Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 hours agowhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?message-squaremessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down12
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squarewhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 23 hours agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agono. I’m trying to illustrate that markets are not governed by natural law: they are populated by irrational actors.
minus-squarefriendlymessagelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoYeah, but they are not as irrational as you are and producing milk costs money. If there’s no market, they will stop because they are not fuckin lunatics and they don’t have infinite resources
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agomilk was farmed before markets existed. there is no reason to believe that will ever stop.
minus-squarefriendlymessagelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·44 minutes agoThat… must be the dumbest discussion I’ve had in a while. Please read through your comments tomorrow when you’re sober
Are you fucking with me?
no. I’m trying to illustrate that markets are not governed by natural law: they are populated by irrational actors.
Yeah, but they are not as irrational as you are and producing milk costs money. If there’s no market, they will stop because they are not fuckin lunatics and they don’t have infinite resources
milk was farmed before markets existed. there is no reason to believe that will ever stop.
That… must be the dumbest discussion I’ve had in a while. Please read through your comments tomorrow when you’re sober
I’ve been sober all day.
Okay, whatever you say