Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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Re: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:32 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:10 am
Yukaphile wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm If he cured cancer, he'd charge billions of dollars for it. It's about character. And he's greedy and cares about no one. Not who you want as your leader.
If I cured cancer I'd charge billions for it too - there are billions of customers for me to get a dollar from.
Then, with all due respect, you are an evil person.
I am assuming curing cancer wasn't done by me for free. It cost money to develop and distribute. I should cure cancer and sit on it? I'll refrain from making remarks about you and your character.
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Re: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:46 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:32 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:10 am
Yukaphile wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm If he cured cancer, he'd charge billions of dollars for it. It's about character. And he's greedy and cares about no one. Not who you want as your leader.
If I cured cancer I'd charge billions for it too - there are billions of customers for me to get a dollar from.
Then, with all due respect, you are an evil person.
I am assuming curing cancer wasn't done by me for free. It cost money to develop and distribute. I should cure cancer and sit on it? I'll refrain from making remarks about you and your character.
You're telling me that you'd let millions die of cancer because they couldn't afford your super-high prices. Did I understand you correctly?
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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:12 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:46 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:32 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:10 am
Yukaphile wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm If he cured cancer, he'd charge billions of dollars for it. It's about character. And he's greedy and cares about no one. Not who you want as your leader.
If I cured cancer I'd charge billions for it too - there are billions of customers for me to get a dollar from.
Then, with all due respect, you are an evil person.
I am assuming curing cancer wasn't done by me for free. It cost money to develop and distribute. I should cure cancer and sit on it? I'll refrain from making remarks about you and your character.
You're telling me that you'd let millions die of cancer because they couldn't afford your super-high prices. Did I understand you correctly?
I said I'd distribute it at a dollar. You can let people die for lack of a dollar.
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Re: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:25 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:12 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:46 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:32 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:10 am
Yukaphile wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm If he cured cancer, he'd charge billions of dollars for it. It's about character. And he's greedy and cares about no one. Not who you want as your leader.
If I cured cancer I'd charge billions for it too - there are billions of customers for me to get a dollar from.
Then, with all due respect, you are an evil person.
I am assuming curing cancer wasn't done by me for free. It cost money to develop and distribute. I should cure cancer and sit on it? I'll refrain from making remarks about you and your character.
You're telling me that you'd let millions die of cancer because they couldn't afford your super-high prices. Did I understand you correctly?
I said I'd distribute it at a dollar. You can let people die for lack of a dollar.
Well then, that's a horse of a different color.

I'd never heard that cancer-sufferers numbered in the billions.
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Re: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:28 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:25 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:12 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:46 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:32 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:10 am
Yukaphile wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm If he cured cancer, he'd charge billions of dollars for it. It's about character. And he's greedy and cares about no one. Not who you want as your leader.
If I cured cancer I'd charge billions for it too - there are billions of customers for me to get a dollar from.
Then, with all due respect, you are an evil person.
I am assuming curing cancer wasn't done by me for free. It cost money to develop and distribute. I should cure cancer and sit on it? I'll refrain from making remarks about you and your character.
You're telling me that you'd let millions die of cancer because they couldn't afford your super-high prices. Did I understand you correctly?
I said I'd distribute it at a dollar. You can let people die for lack of a dollar.
Well then, that's a horse of a different color.

I'd never heard that cancer-sufferers numbered in the billions.
About 1/3rd of people are expected to get cancer (assuming they can live long enough to get it). There are more than 7 billion people currently.
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Re: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:31 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:28 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:25 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:12 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:46 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:32 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:10 am
Yukaphile wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm If he cured cancer, he'd charge billions of dollars for it. It's about character. And he's greedy and cares about no one. Not who you want as your leader.
If I cured cancer I'd charge billions for it too - there are billions of customers for me to get a dollar from.
Then, with all due respect, you are an evil person.
I am assuming curing cancer wasn't done by me for free. It cost money to develop and distribute. I should cure cancer and sit on it? I'll refrain from making remarks about you and your character.
You're telling me that you'd let millions die of cancer because they couldn't afford your super-high prices. Did I understand you correctly?
I said I'd distribute it at a dollar. You can let people die for lack of a dollar.
Well then, that's a horse of a different color.

I'd never heard that cancer-sufferers numbered in the billions.
About 1/3rd of people are expected to get cancer (assuming they can live long enough to get it). There are more than 7 billion people currently.
That's a pretty darn big assumption.
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Re: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:35 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:31 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:28 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:25 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:12 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:46 am
Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:32 am
Robovski wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:10 am
Yukaphile wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:10 pm If he cured cancer, he'd charge billions of dollars for it. It's about character. And he's greedy and cares about no one. Not who you want as your leader.
If I cured cancer I'd charge billions for it too - there are billions of customers for me to get a dollar from.
Then, with all due respect, you are an evil person.
I am assuming curing cancer wasn't done by me for free. It cost money to develop and distribute. I should cure cancer and sit on it? I'll refrain from making remarks about you and your character.
You're telling me that you'd let millions die of cancer because they couldn't afford your super-high prices. Did I understand you correctly?
I said I'd distribute it at a dollar. You can let people die for lack of a dollar.
Well then, that's a horse of a different color.

I'd never heard that cancer-sufferers numbered in the billions.
About 1/3rd of people are expected to get cancer (assuming they can live long enough to get it). There are more than 7 billion people currently.
That's a pretty darn big assumption.
Pretty damn big world and some very basic back of the envelope math based on a simple statistic that isn't challenging at all. We are already assuming I cure cancer somehow, we are way out on the fringes of improbability from the get go. You act like this is a thing that could happen. I'll spoil it for you now: I'm not curing cancer. I guess that makes me doubly evil because you want to call me evil for your misunderstandings and assumptions because now I am not curing cancer in fantasyland. You do you.
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Re: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

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No, it's just a big assumption for me because, *waves hand* shit looks pretty horrible and I'm assuming that with the wildfires, hurricanes and everything else, the net life expectancy might take a nose dive.

I don't think you're evil if you charge one dollar for cancer cures. I was confused by your math and wording.
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Where we differ is I'd extort for huge prices, then give afterwards. Give like candy. Sell it to some super corp, and then improve lots of people's lives, as I've said. Everyone I know on here would be getting at least 10,000 dollars. Maybe more, as time passed. All sorts of causes and charities would get money too. And so on and so forth. I'd also make statues commemorating historical events I want people to remember.
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