Ian BuschMar 16
Cabel Sasser
if you think about it, everything uses a rental model. i rent my tires, they eventually wear out. there’s a cost per day. i rent my jeans, they always get holes after a year or two. my shoes. toilet paper. olive oil. printer paper. a nice lunch is a short term rental. our bodies
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Show threadAnton RohrMar 15
@cabel Even buying a house is renting.. just for 70 years
Show threadToborMar 15
@cabel "You don't buy coffee, you rent it, am I right?". The phrase said at a million workplace urinals every day.
Show threadxenonchromaticMar 15
@cabel I legitimately cant tell if this is intended as satire or not.
Show threadRadu DutzanMar 15
@xenonchromatic @cabel Same, is this “company CEO”-style rationalization of a hostile business model, or a parody of that? Consumables are obviously not rented, but it is possible for people to actually believe this makes sense, thus justifying turning everything into a “service”
Show threadAndrew BarkerMar 15
@cabel where moth and rust destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
Show threadscullyMar 15
@cabel I used to say this about beer.
Show threadBrad EllisMar 15
@cabel
Show threadbbccddeMar 15
@cabel The word is “consume”. 🤓 Renting and consuming are two separate things.
Show threadFreediverXMar 15
@cabel
Lots of people pay a premium for jeans with holes.
Show threadCabel SasserMar 15
@freediverx let’s just say the holes in my jeans are in places where (most) people do not want them.
Show threadTunafishTigerMar 15
@cabel I tried investing in toilet paper as a service (tpaas) once but the depreciation on the assets were insane
Show threadOlivier Roux (moose)Mar 15
@cabel but you can sell your jeans before they become unsuable. Not so much zith stuff you actually rent. And the price of your jeans doesn’t go up retroactively once you’ve bought them,
Show threadZephyrMar 15
@cabel you’d surely be fascinated by some ideas in, “Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence”
Show threadCliff MaierMar 15
@cabel long term if you don’t get enough fiber.
Show threadBrian EnigmaMar 15
@cabel Entropy, man. Entropy. ⏳