• Victoria Antoinette @lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “influences” is a pretty weasley word. show me a formula that actually (as in, verifiably) predicts how “demand” (a pretty weasley word itself) influences supply (probably the only concept for which we will be able to produce quantifiable numbers)

        • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org
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          5 months ago

          ok, I used to eat animal products, but then I decided it wasn’t nice and so I stopped supplying them to myself.

            • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org
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              5 months ago

              demand was when I wanted a hamburder. me wanting a hamburder is 1 demand.

              1 demand = 1 supply.

              I don’t see why you would compare that to global supply. I am not equal to the global population. That was a very illogical leap you took.

              • Victoria Antoinette @lemmy.world
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                5 months ago

                can you see how your want is not quantifiable? how much did you want a hamburder? could you have wanted it less? would that have decreased the supply? this is pure storytelling.

                • Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org
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                  5 months ago

                  I just quantified it, why would you say I didn’t? Everytime I wanted a hamburder I supplied one to myself. There were no degrees of wanting at all, I either did or didn’t.

                  And this isn’t storytelling, this is literally what happened. You’re the one trying to muddy the waters.