Just a thought.....

ChocolateGal · Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 1868

I've been thinking for a while, about everything that happening now, Wall street, the "American Depression", Australia being begged for money by America, deaths, childhood obesity, cancer, death, floods etc, and i wondered how much this would all cost...

We are really treating SBF money like nothing, lose a million, gain a million, or I don't really care as long as I've got tokens (no offense anyone). But have you heard about the nightmare on Wall Street , the currency's rising and falling, and America's money going down the drain, you really wonder if we take our SBF cash 'seriously' i know it's play money, but your reading this on the internet, and it's costing money. So while we spend 50 million on some dog that 'a bit' rare, a family in South Africa will have lost a child, or a football field of trees in the Amazon will be lost, or a share holder in America will be broke.

Take the nightmare on Wall street for example, they need money, and they need it now, these people stay up for a constant number of hours, watching the boards and hoping that they can sell a share. The truth is, America just gave too much money away and now their absolutely begging for around 700 billion!

Home essentials are costing more, house rates are going up, more babies are being born every couple of minutes and all we can do is buy a 100 million animal.

Oh dear, i think i may have ranted a little bit, but that's my view on life at the moment, it just a view, so don't take it too personally, but i thought a might like to share part of it...

Thanks for reading!
Choco
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Angelicious · Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 4801

I kind of disagree... It's all these problems that have driven me to the internet - and SBF - in the first place. So I don't have to deal with the real world for a half hour or so. So one million dollars can be pocket change. It's a nice change from the real world where there's so little pocket change available because of gas prices, taxes, et cetera.

Kholran · Site Admin Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 784

The fun thing about SBF? You CAN treat money like that. Doesn't matter if i have 500k or 8 billion. That money has no bearing whatsoever on the real world. I can't donate my 8 billion to build a home in Africa, or send food to South America. I can't use my fake money to support a food bank.

I should hope people on this game understand that it is just that. It's a game. You should not base your real life spending habits on the way this game is set up. As long as that is understood, what difference does it make if I choose to spend 5 million on one animal or choose to save it forever?

ChocolateGal · Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 1868

I'm not saying that we should treat money like real money, just that WE can still do whatever we want and we're not really charged or losing any acutal... but what i was really trying to say was that there is so many money troubles at the moment, we're really lucky to be able to treat it like a bit of money... not something that we're saving....

Like i said, don't take it personally...