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Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by haltist on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:22PM (#37980920)
Did you know that money is entirely a social construction?
Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by DonaldTruck on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:33PM (#37980979)
I can't wait to try that one on the salesperson at the Lamborghini dealership.
Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by supportengineer on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:23PM (#37980924)
It's awfully real when you are hungry.
Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by haltist on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:43PM (#37981031)
You can't eat money, it doesn't grow on trees. Well, I guess you can eat it but it has no nutritional value.
Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by mrmincent on Sunday October 22, 2023 @11:05PM (#37981144)
There are a lot of things you can’t eat, but are very important tools to help you get food. Words, ideas, friendships, jobs. None of them are edible, but very useful. Money is another one.
Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by ssivark on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:24PM (#37980930)
So is sanity :-P
Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by haltist on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:42PM (#37981026)
Indeed.
Re:A Few Laws of Getting Rich by lr4444lr on Sunday October 22, 2023 @10:42PM (#37981028)
... which even lower level primates, and some birds are capable of learning. Our brain is hardwired to understand tokens of pure exchange value.