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[–] [email protected] 84 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The hell of it is, some people would still be happy to buy his apples. Look, I ain't got time or health insurance to be fucking around climbing an apple tree, here's some cash, apples pls. But that's not good enough for the investors, who want guaranteed 5% growth every quarter, so now we've got to pour kerosene on the extra apples and force people to go hungry.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You've read The Vines of Wrath.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's The Grapes of Being A Bit Miffed actually

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Much better than the sequel, The Apricots of Annoyance.

The porn Adaptation, Plums of Pleasure, is a banger though, pun intended.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: A stable company may appear to be growing by ~3% a year if you don't account for inflation.

I guess that's a silver lining because then investors don't see a stable company as stagnating.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Congratulations, you just discovered nominal value.

Are you really trying to put forth the incredibly naive proposition that the stock market is not aware of inflation?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I... guess so?