• $75 For Ice Cubes? The Absurd Things Rich People Are Blowing Their Cash On
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[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903119]woah woah yeah, it's dumb, but i don't see why a rich person fun item is an "insult to the entirety of the human race," and why you wrote an essay telling us this.[/QUOTE] How the FUCK is that an essay? Explain that to me, young man. Also, unless you have forgotten, our world is DYING. We are running out of natural resources, and countless people are suffering, yet someone has the cheek to make overly-designed pretentious icecubes out of precious water, then sell them at an insane price. All whilst people are dying of thirst because they have no water. That is [U]OBJECTIVELY[/U] an insult to the people out there who are dying because they aren't able to get clean drinking water. Might not be an insult to our entire species, but it's such a disgustingly bourgeois abuse of resources that it might as well be. It ain't just water that's being wasted here too, money is also being wasted. $75 could probably go towards the construction of a well for a village in Africa, a well that could help supply the village with clean water and eliminate the need to trek across miles of desert filled with wild animals and bandits. But instead of the money going towards building a well that could free up precious water-trekking hours and keep people from dying of thirst, uncleanliness and heatstroke, it's going towards something overpriced and pretentious that wastes natural resources. I know the money wouldn't normally go there anyways, but rich people need to be FORCED to fund such life-changing ventures. If the fat cow won't yield any more precious milk, one would naturally send it to the abattoir, with one less piece of livestock to feed and several pounds of beef to feed the tribe, as well as hide to tan and turn into leather. What I'm trying to say is that the rich are obligated to help the poor, and if they deny their obligation they must have their excess resources taken from them by force. Either way, by choice or force, the rich [U]will[/U] serve the poor.
[QUOTE=ironman17;41903296]How the FUCK is that an essay? Explain that to me, young man. Also, unless you have forgotten, our world is DYING. We are running out of natural resources, and countless people are suffering, yet someone has the cheek to make overly-designed pretentious icecubes out of precious water, then sell them at an insane price. All whilst people are dying of thirst because they have no water. That is [U]OBJECTIVELY[/U] an insult to the people out there who are dying because they aren't able to get clean drinking water. Might not be an insult to our entire species, but it's such a disgustingly bourgeois abuse of resources that it might as well be. It ain't just water that's being wasted here too, money is also being wasted. $75 could probably go towards the construction of a well for a village in Africa, a well that could help supply the village with clean water and eliminate the need to trek across miles of desert filled with wild animals and bandits. But instead of the money going towards building a well that could free up precious water-trekking hours and keep people from dying of thirst, uncleanliness and heatstroke, it's going towards something overpriced and pretentious that wastes natural resources. I know the money wouldn't normally go there anyways, but rich people need to be FORCED to fund such life-changing ventures. If the fat cow won't yield any more precious milk, one would naturally send it to the abattoir, with one less piece of livestock to feed and several pounds of beef to feed the tribe, as well as hide to tan and turn into leather. What I'm trying to say is that the rich are obligated to help the poor, and if they deny their obligation they must have their excess resources taken from them by force. Either way, by choice or force, the rich [U]will[/U] serve the poor.[/QUOTE] one could argue that we're destroying the world by playing videogames, posting on forums, and looking at funny images just as much as rich people and their fancy ice cubes. actually, one could argue that [I]everybody [/I]in the western world is insulting the rest of the world by not pumping all of their money into charity and shit. don't try to shift the blame to people who spend their money on fancy ice cubes, just because they're more well off than you. and besides, i doubt anybody would sacrifice all their fun money to help save the world, regardless of how well off they are financially.
[QUOTE=(~_^);41902805]But income is correlated with IQ.[/QUOTE] you just met the worlds dumbest person me
[quote]What I'm trying to say is that the rich are obligated to help the poor, and if they deny their obligation they must have their excess resources taken from them by force. Either way, by choice or force, the rich [U]will[/U] serve the poor.[/QUOTE] Disregarding the rest of this verbal diarrhea, you seem to be advocating killing the rich as though that is going to magically solve our problems.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903304]one could argue that we're destroying the world by playing videogames, posting on forums, and looking at funny images just as much as rich people and their fancy ice cubes. and besides, i doubt anybody would sacrifice all their fun money to help save the world, regardless of how well off they are financially.[/QUOTE] One could argue that playing video games and posting on forums is necessary for our own entertainment, sanity, and education while rich people unnecessarily buy premium ice cubes.
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;41903358]One could argue that playing video games and posting on forums is necessary for our own entertainment, sanity, and education while rich people unnecessarily buy premium ice cubes.[/QUOTE] how is buying premium ice cubes for your fancy rich person drinks any different from spending 300 dollars on a hunk of metal and plastic so you can look at higher quality lights in a videogame? how is buying the ice cubes any different from buying warhammer models? how is buying the ice cubes any different from buying anime pillows?
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903376]how is buying premium ice cubes for your fancy rich person drinks any different from spending 300 dollars on a hunk of metal and plastic so you can look at higher quality lights in a videogame? how is buying the ice cubes any different from buying warhammer models? how is buying the ice cubes any different from buying anime pillows?[/QUOTE] Because those are hobbies. Hobbies are fun, and fun is a necessity. Ice cubes are not hobbies and not fun, they're useless and I can make ice cubes for free
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903304]one could argue that we're destroying the world by playing videogames, posting on forums, and looking at funny images just as much as rich people and their fancy ice cubes. actually, one could argue that [I]everybody [/I]in the western world is insulting the rest of the world by not pumping all of their money into charity and shit. don't try to shift the blame to people who spend their money on fancy ice cubes, just because they're more well off than you. and besides, i doubt anybody would sacrifice all their fun money to help save the world, regardless of how well off they are financially.[/QUOTE] Main difference there is that digital media is for the most part immaterial, as in you don't directly fashion a video game out of tons of food and water. Playing the latest Call of Duty doesn't directly suck in tons of resources, since it's a display of lights and sounds orchestrated by a machine through input, output and simulations. Also you haven't answered my question; how was my first post an essay? You are a human being, a sentient lifeform capable of intelligent thought and conversation; please start acting like one if you would be so gracious. Also, concerning no-one sacrificing all of their "fun-money", you are only partially correct; they will rarely do so WILLINGLY. Which is why they need to have matters taken out of their hands; if they have countless millions that they just sit on or waste on things that directly detract resources from the amount mankind has allotted to it, they do not deserve their surplus. I have said this time and time again, and will repeat it ad nauseum until it is burned into the souls of every man, woman and child; those with power MUST use their power to help everyone else, whether they have money, knowledge, talent, or physical strength. It is their duty as powerful entities to ensure a good quality of life for those who are lacking. It is meant to be the backbone of our civilisation, but some have forgotten the debt they owe to society and humanity, and thus are pulling against the direction mankind is supposed to move towards.
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41903422]Because those are hobbies. Hobbies are fun, and fun is a necessity. Ice cubes are not hobbies and not fun, they're useless and I can make ice cubes for free[/QUOTE] They're status items, thus useful.
[QUOTE=ironman17;41903434]Main difference there is that digital media is for the most part immaterial, as in you don't directly fashion a video game out of tons of food and water. Playing the latest Call of Duty doesn't directly suck in tons of resources, since it's a display of lights and sounds orchestrated by a machine through input, output and simulations.[/quote] What about all the people who spend their time making it? All the resources and millions upon millions going to make these titles? The costs of distribution and advertising? [quote]Also, concerning no-one sacrificing all of their "fun-money", you are only partially correct; they will rarely do so WILLINGLY. Which is why they need to have matters taken out of their hands; if they have countless millions that they just sit on or waste on things that directly detract resources from the amount mankind has allotted to it, they do not deserve their surplus.[/quote] How would you best use resources? [quote]I have said this time and time again, and will repeat it ad nauseum until it is burned into the souls of every man, woman and child; those with power MUST use their power to help everyone else, whether they have money, knowledge, talent, or physical strength. It is their duty as powerful entities to ensure a good quality of life for those who are lacking. It is meant to be the backbone of our civilisation, but some have forgotten the debt they owe to society and humanity, and thus are pulling against the direction mankind is supposed to move towards.[/QUOTE] What direction is this? How do we get there? Is it desirable? Do we have to kill people to get there?
[QUOTE=ironman17;41903434]Also you haven't answered my question; how was my first post an essay? You are a human being, a sentient lifeform capable of intelligent thought and conversation; please start acting like one if you would be so gracious.[/QUOTE] because the signal to noise ratio of your posts is atrocious
[QUOTE=ironman17;41903434]Main difference there is that digital media is for the most part immaterial, as in you don't directly fashion a video game out of tons of food and water. Playing the latest Call of Duty doesn't directly suck in tons of resources, since it's a display of lights and sounds orchestrated by a machine through input, output and simulations. [b]Also you haven't answered my question; how was my first post an essay? You are a human being, a sentient lifeform capable of intelligent thought and conversation; please start acting like one if you would be so gracious.[/b] Also, concerning no-one sacrificing all of their "fun-money", you are only partially correct; they will rarely do so WILLINGLY. Which is why they need to have matters taken out of their hands; if they have countless millions that they just sit on or waste on things that directly detract resources from the amount mankind has allotted to it, they do not deserve their surplus. I have said this time and time again, and will repeat it ad nauseum until it is burned into the souls of every man, woman and child; those with power MUST use their power to help everyone else, whether they have money, knowledge, talent, or physical strength. It is their duty as powerful entities to ensure a good quality of life for those who are lacking. It is meant to be the backbone of our civilisation, but some have forgotten the debt they owe to society and humanity, and thus are pulling against the direction mankind is supposed to move towards.[/QUOTE] it was an exaggeration. my way of saying your post was all drawn out, serious, and all official-like. i really don't like how you're saying that a rich person is an evil tyrant if they don't actively work towards throwing all of their money into charity. there's a ton of rich-ass dudes that put a lot of their money into charity and shit, just look at mr gates. there are countless reasons why a rich person wouldn't fulfil "their duty as powerful entities to ensure a good quality of life for those who are lacking." their money might be budgeted and set aside for their lifestyle, might be in stocks or some shit, or might be all saved up so their kids can live a comfortable life.
jesus christ are people really getting in a tissy about 75 dollar ice cubes? like the whole reason isn't that they're spherical and that's why they're so expensive, they're measured and sized perfectly to keep them cooling your drinks for as long as possible. Tray ice cubes would be hard pressed to last you 10 minutes, these last an upwards of 40~ [editline]20th August 2013[/editline] besides, you can't seriously be pulling the "they dont deserve money because they spend it on themselves" if i had that kind of money you'd better bet I'd buy 75 dollar ice cubes, more likely than not I've earned that money, and if I see a cause i'm interested in, sure i'll drop some cash into it DIRECTLY (because fuck charities that spend my money on marketing). people are not OBLIGATED to sink money into others, regardless of financial status. You may think you'd be all great and mighty and sink money into all sorts of research and stuff if you were rich, and that's fine many people would not, though. It's their choice and it's not like they're some kind of horrific monster thanks to it.
[QUOTE=No Party Hats;41903497]jesus christ are people really getting in a tissy about 75 dollar ice cubes? like the whole reason isn't that they're spherical and that's why they're so expensive, they're measured and sized perfectly to keep them cooling your drinks for as long as possible. Tray ice cubes would be hard pressed to last you 10 minutes, these last an upwards of 40~[/QUOTE] i don't really understand why people say that the ice cubes are useless and shit what if the spherical ice cube buyer spends his free time drinking fancy alcoholic? i mean, if audiophiles can buy gold plated audio jacks, and if extreme pc gamer can buy nvidia titans, he should be able to buy 75 dollar ice cubes.
[QUOTE=ironman17;41903434]Main difference there is that digital media is for the most part immaterial, as in you don't directly fashion a video game out of tons of food and water. Playing the latest Call of Duty doesn't directly suck in tons of resources, since it's a display of lights and sounds orchestrated by a machine through input, output and simulations. Also you haven't answered my question; how was my first post an essay? You are a human being, a sentient lifeform capable of intelligent thought and conversation; please start acting like one if you would be so gracious. Also, concerning no-one sacrificing all of their "fun-money", you are only partially correct; they will rarely do so WILLINGLY. Which is why they need to have matters taken out of their hands; if they have countless millions that they just sit on or waste on things that directly detract resources from the amount mankind has allotted to it, they do not deserve their surplus. I have said this time and time again, and will repeat it ad nauseum until it is burned into the souls of every man, woman and child; those with power MUST use their power to help everyone else, whether they have money, knowledge, talent, or physical strength. It is their duty as powerful entities to ensure a good quality of life for those who are lacking. It is meant to be the backbone of our civilisation, but some have forgotten the debt they owe to society and humanity, and thus are pulling against the direction mankind is supposed to move towards.[/QUOTE] lol who are you to tell people what to do with their money?
don't get me wrong, i'm a huge socialist and shit, but rich people should be able to spend their luxury money on whatever they want. i mean, i buy furry porn and gundam/anime figures with my spare cash, so they should be able to buy sports cars and 75 dollar ice cubes.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903529]i don't really understand why people say that the ice cubes are useless and shit [b]what if the spherical ice cube buyer spends his free time drinking fancy alcoholic? i mean, if audiophiles can buy gold plated audio jacks, and if extreme pc gamer can buy nvidia titans, he should be able to buy 75 dollar ice cubes.[/b][/QUOTE] fucking -this- You cannot demonize one group of people who spend a minor amount of money on trivial shit when people spend a LOT more on equally as trivial shit.
[QUOTE=ironman17;41903434]I have said this time and time again, and will repeat it ad nauseum until it is burned into the souls of every man, woman and child; those with power MUST use their power to help everyone else, whether they have money, knowledge, talent, or physical strength. It is their duty as powerful entities to ensure a good quality of life for those who are lacking. It is meant to be the backbone of our civilisation, but some have forgotten the debt they owe to society and humanity, and thus are pulling against the direction mankind is supposed to move towards.[/QUOTE] But they do help everyone else. Wealthy white men have given us the refrigerator, nitrogen fertilizer, aluminium, the internet, widespread electricity, the camera, nuclear power, sanitation, vaccines, the Suez and Panama canals, planes, trains, automobiles, the newspaper, search engines, the light bulb, and the mass production of inexpensive goods, to name the first few things that came into my head. Those things have contributed to the increase in population and quality of life we have seen in the last 200 years. [highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Alt of permabanned user" - Megafan))[/highlight]
again, with the generalizing. i could generalize poor people and say they're all thugs that spend their welfare on drugs, and i could generalize middle class people as mindless consumerist drones, but that's fucking dumb. why would i do that? there are beautiful and wonderful people everywhere, regardless of their living conditions and financial situations. for every shithead rich guy, there's a guy donating an exorbitant amount of money to charity.
[QUOTE=(~_^);41903462]They're status items, thus useful.[/QUOTE] Status items are pointless dick waving [editline]20th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903612]again, with the generalizing. i could generalize poor people and say they're all thugs that spend their welfare on drugs, and i could generalize middle class people as mindless consumerist drones, but that's fucking dumb. why would i do that? there are beautiful and wonderful people everywhere, regardless of their living conditions and financial situations. for every shithead rich guy, there's a guy donating an exorbitant amount of money to charity.[/QUOTE] I really doubt that nice rich guy would buy 75$ ice cubes
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41903738]Status items are pointless dick waving[/quote] welp then i guess there's no point in buying art or anything with sentimental value. I mean, they're just for dick waving rights, right? [editline]20th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Laserbeams;41903738]Status items are pointless dick waving [editline]20th August 2013[/editline] I really doubt that nice rich guy would buy 75$ ice cubes[/QUOTE] people can spend their money on whatever the hell they want, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. unless it's a fucking bomb to blow somebody up or a murder weapon, it doesn't matter like at all.
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41903738]Status items are pointless dick waving[/QUOTE] If you actually believed that you'd get rid of all your fashionable clothing and replace them with grey utilitarian jumpsuits.
[QUOTE=ironman17;41903296]How the FUCK is that an essay? Explain that to me, young man. Also, unless you have forgotten, our world is DYING. We are running out of natural resources, and countless people are suffering, yet someone has the cheek to make overly-designed pretentious icecubes out of precious water, then sell them at an insane price. All whilst people are dying of thirst because they have no water. That is [U]OBJECTIVELY[/U] an insult to the people out there who are dying because they aren't able to get clean drinking water. Might not be an insult to our entire species, but it's such a disgustingly bourgeois abuse of resources that it might as well be. It ain't just water that's being wasted here too, money is also being wasted. $75 could probably go towards the construction of a well for a village in Africa, a well that could help supply the village with clean water and eliminate the need to trek across miles of desert filled with wild animals and bandits. But instead of the money going towards building a well that could free up precious water-trekking hours and keep people from dying of thirst, uncleanliness and heatstroke, it's going towards something overpriced and pretentious that wastes natural resources. I know the money wouldn't normally go there anyways, but rich people need to be FORCED to fund such life-changing ventures. If the fat cow won't yield any more precious milk, one would naturally send it to the abattoir, with one less piece of livestock to feed and several pounds of beef to feed the tribe, as well as hide to tan and turn into leather. What I'm trying to say is that the rich are obligated to help the poor, and if they deny their obligation they must have their excess resources taken from them by force. Either way, by choice or force, the rich [U]will[/U] serve the poor.[/QUOTE] The fuck?? Go back to China, silly Communist.
I could live my IDEAL life on $9,000 a month, and I could be totally comfortable on $2,250 a month.
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903755]welp then i guess there's no point in buying art or anything with sentimental value. I mean, they're just for dick waving rights, right?[/QUOTE] Art has artistic value, 75$ ice cubes do not [QUOTE=milkandcooki;41903755]people can spend their money on whatever the hell they want, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. unless it's a fucking bomb to blow somebody up or a murder weapon, it doesn't matter like at all.[/QUOTE] That's irrelevant. It's true that they can buy whatever they want, but I don't have to like it [QUOTE=(~_^);41903782]If you actually believed that you'd get rid of all your fashionable clothing and replace them with grey utilitarian jumpsuits.[/QUOTE] Most of my clothing is way cheaper than their ice cubes, though. I almost never buy any clothes that cost more than 30$
[QUOTE=viper shtf;41903797]The fuck?? Go back to China, silly Communist.[/QUOTE] Communism is pretty much a joke these days. Not even the Chinese touch it. [editline]20th August 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Laserbeams;41903876]Art has artistic value, 75$ ice cubes do not[/QUOTE] What about ice sculptures?
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;41903877]What about ice sculptures?[/QUOTE] What about them? They're pretty damn cool
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;41903905]What about them? They're pretty damn cool[/QUOTE] Why don't you like these ice cubes? They look cool.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;41903912]Why don't you like these ice cubes? They look cool.[/QUOTE] Do they? They look like ice cubes. I don't think ice cubes look cool at all
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;41903912]Why don't you like these ice cubes? They look cool.[/QUOTE] they're 75 dollars and not marketed to me so therefore they're useless and anybody who buys them is [I]literally depriving the poorer parts in the world of water[/I]
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