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It's good when a company does it because they create value in the economy. It's only bad when a person does it because no value is created.
by minikites 6y ago
It's good when a company does it because they create value in the economy. It's only bad when a person does it because no value is created.
- zwirbl 6y agoIn values we trust. Shareholder value that is
- Tarsul 6y agodon't know if you're sarcastic. However, just because a company makes money, doesn't mean value is created. Like when you win in poker against someone, you're making money but not creating value.
- _-david-_ 6y agoI am not who you were responding to, but I think playing poker would create entertainment (even for the loser) which could be considered something of value.
- howlin 6y agoI mostly agree with your point, but it has to be said that poker players are creating entertainment value for each other. Even if the cash portion of the game is zero or even negative sum.
- ghostDancer 6y agoYou forgot the /s. This is HN here you find people that can take that seriously and agree.
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- numpad0 6y agoIMO the /s requirement applies anywhere. Sarcasm is dead, literal expressions are literally interpreted literally since 2018 and on.
- hinkley 6y agoPoe’s Law was named in 2005. Which was interesting news to all of us on Usenet for whom this phenomenon was already known before Eternal September or Green Cards stole the show. Sarcasm was already dead before “spam” meant ads instead of scrolling a forum or chat window by repeating yourself (exactly like the Monty Python sketch it alluded to).
- afiori 6y agoSarcasm only works if it can succesfully comunicate that it is sarcasm; be it body language, face expression, absurdity, or memeing. On the internet you are a random faceless stranger to me, so how can I distinguish sarcasm other than guessing? If the priors were the other way then people would complain that nobody takes anyone seriously.
- agnosticmantis 6y agoI wonder how many downvoted you because they understood the sarcasm but they agreed with the non-sarcastic interpretation of it.