Taxes are deflationary (they are the death of money), rather than cut spending - you could just slap a bunch of taxes on Musk and others hoarding of wealth.

That’s the problem with spending cuts, you might be cutting deflationary spending, or price stabilizing spending. Not all spending is inflationary.

A homeless person often costs the government more than an unemployed person, because usually they’re gonna still be collecting some benefits here and there, often they end up in jail, or are more likely to use public housing, or do crimes which need policing/court involvement… It all stacks up.

Preventing people from becoming homeless is deflationary.

What if you don’t have that?

The profit motive, price gouging, and auctions are all inflationary. They raise prices.

As governments fall in love with these things and care less and less about fair prices, price competition, and price regulation - you’re going to see more inflation (being ripped off = dollar’s buying power shrinks, being protected against that = buying power grows).

When companies decide they just need a few high end customers to sell a premium products to, rather than compete for the majority of the market - you’re going to see inflation.

Capitalism is inflationary.

I’d need time durations on the size changes… But obviously the size changes.

Other comments indicate you also get heavier, a bath each morning followed by exercise could be interesting with the extra weight.

Also you’d have documentaries made about you. It’s a completely novel behavior… And what happens if you soak just a part of your body… Your penis for instance?

The glowing? Technically you could already do that, genetic scientists have already created glow in the dark pigs, so glowing seems similar. No more hiding in the dark, you’re a beacon now. If a mugger or the cops are chasing you… Oh there you are. Not really helpful like being three times taller and heavier because you had a bath would be.

Sounds like a programming humor post.

So… Privateering? Like Royalty.

Most definitely AI.

The first two paragraphs of the article confirm it’s AI generated. The only one denying it is the ad agency.

It’s a lame thing that happens now and then and feels orchestrated like it’s an attempt to brand lemmy as “quirky” or like early reddit.

It’s sort of like watching someone who doesn’t understand what a joke is come up with a meme.

Klingons.

It’s too tight cropped and the bear should be parked separately from the horses.

I don’t think that should matter.

It’s like, if I say 2 + 2 = 4…

…and go on to say sex with animals should be legal… That doesn’t mean 2 + 2 isn’t 4 anymore.

Like, vegetarians shouldn’t give up on the concept just because of Hitler, you know what I mean?

No it’s not viable, Elon is a grifter. This isn’t Atlas, whose autonomy and stability has been in development for three decades.

Musk knows it’s easier to raise funds by showing off advanced puppets, because most of the work is the autonomy and stability.

Elon’s most famous line is “we’ll have it next year” - that’s where his money comes from, he’s been saying that about Tesla fully self driving for six years or more, and still hasn’t got there. He’s even said it about having people on Mars.

The man is a grifter, no idea with him is viable, as it would end his main source of income, it would end the grift.

Flase promises and under delivery is his business model. It’s how he raises money.

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This would become “subversive” if they all had plastic guns, and red targets on their foreheads. Might make the tech companies rethink what they do.

The kind that doesn’t give a fuck about wealthy hollywood actors and companies?.. And thinks that groups of people supporting local theatre might be better for them, in that it’s a community and group event that involves seeing real people that you know in a community setting?

I think there’s a bible story where someone wrestles an angel for their name.

Film and TV aren’t the entire entertainment industry, it might actually be fine or even good if that part of the industry collapsed.

People might go to more community theatre, or there might be a rapid proliferation of independent media.

The EU were being hypocritical just having an ad account with Twitter.

What a dream, no laundry, no grocery shopping. Sounds wonderful.