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keepthetips t1_jebmnv9 wrote

Reply to LPT: Since April 1st is coming up. A good tip to live by is that everyone should be able to laugh at your prank at the end. If everyone ends up laughing at the person getting pranked, and they are just the punchline, chances are you're just being a jerk. Don't be a jerk. by moosepooo

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GodzlIIa t1_jebm9lc wrote

Reply to LPT: when ordering on Amazon, if given the option, always select "subscription" for sizable discount. by SerenityNowWow

Would this be considered an ULPT?

EDIT: I mean I assume that the seller is the one who sets the discount price for subscription, and I bet they did that based off of what they would benefit for further purchases. Not everyone selling on Amazon IS amazon.

That being said I have no idea how it works. Its possible that amazon reimburses the discount amount to the seller if the customer cancels like OP is doing, but I doubt it.

Also I think OP blocked me, so I can't reply to anyone in this thread.

Edit for ShadeBaron Cause OP blocked me: Unethical does not mean prohibited or illegal. Many things can be unethical without being illegal or prohibited, and likewise something can be ethical despite actually being illegal.

Also I want to point out that I was not suggesting that it is for sure unethical, just was opening it up for discussion. For instance using a trial with 1 month free and cancelling after the first month, I do not see that to be unethical, and I can see how this can be a similar idea. And I do not think there is a situation where they would ever discount it so much so that they are losing money, considering the discount is applied to every order they would never make money off of you.

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BigCommieMachine t1_jebm8w0 wrote

Reply to LPT: After a good haircut, take a photo of your hair to show to the barber next time you go, it makes life much easier for them and for you. This especially helps if you're going to a new barber for the first time. by bongingnaut

Your best option is find a barber you like and tipping extremely well. They will remember you. They will squeeze you in. They will remember the cut you like. If they move shops, they will take you with them.

And I mean by tipping well, if the cut is $20, go in preparing to spend $30-$40.

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keepthetips t1_jebktre wrote

Reply to LPT: Always place items in your Amazon cart if you're considering buying it, but still unsure if you want it. by SerenityNowWow

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CIsForCorn OP t1_jebkek5 wrote

Reply to comment by _Morvar_ in LPT: If your 1st diagnoses/ treatment isn’t showing results for a medical issue, it’s absolutely okay to seek 2nd or 3rd opinions from other licensed medical professionals. Doctors are highly trained but often even general practitioners have more expertise in different areas. by CIsForCorn

Actually, *as someone that suffers from health anxiety due to bouts in the hospital from very real things that weren’t taken seriously at the time (one ended up leading to MRSA), I don’t entirely disagree with this. I HAVE found that some things I was concerned about were symptoms that I worked through with a mental health professional. HOWEVER, there have absolutely been other instances in my life since then that were dismissed as health anxiety as a result of these earlier experiences, that upon getting further opinions and testing showed that there really was an underlying *physical problem that was being discarded as anxiety.

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Silly_name_1701 t1_jebjagl wrote

Reply to comment by tomatomuffin in LPT: Deactivate Facebook and make a real effort to avoid social media in general and evaluate how to honestly feel in 3 days. by Ann_not_a_cult_er

This. Something similar but in a different context: I deleted my fb and the result was I had to annoy individual people for info who would eventually reply with "just go look in the group". Now to them I'm the entitled asshole who asked for special favors. So now I'm back to fb, and some ppl are grumpy.

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keepthetips t1_jebgjqd wrote

Reply to LPT: when ordering on Amazon, if given the option, always select "subscription" for sizable discount. by SerenityNowWow

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John_EightThirtyTwo t1_jebfd3i wrote

Reply to LPT: It's only a harmless prank/practical joke if everyone is laughing at the end by bozitybozitybopzebop

I know a guy who showed up for a dinner party with a potted plant as a gift to his hosts. After dinner he started to give it a lot of attention, and then began eating the soil out of the pot. Everybody freaked out, but it turned out to be chocolate cake rather than soil. And, in the end, everyone was laughing.

These videos online, on the other hand, that end with the perp telling the angry victim, "It's a prank, bro!", are freaking obnoxious. Yeah, I know it's a prank. You're a dick.

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