# I am being ripped off **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936 "2025-04-11T23:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/21 "2025-04-12T01:51:44Z")
It’s possible he was [**stealin’**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvzkT2W1VCs) when he shoulda’ been buyin’. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/22 "2025-04-12T01:55:00Z")
Nevermind…beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/23 "2025-04-12T01:56:13Z")
Yes, but there’s only one paradox in it! ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/24 "2025-04-12T01:57:06Z")
I sold my paradox because I discovered I didn’t need two doxes. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/25 "2025-04-12T02:00:50Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Yes, but there’s only one paradox in it! You only need one. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/26 "2025-04-12T02:02:36Z")
I’m up to here with theorems. How about a theory? I hear there’s a nice one about relatives. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/27 "2025-04-12T02:11:09Z")
> [@pirviii](#): > > I sold my paradox because I discovered I didn’t need two doxes. [“If you all went away and left me two dice, what would I have?”](http://www.littledee.net/?p=4940) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/28 "2025-04-12T02:12:32Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Do you sell paradoxes too? He probably has a few ones to spare, since his barber is a woman specializing in cutting men’s hair, thus avoiding the set theory conundrum. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/29 "2025-04-12T02:19:12Z")
@Gatopescado do you got a cute quip about multiple dachshunds for me and pirviii? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/30 "2025-04-12T02:41:34Z")
What happens when A-1\* starts creating theorems faster than @Hari_Seldon can, hmmm? That could turn things upside down and get very saucy. * * * * * * \* Using new terminology authorized by Education Secretary Linda McMahon. > **[Yes, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said 'A1' in response about AI](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ai-education-linda-mcmahon/)** > > The education secretary was answering a question about technology in schools. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/31 "2025-04-12T02:52:11Z")
You gotta Prime Radiant to show it in? ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/32 "2025-04-12T04:23:43Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Prime Radiant Meh, given how modern computer memory capacity has far surpassed what those scientifiction authors dreamt of, I’m pretty sure it’ll all fit on my old 2015 phone with room to spare. 🙂 ETA: Anyway, I want the actual proof, not all the calculations resulting from the proof. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/33 "2025-04-12T04:55:42Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What happens when A-1\* starts creating theorems That won’t happen; I’ll steak my reputation on it! ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/34 "2025-04-12T05:20:41Z")
I think the OP’s fundamental problem is the failure to appropriately use NFTs (non fungible tokens). > **[Non-fungible token](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token)** > > A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity. It cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchain and can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded. Initially pitched\[when?\] as a new class of investment asset, by September 2023, one report claimed that over 95% of NFT collections had zero monetary value. > NFTs can be created b... They were very big a few years ago but are now temporarily down… [I don’t quite understand them myself; hopefully someone will clarify.] ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/35 "2025-04-12T05:24:05Z")
Here you go. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SdUK3ZDK2b8/maxresdefault.jpg "Futurama Describes NFTs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdUK3ZDK2b8) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/36 "2025-04-12T11:53:40Z")
She’s two Corinthians short of a bible. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/37 "2025-04-12T12:22:14Z")
I feel bad for you man. You have full employment, but zero _repetitive, unfulfilling_ work. And look at all the coins you’re giving out. True, you can make unlimited coins any time effortlessly\*, but still, people end up holding some of your coins. It feels wrong. I guess you can think of the fantastic living standards that seldincoins have bought you as some form of compensation. \* ETA: D’oh this breaks the metaphor. I was thinking this more as all the people claiming America is being ripped off. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/38 "2025-04-12T12:39:57Z")
Am I the only person who has no fucking idea what the OP is on about? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/39 "2025-04-12T13:44:33Z")
No it doesn’t. The US prints treasury bonds as readily as I emit seldincoins. I believe the world’s largest holder of US treasuries is China. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936/40 "2025-04-12T13:46:59Z")
Think of it as a metaphor for Trump’s tariff philosophy. If you buy groceries from the store, but the store buys _nothing_ from _you,_ Trump says the store is ripping you off. Because [wait for it] Trump is an idiot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936.md?page=3)