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by UncleEntity 2888 days ago
Tricking people shopping for status items into buying higher priced status items does "collective damage"?

I'm failing to see who's the victim here.

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This actually reminds me of one of my sister's stories; one of her college roommates was running late so just put her hair up in a ponytail and made noticeably better tips that night than she usually did at her bartending job so what do you suppose she did as a result of this observation?

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> what do you suppose she did as a result of this observation?

Ran double-blind controlled experiments published to a peer reviewed journal?

Returned the extra money to the unfairly manipulated customers?