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Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by blharr on Monday January 13, 2025 @01:40PM (#42686910)
I mean, it's a good idea, I just wouldn't buy the one in Korea to get shipped over here. I don't get the cynicism, someone in Korea had this idea and made the product, probably intended for other people in Korea where the shipping isn't an issue?
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Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by latexr on Monday January 13, 2025 @02:45PM (#42687980)
> probably intended for other people in Korea

The seller is called “grape lab”, with a “g” as the logo, and “Sustainable Design Lab” as the tagline. Everything in English. How is that “intended for other people in Korea”?

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Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by lupire on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:45AM (#42696542)
It's origami, so making it in USA wouldn't fit our racist ideas about what makes a folded-paper design valuable.

USA folded paper is cheap cardboard. Asian folded paper is origami.

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