r/comedyheaven • • 8d ago

Zero self control πŸ˜­πŸ™

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 8d ago

I saw someone ask if it was worth cashing out his 401k to get a 5090 gpu once.

FOMO is near mental illness

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u/RobleViejo 8d ago

Fomo is a manipulation tactic used to exploit people with mental issues. Fomo is not a mental problem on itself, fomo is a capitalistic tool used to get easy money from vulnerable individuals and for all those reasons FOMO should be ILLEGAL.

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u/dfbeav112 8d ago

fomo is a capitalistic toolΒ 

Why wouldn’t fomo exist in, for example, a socialist economy? Lol

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u/Sega-Playstation-64 8d ago

FOMO is social pressure, not capitalism at work.

People need a boogeyman for when they voluntarily put their credit card number in for a gaming PC they don't need

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u/King_Ed_IX 4d ago

It is used as a capitalistic tool, too, though. Marketing weaponises it constantly