You have to pay a fee per sip, and if you fail to keep up with the payments an Italian guy comes and punches you in the stomach so you vomit the coffee back up.
Why the f-ck did anyone ask Klaus Schwab the time anyway
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You have to pay a fee per sip, and if you fail to keep up with the payments an Italian guy comes and punches you in the stomach so you vomit the coffee back up.
Thesaint
Active Member
Instead of buying a pack, you subscribe and pay monthly fee and they send you them. Ok they never get the coffee back to resell or rent again but it's the idea of locking/tempting someone into a small monthly subscription is important.
People who pay electric and gas by DD know the disadvantage can be the provider determines what they want you to owe to help their corporate cashflow not what you have used with quarterly bill.
hould we really just dismiss out of hand the observation that the WEF has some serious influence on global politics?
No but it's their brazenness post pandemic is surprising and the influence of global organisations like the WEF, WHO, Open society, Gates etc who have no mandate nor any answerability to the electors is a worry. If all governments start to think too alike the options open to voters is ultimately gone.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I believe that subscribers pay a monthly fee to get a particular kind of coffee beans delivered at regular intervals. I think there are similar services in which recipes complete with pre-measured cooking ingredients can be sent you. I guess it might work out if you like a particular kind of fancy coffee and want it reliably delivered, then it's a service worth paying for, but personally I'm happy with just buying instant coffee whenever I need it.
I did see a things the other day where Adobe are charging a subscription so you can use certain colours in their newest version of Photoshop.
And that's not even a joke, btw.
arstechnica.com
Pantone wants $15/month for the privilege of using its colors in Photoshop
Changes have already hit some users, but communication and timing are muddled.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Maybe they provide a palette of colours for which they charge.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Haven't adobe and MS Office been doing this for years though?
I can't pretend to fully understand, but I think the Pantone colours are a standardised set of colours that designers can use to ensure that print shops actually print the colour they want. Photoshop have decided to black out the standardised colours unless you pay. Or something like that
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Maybe they provide a palette of colours for which they charge.
Pantone do make colour books and swatches so that you can see what a colour truly looks like under actual lighting conditions as opposed to on a screen, which might be calibrated incorrectly. It makes sense to charge for a physical product like that which costs labour and resources to make.
But of course just charging for the physical goods doesn't make Pantone all of the money, so here we are.
I've no idea. I still use MS Paint. I see there is now some fandangled 'Paint 3D' that comes with Windows, but I prefer to keep it old skool.
Oh no, I wasn't implying any conspiracy about Photoshop colours. Was just a tangent in the conversation that seems interesting
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
why don't you use libre office or similar?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i wouldn't be surprised if there were particular occult meanings to the colours selected by pantone. the clear reference to the famous god in their name is at the very least suggestive.
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
Maybe I should give that a try but I often find those free ones don't work as well or I can't open stuff properly etc
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Exactly, it's not a conspiracy. When industries decide to take the piss out of their customers, they don't hide it away. They give lectures in public:
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
I'd still distinguish between those who work for WEF (some influence) and those they invite to their meetings (very powerful). If those powerful people weren't coming to WEF events they would be meeting in other rooms and I don't think the decisions they make would be that different.
Back to the WEF issue though. Why on earth wouldn't the powerful cooperate when they see it's in their interest? Isn't that just called capitalism?
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
what on earth are you talking about?
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
It's almost as if it's just the usual eco forum bluster that will come to some thigns but capitalism will still power on.
or what, you think this weird looking chap is goign to strong arm all cooperations and all the world's goverments into follow his wicked plan?
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Thesaint
Active Member
Collusion and corruption at the top that disadvantages the majority doesn't have be specifically capitalist though.
For me it how their ideas turn into individual governments policies without the wider electoral say or debate.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
But the WEF is just one node through which ideas of the rich and powerful flow. They don't control things per se - the idea that they do is a conspiracy theory. If you don't like their ideas, fine, pretty much nobody on these boards does, but that's just the ideas of the ruling class, mostly in rich countries. There's nothing special about the WEF that is pushing new ideas or anything. There are lots of similar nodes through which these ideas flow.
Thesaint
Active Member
Strongarm? What if they could join in? Imagine the dream of a global digital ID/QR code app which can be used to purchase things but also allow those same corporates to study your behavior and influence it more directly and reward you for complinace?. If you don't want to carry such an ID you're blocked from most of life or travel etc.
All very Orwellian but you could see it happening as the technology is ready to roll.....
How about we just call both organisers and attendees the face of organised Capital?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
because they're not the face of organised capital. they're a face of organised capital, like the cbi is a face of organised capital. 'the' is a bit strong.
They'll program that shit to account for all that.
Anyway, when I come back and say "I told you so", you'll probably just parrot the benefits of it all.
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