[−]jareklupinski · 2026-10-11 Sun 10:26 UTC ·
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> I get so curious about people’s financial situations when they’re able to make such asymmetrical moves like that. He lives in a rural town near Pittsburgh, does selling $10 zines afford that lifestyle? What about healthcare? Does he have a trust fund? A recent inheritance? Bitcoin? Years of an early retirement strategy paying off? I shouldn’t ruin the anti-capitalistic vibe with such trivial capitalistic questions but I love it and my brain jumps to trying to make the math work for myself.
peoples' true natures/intentions make more sense when you remove "because money" from the equation
but it's hard to see through it when your own life revolves around "because money"
It’s really kind of a pervasive attitude, akin to fish and the concept of water.
“But why would you do that if you can’t make any money from it?”
It’s so difficult to overcome this tendency to dismiss ideas because they don’t lead to income, especially if you aren’t financially secure/have years of savings in the bank.
Yes. This. It extends further to thoughts like, "but you can't expect someone to do <obviously moral thing> because it's less profitable, so how do you incentivize it?"
I propose "incentivize" be a 2026 front runner for curse word. It's just a gross concept these days.
He’s not on a board of VCs interrogating if your questionable project is worth millions. It’s a simple question of if whatever you’re doing is enough to provide a living.
peoples' true natures/intentions make more sense when you remove "because money" from the equation
but it's hard to see through it when your own life revolves around "because money"
“But why would you do that if you can’t make any money from it?”
It’s so difficult to overcome this tendency to dismiss ideas because they don’t lead to income, especially if you aren’t financially secure/have years of savings in the bank.
I propose "incentivize" be a 2026 front runner for curse word. It's just a gross concept these days.
He’s not on a board of VCs interrogating if your questionable project is worth millions. It’s a simple question of if whatever you’re doing is enough to provide a living.