Word Play 13

Tigeree · 2012-04-08 20:17:26

Oh yeah, Keanu Reeves said that.
Earth was sold to aliens by the government? Why?

bobbym · 2012-04-08 21:27:32

Why do people sell things?

Tigeree · 2012-04-08 22:44:40

To get money. But what if the aliens didn't have Earth currency?
Then it could be bribery. For... protection? Or to not be destroyed...

That's all I got.

bobbym · 2012-04-08 23:47:06

That is why people sell things?

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 01:11:31

Is it? I don't know! I'm speculating.
I expect you to know.

bobbym · 2012-04-09 01:13:10

You do not know?

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 01:27:25

I've lost complete knowledge of why anyone does anything.
I'm just using my little knowledge of psychology to estimate.

bobbym · 2012-04-09 01:28:37

What good will psychology do here? Beings sell things to make a profit or an equitable exchange.

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 01:38:07

That's basically what I said originally.
Psychology works for some people...

bobbym · 2012-04-09 01:39:45

Nope. We are discussing sales.

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 01:48:12

But we were discussing the reason for the sale.
Like, why have the government sold Earth to the aliens?

bobbym · 2012-04-09 01:50:50

Again, why do people sell things?

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 02:01:45

I don't know!
I'll Google it, & find out.
GRR! Thought Yahoo Answers had something there but the question was deleted!

It would seem Google doesn't know either.

bobbym · 2012-04-09 02:02:33

See post #58

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 02:07:08

Oh yeah. ...awkward. Short term memory loss.
Well if you knew the answer, then why did you re-ask the question?

bobbym · 2012-04-09 02:08:27

Because you asked the same question again. That is the answer for the second time.

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 02:10:31

I did? Oh yeah. I was really just using that to make a point.
So... how much did the government make? & if they sold the Earth then why do they still need taxes?

bobbym · 2012-04-09 02:11:15

They used a more ancient system than money.

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 02:13:52

Oh. I see. So what did the government get in return for ownership of the Earth?

bobbym · 2012-04-09 02:16:00

No you do not see. What system is older than the monetary system, more basic?

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 02:50:39

uhhh... Trade?
That's what I implied when I asked...

bobbym · 2012-04-09 02:55:00

They gave us technology and we gave them ...

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 02:57:49

They gave us technology? Which technology?
When was this arrangement anyway?

bobbym · 2012-04-09 03:00:34

Mostly surveillance and power for weaponry.

Tigeree · 2012-04-09 03:26:38

I suspected as much.
Like what? It was the fission bomb wasn't it? Fusion, too? Hubble telescope? International space station?

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