Tag: money
The GDP Per Capita Myth
William Huo posted this interesting thread debunking the GDP per capita myth that the West keep using to claim that China is poor. GDP per…
Made in the USA
Entrepreneur Ramon van Meer tested the theory that people will pay more for “Made in the USA.” Surprise, surprise… it turns out they won’t. Source:…
Fantasy Currency
This is an interesting little post about writing about money and currency in fantasy… Source
Man Who Sent Random Bills
Evaldas Rimasauskas, the man who sent random bills to Facebook and Google, pulled off what many would only dare to dream of: tricking two of…
“I’m Rich” Fantasy
My wildest “I’m rich” fantasy is also me doing all the same stuff as now, I’m just more relaxed. If this post describes what “being…
Bruce Wayne’s Wealth
Bruce Wayne aka Batman‘s wealth is like plot armor. No matter what he does to spend it all he still has money. Bruce Wayne is…
Capitalism is Rigged
Capitalism is rigged. The whole system is rigged. There is nothing wrong with you; you’re doing your best in a game rigged against you, probably…
The Netherlands Built the Fictitious Euro Bridges
LOL! Today I learned that the Euro currency was designed featuring imagery of fictitious bridges to represent architectural stylings throughout time in Europe, also serving…
Amazon’s Company Towns Are Slavery
This post about Amazon’s “new” idea for factory towns and the history of company towns is super disturbing. TL:DR Company towns are slavery and always…
Don’t Return Books to Amazon
Apparently because of a stupid TikTok “book return hack” authors and creators are losing money. So this is just a reminder not to return books…