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Horror-Profile3785 t1_iu8xa4s wrote

Reply to comment by throwawaygreenpaq in Air.0 origami computer mouse folds flat to be packed away by giuliomagnifico

In a world that is losing the fight on climate change, we should be more thoughtful on what is greenlit to be manufactured and shipped. There are real consequences to everyone and the environment for making a 100,000 pieces of junk, shipping them to stores, and then a sizeable amount of them being sent to the dump after they are not sold or are tossed after a few months for being ineffective.

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prob_wont_respond t1_iu9ekhm wrote

You're in the gadget subreddit

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Horror-Profile3785 t1_iu9kebk wrote

Do you have a point or are you just telling me things I already knew?

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prob_wont_respond t1_iu9knr8 wrote

Posts here will relate to gadgets, which will be manufactured and you seem oblivious to that fact

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Horror-Profile3785 t1_iubg1le wrote

I understand gadgets will be manufactured, but think only the best gadgets should be. This flimsy piece of shit is going to be damaged real quick with normal use.

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[deleted] t1_iu8zil6 wrote

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throwawaygreenpaq t1_iu90cpq wrote

I don’t use a mouse, mate.

If that’s the case, then would you not say that all artworks are unnecessary and therefore contributing to climate disaster?

Or musical instruments, being made of different metals and materials, shipped around the world, also superfluous and we should not have instruments?

You see, if you put it that way, then virtually everything in the world is a waste.

So instead of telling people what to buy or what to do, we should just aim not to buy unnecessary things that we don’t use. If someone finds the mouse useful and wants it, go ahead. He/She can cut back on something else.

It’s not a zero-sum game. Someone using this mouse could be one who cycles, doesn’t use an aircon and have solar panels. Conversely, someone who doesn’t use this mouse could be someone with 3 cars, blasts aircons all day and wastes resources mining cryptocurrency. But it’s much easier to pounce on what we can see, eh?

The mouse (or any other object) is not the issue. It’s the attitude of unnecessary consumerism.

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