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A few counterpoints. The average outrage may be 48 hours, but I am sure the median is much higher. I'll boycott nestle and Samsung products forever, for instance, and have for nearly a decade and a half with nestle.

Some of my closest friends started as work colleagues, and since I retired 8 years ago I still talk to a half dozen or so, with a couple talked with daily.

You (nor I) are not everyone, and extrapolation from our own viewpoints is very nearly always invalid.



What’s wrong about Nestle? Also Samsung is strange company to boycott.

Overall boycotting both of these companies is easy because replacement products for everything they do is plentiful, widely available and the same price. Not much sacrifice here.


>What’s wrong about Nestle?

Nestle is the dietary equivalent of Facebook & Cambridge Analitica. [1][2]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6JOKrL_vg

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoKLovtnbGY


Nestle - baby milk formula, bottled water ( paying $200 to Michigan whilst Flint residents had unusable water)


Technical nit: if average is 48 hours, median cannot possibly be higher than 96 hours.




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