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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by amelius on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @08:43AM (#15490416)
> Each new mattress has to be actually produced. It requires work funnily enough.

But that is work in the sense of energy, if robots are being used for production.

EDIT: Changed phrasing, to not distract from the actual argument.

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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by orcdork on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @08:47AM (#15490444)
If there is a comparison that is unfair, it's the one you just made between physical and mental work.
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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by amelius on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @08:57AM (#15490509)
The people benefiting from this scam are not the ones doing the actual physical work.
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Re:The war to sell you a mattress by s73ver_ on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:42PM (#15492412)
I could say the same thing about webapps and mental work.
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