Hazel

What? I asked what makes you certain that the dock isn’t designed for it. If you’re certain, presumably you have a reason for this certainty and already know the specs from looking at it. I can’t see into your mind to know your motivation for making this assertion, which is why I asked.

I assume you have some expertise that makes this obvious to you, so would you like to share it?

I don’t know what planet you’re living on, but I like 3 pillows.

Presumably they’re not frozen in time. The post was made a day ago, so at least several hours before your comment, and the picture was probably not taken minutes before the post was made. I’d imagine they got out of the water long before any of us were aware that they were ever in the water. And given that the picture isn’t accompanied by a second picture of everything in the water or a story about them falling in, it’s reasonable to assume that nothing as notable as that happened.

What makes you say the dock isn’t designed to carry equipment?

This just makes me think of Captain Planet. He knew how to solve these sorts of issues. By beating up assholes and making them stop.

When have washing machine prices ever gone down due to this? Not sales, the ticket price.

If I need an air conditioner, I’m going to buy an air conditioner because I need one, whether it’s $100 or $300. If I need a new exhaust to get my car to pass inspection, I literally need to pay whatever it costs unless it’s so expensive that it would be cheaper to buy a new car (which, considering that all cars have exhaust, is unlikely).

This model of economics is complete fiction when it comes to essentials. If you’re talking about optional purchases? Yeah, maybe. But when you’re talking about things people actually need? That’s not how it works.

Otherwise we’d all have stopped paying exorbitant rents a decade ago. But we can’t, because people need homes.

Competition may prevent companies from charging completely arbitrary amounts for everything, but if the only control is being somewhat close to what other companies charge that means the price is going to gradually rise. In a world where corporations are expected to increase their profits every quarter, the entire market is incentivized to continually hike their prices with the cooperation of the rest of the market. They all just have to decide they want more money. It’s a death spiral.

Oh, is he sick from eating children, then?

The Treehouse of Horrors episode where the faculty are eating the students. Just before Martin dies and ends up being the next day’s lunch.