Like I said before, amazing how people will argue against their better interests. Really bold of you to assume I’m just lazy, too.

It’s really funny that you got this bent out of shape when someone just asks “why not both”

Ah well can’t help everyone, especially when they won’t bother trying, right?

That’s pretty fucking stupid since people worked on stuff outside of subsistence farming well before money existed. You’re so wrapped up in how things are and how you think things should work you’re not seeing anything potential. In your bleak worldview humanity must enslave itself. Maybe if you had a perspective that was more focused on the happiness and well-being of humans you could use that oh-so-massive big brain of yours to figure out a way for people to have their needs met and have a functioning society, but your motivations are clearly set in a different direction.

Whatever man if you care more about macroeconomics than actually helping people that’s a pretty sociopathic take. We could easily pay for a ubi with tax reform and it is one of those things that generates more money than we put into it, but what do I know, I’m someone you assume is an idiot.

That’s missing the point of my metaphor.

I mean they probably wanted to eliminate some variables before expanding the experiment

Squares come in different sizes and colors. There is a spectrum of squares, some very small and some very large, with all sorts of colors.

This does not mean circles are squares.

It’s amazing to me how some people fight so hard against something that would benefit them. Like, if I offered to send you $500 a month no strings attached, would you really be against it?

They have done a lot of studies and test runs with UBIs, they seem to work pretty well and most people use them to pay off debts, save up some, educate themselves and still work. Iirc employment actually went up and people were more productive because they didn’t have to worry as much. (Not that productivity should like, be a goal that magically makes something valid to exist and if it isn’t should be scrapped) You’ve probably seen a bunch of stuff online about it so I doubt I’d convince you of anything at this point.

As for inflation, looks like people can price gouge their way to hyper inflation just fine without a ubi, so yeah, not sure why you’d be against a check every month.

A global society where science has advanced enough and everyone is wealthy enough to be able to do this? They can do what they want with it I guess, we’ll never see it

We could be solarpunk. Like, right now. With everything using clean energy and plants everywhere.

So that goes back to my original comment, porque no las dos?

Did you mean to say if they weren’t a right?

We’re kinda already in that situation. The wealthy can afford medical treatments and life prolonging procedures, as well as healthier food and circumstances. They already live longer while we suffer and die.

Porque no las dos

I’m with with dehumanizing rich people

Ok so some people are asking what type of apocalypse but I feel that’s mostly irrelevant because you said it’s a post apocalypse scenario. The apocalypse has already passed.

So there’s kind of two options. One is where I would be the sole survivor on the planet, and the other is where there’s still pockets of survivors out there.

Most post apocalypse situations involve other people surviving, so I’ll start there.

You didn’t put a limiter on what the item could be, whether it had to be realistic or not, and how this supply would come to be. So I’ll give three answers, each with different degrees of what I’m assuming your intention behind the question is.

The first would be an infinite supply of non tricky, non malevolent genie lamps. Infinite wishes baybee, this trumps pretty much everything.

Something more fantastic but more reasonably grounded would be computers, with a complete set of data on human history, art, music, science and schematics, with instructions on how to rebuild society in a more equitable way, translated into all languages possible, with a pictogram of how to charge it up etched on the outside. Pass those suckers around, rebuild society, got infinite of them, everyone gets one and it has the windows space pinball from the 90s on it just for fun.

But since you said lighters, to play with the idea of things that exist, I’m gonna go with tents. Probably those onion shaped ones that are designed to be permanent housing, or yurts. Sure water and food are important but without shelter you’re fucked, and I could house everyone.

Now if it were an apocalypse where I’m the only survivor, I would want an infinite supply of one thing.

BACKUP. GLASSES.

Banal and uninspired, but uses cunt, 1.5 out of 10.

I like your funny words magic man

Leonardo to blow his mind and maybe make a time paradox

Tesla to explain to him that he really needs to take some financial advice because it’s not about him, it’s about people using his techniques.

Edison to punch in the face repeatedly for an hour

Oh man I wish I lived in that world where politicians would give a shit and this would work fast enough it didn’t screw people over. We don’t, but it would be nice.

Ok dipshit, maybe you didn’t pick up on the context because you were already frothing at the mouth and typing with your rage induced boner, because you clearly missed the part where I said that tipping is bullshit and that I think we should get rid of it. Maybe because your reading comprehension is worse than a second grader, or maybe because you’re so hyped up to start shit online you needed it spelled out for you. Maybe it’s your sexual frustration coming forward, I can only guess if you were worth guessing about. You don’t give a shit about other people so I don’t think you deserve the same.

Because if you gave a shit about people maybe the last three neurons you have left that haven’t been destroyed by your apparent chronically online induced rabies would’ve had a get together, and realized that while we should get rid of tipping, since that legislation doesn’t FUCKING EXIST right now, maybe you should kinda tip the people who rely on it, since NOT tipping them doesn’t do shit for passing that legislation and they literally rely on that tip to, you know, live.

Oh and since you’ve got baby brain levels of understanding, I’m not talking about tipping random businesses that’s don’t need it like your landlord, I’m talking about wait staff. Food servers. Delivery drivers. The ones getting fucked over.

The ones you’re pretending to champion.

I hope someone spits in your latte.