Rev Dr Fist of "Bob" @Fist_of_Bob@mastodon.social

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The ONLY way to escape Group-Think is Not-Think.
Keep your mind clean and relentlessly empty.
Violently resist ALL THINKING, just in case.

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**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 18:52

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 18:52

I really want to get back to tooting about what I was getting at this morning with the game and the market being micro/macrocosm (or fractals if you like) and what that has to do with Chaos Magic (because it's all about that), but it appears that things are glitchy.
Since I do want to get what I'm thinking out there and see what others think, I'll hold off and take it back up in the morning.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 10:03

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 10:03

It leads directly to the creation of a virtual black market (buying gold/credits) and virtual crime (you are cheating by buying gold).

And that black market spills over into the real world. People who run gold selling operations are involved in real world shady stuff. Real world black markets, real world crime.

And all of this seems normal to players. It's just how the AH works, always been that way. You're conditioned to it.

Just. Like. Society.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 09:26

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 09:26

On the weekends, when the game pop is high, I create artificial scarcity. More profits.

Eventually, the market catches on, and the moment I see someone flood it with cheaper mats, I get out of that commodity. By the point I get this done with the low lvl crafting mats, I have enough wealth to move up to the next lvl of mats. So I'm leveling along with the crafters I'm exploiting. I read up on what they need, and gouge on those. Game guides are my WSJ.

This is unregulated capitalism.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 08:39

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 06, 2017, 08:39

It is in-effing-evitable in every. single. mmo. that I play, I will at some point STOP playing the game itself and get wrapped up in the Auction House or Trade Network.

It starts with me accumulating a bit of wealth through playing, then I start gathering mats. Put them on the AH at a mark-down. Make enough wealth to start BUYING UP mats I don't even need, and slowly create a monopoly.

Why? I. Don't. Know.
You know what's fun? Giving yourself a second job online almost identical to your RL one

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 05, 2017, 17:48

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**Sargoth** @sargoth · Apr 05, 2017, 17:48

All the opinions expressed here are explicitly shared by my employer. They have had to frequently change opinions in the past on my account.

They are going to be very surprised to find out about these new new opinions, once they discover this space

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 14:53

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 14:53

Headin' out to Walmart in mah pj's, y'all.
This is how one normals.
I am doing this right.
We are all humans here and are good at what we do.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 04, 2017, 14:19

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**Ginny McQueen 💀** @GinnyMcQueen · Apr 04, 2017, 14:19

In a perfect universe, the result of contacting Amazon would not be word-vomit form responses in bad English.

Lack of communication between humans is killing us, one lost Amazon order at a time.

Also, capitalism.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 03, 2017, 00:54

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**eqdw** @eqdw · Apr 03, 2017, 00:54

I'm getting pizza in MSP and I swear this entire restaurant is propaganda for Big Coal. There's signs everywhere proudly boasting:

"As the first coal-burning pizza restaurant in Minnesota, Black Sheep Pizza seeks to honor the craft of these pioneers by using clean burning Anthracite coal..."

Big Coal. Not even once

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 14:21

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 14:21

In case you don't know about Poppy...because we all need to know about Poppy. We ALL need to know about Poppy. We all need to KNOW about Poppy. We all NEED to know about Poppy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCkWxkJnH3A

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 13:51

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 13:51

*whispers*
I understand programmer-speak just as well as French, which is to say not at all. Why am I here?
No idea, man.
No. Idea.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 04, 2017, 13:40

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**rysiek ✅** @rysiek · Apr 04, 2017, 13:40

Can we call the #CodeOfConduct "Mastodo's and Mastodont's" please? #Mastodon

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 03, 2017, 15:48

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**jmz🦀(CARCIFIED)** @paralithode · Apr 03, 2017, 15:48

tfw you realise all these infosec types have been wasting their time disbelieving in the magic powers of crystals

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 04, 2017, 13:22

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**Bird** @BirdMachine · Apr 04, 2017, 13:22

I'm still surprised... with all the ‘Disrupting’ and ‘game changing’ Silicon Valley purports to embrace… that none of em have yet made a desk with a built in coffee drip-feed system. Or like, a desk-mounted hamster water bottle but instead of water it's red bull.

So much for so-called 'innovation'!

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 04, 2017, 13:10

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**RevThwack** @RevThwack · Apr 04, 2017, 13:10

4/04... Day not found

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 13:09

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 13:09

The whole Morpheus/Red Pill thing is totally overdone....and people are not really paying attention to what he's saying.

If you take the BLUE Pill, you can BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT! That's a good thing in my book. If you take the Red Pill, you're on Morpheus' trip, and who knows if his reality is objective?! YOU'RE ON DRUGS!

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 10:17

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 10:17

Humans build tower to heaven.
Divinity gets pissed and scrambles our languages.
Human build internet, learn each other's languages.
Humans build NEW tower with a 5000 year vendetta because HUMANITY, F*CK YEAH!

And that, kids, is the story of how the first space elevator was built and how our war on heaven began.

Suit up.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 10:07

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 10:07

I've found that if you sit and watch the Federated timeline, you begin to learn French.

I think this was their plan.

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 09:45

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 09:45

There comes a point when, following synchronicities, EVERYTHING seems so connected to everything else that it almost seems like it has been designed. It can be freaky.

When that happens, it's important to remember that you are not apart from everything else, so in effect, YOU are the designer. It's your perception interpreting events/information and the synchronicities exist in your personal universe that you and the objective universe are creating together.

Grok?

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** · Apr 04, 2017, 00:37

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**Nolan** @nolan · Apr 04, 2017, 00:37

*gesturing around*
Savor it folks, this is what it's like to witness the birth of a new social network
*shitposting everywhere, servers keep crashing, everyone's a furry*
and it's just as beautiful as a human birth

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 09:32

**Rev Dr Fist of "Bob"** @Fist_of_Bob · Apr 04, 2017, 09:32

I have found myself using the phrase "Oh, h*ck" in meatspace situations.

So no, I'm not immune to all memes. That one seems benign, though, so I'll keep it.

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