Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
by DavidPiper on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:15AM
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The classic "Where's the $20 you owe me?" sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-ycvJC-qIQ
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
by knose on Sunday February 08, 2026 @10:10AM
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am i wrong to think that this sketch isn't at all applicable (besides the surface level joke of money being passed around) to the ai bubble or ""modern banking"" as mentioned in the youtube comments? i keep seeing it referenced like it is an explanation of some crazy conspiracy thing, so i don't know if i just don't get it.
Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
by theyjbfjvuncf on Sunday February 08, 2026 @12:07PM
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No it's actually perfect.
GDP measures exchange of money with the assumption that this is a proxy for actual economic output... except cases like this where monetary exchanges like this which accomplish nothing.
Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else
by knose on Sunday February 08, 2026 @02:12PM
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i assume the joke is that the three stooges are too stupid to realize that because they all owe each other $20 there is no debt, and they show this by accident by passing a $10 dollar bill around until it ends up back with larry. it says nothing about GDP.