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Everything is just a grift now so not surprising
Capitalism reduces everything to transactional relationships
I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off.
Read that in Ricky's voice
uuuuuur-fuck off a-already, morty.
Smokes let's go.
I've never even seen the show and I read it in his voice
Sold!
Eh, I'm gonna play the devil's advocate here but when I thought about it, I'd say it's more like a human nature or common sense. I can imagine a person who feels excited by posting spicy pictures online in 2011 and then realizing "You mean people are willing to pay for this shit?"
Capitalism. You shouldn't strive to profit off doing things you enjoy. The profit motive IS the problem.
People selling their labour is an aspect of capitalism, but in that situation, you're not the capitalist.
Or maybe you shouldnt be telling people how to live their lives? Even fans of communism have dictatorial tendencies.
Advice isn't the force of law. Don't be silly. There's plenty of reasons to hate communism that don't require you to be silly.
I'm just not ready to start charging milfs for banging them...
They said "if you're good".
That's fair. "Incredible" is on a different level...
Really in that case you're doing charity
That's not common sense. That's greed.
This is more a side effect of having to monitize your hobbies to afford to live