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tiles or coasters?

Wow. What a way to make a buck. I saw these glass tiles in a Japanese Wal-Mart-like shop in San Francisco. But aren’t these just the same tiles we can find in home improvement shops? What does this say about consumers? Are they not creative enough or resourceful enough to think about repurposing glass tiles? Or do retailers think that consumers are lazy enough to make impulse buys when they encounter these lovely colored tiles?
Or perhaps it says something about the Japanese culture from which these are borrowed… with the little space that Japanese city dwellers have, they probably wouldn’t go to a home improvement shop like the US’s Home Depot or Lowe’s. Instead, what Americans may see as obvious home decorating options, are presented to other cultures as innovative products. That’s just my theory of course… What are yours?

在旧金山好像WalMart的日本商店我看到这样的玻璃。但这样的玻璃在很多美国的家装修商店有一样的玻璃砖。为什么需要在别的商店买?可能他们觉得我们不知道能不同的方法用玻璃砖。或者因为这时日本的产品是不同的用法。你的想法呢?

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