{"id":1643,"date":"2013-04-23T18:16:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T18:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2013-04-23T18:16:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T18:16:09","slug":"extra-memory-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/23\/extra-memory-2\/","title":{"rendered":"extra memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[This is so goddamn awesome. -egg]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/selfsaboteur.tumblr.com\/post\/48588647526\/this-machine-allows-anyone-to-work-for-minimum?utm_source=feedly\">extra memory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"color: #faf5f5; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: normal; background-color: #1f1d47;\" alt=\"\nThis machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly\u00a0grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they\u2019re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day\u2026at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.\n\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/24.media.tumblr.com\/11efda67caa9f6b3ad4ba8d1a28a4c9c\/tumblr_mlbx772FtK1qcgcxfo1_400.jpg?w=625\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #faf5f5; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: normal; background-color: #1f1d47;\">\n<blockquote style=\"border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: #faf5f5; padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px; color: #faf5f5; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: #1f1d47;\"><p>This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they\u2019re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day\u2026at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"color: #faf5f5; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: normal; background-color: #1f1d47;\">(Source:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #faf5f5;\" title=\"bencrowther\" href=\"http:\/\/bencrowther.tumblr.com\/post\/48099295972\/this-machine-allows-anyone-to-work-for-minimum\">bencrowther<\/a>, via\u00a0<a style=\"color: #faf5f5;\" href=\"http:\/\/bokononish.tumblr.com\/post\/48588148527\">bokononish<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This is so goddamn awesome. -egg] extra memory. This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. 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