It feels like ai slop?
where does this image even come from

i thought it was far too outlandish for ai, i honestly thought it was one of those clickbait youtube thumbnails. but ya’know, i guess it could just be ai
AI?
5 bucks is worth about 40 minutes of my time at work!
But my friend, my friend…
Everything costs more than five bucks.
From a databroker (legitimate or not), your entire identity goes for less than 5 bucks in a bundle with others.
Arizona iced tea!
You expect me to buy less than $5 worth of Arizona iced tea?
Good point
If you add “time” to the math things get very cheap over time. Like a loaf of bread is more than five bucks but over time it provides sandwiches and breakfast worth 5 bucks so it is measurably saving me money. A movie costs ~about $5 an hour too.
That’s not really a function of time, though. It’s just a multi-use ingredient.
Time really only comes into play when discussing making something yourself vs buying pre-made. You’re saving money by not paying for the time it took someone else to make it.
Well, credit card companies do impose a kind of levy on everything you buy. Thankfully alternative payment methods are starting to emerge that won’t fill the pockets of bankers and traders
One word: Cash.
Leveraging usury on your population always goes super great right guys?
David Dees! Love the guy
I always love the card terminals that play the bit of waiting music as it checks whether the transaction is approved.
This looks like a pluralistic.net collage





