Mastodawn

Stop Watering It Down: Why Diluting Mouthwash Is False Frugality and Self-Sabotage

There are few habits that feel so strangely symbolic of modern life as the act of stretching products past their intended use. We dilute soap. We water down juice. We scrape the last microscopic remains from bottles as if victory itself lives at the bottom. And among these rituals sits one that, for reasons both practical and psychological, just gets under my skin: people adding water to mouthwash to “make it last longer.” On the surface, it seems harmless. Even clever. A hack. A life […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/02/15/14/22/53/analysis/jaimedavid327/9905/stop-watering-it-down-why-diluting-mouthwash-is-false-frugality-and-self-sabotage/

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦Dec 11

"'Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet"

But please explain to me again how the NHS can't afford flu vaccines for under 65s?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r30787e76o

#FalseEconomy #Flu #Influenza #Vaccines

Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet

Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces "worst-case scenario".

BBC News

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦Dec 4

"Hospitals facing unprecedented flu season, say NHS bosses"

But tell me again how the NHS can't afford to give flu vaccines to people under 65?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74xqn2zg1eo

#FalseEconomy #Flu #Influenza #NHSCrisis

Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles

NHS bosses warn the public to use hospitals wisely amid concern this could be a tough winter.

BBC News

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦Nov 6

Yesterday's news: sickness absence, driven in large part by a surge in mental health issues, is costing the UK economy £212 billion a year.

Today's news: NHS mental health services are closing.

If someone thinks that's going to save money, they are going to be sorely disappointed.

Also, quite apart from the money, it's just utterly cruel on a human level.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpl150ze4o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v80n7mz2jo

#ADHD #MentalHealth #FalseEconomy

ADHD services shutting door to new NHS patients as demand soars, BBC finds

A BBC investigation finds that a host of areas in England are closing waiting lists and others are rationing care.

BBC News

Andii אַנדִֽי Aug 15, 2025

''...when businesses fire a bunch of workers and replace them with AI, they don't get the promised savings. Instead, they end up with a system that's so broken that all the wage savings are incinerated by the cost of making good on the AI's failures. "
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/13/then-they-came-for-me/#boss-politics
#AI. #ReverseCentaurs #FalseEconomy

Pluralistic: Maga’s boss class think they are immune to American carnage (13 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

GNU/Matt

Apr 12, 2025

The hype I am seeing for "refurbished" or "renewed" hard drives for NAS usage seems like false economy to me. These drives need to be a heaps cheaper than they are to be the bargain that youtubers and tech blogs are saying they are. Some of these drives have in excess of 10,000 power on hours. It's been spinning for over a year and you're paying 80% of the original price?!

No thanks

#secondhanddrives #ewaste #falseeconomy #server #homelab #refurbished #refurb

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Apr 4, 2024

A direct flight from Calgary to Barcelona is $800 but a flight adding an additional 1000km from Comox to Calgary then Barcelona is $700. Make it make sense.
🤦‍♂️ #flying #CO2 #CheapTravel #falseEconomy

SubtleBlade ⚔️Mar 18, 2024

Government urged to tackle #poverty to help the #NHS

#Healthcare delays in DeprivedCommunities mean greater need for expensive emergency treatment, research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2024/mar/18/poverty-in-the-uk-shorter-less-healthy-lives
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #FalseEconomy #UnderfundingPublicServices

Government urged to tackle poverty to help the NHS

Healthcare delays in deprived communities mean greater need for expensive emergency treatment, research finds

The Guardian

SubtleBlade ⚔️Nov 13, 2023

[#Tory, obv.,] Ministers have drawn up large #benefit changes for people who are unable to work due to #health conditions, the BBC has learned.

The changes, affecting hundreds of thousands of people from 2025, would save [cut, but consequences will cost...] £4bn from the welfare budget.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67385385.amp
#ToryPoliciesInAction #MoneyBeforePeople #FalseEconomy #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #GTTO

Welfare cuts worth billions planned by ministers - BBC News

The changes, affecting hundreds of thousands of people from 2025, would save £4bn in welfare payments.

BBC News

Wokebloke for Democracy Aug 9, 2023

Of all people, George Will explains a small portion of the corporate welfare that props up the US false economy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/09/sugar-protectionism-raises-prices/?utm_campaign=wp_follow_george_f_will&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl-georgefwill
#FalseEconomy #CorporateWelfare #Capitalism #Subsidies

How U.S. sugar protectionism could sour your Halloween and Christmas

The government's central planners look out for about 4,000 domestic growers. That keeps prices artificially high, driving some candy makers out of the country.

The Washington Post