What a time to be "ALIVE"

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The reality where people cannot afford $10-20 things. And the corporations just start charging those poor people interest.
- Being poor is expensive.
  
  Of course. How else do you keep poor people poor and rich richer.
  Poor people: charge them extra for not affording things.
  Rich people: let them buy things they don't need but can afford and then charge poor people to rent those things.
- You see, it's funny because life is a late stage capitalist hellscape from which I cannot wake 😐
- It is actually pretty unethical and scummy. I think we need a boycott

Born too late to buy a house.
Born too soon to be forced to evacuate your city because of the rise of sea levels.
Born just in time to see the deaths of the major democracies in the world.
- As Ben Shapiro so perfectly put it:
  If the sea level rises, just sell your house and leave
  Edit: here is hbomberguy reaction to that nonsense
  
  If you're willing to buy a flooded underwater house let me know, i have a deal for you 👌
  
  The kingdom of atlantis needs housing. We just need to get a hold of aqua man.
  
  Facts and logic be like /s
  
  🪓😀💰🧜‍♂️
- You might still be born in time for that second one.
  
  Lucky us
- What major democracies? If you're talking about USA, calling it democracy is a stretch
- Why would you want to see the death of democracy. I live in a democracy and I do my best to do my part and to be reasonable. The people are made up of persons and you have the ability to speak your mind and vote how you see fit.
  Also respect all people even if you disagree with them or dislike them
  
  Why would you like to need to finance a pizza from domino's? You wouldn't. The whole meme format is that the last option sucks.

Assuming the finance a pizza bit is true, it's a sign that the American economy is on the brink of a deflationary spiral. Debt is being created, but at some point, it will not be paid back in sufficient amounts, and then the capital to create more debt will dry up, resulting in the amount of money in the economy drying up as well. Businesses will be forced to lower prices and scale back operations, which will result in rising unemployment. Which in turn will result in even less money in the economy, perpetuating the circle.
- Thats the nature of an economy where most currency circulating is actually just debt.
  
  It's not unlike the economies of ancient Mesopotamia. A farmer who wanted beer would write a promissory note for a few bushels of barley in some clay and give it to the brewer. The brewer could then either wait to collect it at harvest, or trade that note with someone else for something they needed. This would be passed around until it ended up in the hands of people with real wealth, and if the farmer couldn't pay the wealthy person would take whatever they wanted.
  It's thought that this is why in many near Eastern societies women are expected to dress plainly, as they wouldn't be chosen when the rich asshole showed up to collect on his debt. One way some societies solved this problem without violence or slavery was to eliminate all debts every several years.
  This is from David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" and I highly recommend it.
- It's not even like they are struggling financially These big companies just want more to the point of sinking there business because they got a fraction less profit that year
- I'd be very curious to see how many people actually use this option and for what price. I could see a family living paycheck to paycheck using this for a child's birthday party. (Don't misinterpret that statement as giddiness.)
  
  Your statement sounds like giddiness! Oh wait never mind. Carry on
- at this point an economic crash seems like the only possible future, but I'm not sure if it would be good for your average person or if the top 1% would take advantage of it to get even richer
  
  Most of the world is already in an economic recession in the sense that median purchasing power of is dropping fast.
  However economist are great at fudging the numbers to show "gdp growth". It true, absolute gdp is rising but it doesn't mean anything if it's evenly distributed.
  
  I think if you reflect a little, you know the answer really. Take a look at what happened during the pandemic
  Although the 1% is really the 0.1%. So it's much, much worse.
  
  It's about assets. In an economic crash, the 1% buys up the assets for pennies on the dollar, generally receiving an enormous government bailout in the process.
  Housing/real estate is the most obvious example of this over the past fifteen years or so.
  
  Alright I am done for it, gotta quickly think of something to hoard so that I can make some profit afterwards
- If only money machine could go brrrr...
  
  As if it isn't already doing so
- Debt is being created, but at some point, it will not be paid back in sufficient amounts
  JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America have already had to write off $4.5 billion in debt that won't be repaid.

Pay over six weeks with what fucking money? Seems like everyone has a fucking "job" to waste my time interviewing for, but no one has a fucking "job" that pays me or even lets me participate in society for free.
- Then get a job...
  I don't know what you are saying
  
  Desperately hoping this is sarcasm, but in case it isn't, I have applied for over 350 jobs in my field and gotten zero offers. I'm trying like hell to get to work but employers will not take me. If it were that simple, I'd be working.
  To clarify, by
  but no one has a fucking "job" that ... even lets me participate in society for free
  I really meant that I can't even find unpaid internships, training programs, or any way to participate in my field unless I literally start from scratch by myself.
  
  5head

EVA nautilus live is basically exploring space irl. Except it's the bottom of the ocean. They stream every day.
- If I can't die horrifically and spectacularly, is it even exploring?
  
  I mean you can. Ocean gate was a thing, I'm sure there's others.
  
  To be fair, short of rapid depressurization or suicide, dying that way is hard to do in space. Modern spacecraft have relatively safe environments; no Trek style plasma conduits or transporters to screw that up. The impacts that radiation and zero-g have on the human body are also factored into the mission way in advance. Even crew homicide is carefully mitigated with psych evals and tests, prior to launch.
  Instead you have a slew of less fun alternatives. Limited food/water/O2, heating, tumbling into the void on a spacewalk, navigation error, all set up slow and agonizing ways to go. Especially that last one - you could wind up knowing that you're going to die a whole month ahead of time, with nothing to do but wait.

It’s wild that I can’t tell if financing a pizza is real or not
- FT
  
  Also
  
  This is horrible
  
  Oh man, and it's from Uber. So not only do they want you to pay for the pizza, and interest, they want you to pay up to 100% more for delivery. They used to deliver these things for free, in 30 minutes or less, or your pizza was free too. The enshitification continues!
- It's real. IIRC you can make 4
  payments over 6 weeks.

You're not born to early to explore space, just too poor!

No man's sky is actually a pretty cool game.
- Agreed I need to play it more

Thanks trickle down economics!
- When the diapers get so full that it finally starts trickling down 😌🙏

Okay this is disgusting. It's only gonna make people's money problems worse. If you can't pay for a domino's pizza out of the pocket, maybe it's a better idea to go for something cheaper like a freezer pizza from the supermarket. Most people picking this option will be making a mistake.
- i be financing the 2 dollar vbucks 🤦‍♂️
- I’ve seen people put fucking mixed drinks on payment plans. We’re fucked lol