<![CDATA[4 year old: is money real or pretend]]>4 year old: is money real or pretend?
Me: *clears throat* *takes sip of water* *arranges notes on podium*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ded07621-dac9-4fa9-8dfc-a60f940477f7/4-year-old-is-money-real-or-pretendRSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 08:45:00 GMTSat, 10 Oct 2026 14:06:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:27:19 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless ~inhales~ "It's like this..."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117418022622270805https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DukeDuke/statuses/117418022622270805Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:27:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:24:22 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless
Most of us do work so in completely arbitrary slices of time a transaction happens which we do not understand, with values which do not exist, but nonetheless we will still be able to get food for a similar transaction afterwards…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/ap/users/115600190321040136/statuses/117418011010892740https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/ap/users/115600190321040136/statuses/117418011010892740Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:24:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:14:54 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless Answet is YES.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RIJim/statuses/117417973780630359https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RIJim/statuses/117417973780630359Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:14:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:14:37 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless "yes"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bertha.social/ap/users/116054147328405917/statuses/117417972725953466https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bertha.social/ap/users/116054147328405917/statuses/117417972725953466Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:14:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:07:27 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless As long as they remember that bedtime is very real.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/benfulton/statuses/117417944494388473https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/benfulton/statuses/117417944494388473Sat, 10 Oct 2026 18:07:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:52:26 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless Okay child, let me give you an overview of the last 150 years of economics theory.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/117417885490741072https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/JessTheUnstill/statuses/117417885490741072Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:52:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:42:43 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless

4y olds ask the most profound questions

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://systerserver.town/users/poemproducer/statuses/117417847283179909https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://systerserver.town/users/poemproducer/statuses/117417847283179909Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:42:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:27:54 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless I made the mistake of asking my gramps that question when I was a kid, and then endured a 2 hour drive and lecture about modern monetary theory, bretton woods, gold standard, petrodollar, European Central Bank, even a brief tangent about the soft-peg CAD/USD conversion.

And then it dawns on me like 20 years later that I do exactly the same thing to my wife and our friends lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/nbailey/statuses/117417789007651699https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/nbailey/statuses/117417789007651699Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:27:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:10:31 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless

Yikes. And I thought the "where did I come from" question was tough. 😬

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/117417720653669276https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/IAmDannyBoling/statuses/117417720653669276Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:10:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:51:57 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless sort of both at the same time?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/irina/statuses/117417647643622505https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/irina/statuses/117417647643622505Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:51:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:30:39 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless oh dear, we had that question last year as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/117417563885651810https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/117417563885651810Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:30:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:02:24 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless People pretend so hard that it's real now?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.scribblers.club/users/Anke/statuses/117417452804138190https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.scribblers.club/users/Anke/statuses/117417452804138190Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:02:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:56:23 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless
"Yes. Thank you, but I will not be taking any more questions at this time."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JackTLadd/statuses/117417429170029242https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/JackTLadd/statuses/117417429170029242Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:56:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:29:11 GMT]]>@Twotired See under "money".

@MostlyHarmless

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/2legged/statuses/117417322169459678https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/2legged/statuses/117417322169459678Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:29:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 4 year old: is money real or pretend on Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:28:01 GMT]]>@MostlyHarmless
Me: *raises hand* What about race?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Twotired/statuses/117417081697928756https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Twotired/statuses/117417081697928756Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:28:01 GMT