Treasure Hunting - new Ribbonfarm by me, on complexity and the virtues of ignorance, gullibility, and shitty maps https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/11/02/treasure-hunting/ …
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
I can’t believe you missed an opportunity to say “perhaps the real treasure is the friends we made along the way”
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Replying to @drethelin @sarahdoingthing
In general the social aspect of treasure hunting presents an interesting contrast with the greater ‘greed’ of solitary treasure hunting. A favorite activity of mine and my gf’s is scavenging for hippie Christmas treasures and I think part of what makes it fun is Treasure Fit.
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Replying to @drethelin @sarahdoingthing
I want to enjoy treasure hunting. This is what garage sales are for. ...and yet all the garage sales I go to are [ full of ] garbage.
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The old estate sales my mom took me too had treasures. Not it’s mostly junk. The pickers have professionalized it for the good stuff and people but a lot of cheaply made junk anyway. (But for other reasons older antiques have gotten cheaper)
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yep, that's my read there are phone apps to scan books for best resale values, etc. efficient market means treasure hunting less rewarding
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perhaps the real treasure etc
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Replying to @random_eddie @MorlockP and
...are the houses we broke into along the way
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Replying to @Spivonomist @random_eddie and
also, dude, the preferred nomenclature is "loot boxes"
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Replying to @MorlockP @Spivonomist and
estate sales would do better if they just boxed up stuff randomly and sold each box for five dollars, sight unseen
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you realize that (a) this is how Amazon and other ecommerce firms deal with returns (b) there is an entire genre of youtube videos of people unboxing mountains of garbage that they bought "cheap" ?
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Replying to @MorlockP @Spivonomist and
and those people make a living at it
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