/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>53202952
you made me mad

>>30170019
there's only one correct answer.

Just jerk off to Ayn Rand because she's a babe, you don't have to read her.

>>27856141
We're all politically incorrect now with the amount of censorship for wrongthink. Pozgressive doctrine needs to go and stay go.

>>27779539
Work remotely, live with mom and be the ceo of a company, don't tell her. Invest 90% and the rest on tendies.

Ultimate life hack, you can thank me later in 5 years.

>>27568491
>You just love the arbitrary system
don't put words in my mouth, moshe

>>27278307
>libertarian
think again

>GameStonk will crash the economy and give rise to the second Hitler
I can't believe people thought the fun was going to end with the new year

>>23725542
I think people do it for the dopamine high of someone famous acknowledging you publicly. Granted this acknowledgment comes with a price (literally) and is therefore not out of genuine amicability, but financial incentivization. But for the simps and donators and subscribers it becomes a social validation from not only the streamer but his/her community. It creates a sense of belonging, and that is extremely important for humans as we are highly social animals.

Imagine if you could see Frank Sinatra singing onstage in the comfort of your own home 50 years ago. And then you called in, wired him some money and he pauses his band and singing to point at the screen and single you out for your generosity before continuing again. Boomers scoff at us for doing it over the internet on a computer screen, but make no mistake, they are beholden to the exact same social impulses as we are and thus would feed the market machine of casual on-demand, viewer-entertainer direct interaction. It's some kind of sick virtual social co-dependence syndrome, where the entertainer and viewers both are culpable in validating their own existences. It is a very interesting phenomenon to say the least and just goes to show how starved modern people are (especially men) for any kind of social interaction.