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It’s nothing of value buying nothing of value. If you only see dollars and not the utter nonsense you’re either young or not very bright.

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There was stated value on both ends of the potential transaction.

And this is Hacker News, not 4chan or Twitter. Comments are for insight, discussion, etc. But maybe you're just young or not very bright.

> It’s nothing of value buying nothing of value

Doesn’t that make it fine? If I trade three acorns for a crayon drawing of a squirrel, that’s a nothing burger. If I bought those three acorns for a million dollars, then someone might have a legitimate gripe with my choices.

Value is in the eye of the beholder, as you clearly understand. The commenter is not familiar with how trade works. Personally, for such I transaction I will need to audit to ensure the projected value is accurate.

Also, do you have a sample of said squirrel drawing? I have a squirrel book that might pair nice with it.

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