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Heyr
12y ago
At least in the case of Baltics cost of living is not a fifth of what it is in the US. In fact it could even be considered similar. For some reason countries like Spain and Germany have CHEAPER cost of living for day to day things (except r
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12y ago
Considering how many people in the world are poor, wouldn't you say that such "defeatist" thoughts are actually more realistic?
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Heyr
12y ago
It only does this in certain cases. It can also negatively impact those who wouldn't want to do it. You have to factor in a cost to all of these things - even for something as simple as smiling. For smiling most of the cost is mental,
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Heyr
12y ago
Let me ask you this: how does a species survive that doesn't have offspring unless they were VERY comfortable and secure in their lives? It doesn't. There are many natural urges humans possess and this is one of them. If you ask a
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12y ago
Well, in the case of the real world currently, usually wealth came first. It came first because you can inherit wealth in various forms: either through land, money or even education. Parents being able to afford a way better education for t
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Heyr
12y ago
But HN is a tiny minority. It is barely a drop in the ocean. Printed media is losing a lot of market (except books globally and comics in certain asian countries). Look at how manga works - most manga don't get that many sales. They re
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12y ago
Except they didn't follow my advice because I or someone else thought it would be cool, it bedmates of the market. People just weren't buying enough comics do they had to target a niche more and more. You say there is some kind of
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12y ago
What you say is like a nice idea, but you have to remember that this is a business. These kinds of comics line the shelves, because they're the ones that sell. Of course, it could very well be that if we had more comics that were more