MacNCheezus

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[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Might be wrong on that but I'm pretty sure the other examples are correct.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, that is what the thread starter said as well.

I believe what OP is trying to communicate is that charging adults and children different amounts for a hot chocolate is as dystopian as buying a pizza on credit.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today -4 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It's called price discrimination, and it is, in fact, not new at all.

Consider, for example, that children generally also pay less for entrance into theme parks, swimming pools, and many tourist attractions, or can get a library card for free while adults have to pay full price. It actually makes a lot of sense when you consider that children generally do not earn their own money, and even if they do, they tend to earn a lot less than adults.

This is literally "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs" in action.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 71 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Pretty sure that's just OP making a snarky comment in reference to payment plans for pizza

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

But I thought the president doesn't control prices...

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

What I'm trying to say is, this makes far too much sense for to me to consider it a shitpost

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

Good thing I'm not a mod because I would delete this post for not being a shitpost

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In Internet culture, shitposting or trashposting is the act of using an online forum or social media page to post content that is of "aggressively, ironically, and trollishly poor quality".

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

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Excuse me, why is this a shitpost?

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 5 points 1 week ago

All I’ll say is you’re not taking the “reality is a simulation” angle far enough, because you still believe that there is some sort of outcome that is both objectively good AND long term stable. But the only such outcome is that the simulation goes on, with or without you.

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