It's not an analogy at all (Destiny)

by iconicbanana, C2-H5-OH + NAD, Portland, OR, Thursday, June 25, 2015, 18:14 (3438 days ago) @ Kahzgul

Banana, I apologize if I upset you with my math or opinions, but saying that because the price of beer is not a constant around the world somehow voids my statement of what I could buy for $60 is simply false.

For me, when I think about what I can get for my $60, I think of other fun times I have, one of which is going to a bar where they sell $5 beers. 12 beers at $5 each = $60. That's math. That's not an analogy. There's no substitution or simile here. Other people in other places or buying from other sources can get more or fewer beers, but that doesn't invalidate the math at all, nor does it change the fact that $60 buys me 12 beers. I guess, if you really want to parse the purchase, it buys me 10 beers, because I'd leave a $10 tip on that tab.

That's not why it's a bad analogy. The price of a beer at a supermarket is analogous to the price of destiny on amazon. The price of a beer at a bar is analogous to the price of playing destiny at an arcade.

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Getting Robbed? - TheeChaos, 2015-06-25, 15:45
- When you say "No thanks, I'll pass"...? - CyberKN, 2015-06-25, 15:47
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        I meant to ask you- - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 17:16
        
        Why, that's not unreasonable at all! - Korny, 2015-06-25, 17:20
        
        I think he's on point with what he wants - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:02
        
        I think he's on point with what he wants - Korny, 2015-06-25, 18:19
        
        I think he's on point with what he wants - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:31
        
        I think he's on point with what he wants - Usul, 2015-06-25, 19:02
        
        I think he's on point with what he wants - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 20:03
        
        I think he's on point with what he wants - Usul, 2015-06-25, 21:10
        
        So you really want destiny 2. heh. - slycrel, 2015-06-25, 17:45
        
        We all do lol - unoudid, 2015-06-25, 17:52
        
        I meant to ask you- - Usul, 2015-06-25, 19:12
        
        I meant to ask you- - CyberKN, 2015-06-25, 19:19
        
        I meant to ask you- - Usul, 2015-06-25, 20:57
        
        I meant to ask you- - Cody Miller, 2015-06-25, 21:20
        
        I meant to ask you- - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 22:12
- It ends when you say it ends. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 15:48
  - It ends when you say it ends. - TheeChaos, 2015-06-25, 15:58
    - It ends when you say it ends. - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 16:01
      - It ends when you say it ends. - TheeChaos, 2015-06-25, 16:03
        
        Help! I'm being robbed by willingly giving them my money! - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 16:14
- Getting Robbed? - Usul, 2015-06-25, 15:57
- Getting Robbed? - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 16:16
- It's not robbery. It's being taken advantage of. - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 16:19
  - It's market price. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 16:27
    - It's market price. - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 16:53
      - It's market price. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 17:00
    - Or it's a market problem - Monochron, 2015-06-25, 17:41
      - Or it's a market problem - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 17:46
        
        Or it's a market problem - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 17:48
        
        Troof - Monochron, 2015-06-25, 17:50
        
        Or it's a market problem - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 17:55
        
        Or it's a market problem - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 18:03
        
        Or it's a market problem - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:06
        
        Or it's a market problem - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 18:16
        
        Video game addiction is real - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:28
        
        The actual sources you gave are about internet addiction.* - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 21:15
        
        The actual sources you gave are about internet addiction.* - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 21:37
  - It's not robbery. It's being taken advantage of. - Xenos, 2015-06-25, 16:31
  - It's not robbery. It's being taken advantage of. - TheeChaos, 2015-06-25, 16:32
  - 12 cheap beers for $60...? 60 Natty Ices say hi. - yakaman, 2015-06-25, 17:09
    - Hell, I can get 60 mirror ponds for $60. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 17:11
      - mmmm, mirror pond - Schedonnardus, 2015-06-25, 18:32
    - 60 natty ices with a spare $25 for burgers for your guests. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 17:19
      - What does $25 get you at White Castle these days? - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 17:21
        
        I think that'll give you around 90 hamburgers. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 17:22
        
        First item is a pleasant surprise. The second was assumed. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 17:23
        
        What does $25 get you at White Castle these days? - Usul, 2015-06-25, 21:13
        
        No. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 21:17
        
        Not even a little bit. - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 22:14
        
        On the most powerful angry bowel movement of your life. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 22:15
        
        A happy wedding party post reception. - unoudid, 2015-06-25, 22:34
    - I was thinking of what I'd pay at a bar, not a grocery store - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 17:59
  - CHEAP beers? $60 could buy 20 bottles of cheap wine! - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 17:16
    - Or a bottle of Laphroaig. With change. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 17:18
    - CHEAP beers? $60 could buy 20 bottles of cheap wine! - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 17:58
      - $2 cheap bar beer in Detroit. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 18:03
        
        Do you play Destiny at an arcade? Bad analogy. - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 18:05
        
        It's not an analogy at all - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:11
        
        It's not an analogy at all - iconicbanana, 2015-06-25, 18:14
        
        Destiny costs the same as a car! - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 18:14
        
        I'd rather have 12 beers - unoudid, 2015-06-25, 18:27
        
        That's great value! - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:29
        
        Christ I'm jealous. $2 beer is a fable told by elders in LA - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:13
        
        $2 you call its are where its at. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 18:19
        
        during college I had $2 pitchers of High Life - unoudid, 2015-06-25, 18:23
      - $2.50 in Texas *link* - Schedonnardus, 2015-06-25, 18:34
        
        They charge $2.50 for PBR? What is this, China?! - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 18:53
        
        They charge $2.50 for PBR? What is this, China?! - uberfoop, 2015-06-25, 21:33
        
        They charge $2.50 for PBR? What is this, China?! - Schedonnardus, 2015-06-26, 13:07
        
        College Station? - Usul, 2015-06-25, 21:23
      - CHEAP beers? $60 could buy 20 bottles of cheap wine! - uberfoop, 2015-06-25, 18:36
        
        CHEAP beers? $60 could buy 20 bottles of cheap wine! - Kahzgul, 2015-06-25, 18:42
- No, you aren't. - ProbablyLast, 2015-06-25, 16:24
- Depreciation - Durandal, 2015-06-25, 16:37
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        Depreciation - Ragashingo, 2015-06-26, 00:23
        
        Depreciation - Avateur, 2015-06-26, 00:56
- Hittler finds out about TTK pricing. - CougRon, 2015-06-25, 16:44
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    - Oh man, that Disney comment. - Claude Errera, 2015-06-25, 17:37
      - Yeah, that occurred to me a few minutes later. *facepalm* - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 17:42
      - Disney does own SW & Marvel though - unoudid, 2015-06-25, 17:43
  - Hittler finds out about TTK pricing. - stabbim, 2015-06-25, 17:30
- Getting Robbed? - kanbo, 2015-06-25, 16:44
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        Considering deleting my hunter and making a female exo now. - Funkmon, 2015-06-25, 18:24
        
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        Watch this. - Kermit, 2015-06-25, 18:53

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