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It's parasitic, not productive. A tick can contain a lot of blood, doesn't mean it produced that blood.
by RobotToaster 2y ago
It's parasitic, not productive.
A tick can contain a lot of blood, doesn't mean it produced that blood.
- concordDance 2y agoTicks do not require the consent of the host to drink blood. Things like Google and Facebook cannot be parasitic, every dollar gained is a voluntary exchange with no threats. People choose to use Google and gain something from doing so.
- mjamesaustin 2y agoYep if the host agreed to die, then the market is a success. We've discovered the most efficient outcome – sucking the customer dry until they die! Thank you to the free market for delivering us this efficient result. Remember kids – thousands dying from lack of healthcare isn't a bug of the system, it's a feature. This has been determined as necessary, nay even beneficial, by market forces that can never be wrong.
- concordDance 2y agoHackernews has finally declined to the level of reddit. :(