Re:The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood
by kube-system on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:15PM
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> You do understand that sand is one of the most common things on earth (hence the glass is dirt-cheap).
If only it worked this way I could finally afford a 4090
Re:The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood
by DiggyJohnson on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:06PM
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There's almost never a reason to start your comment with "You do understand..."?
There's a lot that goes into the cost of a good rather than the value of the raw ingredients.
Re:The drinking fountain button is tragically misunderstood
by vwelling on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @10:22AM
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Well actually...
We're doing a pretty good job of making it a lot less common: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/problem-our-dwin...
There's even such a thing as Sand Theft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_theft
You do understand that sand is one of the most common things on earth (hence the glass is dirt-cheap).
Just as an example of those mentioned faceted glasses: their price was 7 or 14 copecks (good thing every one of them had the price stamped on the bottom). It’s less than the price of bread.
The only thing I could imagine about those Nutella being used as glasses is common “this is a thing from the coveted west”.