The Mystery of Fashion

[Lorizael]

I stayed at my parents' house over the winter 2 years ago after I sold my business (to pay for a surgery) and had to build a new one. That one didn't take, and when I said **** it and came back over here I had close to nothing. Built another business while I was over here and ... third times the charm.

(Well, maybe a few more times than 3)

Do what you need to do to be successful. Family can help a lot. Ego rarely does, unless you have some real good reason for having the ego (and then you're usually better off without the ego still).

Urg, I shouldn't have brought this up. I'm trying to keep my personal drama to that one thread now.

[Sava]

Urg, I shouldn't have brought this up. I'm trying to keep my personal drama to that one thread now.

It's fine! We're all sharing personal drama in this thread.

[Aeson]

maybe they should get real jobs then

Public spaces should be 100% completely advertisement-free.

You're free to tell your representatives that. (Usually this stuff would be at the local level.)

I of course would rather pay lower taxes and maybe have a poster visible from time to time. Seeing a poster generally costs me nothing, especially if it's somewhere as picturesque as a bus stop. (Which let's face it, could use more hot chicks, even if they're just on posters.) Paying more taxes costs me something. It's an easy choice.

[Kidlicious]

I want something, WAAHHH!
I know, we should tax rich people to pay for what I want.

Who are rich people?

Anyone who has more money than me!

They actually will tax anyone with money. "Rich" is just a word, like "brandalism."

[Aeson]

So what do they sell?

Places to put posters of beautiful people fondling products ...

[pchang]

As one politician said, "The people have spoken, the bastards." This was after he lost an election.

In this case, it is why we things are the way they are (ads on buses, bus stops, subway stations, etc.).

[Kidlicious]

Feminists are a much greater evil, using social activism to get advertisers to say what they want them to.

[Lancer]

Places to put posters of beautiful people fondling products ...

Mmmmm, products

[Sava]

You're free to tell your representatives that. (Usually this stuff would be at the local level.)

I of course would rather pay lower taxes and maybe have a poster visible from time to time. Seeing a poster generally costs me nothing, especially if it's somewhere as picturesque as a bus stop. (Which let's face it, could use more hot chicks, even if they're just on posters.) Paying more taxes costs me something. It's an easy choice.

I disagree with the notion that constantly being bombarded by advertisements somehow equates to a tax savings for me.

[Lancer]

I stayed at my parents' house over the winter 2 years ago after I sold my business (to pay for a surgery) and had to build a new one. That one didn't take, and when I said **** it and came back over here I had close to nothing. Built another business while I was over here and ... third times the charm.

(Well, maybe a few more times than 3)

Do what you need to do to be successful. Family can help a lot. Ego rarely does, unless you have some real good reason for having the ego (and then you're usually better off without the ego still).

Good job on what giving you did Aeson. Surgery in Mabini?

So far I've paid for 2 ovarian cancer treatments for family, both were unfortunately failures. Some portion of a brother in laws surgery after getting shot while another brother in law's tricycle was stolen, then buying a new tricycle. Perhaps $1400 in 2 Poly Houses, various small surgeries and hospital stays not counting my own, I can't remember everything. Ning Ning, a nice blanket for grandma there in Mabini and rice for the family as well as on again off again needs. Helped on wiring that house, a contribution towards Pa Mente's costs iirc. Very glad you're now picking up the tab there. Kids educations... Now our 2 kids, Augustine alone is well over P100,000, but healthy finally thank God. There's enough family otherwise to consider. Thank God Zkrib is picking up JJ's heart surgery.

Got Bing to the US so she and LA can look after family in Manila. Endless really, no end to the need here.

[Kidlicious]

I disagree with the notion that constantly being bombarded by advertisements somehow equates to a tax savings for me.

Not a notion. It's a fact.

[C0ckney]

This is why we have democracy. So that society as a whole can decide what they want in public spaces.

Democracy
Vandalism

this i'm afraid says nothing that hasn't already been discussed and dealt with in this thread.

I suspect it's rather high in some areas, low in others.

so in other words, you don't know. hopefully now you see how silly your question 'how would you replace x amount of money' was, without having any idea what x is.

You of course missed the entire point, which is X + ad revenue > X. You just want to increase X ... but fail to realize if we could do that we already would have.

so your point was a statement of the obvious, followed by an unsupported assertion. in that case, it's an extremely uninteresting point, which i'm happy to dismiss.

[Sava]

This is why we have democracy. So that society as a whole can decide what they want in public spaces.

Democracy
Vandalism

I'll tell you what. You get a majority of the population to vote "yes" on advertisements via some referendum or something, and I'll accept the results as "the will of the people".

[Kidlicious]

I'll tell you what. You get a majority of the population to vote "yes" on advertisements via some referendum or something, and I'll accept the results as "the will of the people".

Not everyone is against free speech like you.

[Sava]

I know! That's why I want it put to a vote!