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A paradox I came up with that isn't a paradox at all probably
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2019-06-25 at 2:07 AM UTC
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2019-06-25 at 6:44 AM UTC
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2019-06-25 at 4:36 PM UTC
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2019-06-25 at 4:37 PM UTCmmQ has stumbled upon the concept and inescapability of opportunity cost, lmao.
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2019-06-25 at 4:41 PM UTC
Originally posted by Sophie Humans have the choice to sell their skills or products to other humans because we agree we both believe in a myth called money. In fact i'd argue most humans believe in this myth, even Marxists.
It's not a "myth" you retard lmao, is it so hard to attribute ontological reality to the shit that you will 100% starve without entertaining? -
2019-06-26 at 5:02 AM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ Yeah, of sorts. I was using more of a standard wage so to speak for a standard populus that obviously xant all be managers and CEOs. But that's the paradoxical part because blah blah blah.
I mean some people live on the streets their whole life, and they manage, and they live. So is it like they payed millions of dollars over the course of a few decades to live that way, or did they just live that way for free?
Dude, I'm homeless. I make a minimum of 60$ a day. That's a bad day too. I just made 180$ last Friday.
People on thw streets make money, don't think they don't. Some steal, some prostitute (I no longer do that), some panhandle (which is how I make my money). Some have odd hustles, like what I do on Friday and Saturday nights at the bars. I give out glow in the dark bracelets to the drunks and quite often I'm tipped very well. Some do odd jobs, like handy man work and shit. Some actually have jobs, ans live on the streets to save money and avoid a lot of expenses, or because of falling on hard times.
There is a lot of variables to those who dont have typical housing. We all make money though, one way or another, some make more, others make less. I know a lot of people struggling right now, and would kill to be making half of what I make daily, and I know a few who make more than I do too. It all depends on each individual's circumstance and strong points. If you're personable, and at least look like you try to be clean, you're gonna go a lot further than the dirty, depressed homeless dude.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-06-26 at 5:20 AM UTC
Originally posted by Sophie If you think about it, no one is actually losing anything in this scenario, they're simply not making what they could have made. Would we say that a business that has 10 employees that make the company 200 a day each, is losing in comparison to another business that has 20 employees that make them 200 a day each?
They're not losing, the smaller business is just making a little less.
yes but this is not how "share holders", ie, capital rentlords think.
they have this 'maximized profit' in mind, which is where all the ills of capitalism manifest themselves. -
2019-06-26 at 5:22 AM UTC
Originally posted by HTS Who do you think runs the economy. All this sentence really means is "humans exist to serve other humans". Capitalism is just feudalism with extra steps. Every attempt at communism so far has been too. Feudalism might actually be less prone to corruption because at least everyone knows who they're serving/working for under feudalism, and when your serfs actually know who you are it probably creates some pressure to embrace the ideals of noblesse oblige. Blegh. Hard to rebel against your masters when you aren't even sure who they are.
i hear google is a better feudal lord than amazon. -
2019-06-26 at 5:23 AM UTC
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2019-06-26 at 12:06 PM UTCI saw this documentary the other day of these kids in India. They were on the riverbanks of some cremation runoff, throwing magnets on a string into the water in the hopes they'd land a coin or old filling. This girl was about 8. Her brother couldn't have been older than six.
They asked her "So where are your parents?" And the girl said that her parents were both beggars. It reminded me of hydro. Just imagine it. "My mom is a beggar." Brings a chill down your spine doesn't it?
I bet they'd love to make 180 a night. Probably wouldn't spend most of it on dope either. -
2019-06-26 at 12:13 PM UTCi was thinking of having a go at magnet fishing. i know a few places that would be good for it.
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2019-06-26 at 12:43 PM UTCyeah like the Ganges
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2019-06-26 at 12:58 PM UTCOr Narc's mom's asshole
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2019-06-26 at 1:02 PM UTC
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2019-10-06 at 7:39 PM UTC
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2019-10-06 at 7:40 PM UTC
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2019-10-06 at 7:41 PM UTC
Originally posted by mmQ What makes it weird to me is say a homeless person who lives on the streets for a year say, and never has a job instead of say working at McDonalds thatyear, so a homeless person is paying like 20,000 dollars a year to be homeless. Ya know?
The concept is only applicable to those who have current earning power. -
2019-10-06 at 7:43 PM UTC
Originally posted by GGG I saw this documentary the other day of these kids in India. They were on the riverbanks of some cremation runoff, throwing magnets on a string into the water in the hopes they'd land a coin or old filling. This girl was about 8. Her brother couldn't have been older than six.
They asked her "So where are your parents?" And the girl said that her parents were both beggars. It reminded me of hydro. Just imagine it. "My mom is a beggar." Brings a chill down your spine doesn't it?
I bet they'd love to make 180 a night. Probably wouldn't spend most of it on dope either.
They would simply spend it on their own preferred vices.
