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Money Just a Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion…

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money an illusionU.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money
Just A Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion  –  The Onion

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy ceased to function this week after unexpected existential remarks by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke shocked Americans into realizing that money is, in fact, just a meaningless and intangible social construct.

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Best of Facebook (the early days) – VI. The Dissertation

In: Mirth

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Michelle

i will pay you 1 million dollars to finish my dissertation for me

 

Autumn

At this rate, I might just have the time! Oh wait. I shouldn’t say that. A bunch of people might kill me. Nevermind. You can keep your 1 million dollars.

 

Jason

I’ll do it for one month’s rent

 

Michelle

autumn, if you are under contract to finish my dissertation i will protect you. and a month’s rent is a serious discount on 1 million dollars. makes me question the quality of your product jason.

 

Shawn

jason, how much is your rent?

 

Jason

two million dollars

 

Teresa [Michelle’s mother]

I’ll do it for free…..but it may not get you your PHD!

 

Jason

There’s the Capitalist system for you. Don’t charge overmuch, give someone a good deal, and they automatically question the quality of your services… Fine, I’ll do it for 1 million five hundred thousand (firm)

 

Teresa

Hey watch it there mister! I said I would do it for free and you are turning it into a bidding war……bring it on….bring it on!

 

Eva

you can do it you can do it!

 

Teresa

Spoken like a true friend!

 

Jason

For 1,500,000, I will get you the PhD. No problem. I’ll also throw in an MA in Computer Science, and a Bachelor’s in underwater basket weaving (a skill currently highly in demand in Denmark).

 

Teresa

me thinks you win! but I don’t like it!

 

Teresa

I think I could use some of that basket weaving….we’ll talk some time

 

Michelle

Product bundling, savvy marketing move. I don’t really need a BA in basket weaving, yet the offer is hard to resist.

 

Jason

Everyone always goes for the basket weaving. Who doesn’t love a handmade basket infused with the timelessness of the ocean?… I will be displaying some of my personal baskets tonight at 9 pm on the Home Shopping Network.

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Loving monkey adopts kitten… Kitten grows up to be mafia boss

In: the Absurd, Endearing, & Startling

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macque monkeyA long tailed macaque monkey adopts a kitten in the forests of Bali, Indonesia – Telegraph UK

A long tailed macaque adopts a kitten in the forests of Bali.

 

 

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v.

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Talking like Marlena Dietrich and dancing like Zizi Jeanmaire

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Best of Facebook (the early days) – V. The Gmail

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Jason

Every gmail email in existence seems to be taken… It’s like the Monthy Python cheese shop sketch

 

Ben

what about fyodorkafstoy@gmail.com ?? taken?

 

Jason

The only one that seems to be available is “eriuhurwsdghvdjjhujvcvvcsjcbdhvcdvbvbhbvdhhvbsdhcvvcjkbsajkadbjkb84865tr@gmail.com”

 

Justine

you should totally do it. and put it on your business card.

 

Jason

Don’t worry— I snagged it up fast!… Making business cards as we speak.

 

Matthew

iamgerarddepardieu@gmail.com. You’re welcome.

 

Jason

huh?

 

Sasha

ripvanwinkle

 

Jason

indeed. the good advice continues pouring in.

 

Natasha

stoptakingallniceandshortemails@gmail.com

 

Natasha

ohthisoneisareallygoodandshortandeasytoremembertoo@gmail.com

 

Jason

I think I’ve struck some strange universal nerve

 

Jason

everyone will be happy (or unhappy) to know that I have settled on “[redacted]@gmail.com” as an alternate email

 

Natasha

icouldn’tcomeupwithsomethingsmart@gmail.com

sorry, i will go back to work now.

 

Jason

okthankyouforyoursuggestionsiwilltrythemnexttimehavefunatwork@gmail.com

 

Sasha

that’s enough

 

Jason

I’ll be the judge of when it’s enough!… Okay. It’s enough.

 

Natasha

enough is enough or ya poidu v shtany kazhdomy iz vas!

 

Jason

Tol’ko etovo malo!

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A moneyless world…

In: Articles of Note

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daniel suelo

BBC World Service – Daniel Suelo: The Modern Caveman

He dines on road kill, blogs religiously, sleeps in a cave, and has lived for years without money.

 

Details – Meet the Man Who Lives on Zero Dollars

In Utah, a modern-day caveman has lived for the better part of a decade on zero dollars a day. People used to think he was crazy.

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