Well, yes. Should I have mentioned that? I didn’t want my incredible fame to overwhelm the conversation. It does that. My fame. It’s actually embarrassing to be so famous. If you only knew how famous I am! But you don’t, because I would never tell you or even hint around about my incredible fame. That I have. Mine.
That was the sound of my immense fame, which is immense and also very fast.
Like having your hair parted by an F-16.
Are you one of those cool kids he was talking about? I’m feeling more popular already.
It’s pretty gauche to talk about your fame that way.
My fame is tiny, slow and imaginary.
That’s not true, either.
So your fame is fleeting?
So Wikipedia tells me. But I know it’s a lie!
'Cause that’ll be the da-a-ay that I die!
I don’t know, saying “…we yankees are pretty smart,…” is kind of lumping you all in the same boat.
I read that post as a long-winded way of saying he didn’t want to explain his position. As his position seemed to be “in the future, everyone will be happy with a reduced standard of living” I guess I can understand.
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That’s not quite what he said. He said (largely correctly) that modern economic theory only makes sense if you plan for more or less permanent growth.
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Well, no, it can also be used to explain things like recessions.
Economics is the study of how people allocate limited resources. Therefore ISTM that the basic income proposal we were discussing either occurs in a universe where purchasing power is infinite, like a Star Trek replicator universe, or in the real world, in which case economics would be useful.
Like I said, I think he was just ducking out of a discussion because his assertions were going to be questioned. Which is something AB has done elsewhere besides the linked post.
So, fie upon thee, naughty varlet Amateur Barbarian, and may thy codpiece not fit thee properly and thy thong ride up thy buttcrack.
Regards,
Shodan
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Of course not! After all, this is the guy who says that using a rewards credit card is like “getting $1,000 for pushing a button that kills 1,000 random people.”
He is also privy to the highest, Illuminati-level secrets of the marketing industry, including why some people think Flo is irritating. (Spoiler alert: she’s supposed to be irritating!)
That’s another thread he Brave Sir Robined from.
True, but that conversation was full of gems, like “Economics is not a science” and "“the answer to a sustainable future … is economic de-growth”, but “such a change does not mean a reduction in real standard of living”.
Here’s the correct link for the first quote.
It doesnt cost other people anything, so he’s dead wrong.
“Brave Sir Robined” is now part of my vocabulary of verb-ified nouns.
What an asshat. My response at the time: