Chinese man kills himself after losing iPod prototype

[iago]

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/697555/iPod-Suicide-Investigated-Worker-Kills-Self-Maybe-Over-Lost-iPhone.html

That's a pretty scary story, if it's true. But whether or not it is, this is a really awesome writeup related to it:
http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-really-thinking-maybe-i-shouldnt.html

I especially like this part:

We all know that there's no fucking way in the world we should have microwave ovens and refrigerators and TV sets and everything else at the prices we're paying for them. There's no way we get all this stuff and everything is done fair and square and everyone gets treated right. No way. And don't be confused -- what we're talking about here is our way of life. Our standard of living. You want to "fix things in China," well, it's gonna cost you. Because everything you own, it's all done on the backs of millions of poor people whose lives are so awful you can't even begin to imagine them, people who will do anything to get a life that is a tiny bit better than the shitty one they were born into, people who get exploited and treated like shit and, in the worst of all cases, pay with their lives.

That really hits at the heart of the whole issue, I think.

[CrAz3D]

Paragraph you quoted was thought provoking.

It sucks that companies will drive people to suicide (still his fault for jumping, but still).  Pretty fucked up situation.

[Newby]

Just read that. That's intense. And really horrible.

[Armin]

Reminds me of this metaphor I've shared before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vweLBpE4mso

7:19 and on.

[iago]

Reminds me of this metaphor I've shared before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vweLBpE4mso

7:19 and on.

I totally forgot about that one! Yep, it fits perfectly :)

[Camel]

Reminds me of this metaphor I've shared before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vweLBpE4mso

7:19 and on.

So the moral is buy foreign currency?