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Because making as much profit as possible is the only virtue worth pursuing if you believe most comments on Hn. We’re basically Ferengui.
by Phenomenit 3y ago
Because making as much profit as possible is the only virtue worth pursuing if you believe most comments on Hn. We’re basically Ferengui.
- Fluorescence 3y ago> Ferengui A fitting typo! Show HN: FerenGUI - the ui framework for immoral arch-capitalists Every dark-pattern included as standard components. Upgrade to Pro to get the price-fixing and hidden monero miner modules.
- Phenomenit 3y agoI think you’re on to something, especially when that’s where most of the big scale enterprises end up.
- goldenkey 3y agoThere was a line Rom says in DS9 that think sums the Ferengi up pretty well: "We don't want to stop the exploitation. We want to find a way to become the exploiters."
- omnimus 3y agoRule of Acquisition no. 2 “The best deal is the one that brings the most profit.”
- Obscurity4340 3y agoWhat's no. 1, or am I unintentionally beckoning you to violate it in making it vocal?
- joshstrange 3y agoActually the rule above is “non-cannon” [0]. In the official rules [1] number 1 is: > Once you have their money, you never give it back. There is no official rule 2 so the non-cannon one is as good as any and the unwritten rule [2]: > When no appropriate rule applies, make one up Means they probably would have been covered either way. [0] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Apocrypha https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Ap... [1] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Official_rules https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Of... [2] https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Unofficial_rules https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition#Un...
- Obscurity4340 3y agoThis is all unintentionally amusing to me :)
- Obscurity4340 3y agoVery nullsome ;)