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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

The price of cocaine is dropping?

....

Can we make RAM out of cocaine?

[–] trslim@pawb.social 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

economy is so bad, even cartels are forced to save

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You joke, but nothing screams "bad days ahead for the American finance/real estate/tech sectors" like a sharp contraction in demand for nose candy

[–] needanke@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But with massive cocaine production leading to market saturation

This seems to be a supply-side effect. Also, the article is about the market in europe.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Market saturation reduces incentive to import, which leads to a decay in quality

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its wild that you can od on pure coke for less than the cost of 64gb of ram

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A ball of 90% pure (tested myself) round me is about 200USD. A couple bumps gets me gakked for at least an hour. I could OD easily for about 100USD… that’s like 8GB of DDR4 or some shit hahaha

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

A swear, if a kilo of coke can pass a round of memtest, we'll be in business.

[–] DeceasedPassenger@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Reality is often stranger than fiction. Lmfao appreciate your input

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days ago (3 children)

This is good, right? Fewer single-use narco-submarines being discarded?

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Unlike Coca-cola, these traffickers reuse their containers

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

They are eco-conscious drug traffickers

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you find one on the beach you can return it for the deposit.

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

What's that Mr chainsaw man? Get in the car and we're going for a ride? Whoopsie, guess finding that container wasn't as lucky as I thought.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Recycle, reuse!

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They had me at cheaper cocaine.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

That's just crack.

Falling price of cocaine more often than not means you're getting it stepped on a lot more. You're not getting high quality for cheap.

Enshitification came for the narcotics industry ages ago.

[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 19 points 2 days ago

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I had only heard of the subs going to the US until now.
It's kinda crazy they're crossing the Atlantic in those things, even crazier they're doing round trips

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Were they so wealthy they were just buying brand new narco-submarines every shipment? 🤔

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

IIRC there is a whole industry that builds them custom, often out of fiberglass

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was just making a joke, but I suppose it doesn't even need to be manned. Just big enough to pack cocaine in and remote pilot or self-guide to a destinstion like a torpedo. And that could be cheap.

It's also probably easier to just make a new one rather than send it back empty and risk your route being compromised or something. Twice the trips is twice the chance that something gets noticed.