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lamentforicarus ,

I actually think about this. All those houses that are streets away from the beach are going to make so much more in the future because the beach will move.

ELI5: How is Amazon able to sell me books so much cheaper than brick and mortar book stores in my area

I like shopping in book stores. There’s something about wandering the aisles and waiting for a book to jump out at you that I can’t get shopping online. Unfortunately, whenever I compare the price of a book Amazon has every in-person store beat, often pricing their offerings 30%-50% lower (or around $10/book in my...

lamentforicarus ,

Amazon does not make any profit from their books. They are able to sell them cheaply because they sell them at a loss. They weren’t even profitable for a long time and maintained thanks to investors. Basically, Bezos sold the idea of the future of his store’s worth. And it worked.

lamentforicarus ,

Sure, but in that previous time period, they didn’t make a profit but were able to destroy the brick and mortar bookstore. So I guess it would be more honest to say they demolished the bookselling industry and now can argue for whatever deals they want because the only other bookstores are weakened.

lamentforicarus ,

Growing up in the South is learning to be mean by way of looking nice.

lamentforicarus ,

It’s a subtly, yeah. There’s a lot of reading between the lines along, which is annoying if you’re not used to it.

lamentforicarus ,

Proudly have never had that said to me lol

lamentforicarus ,

It took me a while to figure out. Like I knew Southerners can be mean and judgy, but I didn’t think about how until I traveled to other places and saw how much more straightforward people are. It’s nice when kindness is kindness and there’s no underlying meaning.

lamentforicarus ,

Not really. They never wanted a large instance and didn’t want to become a Reddit replacement. I see them more like a federated Tildes, honestly.

lamentforicarus ,

It’s available in the UK as well. They don’t follow EU privacy laws.

lamentforicarus ,

I think up to season 5 are fine. Season 6 is starts the downhill trash spiral. Season 5 also ends well enough you could watch until that point and move on with your life. A few holes left but your own imagination would be a better ending.

lamentforicarus ,

Same. 30s, healthcare, no linux. Not even tech savvy at all, but I can follow directions well enough.

lamentforicarus ,

Like all social media, you have to curate it. I follow hashtags for cats, books, writing, fandoms, etc. The rage is minimum then because my homepage doesn’t have politics or news. I actually do follow a couple of news sources, but their stuff is surrounded by an ocean of fun things so it’s not nearly as bad.

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