Reminds me of Punchr, a satirical startup that matches bullies with people that deserve to get punched.
Show HN: Rent Elderly People – Skip Lines and Get Senior Perks
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#12Let's put it this way: the idea makes so little sense that it has never been done at scale. That is saying a lot since it is:
- An obvious idea. People routinely benefit off of senior and student benefits from friends and family members.
- There are more than enough people who lack scruples and would outright exploit seniors. I would imagine that there are even more people who would be happy to enter arrangements of mutual benefit.
The underlying problem is that such a company would erode social trust. There would be a very short term opportunity to exploit the loophole, so to speak, before senior benefits would be tightly controlled, reduced until such a scheme is no longer profitable, or outright eliminated.
And that is taking the perspective of people who would partake. There are more than a few people who would find such schemes morally reprehensible and would never participate (which would limit the market).
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#13I enjoyed this.
I wished a bit that the website's "Increased Lifespan (source)" also claimed a 50% lifespan increase from the linked SA blog and associative study that showed a 50% likelihood of survival increase over a given period.
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#1410 years ago there was reservation hop. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7985137 Coincidentally, if Mayer is your last name (from your handle) then you even share the same last name https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/reservation-hop-most...
yes, Mayer is my last name. That's a funny coincidence.
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#15Reminds me of Punchr, a satirical startup that matches bullies with people that deserve to get punched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8doxdoQTCkQ
makes me nostalgic for 2014, back when, while not being ok, it was still allowed to say "gaytarded" without fear of a full cancellation.
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#16I know it’s a joke, but if real it could cause businesses to stop offering senior discounts once they get wise to the scam.
well, that makes sense
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#17where can I invest?
click "Learn more" on top banner and you can pay us to build it <3
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#18This just in: rentelderlypeople.com emerges out of stealth and raises $100M from prominent VCs and angel investors to change the world and disrupt the senior citizens market. /s
Nah, they're too late, ZIRP is over.