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My graduation cap runs Rust

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Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by Basketb926 »

tekne wrote: post #69
numbsafari wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Throwing it away after single use is madness.

Is it? My issue with this type of thinking is it assumes "transport cost lots of things in a modern supply chain. The cost of moving the gown between users -- in the form of the user needing to give back the gown to the service, who must then clean it, inspect it, etc. -- may in fact be far higher than the cost of manufacturing a new gown and only needing your supply lines to be "one way".

trash doesn't disappear, everything has to go somewhere

Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by [deleted] »

keybored wrote: post #65
rustybolt wrote: post #36

> Fun fact #1: you rent your cap and gown in the US. You have to return them. And they’re expensive, too! I paid $94 just for the privilege of renting mine, which is insane because they probably cost way less than that to manufacture. Ah, yes, of course this is how it works in the US.

We are by all concievable measures living in the best timeline and under the best economic system. Just look at the graphs. Just consider what an American symbol the graduation cap is. We don’t really know why, but I think a likely reason is that making graduation caps under most economic systems is too labor intensive. Some families might not have even been able to send their children to universities since they coul…

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Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by airstrike »

shermantanktop wrote: post #42
wolpoli wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At my school, I purchased my cap but rented the gown. The cap is in a box never to be looked at again. I can't imagine what I would do with the gown.

It’s not just for graduations! You can wear it at any gown-appropriate event! Marriages, graduations and funerals carry forward some traditions that haven’t made sense for generations. They are the irregular verbs of modern life. Interestingly, marriages and funerals often have a religious element, and religion itself is conservative—but graduation doesn’t have that excuse.

What a brilliant idea! I'll make sure to include in my will arrangements for everyone to easily be able to rent graduation gowns. It should make for a happier event

Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by noelwelsh »

philipwhiuk wrote: post #54
rustybolt wrote: post #36

> Fun fact #1: you rent your cap and gown in the US. You have to return them. And they’re expensive, too! I paid $94 just for the privilege of renting mine, which is insane because they probably cost way less than that to manufacture. Ah, yes, of course this is how it works in the US.

You generally rent caps and gowns in the UK too. Can you share where you are that you buy them?

Here is one company that provides the gowns for many UK universities: https://www2.edeandravenscroft.com/non-ceremony/. I could be kitted with the appropriate gowns for my UK degrees for a few hundred squid each.

Academics, who attend many graduation events, often end up buying their own gown. I believe you are supposed to use the gown of the university you graduated from, so they must be for sale somewhere.

Once you have your own gown you can customize it. I haven't seen any profs with LEDs additions to their gowns, but adding extra pockets to hide a book or snacks is fair game.

Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by nunez »

rustybolt wrote: post #36

> Fun fact #1: you rent your cap and gown in the US. You have to return them. And they’re expensive, too! I paid $94 just for the privilege of renting mine, which is insane because they probably cost way less than that to manufacture. Ah, yes, of course this is how it works in the US.

That must be new; I walked in 2009 and we got to keep ours

Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by filoleg »

rustybolt wrote: post #36

> Fun fact #1: you rent your cap and gown in the US. You have to return them. And they’re expensive, too! I paid $94 just for the privilege of renting mine, which is insane because they probably cost way less than that to manufacture. Ah, yes, of course this is how it works in the US.

It depends entirely on school.

Mine wasn't like that (and still isn't). Multiple friends of mine are graduating from NYU this month, and their situation isn't like like that either.

Every school I've ever encountered gives an option to purchase (with some being way more affordable than others). E.g., NYU JD (law school) cap and gown is roughly $98 to purchase (not to rent) this year.

Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by morpheuskafka »

rustybolt wrote: post #36

> Fun fact #1: you rent your cap and gown in the US. You have to return them. And they’re expensive, too! I paid $94 just for the privilege of renting mine, which is insane because they probably cost way less than that to manufacture. Ah, yes, of course this is how it works in the US.

I don’t doubt that some offer and charge for rentals. (I think mine only charged $130 ish for purchase though.)

However, I am shocked to hear that there is not even an option to purchase them at OP’s university. Many people like to keep them, especially the cap at least, as a souvenir, or their parents will keep it. Besides, couldn’t they make more money selling them?

Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by jakecraige »

rustybolt wrote: post #36

> Fun fact #1: you rent your cap and gown in the US. You have to return them. And they’re expensive, too! I paid $94 just for the privilege of renting mine, which is insane because they probably cost way less than that to manufacture. Ah, yes, of course this is how it works in the US.

Yeah this is not universal. I bought mine

Re: My graduation cap runs Rust

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Post by imgabe »

> Warning: the following video contains rapid strobing of light. I’ve written this out so people who are reading this with a screen reader know not to watch the video!

Uh...if you need a screen reader are the strobing lights really going to be a problem?

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