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sarnobat t1_iucdlmy wrote

No. They are going to be sightly worse but much cheaper to make, so more profitable for businesses. And we will be saying they don't make them like they used to

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series_hybrid t1_iud627f wrote

This is what annoys me so much. If a company discovers a way to make solar panels for half the cost of the current methods, every article will say its a "game changer" because cheap solar panels mean everyone can afford them, now that they cost half as much.

The truth is...if a company patents a new process, and the manufacture of them is cut in half, then the company will sell them for 10% less to undercut the competition. Then, 3 years later the Chinese will have succeeded in using industrial spies to discover the method, and they will copy it with a few small tweaks, and THEN they will be sold for 20% less, to undercut the research company that discovered the method.

The guy who invented the Gatling gun literally said that it was so...future armies would only need much smaller armies, and there would be fewer inured or killed soldiers. I think that was PR and he knew it was BS at the time, but...who in their right mind wouldn't think that armies would stay the same size, and gatling guns (plus improved machine guns later) would be a force multipier?

My wife insisted that she wanted a "purple mattress" based on chat-forum recommendations from customers. We saved up and bought one and she likes it (I don't care either way). However, my brother in Christ, it is a silicone rubber mattress that cost $800. If I had slept on one at a friends house, I would say the mattress is nice, but my old mattress was ok. I'd take a purple mattress any day its offered, as long as someone else is paying for it.

It absolutely must cost half of the cost to manufacture compared to a common style mattress, even taking into consideration the cheap labor in Malaysia/Indonesia/China/India/etc...

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fr140 t1_iufhpp1 wrote

if that happens then there is a clear gap in the market for someone to find a method to produce adequately comfortable mattresses which can still produce them profit, there will always be a range of options

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SirReal_Realities t1_iucfewj wrote

How to say “I am Under 40” without saying it. Nothing feels as good after 40, not even sleeping.

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serenitynow1983 OP t1_iuci1qp wrote

Lol I’m 39, death knell incoming

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SirReal_Realities t1_iucj15x wrote

Oh no, you don’t get off that easy! You got a few more decades to get through remembering what youth felt like, seeing young people ignorant of what they have and complaining about petty crap. What, you though some people are just get born cranky old coots? Nah, you have to steep a while! Soak in that bitter dregs! Then, then you will finally understand how funny Betty White really was! Er, what were we talking about?

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serenitynow1983 OP t1_iucjcep wrote

First of all, slow clap on the reply. Second, I don’t want to die but I don’t want to go back.

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ppardee t1_iucvk62 wrote

Whatever you do, DON'T SNEEZE AFTER 40! Your back will never recover.

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deepfield67 t1_iuccpxv wrote

And they'll cost as much as our cars do now, which will be as expensive as our houses are, which will be the size of our car, and we won't be able to fit our future bed in it so we'll sleep in little cat beds, which will cost as much as normal beds cost now.

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SirReal_Realities t1_iucfja6 wrote

Ok I get it; Just say the economy is doomed and we will all be living in our cars.

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series_hybrid t1_iud6cwt wrote

Somehow there will be a subscription service that stops working if you don't pay it monthly by auto-pay on your credit card. The back will rise up like an adjustable hospital bed, but suddenly it won't go down, and you get an email on your phone. Gotta pay. They will all come with a heater, and a back massager, but they only work if you commit to a years contract and auto-pay.

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Al3rtROFL t1_iuctiuk wrote

$ 30,000 for deregulated bedsheets with whatever the fuck they want put in them

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series_hybrid t1_iud6ieg wrote

Organic cotton that has had no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. Also, no bugs were harmed in the gentle harvesting of the cotton, which was done by hand.

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saucyB52 t1_iufkgy9 wrote

n ot for you, you will have back pain and no comftorble bed ever made will cure u of ur back pain

sorry buddy

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serenitynow1983 OP t1_iufq55b wrote

Joke’s on you, I was having some back problems and accidentally fell down 5 steps at an Airbnb that wasn’t to code. There was a loud pop and my back has felt perfect since.

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Cr3ativeUsern4me t1_iudaimw wrote

nothing can be more comfortable than being tired, and going home to your own bed to sleep.

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