Business, Economics, and Taxes 2: That's Why We Fight to Take the Means Back

[ScoobyDoo]

Karl Bode (@karlbode.com)

this dude is incapable of shutting the fuck up and the garbage U.S. press is pathologically compelled to parrot and stenograph every last brain fart he has until we've all gone mad and tapped out https://fortune.com/article/openai-sam-altman-gen-alpha-working-in-space-well-paid-jobs/

bsky.app

Christ this guy is so fucking stupid...

Yeah, all the AI Bros are fucking stupid. So tired of people getting rich off of other people's pain.

 

[wolverineTrumpet]

Has there been a bigger collection of crybabies than most of the right is at the moment?

Just another example of projection from the right. Turning out to be the snowflakes they accused others of being.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/s/D6yxHBux8D

Oh darn...

They can drown in their own sauce.

 

[Jimjamesak]

I’m curious to see if I actually see any of the “no tax on overtime” BS or that none of the criteria actually applies and I’ll get nothing.

Though, even if I do, it won’t be the amount that my Dumpy loving coworkers think they’re getting.

 

[Kepler]

I left even more confused than going in.

This is great given your sig.

 

[Kepler]

Has there been a bigger collection of crybabies than most of the right is at the moment?

Maybe 1933 Germany. But the day isn't over yet.

 

[Handyman]

I’m curious to see if I actually see any of the “no tax on overtime” BS or that none of the criteria actually applies and I’ll get nothing.

Though, even if I do, it won’t be the amount that my Dumpy loving coworkers think they’re getting.

I should do well on the no tax on tip stuff...if I choose to file.

 

[rufus]

Has there been a bigger collection of crybabies than most of the right is at the moment?

"it's not FAIR they won't buy our stuff. Donnie, make 'em buy our stuff."

 

[MichVandal]

"it's not FAIR they won't buy our stuff. Donnie, make 'em buy our stuff."

The other stupid side to this is that magas where posting that they were going out of their way to bash Canadian products and Canada in general when they countered the trade war with their own tariffs. Way back when this all started.

So it was ok for them to not buy Canadian products, but it's not ok for Canadians to to the exact same thing they were doing.

Snowflakes isn't a strong enough description.

 

[St. Clown]

Ice Blockheads.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Bringing this comment over to a more appropriate thread.

This. Ski resorts, sporting events, hotels, Magic: the Gathering, everything is now catered to the whales.

To be fair, CCGs have catered to the rich kids from the day rares and "pro tours" were conceived. You'll probably recall there was a time about 20 years ago when you could watch MTG tournaments at 3am on ESPN2 just like poker.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Bringing this comment over to a more appropriate thread.



To be fair, CCGs have catered to the rich kids from the day rares and "pro tours" were conceived. You'll probably recall there was a time about 20 years ago when you could watch MTG tournaments at 3am on ESPN2 just like poker.

It’s gotten a lot worse over the last 5-6 years. They’ve gone from printing 4 sets a year and 2-3 supplemental products to 7 sets a year with various alternate art prints and “collector boosters” plus a multitude of supplemental products and special limited printings. And 3 of those yearly sets are “Universes Beyond” sets where they use another IP like Final Fantasy or SpiderMan and the prices are higher.

 

[MichVandal]

Bringing this comment over to a more appropriate thread.



To be fair, CCGs have catered to the rich kids from the day rares and "pro tours" were conceived. You'll probably recall there was a time about 20 years ago when you could watch MTG tournaments at 3am on ESPN2 just like poker.

CCG's are for hoarders. It's a piece of fancy paper with a picture on it. How that has value beyond paper with picture is funny. I had a bunch of cards from 1990 and 1991, and the local place didn't want them at all- and these were the high end back then, with some really nice cards with the full sets. The shop basically told me that the cards were pieces of fancy paper with pictures on them and that's all they are worth.

They ended up in the trash. Fooled me, that's for sure.

If you want to get duped into buying them now and throwing them away in 30 years, go for it.

 

[Jimjamesak]

CCG's are for hoarders. It's a piece of fancy paper with a picture on it. How that has value beyond paper with picture is funny. I had a bunch of cards from 1990 and 1991, and the local place didn't want them at all- and these were the high end back then, with some really nice cards with the full sets. The shop basically told me that the cards were pieces of fancy paper with pictures on them and that's all they are worth.

They ended up in the trash. Fooled me, that's for sure.

If you want to get duped into buying them now and throwing them away in 30 years, go for it.

TCGs like Magic and Pokemon have serious value still for some older cards. Buying a Volcanic Island or Underground Sea 10 years ago probably would’ve been a better investment than most stocks. 30 years it almost certainly would’ve been a better investment.

Edit: Here’s a scan archive of a price guide from 1995. Beta Volcanic Island and Underground Sea were a whopping $20-35 a piece. Now going for well over $8000 a piece. A nice 22000% increase.

 

[MichVandal]

TCGs like Magic and Pokemon have serious value still for some older cards. Buying a Volcanic Island or Underground Sea 10 years ago probably would’ve been a better investment than most stocks. 30 years it almost certainly would’ve been a better investment.

Edit: Here’s a scan archive of a price guide from 1995. Beta Volcanic Island and Underground Sea were a whopping $20-35 a piece. Now going for well over $8000 a piece. A nice 22000% increase.

To who?

I looked up the values of the cards I had, and some were "worth" hundreds of dollars. I was offered nothing from a dealer. They didn't even want to see them in person.

I had thought they had value back in the day, too- all they ended up doing was cluttering things up and giving money to companies that duped me into thinking I had some kind of precious metal.

 

[Jimjamesak]

To who?

I looked up the values of the cards I had, and some were "worth" hundreds of dollars. I was offered nothing from a dealer. They didn't even want to see them in person.

I had thought they had value back in the day, too- all they ended up doing was cluttering things up and giving money to companies that duped me into thinking I had some kind of precious metal.

It depends on the game. If you had cards from a game that isn’t played anymore then yeah, they’re probably not going to have any value. Games like Magic, Pokemon and YuGiOh have cards with value because the game is still being played so there’s demand.

 

[MichVandal]

It depends on the game. If you had cards from a game that isn’t played anymore then yeah, they’re probably not going to have any value. Games like Magic, Pokemon and YuGiOh have cards with value because the game is still being played so there’s demand.

Mine were sports cards, but the game is still dependent on how many people are still playing. And how much they are willing to actually pay to enhance the game they are playing. Do people actually pay $20k to make their game just slightly better?

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

It’s gotten a lot worse over the last 5-6 years. They’ve gone from printing 4 sets a year and 2-3 supplemental products to 7 sets a year with various alternate art prints and “collector boosters” plus a multitude of supplemental products and special limited printings. And 3 of those yearly sets are “Universes Beyond” sets where they use another IP like Final Fantasy or SpiderMan and the prices are higher.

Sheesh. I quit and sold my collection on eBay when planeswalker cards and "mythic" rares were announced and I felt the game was being YGO-ized. I have since played it with my nephew and his decks a few times in the last couple of years.

All those releases have to water down ideas for new game mechanics that are actually good.

 

[Handyman]

Mine were sports cards, but the game is still dependent on how many people are still playing. And how much they are willing to actually pay to enhance the game they are playing. Do people actually pay $20k to make their game just slightly better?

Plenty of people play them...its not like sports cards which have always been more of a joke when it comes to value.

 

[Kepler]

It seems like every Millennial home is filled with juvenile toys... for the owner. Every object has a game or comic book or anime or Disney or franchise theme. It is all an ultra expensive version of happy meal collectibles, and they've all bought into it. It's an adolescence prolonged into their 40s.

I know I am not the demo but it's just so weird that consumerist scams the companies ran on them as kids they can still run on them as adults -- it's like they have no concept of "value." I assume eventually their kids or grandkids will rebel by never buying a single cross-marketed product. They'll turn off their screens and I dunno grow corn I guess.

Or make spears. Or IEDs.

Just another reason to be happy this is a temporary assignment.