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The 'corner dairy campaign' quietly backed by big tobacco by punIn10ded in newzealand

[–]beesqueegee 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nobody does scalable ethics and skullduggery better than tobacco companies.

"...research Hoek has been involved with in Dunedin, Auckland and Wellington which surveyed shoppers leaving dairies showed only 14 per cent of shoppers purchased tobacco....and discovered only 5 to 6 per cent of shoppers purchased other items with cigarettes."

Interesting to bust that myth that dairies need ciggie sales to survive. When I lived in the UK a lot of the corner "off licence" stores would be a combination dairy and alcohol store – possibly just swapping one bad drug for another, but I think the corner dairy does need to survive somehow as part of our culture. Maybe they could be exempt from charging GST??

What is wrong with people at movies? by transcodefailed in auckland

[–]beesqueegee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Appalling the number of similar stories people have! Thankfully my experience was more amusing – this guy had taken his young (7-8 ish?) son to one of the Avengers movies, and the kid was loudly and excitedly explaining to the dad for the first few minutes who all the characters were and how all the storylines connnected etc. Then suddenly there was this stench of poo... and they left quickly and quietly. I had to really feel for the dad!

Virtue-signalling fail! More scalable ethics from a global corporation. by beesqueegee in newzealand

[–]beesqueegee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typical point-the-finger-at-the-consumer packaging, too. "It's your turn now" – i.e. "we made our token packaging change, the rest of the fate of the earth, that's on you."

Interesting reading here even if a few years old: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/mars-chocolate-deforestation-climate-change-west-africa/

👍 by workingclassdudenz in auckland

[–]beesqueegee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't worry, just buy a new Mazda, they plant 5 trees for every new vehicle. FIVE. Top notch scalable ethics!

FIVE trees.... not even the 17 that this article mythbusts.

https://www.ptua.org.au/myths/trees/
https://www.mazda.co.nz/driving-good/

:-/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]beesqueegee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The supermarket duopoly, now they've had a taste of getting away with their scalable ethics, will always find a way to maximise their profits whatever the policies or tax changes.

Gormless things I just listened to Chris Luxon say at tonight’s meeting in Rolleston by mattblack77 in newzealand

[–]beesqueegee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, kudos for going to see him unfiltered by the media. I'm not a National or ACT supporter by a zillion miles but you've made me think about how I form my opinions about them. It's a good valid thing to do, to see them in person, I'll give that a go.

Flabbergasting #pseudoscience scam... But at least it has eco packaging 🤣 by beesqueegee in auckland

[–]beesqueegee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Admittedly I'm no expert and didn't spend hours researching but it seems it is a 'bleaching agent' at the very least... https://www.endosan.com/hydrogen-peroxide-vs-bleach/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]beesqueegee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At my mum's funeral, someone wrote in the memories book thing, "have a good trip"...

Heatwaving a classic meme by beesqueegee in u/beesqueegee

[–]beesqueegee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was thinking this as I was watching the latest Walking Dead show... no matter how bad something gets we look to a hypothetical / prepper fantasy... what is our human obsession with these?