• nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
      261·
      6 months ago

      I think that they’re making a poor attempt to point out that the proportional part is based on money not people.

        • nogooduser@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          6 months ago

          Just because I can tell that something isn’t funny doesn’t mean that I can write something funny myself.

          • LeftistLawyer@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
            18·
            6 months ago

            Irony, not humor, was the goal. It’s widely recognized the ability to spot irony is a pretty good test of intelligence.

            • Artisian@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              6 months ago

              Fascinating. I see some psych studies correlating it with intelligence, but haven’t found any discussing it in a cross cultural setting. I’ll note that good irony requires sufficient context (the test stories psych studies use to evaluate this seem to be at least a paragraph). Do you know a good summary on the effect?

              Regardless, I’m pretty sure the OP is not only a play with proportional distribution, it also makes a basic math error. There’s nowhere near enough money in the US economy to make everyone a billionaire. Total assets of all us sectors are around 150 trillion = 150 000 000 000 000 (yes freedom units are weird). Redistributed to 350 million= 350 000 000 folks leaves us with less than a million per person. Fed data

              even if we correct for demographics (babies don’t need this cash quite yet), assume serious reporting errors, and I’m misreading a couple 0s somewhere in your favor, there’s still not that much money.

  • bingus@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I’m confused why the reception to this post is so mixed… Are people interpreting this literally? I thought the message was pretty straightforward.

    • KombatWombat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      It doesn’t fit the community well. It uses the phrase but sarcastically instead of sincerely. It’s also somewhat political. And without trying to be insulting to OP it’s pretty low effort and not particularly funny or insightful. Some people are going to downvote for those reasons even if they agree with the implied sentiment.

      It’s why I personally dislike memes that are essentially just a picture of someone’s opinion. People will also upvote them just to agree, so it encourages echo chambers instead of good discussion or learning.