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It is absurd. Obscenely absurd. Rockefeller could literally pay an army of people to fan him with palm leaves, make sorbet from the ol' ice house and make him
by ABCLAW 9y ago
It is absurd. Obscenely absurd.
Rockefeller could literally pay an army of people to fan him with palm leaves, make sorbet from the ol' ice house and make him fresh iced tea as he walked around town if he wanted.
What the fuck does Rockefeller care if the carrying capacity of agricultural land increases due to the Haber process if his personal consumption would remain the five-star best-in-class ingredients for every meal he ever has if he so chooses. He doesn't care about the mean's position. He is the tail.
The existence of air conditioning and the Haber process doesn't make the life of the working poor better than his.
- johnwheeler 9y agohyperbole and nonsense
- dang 9y agoThis obviously breaks the site guidelines and is not welcome here. We ban accounts that do flamewars and name-calling in HN comments so please (re-)read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't do this again.
- ABCLAW 9y agoVacuous and Naive. Sorry, for that, but is throwing insults really how discussion is supposed to be done?
- dang 9y agoI'm afraid you threw your share around too. Flamewar is exactly how not to respond to an annoying comment on HN, regardless of how annoying it is. If you can't remain civil and substantive, please don't post. Read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and you'll see what the recommendation is for reacting to egregious comments: flag them.
- ABCLAW 9y agoSorry! Didn't see the flag controls. Thanks for the heads up. Post wasn't intended to insult, just demonstrate how silly it seemed as a response.
- chickenfries 9y agoYou're really not interested in defending your ideas to anyone who doesn't immediate agree with your absurd conclusion that everyone should want to trade places with John Rockefeller.