Re:Are We the Baddies?
by quailfarmer on Sunday July 06, 2025 @03:39AM
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Paperbacks are _not_ a regressive tax. The book is equally readable in both forms, and often more portable in paperback. Hardcover books are (mild) luxury items that can command a higher profit margin and thus are easier for publishers to justify. Very few individuals are buying hardcover books in order to maximize utility over many decades
Re:Are We the Baddies?
by haveyoucinsdrd on Sunday July 06, 2025 @04:54AM
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It’s true because you used _…_ for emphasis? Bet you sat alone in a room shaking a fist in sanctimonious fashion being so bold in syntax and ignorance?
You removed my argument from its original context of finance and real resource use, which made it untrue. Leave them be and it’s still true.
And even if what you say in your last point about purchases is true that’s not a reason to stick with the pattern of also selling paperback books. Two manufacturing pipelines to accommodate both formats also uses up resources.
Go ahead and obsess over money I’ll focus on the physical resources use which actually exists whereas money is a social illusion.
So I guess I’m gonna do what you did and just ignore your argument altogether.
Re:Are We the Baddies?
by StefanBatory on Sunday July 06, 2025 @05:13AM
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When it comes to media like movies… really? Still? The resource use of Top Gun and Star Wars is bonkers. Can’t we just have local theater and you know socialize?
Do we need the movie to come together and socialize over?
I so thought we were done with that stuff around Spider-Man 3. MCU and Star Wars sequels made no sense to me.
Is our attention always going to be coupled to Saturday mornings in 1990s?
Boomers did all the drugs and made music and corny fun shows like SNL and somehow convinced us to stare at computers iterating on word problems like it’s fucking middle school while staring at these over the top delusions of grandeur to borrow from Han Solo.