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Sam

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28th Oct 11 at 08:30

What do you think life would be like if we got rid of money everywhere and instead bartered products/services? Do you reckon we (humans) could ever regress back to such a thing?

[Edited on 28-10-2011 by Sam]

DaveyLC

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28th Oct 11 at 08:35

This is how I like to work already.. Favour for a Favour!

Added bonus of there being no VAT on favours

mwg

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28th Oct 11 at 08:36

No cos there will always be someone that thinks their value is greater someone else. Namely, me.

Sam

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28th Oct 11 at 08:37

I remember going to the Warehouse Cafe in Birmingham once (it's a vegetarian cafe/restaurant) they had on the noticeboard downstairs a flyer for some organisation where you can offer your service in exchange for whatever service you need - so for example I could offer a few hours of my time doing IT maintenance work for a garage in exchange for them doing a service on my car, that kind of thing.

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28th Oct 11 at 09:31

Wasnt there a pub in Norfolk doing this last year or something? You could take in fresh veg in exchange for a beer for example.

mwg

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28th Oct 11 at 09:31

Was adiohead the landlord by any chance?

Sam

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28th Oct 11 at 09:33

adiohead

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28th Oct 11 at 09:33

I just clicked on this and read my name

Hammer

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28th Oct 11 at 09:47

I'd have expected adiohead to have made the thread tbh.

Very leaf eating homosexual type of thread.

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28th Oct 11 at 09:55

says Hammer the closet homosexual who isn't comfortable with his sexuality

Sunz

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28th Oct 11 at 10:24

I think we are too used to money as a "currency" it's small and easy to carry so obviously it practical.

Sadly you can't stop the greed of humans and our lust for material things so i think a barter system would be equal to that of now where the rich become richer and the poor poorer.

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28th Oct 11 at 10:34

quote:
Originally posted by Sam
What do you think life would be like if we got rid of money everywhere and instead bartered products/services? Do you reckon we (humans) could ever regress back to such a thing?

[Edited on 28-10-2011 by Sam]

There was a Grand Designs recently in Cornwall. The bloke was a builder and had gone through life doing loads of favours for people, said thats how they all worked generally.

Near enough built most of his house on favours

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28th Oct 11 at 10:37

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
says Hammer the closet homosexual who isn't comfortable with his sexuality

My currency is vagina. Cold, hard vagina.

spencer88

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28th Oct 11 at 10:41

quote:
Originally posted by Hammer

quote:
Originally posted by adiohead
says Hammer the closet homosexual who isn't comfortable with his sexuality

My currency is vagina. Cold, hard vagina.

Necrophilia?

DaveyLC

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28th Oct 11 at 12:16

quote:
Originally posted by Sunz
I think we are too used to money as a "currency" it's small and easy to carry so obviously it practical.

Sadly you can't stop the greed of humans and our lust for material things so i think a barter system would be equal to that of now where the rich become richer and the poor poorer.

What you DARE cary cash around? You naughty, naughty boy!

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28th Oct 11 at 12:28

quote:
Originally posted by mwg
No cos there will always be someone that thinks their value is greater someone else. Namely, me.

Imagine john-d doing this concept

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28th Oct 11 at 15:10

When all currencies loose their value this is where we are going to end up. Gold will be a worthless paperweight and we will need to grow veg and herd sheep.

Ben G

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28th Oct 11 at 15:12

this question was on 'ask rhod gilbert' a couple weeks back.

to sum it up, in this day and age, we wouldn't be able to do without money.

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28th Oct 11 at 16:03

quote:
Originally posted by mwg
No cos there will always be someone that thinks their value is greater someone else. Namely, me.

I can provide you with a way to keep warm, somewhere to bathe and somewhere to have a shit.

what is it you do that is more value to me than that?

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28th Oct 11 at 16:14

quote:
Originally posted by Nath

quote:
Originally posted by mwg
No cos there will always be someone that thinks their value is greater someone else. Namely, me.

Imagine john-d doing this concept

Ian

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28th Oct 11 at 16:16

I'd be up for that.

Gary

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28th Oct 11 at 16:17

That film that's coming out has a good idea, use time as currency. Those who don't work simply die.

Sam

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28th Oct 11 at 16:21

that idea is a bit extreme!

Sunz

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28th Oct 11 at 23:22

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC

quote:
Originally posted by Sunz
I think we are too used to money as a "currency" it's small and easy to carry so obviously it practical.

Sadly you can't stop the greed of humans and our lust for material things so i think a barter system would be equal to that of now where the rich become richer and the poor poorer.

What you DARE cary cash around? You naughty, naughty boy!

Please don't rob me

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