A universal basic income to the ultra wealthy would be perceived by them as being given a couple pennies every month

3volver@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world – 158 points –

The way someone with $100,000,000 would perceive $1000 is how someone with $100,000 would perceive $1.

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A banana still costs $10 for everyone

Where tf do you live that a banana is $10?

They probably live in the Bananas Stand.

There's always money in the Banana Stand.

I burned the banana stand down for the insurance money.

Why would you do that?! How much clearer can I say, there’s always money in the banana stand!!!

It's a pretty famous joke from the old show 'Arrested Development.' A rich matron asks 'how much can a banana cost? $10?'

I'm bracing for all the memes when bananas actually cost ten bucks soon.

I read/watch a lot of old mysteries. Up until about 1980, it's common for writers to put exact amounts of money in the dialogue. They stopped doing that because something that seemed like a lot of money would eventually seem cheap. For instance, Jim Rockford's $200.00 a day plus expenses doesn't seem like a lot of money when minimum wage is $120.00 a day. Or the famous $5.00 milkshake in 'Pulp Fiction.'

Whoosh?

I guess so lmao

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Qyk9DSUw

TIL this quote was from this show. I always attributed to that time Michael Jackson was allowed to walk around in a closed grocery store for the "experience".