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Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by triceratops »

suddenlybananas wrote: post #213
gacgacgac wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have those countries made those requests?

You and I both know that Turkey would never do such a thing.

Regular Turkish people may not. The Turkish government, in official diplomatic communications, most certainly would if those countries requested it.

I don't think we are required to start calling it Turkey in the vernacular. Regular Turkish people don't have to change their names for countries in their language either. I only pointed out Turkey/Türkiye in my original post to head off smart-asses. Using proper casing for the name is much more important.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by stasomatic »

triceratops wrote: post #83

Why is "turkey" lowercased? For that matter the country's official name is Türkiye as of 2022.

Hold on, I’m confused for real. If not for the country, is this just a cosmic linguistic coincidence? J/k but only sorta.

Any country should have the respect to have their names spelled out as they prefer, the PITA is the keyboards. I speak for myself, but when I type Turkey I mean the country with no subliminal diss.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by atleastoptimal »

toasty228 wrote: post #169
atleastoptimal wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Plastic surgery is obvious Survivorship bias, you only notice the plastic surgery that isn't good. Most of the time it's invisible, your brain doesn't process the individual change, you just get the sense that the person looks better/less tired/more put together. >Lip injections are obvious Same phenomenon, but even if they are obvious some people like that aesthetic, in the same way that dyed hair/painted nails ar…

> Survivorship bias, you only notice the plastic surgery that isn't good. Most of the time it's invisible, your brain doesn't process the individual change So you're telling me all these Hollywood stars having infinite money, access to the best surgeons and are literally paid to look good get butchered on purpose?

Yes, often times it's some specific surgeon that overpromises, messes up, then subsequent surgeries which attempt to patch the issues end up failing. There are many celebrity surgeons who are good at marketing but bad at execution, and many celebs themselves who can't discern a good or bad job.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by damnitbuilds »

This article is just an advert disguised as journalism.

" Most experts agree that Turkey’s strategy for success in hair transplantation no longer relies on low prices or volume; instead, it hinges on creating an unshakable brand value through innovation, purpose-built technological equipment, and medical expertise that has proven itself on a global scale. "

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by patates »

suddenlybananas wrote: post #215
patates wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you need an example, look at the Peking->Beijing transition.

https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekin Turkish still uses the old term. Why should I change my language to suit them if they won't do it for others.

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Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by barnabyjones »

patates wrote: post #5

My grandmother used to say, "the Americans are going to space while we're just growing butt-hair". She was so close!

The first gulp from the glass of wealth will make you reach for the stars, but at the bottom of the glass, a hair transplant is waiting for you.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by game_the0ry »

This concept in known as medical tourism. [1]

I was business admin student in college and my concentration was in entrepreneurship. Part of the program was a class were I had write a business plan and I chose medical tourism. This was back in 2006-ish. Even back then, there was trend where Americans would travel abroad for surgery, but cosmetic surgery was not that popular. Mostly people would go to India, bc the quality of care was high and orders of magnitude cheaper.

Good to know my entrepreneurial instinct was somewhat accurate.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_tourism

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by sevenseacat »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #107
asdff wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The irony is that none of this stuff actually works as intended. Plastic surgery is obvious. Lip injections are obvious. Leg lengthening, I mean have you seen the proportions after?? Hair transplants too. If the most wealthy people getting these procedures look botched, what hope does anyone have really. Also, are we acting like steve jobs wasn't still a handsome man with his grey thinning head? It doesn't come from…

> Plastic surgery is obvious Survivorship bias, you only notice the plastic surgery that isn't good. Most of the time it's invisible, your brain doesn't process the individual change, you just get the sense that the person looks better/less tired/more put together. >Lip injections are obvious Same phenomenon, but even if they are obvious some people like that aesthetic, in the same way that dyed hair/painted nails ar…

what on earth, there's no "hate" for short men?

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by gacgacgac »

suddenlybananas wrote: post #215
patates wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you need an example, look at the Peking->Beijing transition.

https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekin Turkish still uses the old term. Why should I change my language to suit them if they won't do it for others.

That attitude is, frankly, pretty misanthropic. "Why should I do anything for anyone who doesn't do it for me first" is how you get nowhere.

So here's your why: because they asked you to and you are better at it than they are. If you need smug superiority, you could use that too, I guess.

People change their names and nick names all the time. I don't go and check every value of theirs before I use their new name. It's really not that complicated.

Re: How turkey hacked the hair-transplant industry

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

throwawayk7h wrote: post #157
triceratops wrote: post #83

Why is "turkey" lowercased? For that matter the country's official name is Türkiye as of 2022.

Germany's official name is Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Germany's official name in English is "Federal Republic of Germany". (And in French the official name is "La République fédérale d'Allemagne").

Another country's official name in English is "Republic of Türkiye". Since 2022.

In both cases, that is what officials from the country expect the country to be called, when using the English language.

For instance here

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/germany

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states/turkiye

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