Roger's Got a Brand New Bag

[Epimetheus]

But that isn't what I said. 

I said it doesn't work because humans are primates, not ants.  Not because "it hasn't worked".

I misunderstood what you were saying. My bad.

So tell me, Epimetheus, where are you going to find people 'pure" enough to achieve a working communist state?

PROTIP:  If your system relies on cooperation and ideological purity, it won't work.  Ever.

I ain't a communist...There is no "my system," nor do I care about whatever the hell that question meant.

[LMNO]

the subtext was wrong - economics is not about how people react to numbers its about how people react to economists - and that is not psychology its pseudo-religion

Nope.  Perhaps with the stock market, but not in all of economics.  You don't listen to economists when choosing your brand of coffee.

[MMIX]

the subtext was wrong - economics is not about how people react to numbers its about how people react to economists - and that is not psychology its pseudo-religion

Nope.  Perhaps with the stock market, but not in all of economics.  You don't listen to economists when choosing your brand of coffee.

I wasn't aware that recommending brands of coffee was a major [or even minor] branch of economics - those fuckers get their sticky little hands into everything don't they?

[Requia ☣]

the subtext was wrong - economics is not about how people react to numbers its about how people react to economists - and that is not psychology its pseudo-religion

Yes, because religion has *nothing* to do with psychology.   

[Cainad (dec.)]

the subtext was wrong - economics is not about how people react to numbers its about how people react to economists - and that is not psychology its pseudo-religion

Nope.  Perhaps with the stock market, but not in all of economics.  You don't listen to economists when choosing your brand of coffee.

I wasn't aware that recommending brands of coffee was a major [or even minor] branch of economics - those fuckers get their sticky little hands into everything don't they?

Just to play the irrelevant pedant: coffee is actually one of the most-traded commodities in the world. Like, in the top ten.

[LMNO]

Well, better to be the irrelevant pedant than the fuckhead who refuses to get the point.

[AFK]

the subtext was wrong - economics is not about how people react to numbers its about how people react to economists - and that is not psychology its pseudo-religion

No, LMNO was right, it is about how people react to numbers.  Economics, to oversimplify it slightly, essentially hinges on scarcity.  When a hurricane threatens oil rigs out in the ocean, what happens?  Oil prices shoot up.  Why?  Because the people are anticipating increased scarcity in oil.  That's not reacting to economists, that's reacting to the supply, how much, numbers.  

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

the subtext was wrong - economics is not about how people react to numbers its about how people react to economists - and that is not psychology its pseudo-religion

Nope.  Perhaps with the stock market, but not in all of economics.  You don't listen to economists when choosing your brand of coffee.

But most do buy the brand on sale!

Just sayin....

[LMNO]

And when there's a run on the banks, it's not caused by economists, but by the rush of irrationality of the people that the bank may become insolvent, which then becomes a self-fufilling prophecy.  Most economists would advise against making a run on the banks.

[Kai]

What I want to know is why you'all are hating so much on LIBRARIANS. What an awesome group of archivists and reference ninjas.

[LMNO]

What I want to know is why you'all are hating so much on LIBRARIANS. What an awesome fetish.

Fixed.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

What I want to know is why you'all are hating so much on LIBRARIANS. What an awesome fetish.

Fixed.

I read this wrong and had a Conan the Barbarian mental in fetish gear......












I have a sick mind...

[LMNO]

As far as I can tell, what Conan wears is fetish gear.

[AFK]

What I want to know is why you'all are hating so much on LIBRARIANS. What an awesome group of archivists and reference ninjas.

Because we know the Dewey Decimal System is really a secret plot to teach Socialism to our children.  

[Kai]

What I want to know is why you'all are hating so much on LIBRARIANS. What an awesome group of archivists and reference ninjas.

Because we know the Dewey Decimal System is really a secret plot to teach Socialism to our children.