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This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.Subscribe
This site is a little project that lets me make fun of some things and sense of others. I use it to think a little more relationally without resorting to doing actual math.
w3rd
C (point of intersection) = The American Dream
You forgot C: bank goes bankrupt, system fails, house is lost, job is exported, husband/wife leaves, kid gets herpes, grandpa wins 3 dollars in lottery after spending 10,000 on it = American dream!
So is it best to live at the point of intersection or where A intersects with Y?
@Marty: Now, now. If all that happened, then you’ve got nothing in the bank — what happens *after* achieving the dream is left to speculation ;)
@Jonathan: I’d argue that it’s better to live closer to the Y-axis along line A. Halfway maybe, or a touch closer to the axis.
Yeah? So?
A should have a quick rise from 0 and then return on a smoother rate to 0
Sir Richard Branson would have a thing or two to say about this.
B = Fiction
or
B = Friction?
I think this one is a candidate for an axis swap- money determines status symbols, not the other way round. It took me a moment to figure out what it meant.
Or maybe this is “see how many status symbols someone has and judge how much money they have”…?
@PKM: What if this choice of axes is a significant part of the joke? A look at the labels seems to corroborate.
@PKM: No, really rich people with lots of money in the bank tend to not look it. You think they got rich by writing checks? However, idiots with lots of “bling” tend to be broke because they spend all their money on trinkets and 20″ rims.
This pretty much sums up “The Millionaire Next Door”.
I knew someone who lay along the vertical axis – differentiating factor? Likelihood of having it stolen……
A should say ‘Old Money’
and B ‘Nouveau Riche’.
This reminds me of a wealthy old lady my mom, a nurse, once had as a private patient. She told my mom the reason the rich stay rich — because, as she put it, “We buy white cotton underwear.” Meaning either, “We don’t spend money needlessly,” or “We spend our money on real luxury, not on stuff that looks good to other people.”
“I will do today what others won’t so that I can do tomorrow what others can’t.”
“Live today like no one else, and you will live tomorrow like no one else.”