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[–] MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world 237 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Joe Rogan is living embodiment of being so open minded that your brains fall out.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 78 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I mean that’s beautifully put…..

But unfortunately it’s simpler than that. It’s the story of a reasonable man that achieved beyond his dreams and then flipped sides because of money and status.

“Suddenly I have an opinion on the capital gains tax.” Type of stuff.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Was he a 'reasonable man' before or after he decided the moon landings were fake?

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Many reasonable people believe all sorts of nutty shit.

Until it becomes actively harmful, I don’t care much.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing how you can be both reasonable and believe there is a vast government and scientific conspiracy to cover up multiple fake moon landings. Sort of seems like a one or the other thing to me.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you need to get out more 😝

I don’t personally believe in it, but I also don’t care if you do.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's not about what you personally care about, it's about what you are defining as a reasonable person. It does explain why so many people think Trump is a very stable genius though.

[–] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I suspect he means reasonable as in "a normal decent person you could be good neighbors or colleagues with" not a reasonable person as in "a person endowed with the faculty of reason".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I see. That makes more sense. Thank you.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I, too, have an opinion on the capital gains tax. It should be taxed at the same rate as income. We can let them keep the exception on the first half million in profit because I'm feeling nice today.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It’s actually higher in many scenarios.

What needs to be taxed like income is loans against the stocks

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or a simple .01 cent financial transaction tax. Absolutely no effect on the average person, a huge way to raise revenue from bankers and stock traders.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Agreed, or just a minimum amount of time that stocks can be owned to kill the high-frequency traders.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah that's right. I forgot about Buy, Borrow, Die.

I agree, though I'd have to do something thinking about the exact right way to implement a tax on that kind of behavior.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago

Tax idle stock while you're at it. 1% per share, per current price, per quarter.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is a 9 minute beat poem about a conversation with a podcaster.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

In an airy studio, mics standing proud and tall,A host with a voice smooth as a vinyl’s call. Across the table, there sits a guest, Eyes bright, ready to contest.

The host begins, “Welcome, listeners, to our weekly dive, Where thoughts and ideas vividly come alive. Today’s guest, someone quite unique, Brings perspectives some might seek.”

And there she was, her aura all aglow, Storm, not her name, but what she seemed to sow. With every word, a challenge, a fight, Against the conventional, the known, the right…