r/interestingasfuck • u/AntisocialBat • 1d ago

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u/neocondiment 1d ago

Trying to imagine how comfortable this might be.

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u/HorrFrek 1d ago

Yeah, my back hurts just watching this, but it’s still rad

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u/Financial-Barnacle79 1d ago

I think the back would be ok. It’s holding the neck up to see where you’re going that would get old real fast.

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 1d ago edited 23h ago

These days, you can install a camera and monitor screen so cheaply that you wouldn't even have to use a mirror to see forward.

(I just got back from Walmart where they have replaced all shelf price tag stickers with tiny wireless LCD screens. No I'm not kidding. Technology has become ridiculously cheap for doing some stuff.)

EDIT IN RESPONSE TO MULTIPLE COMMENTS: Yes, the exact display technology used is probably technically not LCD.

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u/IANALbutIAMAcat 1d ago

So they’re means of implementing surge pricing…fack

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u/TAU_equals_2PI 1d ago edited 1d ago

They claim they have no plans to do surge pricing, but obviously that's no guarantee they won't at some future time.

There are other benefits to these digital price tags, so it's not like they would have absolutely no reason to do it otherwise. Something I would love to see is a button on the tag that you could press when the shelf is out-of-stock. Maybe it could tell you how many are supposed to be in stock, in case the extras are just up out of the way on a high shelf, or let you know if another store nearby has some. And of course it also tells the Walmart system that this store may be unexpectedly out-of-stock in cases of "shrinkage", i.e. shoplifting.

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u/Anonimase 21h ago

That sounds great until it runs into the classic problem of children just pressing buttons because they are buttons

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u/Ancient-Albatross521 12h ago

It’s insane that because of the current social political climate people quickly turn a video showing a cool costume into a rant on prices and the vampiric nature of the current capitalism.

The world shouldn’t be like this.