by slick514 » Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:04 pm
EdgarTheGreat wrote:slick514 wrote:Roses are a commodity, not currency. Assuming that demand for roses remains constant, we would expect the value of each rose to increase more or less at pace with inflation. Your comic strip is invalid.
Gold acts both as a commodity and a currency. Who's to say that the same isn't true for roses in some alternate universe
Let us assume that roses act as currency in this alternate universe. Hyperinflation would undoubtably be the norm for as long as there is still unplanted arable land where more money-plants could be added... In this case, I don't know why he would be speaking to this woman, seeing as how the amount of affection that he holds for her is vanishingly small...
[quote="EdgarTheGreat"][quote="slick514"]Roses are a commodity, not currency. Assuming that demand for roses remains constant, we would expect the value of each rose to increase more or less at pace with inflation. Your comic strip is invalid.[/quote]
Gold acts both as a commodity and a currency. Who's to say that the same isn't true for roses in some alternate universe[/quote]
Let us assume that roses act as currency in this alternate universe. Hyperinflation would undoubtably be the norm for as long as there is still unplanted arable land where more money-plants could be added... In this case, I don't know why he would be speaking to this woman, seeing as how the amount of affection that he holds for her is vanishingly small...