The Picard ManeuverM to Lemmy [email protected] • 22 days agoAs tempting as it islemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1436
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish35•22 days agoSomeone makes a novelty mouse with water in it and then sells it to brands to hand out as swag
minus-squareenkerslinkfedilink24•22 days agoThen it gets used for approximately 2 minutes before being discovered to be garbage, and summarily tossed in a landfill. 🤦♀️
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•22 days agoBut not before leaking water all over your desk!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•22 days agoAssuming it was even “water” to begin with. Not a random chemical compound known to cause cancer because it flows better than water in the container.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•22 days agoOr because it was cheaper. You don’t have to pay for disposal if you’re not the one disposing of your industrial waste!
minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPMlinkfedilink20•22 days agoThese kind of products went hard in the Y2K era.
How does such a thing come into existence?
Conference swag knows no bounds.
Someone makes a novelty mouse with water in it and then sells it to brands to hand out as swag
Then it gets used for approximately 2 minutes before being discovered to be garbage, and summarily tossed in a landfill. 🤦♀️
But not before leaking water all over your desk!
Assuming it was even “water” to begin with. Not a random chemical compound known to cause cancer because it flows better than water in the container.
Or because it was cheaper. You don’t have to pay for disposal if you’re not the one disposing of your industrial waste!
These kind of products went hard in the Y2K era.