Comment on Jeff Bezos reportedly launches new AI startup with himself as CEO

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The only time I ever bought Liquid Death was at a concert. I paid $15 for a can. I don’t see any humor here.

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  • paultimate14@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    at a concert

    There’s your problem. It doesn’t matter if you’re buying Dasani or Aquafina or Arizona Tea. Venues have captive audiences and jack up the prices because they can.

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  • adavis@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t liquor licences in your country require serving water?

    In (all?) of Australia to have a liquor licence requires you also serve free water. That can be tap water, but it has to be available as easily as the alcohol. Typically from a bartender, waiter etc depending on the establishment providing it for you.

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    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Country?

      This is America.

      Liquor licenses are handled by the state or municipality.

      At this particular venue (Xfinity Center)…no, I don’t think so. Most of the vendors that are around are in carts with just beer, water, hard seltzer…maybe a canned cocktail or wine cooler.

      Maybe at the counter-service vendors, where you could get mixed drinks. Possibly.

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      • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So vendors are gouging people and you blame the manufacturer? That is funny. $15 would buy you a 12 pack of tall boys and you’d get change back. Ffs

        Who tf thinks to bring water to a concert tho.

        Well, you. Now. For one.

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• dil@piefed.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sure just put the ceo of liquid death and his buddy pasqal on their too, making water cost more than redbulls at festivals, overselling and overcrowding til ppl get crowdcrushed while lying on social media, meanwhile theres hella videos from ppl there always saying otherwise

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  • paultimate14@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As of June 2025, Mike Cessario’s estimated net worth is around $80–100 million.

    The CEO is wealthy, sure, but very far away from being a billionaire.

    I’ve occasionally bought liquid death at my local beer distributor for parties, and it’s a bit expensive but not crazy. Pretty much every drink at a festival is incredibly overpriced - that markup is usually going to the vendors selling it and the venue, not the manufacturer.

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  • dil@piefed.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ofc theyd try to profit off that too, not suprised, liquid death is the only water available, everyone knows it, no one ever thought it was beer, that was just a fun marketing lie and excuse to take away refillable water bottles with caps

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Uh, sure.

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• SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I understand “eat the rich”, but I have no desire to drink the rich.

  I will, however, pour them out on my plants.

  It’s what the plants crave.

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  • cecilkorik@piefed.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They definitely have electrolytes – there’s no electrolyte a billionaire can’t afford.

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• XLE@piefed.social ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s a reference to Arnold Palmer, whose estate tried (or threatened?) to sue them after they used the name “Armless Palmer” for a flavor.

  Of course other billionaires would be thin-skinned enough to feel offended by that…

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