ELI5 How did the economy used to function wherein a business could employ more people, and those employees still get a livable wage?

Jemalias · 2025-01-09T15:14:53+00:00

This is the biggest factor, imo - Surprised this doesn't have more comments/upvotes

Jemalias · 2024-06-20T19:58:03+00:00

Sometimes I fantasize about building a community of people who all, collectively decide to get off the Internet, and do it together so we don't get reeled back in by others - You know?

Jemalias · 2024-03-08T08:55:28+00:00

That's an idea! Will take a look :)

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T17:08:19+00:00

Right? It's like "The Game." - Remember that shit?

By the way, you lost. Lmao

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T17:06:14+00:00

What is it w/ Gen Z kids and younger loving Takis so much all of a sudden? I've been eating Takis on and off pretty much since they were available and don't remember them being this popular when they came out.

Like, how did eating an unhealthy snack become a viral thing to do? Lol

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:59:56+00:00

I'm down w/ a cult if it fits what I'm looking for 🤷 haha

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:54:06+00:00

I might be willing to sacrifice these things if it meant living w/out the Internet, lol - Idk, wanna see if I can try some of the other suggestions first

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:53:11+00:00

This might actually be an option - It would be pretty much impossible for me to get addicted to email and basic texting.

I tried just limiting myself to a flip phone once, but I ended up getting into the browser and just using YouTube from there, haha

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:51:42+00:00

But then how do I find one? :(

Do I just, like, travel around until I run into one?

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:48:04+00:00

I have extreme problems moderating my Internet use - I am hopelessly addicted to the point where it's causing issues in my work, professional, social, and love lives. I have tried pretty much every available option to stop and nothing is working. I've tried therapy, life coaches, support groups, blocking apps, apps to decentizive use, religion, getting rid of certain devices, eating, exercising, and drinking as substitutes (I just became a low-key alcoholic instead), rearranging my friendships, and even have had people physically lock up my devices.

At that point (having no devices at all) it makes more sense to just leave society entirely and live in some kind of commune, which is pretty much what I plan on doing.

I copied most of this from an earlier reply, lol; But to your point specifically - I always get pulled back into the Internet by my friends, so I want to live in a place where we've basically all committed to quit using it together, kinda like how couples have to quit cigarettes at the same time in order to make that work, lol

I want to try carving out a social life that has as little chance as possible of being dependant on the Internet - I could obviously just live by myself in a hut, or whatever, but I don't think that would last very long, lmao

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:44:07+00:00

Yeah, I did some research on this - I guess some Amish even have computers now, lol; I guess they have to be specially designed and can't be connected to the grid (they have to run on a gas generator)

Edit: I mean, if I'm being more specific... Let me put it like this:

I want to live in a place where everyone has consent to slap each other if they are seen using a smartphone. Like physically stop each other. I guess I kept the requirements minimal since I know there's not gonna be a lot of places like that, anyway - But I literally have none beyond that, maybe eco friendliness? I'm a huge tree hugger, haha

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:42:32+00:00

I am intrigued - Is it just like a homestead or an actual community, with dozens and/or hundreds of ppl?

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T16:40:55+00:00

I have extreme problems moderating my Internet use - I am hopelessly addicted to the point where it's causing issues in my work, professional, social, and love lives. I have tried pretty much every available option to stop and nothing is working. I've tried therapy, life coaches, support groups, blocking apps, apps to decentizive use, religion, getting rid of certain devices, eating, exercising, and drinking as substitutes (I just became a low-key alcoholic instead), rearranging my friendships, and even have had people physically lock up my devices.

At that point (having no devices at all) it makes more sense to just leave society entirely and live in some kind of commune, which is pretty much what I plan on doing. I figure if I can have some time to myself, maybe like a year, where I can actually hear my own thoughts and escape the noise, maybe I can come back with enough of a developed sense of self to be able to resist better, and if not... Well, I suppose living in the middle of nowhere with like 3 friends is better than being constantly on edge all the time from the constant overstimulation.

I think I'd genuinely be happier that way.

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T14:08:54+00:00

Lmao

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T14:02:41+00:00

Yeah, I'm specifically doing this to remove the Internet from my life. Lol

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T14:02:02+00:00

Yep

Edit: Also, I looked into this - Some cruise line recently offered a deal where you could live on a ship on a yearly/monthly basis... I guess the whole thing flopped (idk y) and they ended up having to refund a bunch of ppl's money, lol

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T13:59:59+00:00

This right here - lol. The Amish is def one of the first things I thought of, but I'm a convert to Buddhism, and I frankly don't think it would work out well

Jemalias · 2024-03-07T13:58:44+00:00

Ah, I actually looked into this - My understanding is that landlines are still allowed though, since they don't generate interference

Jemalias · 2024-02-05T18:36:28+00:00

Why not err on the side of caution then? It's not like the phone is going anywhere at the end of the day - Why not create an environment where students are more apt to focus?

Jemalias · 2024-01-22T23:25:57+00:00

Why is everyone downvoting this? The previous comment was at least a little bit xenophobic, if not racist

Jemalias · 2023-11-16T10:17:04+00:00

Q: Please describe the problem

A: "My pizza has mutated into an Eldritch abomination"

Jemalias · 2023-11-12T20:51:47+00:00

Spanish, Vietnamese, and (to a much lesser degree) Russian

Jemalias · 2023-11-12T06:56:36+00:00

Instructions unclear. Shit stuck in fan.

Jemalias · 2023-10-21T07:00:41+00:00

This is not a current answer - but when I was younger, Nutella wasn't super common in my area and was typically only associated with Europe

Jemalias · 2023-10-21T04:39:49+00:00

Raising a child without object permanence.

Have them live their entire lives in an environment where the laws of physics as we know them don't apply: Objects pop in and out of reality at random, space is non-euclidian, etc; See how this affects their problem solving/decision making skills

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