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My argument against this is as follows: would you sell your dignity for $10? Now, my dignity doesn't exist in any sense which makes selling it meaningful. So i
by samatman 5y ago
My argument against this is as follows: would you sell your dignity for $10?
Now, my dignity doesn't exist in any sense which makes selling it meaningful. So it's kind of like free money.
But really it isn't. There's someone out there who can say "I own samatman's dignity, and I got it for cheap". I'm a guy who sold his dignity, and everyone knows it. I feel like people would judge me for that.
There are definitely people out there who will judge you for selling your soul. It doesn't have to exist for that to be real. Is it actually worth ten bucks? I expect there aren't many people who would see that and say "oh cool, you sold your soul for less than a sandwich in SF! You must be an interesting person, I think better of you now that I heard that".
- diegoperini 5y agoHumans usually put their dignity on rent.
- tuckfrump666 5y agoNobody has come up with a SaaS for renting your dignity
- TeMPOraL 5y agoInstagram and YouTube are two known sites for doing just that. You loan out your dignity when you become an influencer, and have it come back when everyone forgot about that chapter of your life.
- onecommentman 5y agoThe Internet never forgets. Never. People may forgive and be forgiven, but the Internet never forgets.
- cmeacham98 5y agoCounterpoint: I have serious doubt that many people (even those religious) believe you can sell your soul using a contract from the legal system in this mortal world. Thus, almost everyone should see it as the joke/fun that it is, and not you actually valuing your soul at $10. "I sold my soul for $10" is a lot better icebreaker than I've ever used.
- tsimionescu 5y agoReligious people who believe in the existence and sanctity of the human soul would probably see such a transaction as something similar to spitting on a holy object - it doesn't hurt the object itself, but as a symbolic gesture it shows your lack of respect for it.
- White_Wolf 5y agoaaa.. onlyfans for less than $10?(heard from a simp friend... really)
- jareklupinski 5y agoah i liked that episode too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Sells_His_Soul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Sells_His_Soul >After proclaiming there is no such thing as a soul, Bart agrees to sell his to Milhouse for $5 on a piece of paper which reads "Bart Simpson's soul". Lisa warns Bart that he will regret selling his soul, but he dismisses her fears.
- ASalazarMX 5y agoWhat if you sell it to many people? Dignity, as an abstract concept, is self-replenishing and infinite. In fact, all of our dignities should be given for free, as they're infinitely less scarce than any currency that uses finite resources.
- France_is_bacon 5y agoDude. We've ALL sold parts and parcels of our dignity for $10 or less. Some people, simps for example, don't even get $10 for themselvs, but instead pay to have their dignity removed from them. (this post is meant to be half humorous, and half not humorous.)
- mbfg 5y agoi'd sell my dignity for a million tho. So like anything else, it's just about what the price is. The cost for my soul would be much lower.