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What's something poor people do that rich people wouldn't understand? (lazysoci.al)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah!! I actually find it quite nice, nevermind that the necessity that gave rise to it is communal poverty.

If the same kind of piecemeal purchases (minus the dizzying amounts of plastic) can be adopted for more products, here and everywhere, that'd be very nice. I can't imagine it'd be any more troublesome than keeping a huge vat of whatever, a weighing scale or some sort of a liquid measuring device and a person to make the measurements and handle the payment.

Well, I guess it can't handle a rush of customers, though, hence the 50mL sachets of food stuff (and 5mL of shampoo, dishwashing liquid, etc).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

It wouldn't be complex at all. Have a scale under the dispenser. Place your container on it. Then it tares it (discounts the weight of the container), then you just pour and it sees show much it gave and that It matches what the weight increased by. Don't even need a person.

All sorts which are a bitch to make at home because of the time and usually large batches and limited room in the fridge. I'm thinking of buying an extra freezer.

I don't think single use plastics were bad... IF the global infra for producing actually biodegradable plastics existed and was used. But it doesn't.... yet.