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   Terence Eden (edent@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 22:42:30 JST Terence Eden

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   Some price noodling on phones.

   In 2017, I paid £470 for a new OnePlus 5T - that's about £600 today adjusted for inflation.

   The amortised cost is about £80 per year. Or about £100 today.

   Would I buy a new / refurbished phone every year for £100? No 5G models at that price. Would it be a series of compromises each year?

   I *could* buy a £600 folding phone. But am I confident it'd last half a decade of constant use?

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   Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢 (youronlyone@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 07:18:05 JST Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢

   A #Filipina teen was recently mocked for calling #CharlesAndKeith a #luxury brand. She handled her online bullies well, and it got her, and her father, a meal with the brand's founders and a tour of their HQ.

   Charles & Keith is a Singaporean brand that the #LouisVuitton luxury group used to have a 20% stake (it was since bought back). (Aside: LVMH owns a lot of luxury brands like Christian #Dior, #Loewe, #Tiffany & Co., and #TAGHeuer, to mention a few.) If the LVMH luxury group bought shares of Charles & Keith before, it should be enough proof, in my view, that C&K is a luxury brand, too.

   Either way, whichever side of the fence one subscribe to, we should not bully other people for calling a brand a “luxury”, or for any reason, just because it does not fit our own standards. By the word's definition, it means simply as “expensive”, or “great expense”. To this #Filipino teenager, and for anyone in fact, Charles & Keith is a luxury.

   In the end, the bullies were the ones who were #LeftBehind and this young lady was “rewarded” for her honesty, and for not being afraid to share her situation and history.

   Read more:
   1: https://www.spot.ph/shopping/the-latest-shopping/103406/pinay-harassed-on-tiktok-regarding-what-is-a-luxury-brand-a5031-20230112

   2: https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2023/01/13/239795/luxury-vs-privilege-why-pinay-teen-shamed-for-charles-keith-post-resonated-with-many/

   #Philippines #NoToBullying #NoToCyberBullying #Pilipinas

   @philippines

   @pilipinas

   @pinoy