other cultures and especially their mythologies)
First of all, how dare you 12 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
I agree, the value of the items is very subjective, since you can't really account for things like production cost and have to examine the state of the item, its age, historical significance etc etc. There are a lot of variables, that's why you have to search through online listings to get an idea of what the item might be worth, and expect some margin of error. The people asking a higher price than the pawn shop is willing to give have also sometimes been in the wrong, because the item was in worse shape than others of the same kind sold online etc. So I'm definitely not saying they're always being scummy, just that they seem to consistently offer pretty low prices for rare items. But it's all for show anyway, maybe these speculations are what keeps the show going, idk.
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First of all, how dare you 12 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Yeah... dishonesty about the item's value?
My parents watch the show from time to time so I sometimes catch snippets of it when I'm at their place, and from what I've seen so far, there's a huge difference between people who come into the pawn shop kinda just to see what that old looking thing they found at their deceased grandma's attic was worth and people who've searched through internet forums and listings to see what that item is usually sold for. The former group will usually accept any price, the latter often reluctantly accepts but some people just straight up tell them they'll go elsewhere.
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My parents watch the show from time to time so I sometimes catch snippets of it when I'm at their place, and from what I've seen so far, there's a huge difference between people who come into the pawn shop kinda just to see what that old looking thing they found at their deceased grandma's attic was worth and people who've searched through internet forums and listings to see what that item is usually sold for. The former group will usually accept any price, the latter often reluctantly accepts but some people just straight up tell them they'll go elsewhere.
Zombie Protection Architecture 15 comments
First of all, how dare you 12 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
To be fair from watching the show it often does seem like a scam. Someone comes in with a rare, well preserved item and they're like "I'll give you two cents and a poptart"
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We shall fight the dreaded virii with... Munitions 4 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Ah yes just bomb the infected
(Dying Light reference anyone?)
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(Dying Light reference anyone?)
This guy for president, IMO 6 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Well, I wasn't expecting that, I'm happy to be proven wrong then!
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Lol... No hard feelings 5 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Well said, I agree completely! I'd add little house repairs to the list as well, I think that's very important too.
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This guy for president, IMO 6 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
I wonder how much the employees are paid if hot dogs cost $1.50. And the people producing them for Costco.
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Blocked nice commuting Whale 2 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
Agreed, I have very thick and somewhat long hair so I always take it upon myself to pull it out of the drain. I'm used to it already and my boyfriend is squeamish so he probably wouldn't have the guts to do it anyway.
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Got her 2 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
I'm sorry for ruining this *very real* story but isn't it the responsibility of the owner of the car to have the booster seat? You wouldn't fine a kid for not being in a booster seat, you'd fine the parents for not having one in the car. Sure it's different with a date but I mean c'mon is she supposed to carry it around with her everywhere she goes or what?
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There’re actually a few people who haven’t apologized for shitty things they’ve done 12 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
I'm sorry for, uh... *remembers stealing your lunch at work* uh, that this year was so bad? Yeah, that. Right. I totally haven't done anything I'd need to apologise for.
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"I'm smarter than you and I wish to broadcast it" 6 comments
ewqua
· 3 years ago
@bruh good point, I was gonna mention that as well, I just didn't want to start a whole philosophical thread here lol. By stating explicitly what should be among those values, you're preventing the person from fully creating their own values. However by telling them to create values of their own and stick to them, you're risking they'll create bad values for themselves. But since @garlog mentioned that those values should lead a person to virtue, one can imagine that learning from mistakes would be among them. Well, someone with my values and my definition of virtue would anyway, I don't know what a person with a different definition of virtue would say to that.
And yeah Gordon puts way too much olive oil into everything lol.