2009-10-01, 04:47 PM
eos367 Wrote:The value of a dollar is subjective.
$500 is pretty meaningless to someone who brings home six figures, whereas it's life or death to someone making 14k a year. I suspect the lack of understanding is yours, around the concept of "perspective".
Interesting that you refer to straw, considering you're (purposefully or not) using a straw man argument by stating what you believe I'm saying then trying to counter it.
No-one said a pink bean was the equivalent of a rocket ship ride. The subject was "Price vs Value". There's no practical value in any of the things I named, and they all have disparate prices but for people who want them and can afford them they're worth it. Again. Perspective.
That'd be exactly 0$ because I haven't played MapleStory in over two months.
You're assuming bias because you're not really comprehending the subject being discussed and are reinterpreting it into the argument you want to have. More specifically you're inferring that I support people spending money on attempts at pink bean when in reality all I'm doing is supporting people's right to find their entertainment however they choose to without people telling them they're stupid for it. Entertainment by it's very nature is stupid and wasteful. "my entertainment is better than yours" is the equivalent of "im wasting my time better than you are".
To me the people trying to get a pink bean are no different than any other form of gambler. The specific value of the prize is virtually immaterial - It's the thrill of winning they're after. that's the same reason people will spend dozens of dollars at those retarded little claw machines and hundreds playing lotto and other forms of gambling. You can argue that those have a chance of "real pay off", but it's not exactly a secret that the odds are enormously against it happening and doesn't stop people being just as excited over the dinky little wins (like the cranes).
Then I have nothing further to debate about if you agree the investment is a tad retarded. I doubt many people are throwing 500$ into craning machines though, let's be realistic here.