• dudeface@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    I stopped using Amazon like 8 years ago over various previous inhumane issues

    Seems the rest of the world prefers slightly more convenience

    What are you gonna do I guess

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      I miss electronics shops :( The chain and small hobby shops around me don’t carry things like resistors and capacitors. I checked every single one. Really.

      Then I bought a lifetime supply of resistors, like actual hundreds, and it was delivered to my doorstep in under 6 hours for $8.

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        9 hours ago

        I dont miss paying extra just because its a local shop and they get to gouge

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      18 hours ago

      just remember. the planet is going to be just fine.

      1000004453

      remember how quickly wildlife came back when covid shutdowns hit? it’ll be like that when the last human dies.

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        14 hours ago

        Great. The ants, cockroaches and rats will fight over world domination once we drove nearly everything else into extinction. That‘s so reassuring. I only ever cared about the ants anyway. /s

        I genuinely don‘t give a shit about the 99% of the planet that isn‘t it‘s outer crust so obviously I don‘t care if „the planet will be fine“ either. That‘s not mine or your world. Neither is anything that happens in millions of years after pretty much every species we ever knew is no longer there. It‘s such a straw man argument. Nobody is talking about what that clown was talking about when saying „the planet“ and he knew it.

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        18 hours ago

        The last human will be descendant of billionaires who’s lineage lived underground for 8 generations

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      17 hours ago

      I ask people every now and then, the theme of the answer is similar: one stop shopping, it’s easier than looking elsewhere, answering with the question where else am I going to go? People tend to take the shortest path between A and B.

      There are some things you can only find there, sure, but there’s more of a shopping dopamine hit if you look around. Other retailers do exist. Most of the time you can find it elsewhere.

      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksOP
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        15 hours ago

        I do most of my shopping through eBay, although some of the sellers use Amazon for fulfillment. They’re hard to avoid entirely.

    • traxex@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 hours ago

      Just change one other mind. If everyone did the same they would be gone in no time. Do two and it will be done even sooner.