Does anyone care about the economy?

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Numbers,

You aren't really accounting for automation. Why pay meat sleeves more when you can just buy a robot?
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This seems fine.
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verb_to_trust wrote:Numbers,

You aren't really accounting for automation. Why pay meat sleeves more when you can just buy a robot?
cause humans are cheaper than robots
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96583UP wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Numbers,

You aren't really accounting for automation. Why pay meat sleeves more when you can just buy a robot?
cause humans are cheaper than robots
Sure but on a long enough timeline the robots pay for themselves
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verb_to_trust wrote:
96583UP wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:Numbers,

You aren't really accounting for automation. Why pay meat sleeves more when you can just buy a robot?
cause humans are cheaper than robots
Sure but on a long enough timeline the robots pay for themselves
in some cases

robots require servicing, spare parts, are very capital intensive - then within a few years they are obsolete

humans are cheap, can be pushed around, lied to, and sent in to die - and then you just replace them with another one
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simple schoolboy wrote: This seems fine.
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BurtReynolds wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote: This seems fine.
Yolo
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This is my shocked face:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roaring- ... 03369.html
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Bi_3 wrote:Image
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BurtReynolds wrote:
Come on. The Chairperson in an 82 year old who earned a Bachleaors in sociology 49 years ago. Surely they understand the basics.
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He literally said “I am not a cat” in his opening. Peak internet culture has been achieved
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Bi_3 wrote:He literally said “I am not a cat” in his opening. Peak internet culture has been achieved
Oh good, can we turn it off now?
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we should not sully the economy thread with this retail flim flam
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$GME is running again boys!

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LOL

we really just need a 'Stonks' thread
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The $15 min wage at work:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/busi ... ornia.html
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Shutting down "Casa Corona" sounds like a good idea to me!
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