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[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 65 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This reminds me of a story about a fisherman and some twat businessman out on some tropical island. Fisherman dude just fishes a bit and rests on the beach, never making much money and the businessman tells him he could make a lot more money toiling in some other job for decades and the fisherman asks him what the point is and he says "well eventually youll have enough saved up to be able to retire to a tropical island..." and just lists off stuff the fisherman is already doing.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That story is so old that the fisherman can no longer survive because his fish is undervalued, the water overfished, and polluted, the beach illegal to sleep on, and his property unaffordable.

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Well yeah the twat businessman realized that was the only way to peel this guy away from his effective retirement and into a cubicle where the rich thinks he belongs.