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seahorse [Ohio]M to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 2 years ago

Report: You Could Quit Job Right Now And Just Play PS5 Until You Run Out Of Money

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Report: You Could Quit Job Right Now And Just Play PS5 Until You Run Out Of Money

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seahorse [Ohio]M to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 2 years ago
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NEW YORK—Saying the choice was entirely in your hands, a report released Monday found that you could quit your job right now and just play PlayStation 5 until you run out of money. “At this very moment, you could walk out the front door of your office and go home to spend month after month playing God Of War: Ragnarok …
  • @000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    -11•2 years ago

    In an incredibly basic sense: buy low, sell high. As we live in a capitalist society, this is the way things work.

    Those who choose to slave away as workers are only generating profit for their overlords

    • @9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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      11•2 years ago

      What do I buy low and sell high?

      • Dale
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        13•2 years ago

        Other people’s labor

      • Random Dent
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        5•2 years ago

        You simply need a diversified portfolio of assets, then you do shorts but don’t do puts or something.

        I actually have no idea what any of that means, but I have a friend who does stocks stuff and that’s the sort of thing he says lol.

      • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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        4•2 years ago

        Drugs.

      • @000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        -3•2 years ago

        Bananas

        • @9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          Isn’t the banana market run by cartels now?

          • trashcan
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            3•2 years ago

            now?

          • @000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            -3•2 years ago

            I couldn’t say, but avocados are a cash crop utilized by cartels

            • @9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world
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              3•2 years ago

              So are you telling me to fund terrorism?

              • trashcan
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                1•2 years ago

                Pretty sure that’s the American dream?

              • @000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                -3•2 years ago

                I’m not telling you to do anything. You are the master of your own self

    • @Zalack@startrek.website
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      3•2 years ago

      So gamble? The only proven way to reliably make money on investing are things like index funds, which you will need a fair amount of starting capital to make a living off of.

      • @000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        -1•2 years ago

        I’m not talking about stocks. I’m talking about literally anything that people will pay money for, which is a lot of stuff. You can even make the stuff or get it for free, vastly increasing your profit margins.

    • @Stuka@lemmy.ml
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      2•2 years ago

      People really do say some dumb shit

      • @000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1•2 years ago

        Do you have any examples?

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