fuckin' 'splain me Lucy. jeez.
At 08:40 PM 2/26/2011, Dissenting Wren wrote:
>I can't decide whether the mansplaining that's been going on in this
>thread is
>offensive or creepy. Probably both. Jordan - offensive. Joseph - creepy.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 6:59:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Breast milk ice cream...
>
>Joanna writes:
>
> > Look, this isn't about a high class hooker making a
> > thousand dollars for two-hour date.
>
>Ok, just so long as you're still talking about price and not what she's
>gotta do
>for the $1k. I know there's a lot of things I've turned down in my life
>to do
>for $500/hr.
>
> > This is about a lactating mother making about seven bucks
> > for a cup of breast milk.
>
>Well, like I said, it's $13 ($1.60 * 8; a cup is still 8oz, even in London;
>whodathunk? I think they really mean "1GBP/oz" but still). And really,
>we're
>just dealing with a single data point, so there's not much of a 'market
>price'
>that has been discovered. But okay.
>
> > Best case scenario, she could make about 20 bucks a day.
>
>Really? I thought it's not uncommon to feed 8-12 times per day; most of the
>things I looked at said to be prepared for ~2hr feeding cycles, so that's
>got to
>at least be in the middle realm of possibility. And of course feeding
>twins is
>not an uncommon situation at all. And the more you feed, the more you
>produce:
>bonus! Kind of a supply and demand kind of deal.
>
>Oh, I hate doing this, but how about some facts?
>
>http://www.babycenter.com/404_how-long-does-pumping-take_8916.bc
>
>So that looks like maybe 8-9oz in ~15 minutes. Now clearly you can't get a
>quart in a particular hour, but you certainly could get one over the
>course of a
>"work day" that is 88% idle.
>
>What if the woman *was the owner of the ice cream store* and that $22/scoop
>(again, probably 14GBP) retail price was pure, uh, creamy profit?
>
> > To what kind of woman do you think 20 bucks/day would make a difference?
>
>$20 for a very part-time job is, as you know, pretty good in this
>economy. But
>this isn't about me; this is about you: if it were $100 would your
>position be
>different? At what price point would your objection cease?
>
>Thanks,
>
>/jordan
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