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[–] xkforce 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This reminds me of a story about a fisherman and some twat businessman out on some tropical island. Fisherman dude just fishes a bit and rests on the beach, never making much money and the businessman tells him he could make a lot more money toiling in some other job for decades and the fisherman asks him what the point is and he says "well eventually youll have enough saved up to be able to retire to a tropical island..." and just lists off stuff the fisherman is already doing.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That story is so old that the fisherman can no longer survive because his fish is undervalued, the water overfished, and polluted, the beach illegal to sleep on, and his property unaffordable.

[–] xkforce 15 points 1 year ago

Well yeah the twat businessman realized that was the only way to peel this guy away from his effective retirement and into a cubicle where the rich thinks he belongs.