Throwawayingaccount

Throwawayingaccount t1_j4oegwi wrote

Reply to comment by reverie42 in The Gamification of Everything Is No Fun Adrian Hon’s book “You’ve Been Played” warns against the abuses of game logic in work and politics. by donnygel

> They also assert that somehow being owed a debt counts towards your net worth, but having debt doesn't count against it, which is absolutely nonsensical.

Have you looked at how money enters circulation?

Hint hint: it's because of shenanigans like what you just wrote.

(I'm explicitly not defending it. I think it's dumb, but it's what our financial system is based off of.)

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Throwawayingaccount t1_iug3cvv wrote

Reply to comment by acoolusersknee in Online age-verification system could create ‘honeypot’ of personal data and pornography-viewing habits, privacy groups warn by Lakerlion

> How does it work exactly? Do you enter your number when you first open a web browser or is it a per website thing?

It's a per website thing, or at least it was ~10 years ago.

This lead to something -INCREDIBLY- stupid.

South Korea is where a -LOT- of MMOs start.

So... there became a market for Korean SSNs, purely so you can play video games.

I am 100% serious. The leading reason for using someone else's identity in South Korea is to play video games.

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