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The value of anything is relative and only definable against that other circumstance.
Please allow me to introduce you to the concept of “opportunity cost.” Turns out you’re just using faulty logic to convince yourself that a burrito taxi is saving you finite resources.
This entire conversation is frustrating for a few reasons: it’s increasingly common (particularly in online spaces), it adopts the trappings of a logical conclusion while eschewing the necessary underlying frameworks and requirements of intellectual honesty and consistency, and it stems ultimately from a purposeful and willingly architected delusion.
sigh... your applying "value"(monetary/finance), to "value"(possessive)...
is it saving me financially? no, ofcourse not. im not a business, I'm not selling the servings I'm making, and buying them back from myself.
however, energy is finite. let me introduce you to spoon theory. the point that the trappings of mental exhaustion from physical and mental strain have a cost on your health and well being.
that cost /becomes/ monetary later when you lose the ability to maintain the money earning opportunities or expierence injury as a result of overwork. very real things that occur every single day.
point being, that Friday night beer and slice your m8 gets delivered from door dash is saving him from having a mental breakdown or being exhausted and burning himself on the stove. these are possessive costs that translate to literal finite costs later.
I return to my point I seem to be making alot lately, do people think "preventive care" is a scare word?
lol “spoon theory”
Fuck outta here with your pop psychology. Get back to Insta.