Dissuade me from opening a brick and mortar used bookstore

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The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

You should try camgirling for a year or two to build up capital and research the market.

Alternatively, you could try fuckboying a little less.

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The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

1) Assess their current financial state and feasibility of project
2) Present an objectively unreasonable solution
3) Using hyperbole, you explain that this solution is preferable to their current plan
4) By contrasting their plan with an absurd option, you use irony to present a situation that deliberately runs counter to what one would expect actual advice to be
5) The contrast is so extreme that it highlights the lack of feasibility of the original option and potentially uses humor or irony to indirectly critique the reasonability of the original plan

It's not humorous to tell a woman seeking financial advice to become a prostitute.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2017 20:30

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Her plan requires a large capital investment to immediately get off the ground. She has CC debt, a cat with cancer, and no income.

Saying, "Hey, your plan will only work if you become a prostitute for two years or you can attempt to break into the industry through a job with a reliable income and gain experience." is a snarky way of saying that they should get a job in the industry before undertaking this plan that could sabotage their long-term ability to do so.

Actually it's super misogynist because you would never make that "joke" toward a male poster.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2017 20:37

The MUMPSorceress: Jan 6, 2012; ^SHTPSTS; Gary’s Answer

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

I actually made that exact same joke to SlowMotion when he described his plan to finance his lifestyle 100% through bonuses that he had yet to earn and had proven that he wouldn't earn over the course of the past year.

His plan was also bad and we found out that he dramatically screwed himself in the long-run by undertaking it.

So then your defense is that you think sex work is funny?

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