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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by charcircuit on Sunday February 08, 2026 @05:03AM (#46932946)
It's not an obvious joke. It seems closer to a puzzle in that the reader must discover that the $100 was for entertainment. This is a common class of puzzle where money changes hands between two people and results in a surprising conclusion.
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by wiseowise on Sunday February 08, 2026 @07:01AM (#46933522)
Bro, there’s something really wrong with your head if you seriously believe that the gist of the story is “eating shit is entertainment”.
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by charcircuit on Sunday February 08, 2026 @07:45AM (#46933769)
A better gist may be the value of entertainment is temporary.

If instead it was just one person and they went to a movie theater. If you ignore the entertainment value it may just look like the person through away the admission cost.

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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by satvikpendem on Sunday February 08, 2026 @07:54PM (#46940295)
Why else would the economist offer the other to eat shit if not for entertainment? Like what other purpose would it reasonably be?
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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by alfiedotwtf on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:10PM (#46951371)
They don’t call it the dismal science for nothing!
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