>You can literally have the long lasting version right next to cheap junk and even tell them that the longer lasting one will last decades, and consumers will still buy the junk one.

People don't really trust corporations. I sure don't. Even though I get it from an engineering perspective. Yet I'm still dubious when I see a $150 version of a product sitting next to a $35 one. Instinct tells me the more expensive one is a cash grab - because that's what companies do today. They pad their margins.

I have no trust that the more expensive one will really last a decade. And it it doesn't how do I know that I won't be put into phone menu hell when I try to exercise my warranty? "HUMAN!" "HUMAN!".

It's been made easier to throw stuff away, IMO.

>Planned obsolescence isn't a thing

Narrator: It is.

>What exactly is the appeal of talking to strangers about on a radio?

The same appeal as talking to random people on the Internet, good buddy!!

Sometimes the vulcans are too smart for their own good.

>The golden record is already on the mantelpiece of some rich Klingon somewhere and he has no desire to decode such a trivial message.

You spelled Klingon wrong. It's Psychlo.

They like gold. The record is on a senior engineer's mantle. They rest of them are headed this way. Soon.

Former banking IT PM here. Banks are wage slave shops. Such hostile toxic environments. They squeeze, and squeeze until there's nothing left. Then they squeeze more.

So happy I'm out and into consumer services.

That was an entirely different situation. We all needed to help each other get through that shit.

No eye contact. Never ever make eye contact.

Also, remember - no good deed ever goes unpunished.

The NYPD did the same things during the Occupy Wall Street protests of 2011. A guy I know said he was just out walking and the cops appeared out of nowhere and blocked access with that orange construction netting. They hauled everyone away to one of the docks on the west side and kept them there for days before any of them saw a judge.