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Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds (www.infoworld.com)

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[–] Peffse@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

do people actually buy those? I honestly thought they were some kind of money laundering thing. I've never once saw one sell.

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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

Maybe it’s a whale thing, most people don’t give a shit but the people who do have to buy all of them to sate their neurosis

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[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve seen maybe 3 passable figures by them. Mind boggling that they actually sell.

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[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Working in tech, I've seen a lot of them in people's cubicles.

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