this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
148 points (91.1% liked)

Showerthoughts

30044 readers
967 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    • 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    • 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    • 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
vatlark@lemmy.world
forkball@lemmy.world
quinten@lemmy.world
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
148
If "more money=more problems," why doesn't "no money=no problems"? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by JasonDJ@lemmy.zip to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

If assumed to be valid over the complete range of possible values,

Which is where this logic fails. The saying is usually constricted to the range of "a lot of money" to "way too fucking much money", with money less than "a lot of money" not included. Therefore the derivative can be positive, negative, zero, or anything really. Also to be pedantic technically the derivative doesn't need to exist for a positive Δmoney to yield a positive Δproblems.