weirdwallace75

u/weirdwallace75@lemmy.world
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on Except · c/linuxmemes · 1 pts · 2y

That's beyond bad taste and into active stupidity.

on It's OK if you cry · c/linuxmemes · 16 pts · 2y

There are whole-ass companies selling laptops with Linux preinstalled now. They work. Even with Bluetooth.

The dollar is representative of the work you contributed to the economy

If that's true, nobody on Social Security Disability would be getting money.

So basically, the more people who believe in the value of some thing, the more that thing holds actual value?

Yes. That's how value works.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_value

The paradox of value (also known as the diamond–water paradox) is the contradiction that, although water is on the whole more useful, in terms of survival, than diamonds, diamonds command a higher price in the market.

Real money is backed by a country’s respective economy

True.

its an IOU from the government

False.

An IOU from the government is a bond.

A coaster does not necessarily violate minimalism, but true minimalism would not need a coaster because surfaces would not be harmed by a drink with condensation.

Your variety of minimalism means people don't buy nice things, which is bad because nice things last longer. Plastic chemically decays, sometimes in harmful ways, whereas wood is a long-term investment if you maintain it properly.