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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Everything important should be done on a monitor. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think large purchases should be done on a monitor because not cross comparing prices/terms/sellers/etc makes one a fool.

Tiny screens are a marketer's dream. The downsides are another 2 menus deep and the shitty terms are 2 screens ago, just look at that pretty bold number at the top and the pretty bold BUY NOW button at the bottom. Whee!

If something costs more than $500, I'm doing it with 4 browser windows on 2 screens with competing offers, seller reviews, product/experience reviews, etc, confirming I'm getting screwed the least possible for what I want or need before I make the purchase, and often confirming whether or not the large purchase is warranted at all.

Gen Zs "I do large purchases on my phone," and to be clear I like Gen Z more than my own millennial generation on most issues, is just a minor derivation on a very, very, very old flex, perhaps the oldest flex of all: I don't care what it costs, I'll just buy it.