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On the one hand, I'm single and if I wanted to I could also blow a few grand on emoji domains for an experiment, then I could. On the other, I'd be taking a fe

by ljm 6y ago

On the one hand, I'm single and if I wanted to I could also blow a few grand on emoji domains for an experiment, then I could. On the other, I'd be taking a few grand from my savings for my mortgage deposit. This isn't about relationship status, the author of this post just has money to burn. And even if the author expected to get their money back through paid sales...they're on the hook for those accounts now unless he personally writes it off.

pgsimp 6y ago
1000$ is not a lot of money. Stop making excuses. (edit: he paid 1200$ initially and bought more when he already had some sales). So 1200$ was enough, or even less, as he could have done the same project with 50 domains instead of 150). If you don't have spare 1000$, you should work towards having them.
- ljm 6y ago
  > 1000$ is not a lot of money For a lot of people in the world, it's a tremendous amount of money. Congrats on being someone without that concern. > Stop making excuses. Take that up with the person you've imagined you're talking to.
  - blockyhead 6y ago
    We are talking about people with internet access, not some rural farmers in the third world. Nobody says those rural farmers should embark on an emoji project.
    - Breza 6y ago
      Here in the United States, there's well-publicized research into how hard many families would have to work to come up with the money to cover an unexpected $400 expense. https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2019-economic-well-being-of-us-households-in-2018-dealing-with-unexpected-expenses.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2019-economic-we...
      - psychiatrist24 6y ago
        I didn't see anything about how much they would have to work, just what percentage would have trouble coming up with the money on short notice. It doesn't even imply they are poor, they could simply put all their money into their mortgage every month.
    - ratww 6y ago
      $1000 a month is a good developer salary in lots of third-world countries, and that's not even entry level jobs. Hardly a bunch of rural farmers.
  - EvilEy3 6y ago
    > For a lot of people in the world, it's a tremendous amount of money. And for a lot of people it is a pocket change. > Congrats on being someone without that concern. > Take that up with the person you've imagined you're talking to. Gee, someone being able to afford something really crawls under your skin.
- LandR 6y ago
  > 1000$ is not a lot of money Yes, it is. I can't imagine spending $1000 on a fun thing or a joke and I'm single.
  - blockyhead 6y ago
    He spent it on a project that would potentially earn him more money. Perhaps that you can not understand it is part of the reason why you can't afford it.
  - Breza 6y ago
    I run a corporate data science department and my wife has a more respectable job and we still couldn't imagine spending that kind of money on a joke.
    - pgsimp 6y ago
      Could you elaborate? I'd really like to understand why you don't have any spare money, despite of two good earners in the household? "A joke" is also incorrect, the guy is trying to make money. Nevertheless, if you reframe it as "for fun", vacations presumably should count. I rather doubt you would be unable or unwilling to spend 1000$ on a vacation? Nobody says that everybody should be willing to spend money on an emoji email project. That just happens to be that person's interest, so they spent money on it. Don't you have any interests at all that cost money? I personally wouldn't spend 1000$ on many things that other people spend it for, but that is not the same as not being able to afford it.
      - LandR 6y ago
        $1000 is less than 1% of the money I have in savings sitting in the bank. After all my expenses this month I better have more than $1000 left over when I get paid or somethings gone horribly wrong! Yet... I still wouldn't spend $1000 on anything outside of essentials without having a really good reason. I'm not spending $1000 on a holiday, that seems mental to me but then I'm not big into traveling. I like gaming but I can't bring myself to spend the $2-3k or whatever it would be to get a good gaming PC. SO I have a PS4 and I mostly get games on sale or "free" via PS+. Hell, I'm even considering whether or not I want to spend <$1000 on a PS5 if they are ever available for sale again... The PS4 is fine and I don't really need it so it feels like too much money to spend on something I don't really need. I can definitely live without it. I just feel $1000 is a LOT of money. There's an amount of money that is a lot and an amount of money that I don't consider a lot. I think that break off is actually around $400. More than that trips a mental switch for me.
- gpvos 6y ago
  That depends a lot on your privilege level. Yours is apparently extremely high.
  - EvilEy3 6y ago
    Do you feel good when you write such comment? Like "justice served" good or what? I'm genuinely curious.
    - gpvos 6y ago
      I feel mostly angry when I read the comment I'm replying to. There's simply too many people not able to spare $1000 who are not in a position to change that, for reasons outside their control. Although people posting such comments are likely not listening to reason anyway, I feel something needs to be said. I'm now curious where your question comes from, though. Note that I'm aware of the "virtue signalling" narrative. But better that than blaming people for their poverty.
      - eklavya 6y ago
        Sure, but we could have neither and be happy :)
      - psychiatrist24 6y ago
        "many people not able to spare $1000 who are not in a position to change that, for reasons outside their control" What would be reasons they couldn't change that? I am genuinely curious? Not counting being too sick to work (of course such cases exists, but it would be silly to cite them). Frankly you getting angry makes me suspect you want such people to exist, to fuel your feeling of virtue and social justice superiority.
        gpvos 6y ago
        Why do you think adding "genuinely curious" allows you to insinuate all kinds of things?
- Can_Not 6y ago
  > 1000$ is not a lot of money. If you're wealthy, sure. Being one of the Americans that can handle a $400 surprise expense doesn't mean you can casually handle a $1000 joke. But it's not simply $1,000. It's a $1,000/year commitment. It's also not simply $1,000/year. The article claims they spent weeks on it. That could be anywhere from $500 to $50k in unspecified labor, whether that's simply opportunity cost or the estimated value of your nights and weekends, for an unspecified duration. Maybe there was no meaningful opportunity cost, maybe this person is well off enough they don't really have to make hard choices or worry about where they will live if their $50k idea is a total loss.
  - psychiatrist24 6y ago
    It's not a joke, he is trying to make money. If it doesn't work out, he can cancel it after a year, or only keep the most successful domain names. As you said, it is nothing compared to opportunity costs. The person from the article seems to also have a day job, though, so they won't end up on the street if the project fails. Why can't you handle 400$? I have many times been in the situation where an extra 400$ would have been painful. But it was a temporary situation. It doesn't imply 1000$ is a lot of money to spend on a project. You also have opportunity costs by staying in your current job and not trying new things.

by ljm 6y ago

pgsimp 6y ago

1000$ is not a lot of money. Stop making excuses. (edit: he paid 1200$ initially and bought more when he already had some sales). So 1200$ was enough, or even less, as he could have done the same project with 50 domains instead of 150). If you don't have spare 1000$, you should work towards having them.

ljm 6y ago
> 1000$ is not a lot of money For a lot of people in the world, it's a tremendous amount of money. Congrats on being someone without that concern. > Stop making excuses. Take that up with the person you've imagined you're talking to.
- blockyhead 6y ago
  We are talking about people with internet access, not some rural farmers in the third world. Nobody says those rural farmers should embark on an emoji project.
  - Breza 6y ago
    Here in the United States, there's well-publicized research into how hard many families would have to work to come up with the money to cover an unexpected $400 expense. https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2019-economic-well-being-of-us-households-in-2018-dealing-with-unexpected-expenses.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2019-economic-we...
    - psychiatrist24 6y ago
      I didn't see anything about how much they would have to work, just what percentage would have trouble coming up with the money on short notice. It doesn't even imply they are poor, they could simply put all their money into their mortgage every month.
  - ratww 6y ago
    $1000 a month is a good developer salary in lots of third-world countries, and that's not even entry level jobs. Hardly a bunch of rural farmers.
- EvilEy3 6y ago
  > For a lot of people in the world, it's a tremendous amount of money. And for a lot of people it is a pocket change. > Congrats on being someone without that concern. > Take that up with the person you've imagined you're talking to. Gee, someone being able to afford something really crawls under your skin.
LandR 6y ago
> 1000$ is not a lot of money Yes, it is. I can't imagine spending $1000 on a fun thing or a joke and I'm single.
- blockyhead 6y ago
  He spent it on a project that would potentially earn him more money. Perhaps that you can not understand it is part of the reason why you can't afford it.
- Breza 6y ago
  I run a corporate data science department and my wife has a more respectable job and we still couldn't imagine spending that kind of money on a joke.
  - pgsimp 6y ago
    Could you elaborate? I'd really like to understand why you don't have any spare money, despite of two good earners in the household? "A joke" is also incorrect, the guy is trying to make money. Nevertheless, if you reframe it as "for fun", vacations presumably should count. I rather doubt you would be unable or unwilling to spend 1000$ on a vacation? Nobody says that everybody should be willing to spend money on an emoji email project. That just happens to be that person's interest, so they spent money on it. Don't you have any interests at all that cost money? I personally wouldn't spend 1000$ on many things that other people spend it for, but that is not the same as not being able to afford it.
    - LandR 6y ago
      $1000 is less than 1% of the money I have in savings sitting in the bank. After all my expenses this month I better have more than $1000 left over when I get paid or somethings gone horribly wrong! Yet... I still wouldn't spend $1000 on anything outside of essentials without having a really good reason. I'm not spending $1000 on a holiday, that seems mental to me but then I'm not big into traveling. I like gaming but I can't bring myself to spend the $2-3k or whatever it would be to get a good gaming PC. SO I have a PS4 and I mostly get games on sale or "free" via PS+. Hell, I'm even considering whether or not I want to spend <$1000 on a PS5 if they are ever available for sale again... The PS4 is fine and I don't really need it so it feels like too much money to spend on something I don't really need. I can definitely live without it. I just feel $1000 is a LOT of money. There's an amount of money that is a lot and an amount of money that I don't consider a lot. I think that break off is actually around $400. More than that trips a mental switch for me.
gpvos 6y ago
That depends a lot on your privilege level. Yours is apparently extremely high.
- EvilEy3 6y ago
  Do you feel good when you write such comment? Like "justice served" good or what? I'm genuinely curious.
  - gpvos 6y ago
    I feel mostly angry when I read the comment I'm replying to. There's simply too many people not able to spare $1000 who are not in a position to change that, for reasons outside their control. Although people posting such comments are likely not listening to reason anyway, I feel something needs to be said. I'm now curious where your question comes from, though. Note that I'm aware of the "virtue signalling" narrative. But better that than blaming people for their poverty.
    - eklavya 6y ago
      Sure, but we could have neither and be happy :)
    - psychiatrist24 6y ago
      "many people not able to spare $1000 who are not in a position to change that, for reasons outside their control" What would be reasons they couldn't change that? I am genuinely curious? Not counting being too sick to work (of course such cases exists, but it would be silly to cite them). Frankly you getting angry makes me suspect you want such people to exist, to fuel your feeling of virtue and social justice superiority.
      - gpvos 6y ago
        Why do you think adding "genuinely curious" allows you to insinuate all kinds of things?
Can_Not 6y ago
> 1000$ is not a lot of money. If you're wealthy, sure. Being one of the Americans that can handle a $400 surprise expense doesn't mean you can casually handle a $1000 joke. But it's not simply $1,000. It's a $1,000/year commitment. It's also not simply $1,000/year. The article claims they spent weeks on it. That could be anywhere from $500 to $50k in unspecified labor, whether that's simply opportunity cost or the estimated value of your nights and weekends, for an unspecified duration. Maybe there was no meaningful opportunity cost, maybe this person is well off enough they don't really have to make hard choices or worry about where they will live if their $50k idea is a total loss.
- psychiatrist24 6y ago
  It's not a joke, he is trying to make money. If it doesn't work out, he can cancel it after a year, or only keep the most successful domain names. As you said, it is nothing compared to opportunity costs. The person from the article seems to also have a day job, though, so they won't end up on the street if the project fails. Why can't you handle 400$? I have many times been in the situation where an extra 400$ would have been painful. But it was a temporary situation. It doesn't imply 1000$ is a lot of money to spend on a project. You also have opportunity costs by staying in your current job and not trying new things.