Nah. A mattress though? You bet!

TL;DR: money. It’s always just money. They want us to breed more slaves but they’re not willing to put up any collateral.

There’s another consideration: it has to be as cheap as possible to produce. And that explains the advent of reality TV.

If you NEEDED both hands for that before, well, then you are truly blessed sir.

Reddit until two years ago, and now Lemmy. That’s honestly it.

Nope. Managed to stay off of it for my entire life so far. Reason for it was that back in '05 or a bit later one of the very first things I learned about the nascent Facebook, was Zuck’s famous “Dumb fucks” remark about his early users. I rightfully concluded that someone with such a mindset would be an absolutely plague on mankind and I would never willingly help them in any way, no matter how insignificant.

I would sooner put my nuts in an iron vice while running 10.000 volts through it and lighting it on fire than provide Facebook with anything at all.

You can give yourself an instant raise by working 50% of your usual pace. BAM your pay per hour just doubled.

Damn, Elon’s company town is barely a week old and others are already introducing scrip. I knew it was going to be inevitable but this is way faster than even I anticipated.

Yes, and that is why people like you and me will never be rich in the first place. This mindset completely prevents it.

Everyone’s so tired and broken down with all our societal problems that they’re just trying to make enough money so the problems don’t apply to them anymore, rather than trying to tackle the actual underlying issues…

Nonde godver

The enshittification/rent seeking continues. Nothing is sacred.

Only 7 days? Amateur. I have an a4 full of permabans. And I wasn’t even trying to troll or anything.

/s, but also not.

You’re kidding but this is actually true. Investing in funeral parlors and similar services is probably a good idea right now; first the excessive dying of the poors, then war. It’s going to be a golden age for gravediggers.

V-coins and ma-shops are reputable and you won’t easily come across fakes there. Just stay away from Ebay and the like. Also, if you go for the affordable types (common denari or late roman bronzes) these are almost never faked since it’s not worth the effort. They cost like 5 bucks for decent pieces, maybe just a bit more if you want a nicer specimen.

Ancient coins (2000-1700 years old) are surprisingly common and can be had very cheaply unless you want a specifically rare or perfect one.

I went through most of my life believing that anything older than say 200 years was automatically a museum piece or equivalent. But most museums of ancient history who display ancient coins have multitudes of the displayed coins sitting in storage. The Romans alone minted BILLIONS of coins over the span of the Republic and the Empire (that’s over 1000 years of history!) and if even 1% of them survive today, that’s still many, many dozens of millions.

Cool, had no idea this existed.

The only thing I know gas stoves to be better at than other methods is traditional wok. But that’s hardly a reason to jeopardize your health for.

Evil wins again, as it always does.