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submitted 1 month ago by hamid@crazypeople.online to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] starik@lemmy.zip 46 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Good analogy, as long as that candy jar is the only food available.

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Left fella has played XCOM

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[–] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No one has tried pure capitalism before so this argument isn’t in good faith.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 69 points 1 month ago (25 children)

I really think sarcasm needs to be properly marked in text formats.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Reverse italics would work so well.

However I feel like to be truly good sarcasm, it needs to fly over someone's head.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Sarcasm doesn't need to decieve, it needs to make a point IMO.

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[–] pancake@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago

There is a theorem that relates wealth distribution and individual risk, so this is a great analogy.