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Anon trades and barters (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 183 points 9 months ago

Anon invents triangle trade that's both fake and gay.

[+] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 82 points 9 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 57 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I have friend that said it 13 years ago. If you wanna be rich, make yourself the middle man. You can try to open a public company, market it, find investors, and hopefully you'll eventually run a profit and the stock value will go up. Or, you can be an investor making money by buying stock that provide good dividends and go up in value. But, the best position is in the middle exchanging the stock. You don't have to convince others to invest and run a company that is successful when competing with others. You don't have to investigate and guess which companies will be profitable while competing with millions of other investors, banks, and AI. Nope. You just sit back and relax while people fight each other on the battlefield field you created.

Those are the people that make it. They insert themselves in a situation where others fight but they win regardless of who else wins.

Ford or Chevy? Oil wins
Chrome or Edge? Google wins
Facebook or Instagram? Meta wins
Plaintiff or defendant? Lawyers win
Pay off home loan or foreclose? Lender wins
Thousands of IPOs? Market-makers win
England or France? Rothchilds win
Russia or Ukraine? Military industrial complex wins

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 12 points 9 months ago

Which is part of our bigger issue going on right now. People know that being a middle man that takes a cut is the easy profit and everyone with enough money to try is doing it.

[–] atlas@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

what you're describing is a leech. a parasite that offers no benefit to either nor adds to the value of society.

middlemen are the lowest of the low, and i cannot understand why anyone could sleep at night knowing their value in society is 0.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i cannot understand why anyone could sleep at night knowing their value in society is 0.

You gotta switch the cables. I'm assuming right now that you only want what you deserve through your labor. If you have extra or someone else is in need, you would rather they have it than you horde it or gain some luxury. Switch the cables so that what you value is hoarding and having luxuries without any merit. If someone else needs something, your power to not give leftovers to them is confirmation of your self-worth.

[–] atlas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

you are absolutely correct in your assumption. i grew up in poverty and i'd rather return to it if i could help others never having to experience it.

i get there are people with polar opposite views but absolutely cannot understand why you still wouldn't want to help the fellow man so we can all live better.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Who is powering all those transactions? Big Electric trying to stop paper and stone from making a comeback.

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

😂

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 59 points 9 months ago

This is the kind of job AIs are going to replace. AIs are coming for the dick trade.

[–] pinkystew@reddthat.com 53 points 9 months ago

Anonymous is holding up the whole goddamn economy right now

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OP is a Ferangi.

[–] TheOneCurly@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

the Great (sex) Material Continuum

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 37 points 9 months ago

stonks

[–] TheFerrango@lemmings.world 30 points 9 months ago

Anon embraced the circular economy

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 22 points 9 months ago

The ~~spice~~ sex must flow.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Capitalism at its finest

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

<tribal chanting>

<music swells>

"It's the circle of porn!"

[–] gmanlikescheese@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Anon doing his part for the gpd 🫡

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Great now that Lion King song is playing in my head.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

This is in no way how the adult entertainment industry works but whatever, men r so smart and if only they had tits they could rule the world /s