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Why is soft drink cheaper than water?

· 3 min read
David Len
Software developer. Vocaloid producer. Always maximizing shareholder value.

The popular theory is that soft drinks are cheaper than water simply due to "marketing" that lets them sell worthless water. Indeed, a company can charge whatever they want and you just have to pay for it.

Why must it that water, of everything, has to worth more than soft drinks? It seems irrational that adding an extra feature (that is sugar and carbon) to a commodity (water) devalues it.

I was wrong about OnlyFans

· 3 min read
David Len
Software developer. Vocaloid producer. Always maximizing shareholder value.

At the end of 2023, I was autistic enough to count the stats of a popular career choice of a demographic. It was just a fun hobby I did with my friends.

AI prompt I use for trauma dump

· 3 min read
David Len
Software developer. Vocaloid producer. Always maximizing shareholder value.

Use this at your own risk. Doing so will mean a GPT provider's telemetry data will have your sob story.

If you are cautious enough, this could work out for you.

We can't all get rich off compound interest

· 16 min read
David Len
Software developer. Vocaloid producer. Always maximizing shareholder value.

This is a story I rarely share with anyone. But a lot of my problems are shared by other people and I wish more could come to understand the problems we have today.