If you add "time" to the math things get very cheap over time. Like a loaf of bread is more than five bucks but over time it provides sandwiches and breakfast worth 5 bucks so it is measurably saving me money. A movie costs ~about $5 an hour too.
That's not really a function of time, though. It's just a multi-use ingredient.
Time really only comes into play when discussing making something yourself vs buying pre-made. You're saving money by not paying for the time it took someone else to make it.
i thought it was far too outlandish for ai, i honestly thought it was one of those clickbait youtube thumbnails. but ya'know, i guess it could just be ai
Well, credit card companies do impose a kind of levy on everything you buy. Thankfully alternative payment methods are starting to emerge that won't fill the pockets of bankers and traders
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bizarroland@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 190d
But my friend, my friend...
Everything costs more than five bucks.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 190d
From a databroker (legitimate or not), your entire identity goes for less than 5 bucks in a bundle with others.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 190d
Arizona iced tea!
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 190d
You expect me to buy less than $5 worth of Arizona iced tea?
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
Good point
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
If you add "time" to the math things get very cheap over time. Like a loaf of bread is more than five bucks but over time it provides sandwiches and breakfast worth 5 bucks so it is measurably saving me money. A movie costs ~about $5 an hour too.
village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 190d
That's not really a function of time, though. It's just a multi-use ingredient.
Time really only comes into play when discussing making something yourself vs buying pre-made. You're saving money by not paying for the time it took someone else to make it.
probablymissing@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 190d
where does this image even come from
athatet@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 189d
probablymissing@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 189d
i thought it was far too outlandish for ai, i honestly thought it was one of those clickbait youtube thumbnails. but ya'know, i guess it could just be ai
Johanno@feddit.org · 3 pts · 189d
AI?
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 190d
Well, credit card companies do impose a kind of levy on everything you buy. Thankfully alternative payment methods are starting to emerge that won't fill the pockets of bankers and traders
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 189d
One word: Cash.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 189d
It feels like ai slop?
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 187d
I got shitty AI gallows vibes from the guillotine but hard to be sure here...
stenAanden@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 190d
David Dees! Love the guy
hark@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 189d
The solution to debt is more debt.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 189d
5 bucks is worth about 40 minutes of my time at work!
ArchBtw@ani.social · 2 pts · 189d
My car just broke and I'm waiting on the tow truck, this post speaks to me.
aburrito@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 190d
Leveraging usury on your population always goes super great right guys?
bigchungus@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 190d
This looks like a pluralistic.net collage
village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 190d
I always love the card terminals that play the bit of waiting music as it checks whether the transaction is approved.
Cloudstash@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 182d