U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than income

Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in... by annoyingnoob on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:25AM (#29049007)

Greedy and already rich people at Facebook would rather not let that happen. There are plenty of 'we' that do not like or want artificial scarcity.

When my kids want Robux I try to explain that they are paying real money to see their screen light up in a certain way and nothing more.

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Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in... by sjwalter on Saturday October 30, 2021 @05:27PM (#29052415)

Does your Robux argument extend to e.g. digital movie rentals? App purchases?

All software and media purchases can boil reductively down to "paying money to see a screen light up in a certain way".

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Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in... by annoyingnoob on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:07PM (#29053902)

How we define value is a great question. To your point I'm, and my kids, the answer varies. I guess personally I do not value buying the latest outfit for my avatar in the same way I value Excel.

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Re:U.S. house prices are rising exponentially faster than in... by mbrodersen on Sunday October 31, 2021 @08:03PM (#29061707)

So buying a book is paying real money to watch black ink on paper? I don’t think so.

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