Editing Talk:309: Shopping Teams

The big problem with nerds is that they so frequently fail to place value on their own time.  If you search through newspapers to find the best coupons to save a couple of dollars, I highly doubt that the amount of money you are saving is more than minimum wage.  This applies to anything nerds end up spending so much time on.  If you spend that time shopping around, clipping coupons or trading in TF2 because its fun, fine.  But if you are in it for some sort of profit, its probably a waste of time.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.217|108.162.245.217]] 06:38, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
::People always do math against the person's earning potential. However, that's such a fallacy. If said person was bored of work after a 40 hour week / 8 hour days, clipping coupons would be a relief. And in this case since their earning potential has been reached (because they are unwilling to work more hours), but they are ok with clipping coupons, this is actually more profitable than watching TV. Also, if the person had a family and managed to turn the activity into a family activity, then not only  did they gain bonding time, they are also limited to how much time they can work. Unless you want to assume that some person can work more than 40 hours a week at optimal effort up to the limit which affects their health, no, not every minute is equal in earning potential. [[User:Cflare|Cflare]] ([[User talk:Cflare|talk]]) 14:29, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
:::This exchange felt like the second panel. A non-nerd fails to analyze the situation adequately and a nerd jumps in and saves the day. {{unsigned|Flewk}}
::If I recall, in economics class, value wasn't measured in literal earning potential, but literal enjoyment.  Working was only considered valuable if the money you earned was worth more than the time you lost.  Actually, it seemed most things would be measured in enjoyment.  An example I particularly remember is if you planned to own a $15,000 car for 5 years, then you needed to have at least "$3,000 worth of enjoyment" each year in order for the car to be considered worth buying.  While we cannot say necessarily that the nerds will be saving enough money to justify the time wasted in terms of earning potential, given the general tone of xckd, it would likely be correct to say that the time they spent trying to decide cost them more ''enjoyment'' than they'd likely receive from the savings on whatever it is that they are buying. -- '''[[Special:Contributions/Zordonmlw7|<span style="color:#c04080">I</span>]] [[User talk:Zordonmlw7|<span style="color:#4080c0">feel</span>]] [[User:Zordonmlw7|<span style="color:#80c040">lost</span>]]''' 09:23, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
::No, because that automatically assumes that the time you spent clipping coupons (or whatever nerdy activity is under consideration) would be replaced with an activity making more money than that.  Or that all individuals should always be engaged in productive and profitable activities.  But if your perceived alternatives are either clipping coupons or watching television, then the choice is clear.  What it all seems to come down to is our unclear definition of value.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.236.55|108.162.236.55]] 15:05, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

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Who is Randall's sysadmin? Does he even have one? --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.189|199.27.133.189]] 04:48, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
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 Who is Randall's sysadmin? Does he even have one? --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.189|199.27.133.189]] 04:48, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
 :Quote from the about page: "Server maintenance and most of the coding for these sites is done by my friend davean, who tries hard to remain invisible but can be reached at [email protected]." '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:45, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
-There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. In this case there is no reason to call any one of them Cueball. So I have changed to remove Cueball--[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:34, 15 March 2015 (UTC)