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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > 2016 Economic Crisis Thread - Duck and Cover?
Will the global economy implode in 2016?
We're hosed - I have stocked up on canned goods
My private security guards will shoot the paupers
We'll be good or at least coast along
I have no earthly clue
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Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

Monomythian posted:

Ok.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/in-pod-based-community-living-rent-is-cheap-but-sex-is-banned?trk_source=popular

Here are some of choice bites from this article.

Pod life
sharing economy
pod culture
access not ownership
Podestrians
open-floor model
social travelers
pod share
live-work community
future of work
startup world
PodSex

It's serfdom.

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Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

 We're almost done with 2016.

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Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

ToxicSlurpee posted:

Get rid of all your morals.

gently caress I'm levered up to my eyeballs buying stock in mushrooms and you tell me this now?!

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Arglebargle III
Feb 21, 2006

JeffersonClay posted:

Yes there's a strong consensus among academic economists that the gains outweigh the losses.

For the economy overall yes. But we all know the overall economy is skewed by a small minority absorbing a majority of growth. For the average guy it's not so clear.

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