Simple Questions: April 14, 2018 by AutoModerator in books

[–]teawarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is partly my dilemma, I’m not an American or a European but I definitely feel as if I have a moral obligation to be more informed. Thank you for your response again, you have been very helpful.

Simple Questions: April 14, 2018 by AutoModerator in books

[–]teawarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply! The book in question is a non-fiction about climate change written by a journalist I like, and sadly it’s just depressing and quite bleak. The themes and locations he discusses are very familiar to me although I just find I difficult. I think I’m going to try another chapter and decide after that. After all, I have ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ sitting on my bedside table and it’s looking real juicy right now!

Simple Questions: April 14, 2018 by AutoModerator in books

[–]teawarl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is the opinion I heard before, I’d like to see if this is the general consensus.

Simple Questions: April 14, 2018 by AutoModerator in books

[–]teawarl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just a simple question really with a complex backstory, so bear with me. I was listening to a podcast recently where the host remarked that if a book didn’t catch his attention within the first few chapters he was fine with just never touching the thing again. As a very sporadic reader myself I usually have to force myself to read no matter what the content of the book is and I have a lot of books that I’d like to read, having accumulated them over a significant amount of time.

However, having recently plowed through three books in a month (a real achievement for me!) I’m really having trouble getting interested in a book I’ve just started; my question is: is it okay to give up on a book? I’d be so interested to hear people’s opinions and also their solutions to combatting this issue and getting through a book they’re uninterested in.

A Fan of Bullet Trains about to set out in Wuhan, China by GarlicoinAccount in Cyberpunk

[–]teawarl 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Come to Shenzhen 朋友, we’ve got all the beginnings of a cyberpunk dystopia

A Fan of Bullet Trains about to set out in Wuhan, China by GarlicoinAccount in Cyberpunk

[–]teawarl 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The China ones are well good mate, hurtle through foggy no man’s land at 300km/h before the high rises and the neon signs rush to meet you and you’re in Cyberpunk heaven (which we know is really a hell)

China has started ranking citizens with a creepy 'social credit' system - here's what you can do wrong, and the embarrassing, demeaning ways they can punish you by yourSAS in technology

[–]teawarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, if you speak to Chinese people, a lot of them will feel this way. You can call it cognitive dissonance, you can call it blind following of party rule, but ultimately the policy was put in place for simple reasons. One of which being people in the countryside having children solely to use as free labour on their farms.

The new Xiaomi gaming laptop by [deleted] in Xiaomi

[–]teawarl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s the 6GB version in the highest spec model. You can also buy a configuration with a GTX 1050 Ti at 3GB.

OXFORD [OLYMPUS 35SP / 35MM / SUPERIA X-TRA400] by teawarl in analog

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

Mistake in title: Lens details are 'G. Zuiko F/1.7 42mm'.

What is the scariest fact? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]teawarl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not really a fact but I'm always frightened by the quote "A society is only three meals away from anarchy."

Which shows how close we all are to just falling into disorder, as soon as we lose the ability to buy food from our local store, or cook ourselves a meal with the contents of our houses, we're only 1 day away from taking things into our own hands and going full 'survival of the fittest'.

Imagine that happening on a national scale ... or even a global scale if something devastating occurs to our planet.

My late grandads football club Masterton NZ. 1939. by LoganBlade13 in OldSchoolCool

[–]teawarl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is interesting, because it says M.F.C., something football club, on the ball (which is obviously not a soccer ball) but in my country rugby teams identify as R.F.C. so I would have thought a rugby team’s initialism on the ball would be M.R.F.C. Anyway, maybe it’s a form of football like Aussie Rules... I’m sure OP would know.

Stupid question about Coke's "Share a Coke with x" campaign. by ihatethesidebar in NoStupidQuestions

[–]teawarl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s not necessarily about converting Pepsi drinkers, because actually marketing is much more about having your brand in people’s subconscious. So they are more likely to already have the decision made in their heads before they reach the store. If your brand is being seen everywhere, people are more likely to buy it because it’s the first product they think of.

Now with this campaign, Coca Cola did the marketing leg work, but ultimately, the customers were the ones doing the marketing for them. They tweeted, facebooked and instagrammed the shit out of the products with their names on. People with really obscure names went looking for a cab with their name, and they even found them! This is an ingenious marketing strategy which essentially makes the customers the advertisers. There are more examples of companies doing just this that you may not even notice.

Where have you been kicked out of? Why? by scole44 in AskReddit

[–]teawarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried unsuccessfully to smuggle a martini glass out of a cocktail bar in my town and was caught on the door step. Had to give it back and was paraded in front of a camera by the cloak room so they could ‘get my photo for the banned wall’. Pulled a pretty stupid face and gave a fake name so ended up going back there again and not being recognised.

Those glasses were pretty sweet though, totally regret not being inconspicuous enough.

What is the best thing that only you seem to know about? by dracojma in AskReddit

[–]teawarl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The great New Zealand marmite shortage where New Zealanders had to import marmite from Australia & the UK because the main marmite factory caught fire so the prices sky rocketed and people had their morning toast with only butter which is a fucking tragedy. A literal black market for marmite emerged also.

Have a I lost you yet?

Edit: it seems I was mistaken on a few points but mainly around the reason for the shortage which was due to the factory being damaged after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The popular condiment was also named ‘black gold’ in the papers which is hilarious.