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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I found the more I work with high dollar equipment in a lab the more relaxed I've become with it. Everything is so obscenely priced in R&D you just get desensitized

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When you work with high value goods long enough in any field you get desensitized to it. However you compartmentalize it in weird ways.

I think nothing of ordering $800K worth of stuff at work. Then I get home and refuse to pay $8 for a fancy coffee because it's ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Well you're not a multimillion dollar business so that makes sense. 8 dollars for coffee IS ridiculous.

Unless the boss is paying for it

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