$75 For Ice Cubes? The Absurd Things Rich People Are Blowing Their Cash On
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quick idea to get rich,
buy a dozen deep freezers, 3D print dollar sign shapped ice cube trays, fill with water, sell to rich people
i have a feeling though that the super rich don't spend money on frivolous things like this, maybe the idiots on A&E but not the lawyers, CEOs and their type. that being said ive seen a gold plated toilet bought by a rich dick and know that there are rich people who just are spoiled as fuck
I have my whiskey neat, and if I wanted it chilled I'll use whiskey rocks.
[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]
Technically it does take water and food to make a video game. The people who make the game have to eat and drink to stay alive, maybe the computers they work on are water cooled. Everything we buy that is not something to keep us alive, is a luxury item. Really, if you buy anything your helping kill the world. Everything made is sucking resources from the earth either directly from the materials needed to make it, or indirectly for the materials needed to feed the workers or power the plants and cars that transport it.
Just popping in to say that rich people are scum. Hope this helps.
[QUOTE=ScottyWired;41902730]If I suddenly got rich as fuck I wouldn't know what to buy. In fact I'd [I]still[/I] buy el cheapo things because I'm really hesitant with money.[/QUOTE]
As much as you think this, it's very uncommon in reality.
[QUOTE=ScottyWired;41902730]If I suddenly got rich as fuck I wouldn't know what to buy. In fact I'd [I]still[/I] buy el cheapo things because I'm really hesitant with money.[/QUOTE]
I'd have a small as hell looking house but make it amazing and fill it with basically random multi tool bullshit like titanium sporks, chairs that fold into couches, beds that fold into tables, and just craziness.
space pens, wall drawers, paintings that are actually just windows, cane swords, insane overpowerful custom computer
and then I'd only use steam sale and a basic car :v:
[QUOTE=ironman17;41904627]It'd need to be a world where those with power instinctively aid those without, where a man without a job will gain a job that they are good at, and a man without talent can simply download the skillsets they require. This world would, in theory, be free from poverty, where people can afford to feed their family whilst also having something left over to save up for entertainment products every now and then.[/quote]
The problem with this is that selection favors the selfish and power corrupts, it is part of our nature. Yes ideally people should be willing to work hard to keep society functioning but if non-skilled laborers are just as well off as skilled laborers you remove the incentive to learn a trade. In a world where everyone can put food on the table regardless of their position, nobody will want to work with waste or dig ditches.
[quote]To get there, we first need to "bleed" the pigs; those with an abundance of resources would need to choose a number of causes to send monthly tithes towards, essentially a form of mandatory donations that allows the user to choose what areas of society they wish to fund the advance of. [/quote]
Where do we draw that line? Who decides which causes are worthy? Arguably simply having a computer puts you better off than many others, are you ready to be bled? Where do we stop; do we always put the needs of the many over the needs of the few? Would it be acceptable to kill a man so that his organs could save 5-6 other people who are more inclined to charity?
[quote] beliefs that are exposed as arbitrary and contrary to logic are cautioned against, like belief that some sort of sky-god will solve your problems if you pray to it, or the notion that deviance from the sexual norm is harmful to society as a whole (gay sex does not cut down trees).[/quote]
Here you argue for tolerance for LGTBQ individuals (which I whole hardheartedly agree with), but precede it with prejudicial intolerant generalizations about religious individuals. You forget that while there are extremists killing for their god, there are also those who devote their lives to helping others in the name of their god.
[quote]And finally, in terms of coercing those who refuse to accept LibEcoSoc, society would need methods that successfully coerce and convince individuals who are harder to bring over to the path that's best for us and the world. Not strictly weapons, [b]though nonlethal weaponry would be the most extreme of viable options[/b]; more subtle methods that make the subject question whether they're doing the right thing, eroding any stubborn attitudes they may have until they have strong scepticism as to the validity of their prejudices or the relevance of their spirituality.[/quote]
"If they are not willing to accept our world view we will attempt to force them to change, through violence if necessary." What a great platform, that has worked so well in the past!
[quote]At that point they would be easier to convince that "race means diddly; we're all sapient beings" or "those differences are no grounds for such pre-judgement" or "there is no God, no Devil; the balance of nature and the welfare of humanity is our highest purpose", allowing them to shape themselves into better people and live in accordance with nature, liberty, equality and a sense of community.[/quote]
Yes after you punish those who do not share your ideology it becomes easier to bend society to fit your beliefs, but you are removing their freedom to choose. I would rather live in a world that has intolerance than a world of forced tolerance.
[quote]the first to use the technology would need to be "pure of heart" so that they are simply able to remove things like excessive temptations and potential for corruption, and don't decide to abuse the technology to create their own twisted vision of what type of society mankind should strive towards. No-one wants a grimdark polluted corporate dystopia except the truly insane.[/quote]
Who decides who gets to play the great judges of humanity's beliefs and cultures? Who can we trust to be truly pure of heart?
i have money and i am not giving it away because fuck you guys i need more ice cubes
Better they spend their money on expensive shit than hoard it. People who make ice cubes are making money, so it isn't all too bad.
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;41907444]Just popping in to say that rich people are scum. Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]
another quality post by sigmalambda
It's better that rich people blow their money on useless crap and put it back into the economy than hoard it all
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[QUOTE=Chernobyl426;41908544]Better they spend their money on expensive shit than hoard it[/QUOTE]
fuck
$75 Ice Cubes are just the tip of the iceberg of stupid overpriced gimmicks for rich people. I wonder if anybody but the nouvelle riche or trust fund babies buy those things.
Why would you pay 75 dollars for fucking ice cubes? It doesn't matter it looks cool, its just fucking ice.
[QUOTE=SenhorCreeper;41909013]Why would you pay 75 dollars for fucking ice cubes? It doesn't matter it looks cool, its just fucking ice.[/QUOTE]
As someone said, they are a status symbol, you get to look classy as fuck while drinking anything with those spherical fuckers.
(Plus there is a bit of engineering and work involved to make them, and ensure they have a consistent melting time, so you're paying for labour and shit).
Really this is what the united states have come to, the wages for the people are the lowest ever, yet the corporate profits are insane, then which leads the people at the top who get all that profit to waste money on this shit. If this is the best that comes out of it all, just ordinary ideas that are simply made to be overpriced and really pathetic in my eyes then these rich people need to learn to do something better with their money. Because I could have just spent my money on something better like a glass made out of ice, then a new one to be made every time I wanted a drink, now that is something to spend money on. Oh yeah as well made out of ice it should have it's own designs and shit, now that is a grand way to waste\spend money.
Ohh yeah I know that some one else said glasses made out of ice before me though I came with the idea for the designs. One more thing please do not make this a class war against the rich stupid people for buying this shit.
[QUOTE=ScottyWired;41902730]If I suddenly got rich as fuck I wouldn't know what to buy. In fact I'd [I]still[/I] buy el cheapo things because I'm really hesitant with money.[/QUOTE]
except you'd never be rich because you are either A: born into it or B: risk your money in some type of venture
I love how some people in this thread have said "why not have someone make you a glass out of ice instead?" How the fuck are you supposed to comfortably drink out of that? Also have a butler hold it for you so your hands don't get cold?
[QUOTE=(~_^);41903569][highlight](User was permabanned for this post ("Alt of permabanned user" - Megafan))[/highlight][/QUOTE]
I can't wait to see what wacky account Dain comes up with next
[QUOTE=zakedodead;41910235]I love how some people in this thread have said "why not have someone make you a glass out of ice instead?" How the fuck are you supposed to comfortably drink out of that? Also have a butler hold it for you so your hands don't get cold?[/QUOTE]
If you're at the point you can get a hand carved ice-glass for every drink, you probably have something custom made to sit the ice-glass in, or can afford a small child to suffer holding it for you.
[QUOTE=(~_^);41903158]erm, what?
[url]http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html[/url]
Yes[/QUOTE]
id say welcome back dainbramage but it seems im too late
[editline]20th August 2013[/editline]
i knew it was him just from his post
[QUOTE=thisispain;41910403]id say welcome back dainbramage but it seems im too late
[editline]20th August 2013[/editline]
i knew it was him just from his post[/QUOTE]
You haven't exactly refuted the wealth =/= money thing yet so I don't know what you're cheering about.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;41910711]You haven't exactly refuted the wealth =/= money thing yet so I don't know what you're cheering about.[/QUOTE]
why would i even try to refute that sobotnik...
[QUOTE=thisispain;41910843]why would i even try to refute that sobotnik...[/QUOTE]
Because wealth exists and is a separate concept from money. There is no zero-sum involved because when two people trade wealth is always created. Money is one way of representing wealth.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;41910989]Because wealth exists and is a separate concept from money. There is no zero-sum involved because when two people trade wealth is always created. Money is one way of representing wealth.[/QUOTE]
what context are we using wealth in, and how does that even relate to what i was talking about at all
to me rich people earning lots of money isnt indicative of a success story, its indicative of complete income inequality
almost all people who earn lots of money do so by getting dividends or bonuses from their businesses, thats money that could have gone towards better wages and conditions for their workers, but instead they pocket the money, and unless you buy the idea that wealth will slowly trickle down to the rest of everyone else its not gonna people much good
[QUOTE=thisispain;41911043]what context are we using wealth in, and how does that even relate to what i was talking about at all[/quote]
Well earlier you were claiming that money was finite. This isn't true.
[quote]to me rich people earning lots of money isnt indicative of a success story, its indicative of complete income inequality[/quote]
It depends on the context and how much. If some guy ends up coding a game in his basement or invents a new type of bread slicing machine and gets rich off it, that's a completely different story to somebody who runs a tinpot dictatorship and taxes the people dry whilst giving land and bonuses to his cronies. This happens on a smaller and subtler scale in considerably more democratic and free countries, but it's there nonetheless. Same in companies as well (particularly if very few shareholders exist).
As a rule of thumb, families which have been entrenched in wealth for centuries (like those who got rich off oil or railroads in the 19th century) trend more towards that behavior than start-up entrepreneurs (Bill Gates and often the people who founded those wealthy dynasties all those years ago. They were assholes but donated much of their money in the end).
[quote]almost all people who earn lots of money do so by getting dividends or bonuses from their businesses, thats money that could have gone towards better wages and conditions for their workers, but instead they pocket the money, and unless you buy the idea that wealth will slowly trickle down to the rest of everyone else its not gonna people much good[/QUOTE]
Well it would be much better to tax a small proportion of that wealth and then give it directly to everybody as a form of citizens income. It's not a panacea but at least it's going to eliminate people not having enough to eat.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;41911174]Well earlier you were claiming that money was finite. This isn't true. [/QUOTE]
well i assumed that the statement would be taken on goodwill. surely we can agree that what money represents is finite, even if the money itself isnt necessarily finite because money supply is controlled by the federal reserve.
basically im saying a lot less than you think i am
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;41911174]As a rule of thumb, families which have been entrenched in wealth for centuries (like those who got rich off oil or railroads in the 19th century) trend more towards that behavior than start-up entrepreneurs (Bill Gates and often the people who founded those wealthy dynasties all those years ago. They were assholes but donated much of their money in the end).[/QUOTE]
certainly the donations are awesome, but i dont think that the problems which require their donations in the first place should exist, and i think partly some of them are caused by wealth inequality.
part of it is also how corporate entities are structured. the wealth flows upward
[QUOTE=(~_^);41902805]But income is correlated with IQ.[/QUOTE]
You're right. The higher the IQ, the lower the income. At least on Planet Earth.
Whiskey rocks and those plastic pre-filled cubes tend to work a bit better than tap water.
[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 premium ice cubes are expendable, and every time you use one, that's $75 out of pocket right there, you may as well take a stack of $75 and throw it into a fire for every one of those ice cubes you use in a drink. Buying a $300 graphics card or such actually lasts for longer than 30 minutes unlike those ice cubes. In fact, if you are smart and buy the right card, it will last you for years before you have to swap it out with a better one.
[QUOTE=viper shtf;41903797]The fuck?? Go back to China, silly Communist.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I didn't realize outright anti-capitalist and anti-rich views were immediately and inherently communist.
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