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Technoworcester@feddit.uk to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

Sorry. How much is a book?

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Sorry. How much is a book?

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Technoworcester@feddit.uk to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    I’ve transitioned to digital books. I still have a few physical books on my shelf that are special to me, but digital books are just too damn convenient. (And, yes, unless apocalypse, and unless battery dies, I know.)

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      (And, yes, unless apocalypse, and unless battery dies, I know.)

      Simple batteries can be made from readily available materials post apocalypse such as potatoes or citrus fruits like lemons. You’d need a fair amount of them for any appreciable time. After the fall of civilization, such required foods would be considered offerings to the gods to grant the knowledge stored on your Kindle long after its Lithium battery bit the dust. This would be until humans are able to make lead acid gravity cells, which again, isn’t that difficult. They aren’t very portable, but if you are just needing to run the device you don’t need it to be.

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    Seems pretty clear.

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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      £3.50 for asking

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    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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      That’ll be £2.50

      • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
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        SCIENCE BITCH

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        £5.00 actually

        • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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          Ah, my joke was that I am too stubborn with my pricing. You WILL have the discount, and you WILL like it. But maybe I’m too old and tired and convey it with a glare.

          • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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            I like that each of you is trying to out-pedant each other in a very civil manner

            • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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              It’s arguably the only purpose of social media. 😂

  • LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world
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    f(x) = 2.50 for x in {1,2,…,5}

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      They should have put that on the sign. Functional notation is universally understood, after all.

      not.

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        Maybe a plot then.

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    there’s no such thing as a £

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      You pronounce it as “flet” because it’s a combination of f, L, t and E. And if you think that’s ridiculous, wait until you hear about the British Imperial system.

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        I would like to subsribe to British Facts, please

      • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
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        The British imperial system invades other countries, makes them use pounds and feet, and then leaves.

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    I’m sure they had to do this because they had too many people asking “how much for 3 books”.

    That or just because funny.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Classic BOGF sale.

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      Buy one get fucked?

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    buy one get 4 free

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      Don’t say it that way because people will take 5 and trash 4 of them just because. Labelling it this way, people will actually take 2 if they only want 2.

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    A book is 2.50.

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      Two books are 2.50.

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        Three books are 2.50.

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          Four books are 2.50.

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            Five books are 2.50

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              Six books are $5.00

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                Seven books are £5.00

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                  Eight books are €5.00

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              Six books are £5.00

              Edit: oops

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                Wouldny 6 books be £5.00?

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    £2.50

  • psychOdelic she/her@discuss.tchncs.de
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    0_0

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    I can’t vouch for the truth of this as I just saw online posts about it too.

    But I saw in Iraq, there’s a book market that just leaves most of their books outside because “The Reader doesn’t steal, and the thief doesn’t read”

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      But I saw in Iraq

      We all saw, multiple times now. Fuckin’ reposts 😅

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    2.5 weird F-shaped things

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      It’s a stylised L, for libre.

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    It makes sense to me, but they could have put the “£2.50 total” instead of just “£2.50” to make it more clear.

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