LPT if you are getting "coffee" every day at Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts, a cheap home expresso machine will pay itself in a month. As a bonus you have the option of using actual coffee.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

Making things at home will almost always be cheaper but ignores the rituals embedded into capitalism.

That cup of coffee you make at home before you leave does not possess the same psychological comfort as the one you have at the end of your commute just before walking into the office.

Our brain is wired to want specific inputs at specific times in relation to our environment and i sometimes feel like the entire work commute culture is designed to exploit it.

Going somewhere after work to blow of steam has the same vibe. Nothing wrong with that on permis but the opportunity to get you to spend is well understood in business.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Our brain is wired to want specific inputs at specific times

Who's doing the wiring? 😉

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

If you ask me a combination of genetic patterns, the dynamic emergent properties of neural networks and a sprinkle of conscious intend to steer our development in time.

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