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> I don't think that applies with chores; if you grind ironing for five hours straight you're unlikely to enjoy any benefits apart from pressed shirts.

Well, you will get better/faster at ironing, though that's not terribly exciting, either.

But that's just as well. The economy would go haywire if you could grab a knife or something and kill the inexhaustible supply of local wildlife for gold pieces.



> The economy would go haywire if you could grab a knife or something and kill the inexhaustible supply of local wildlife for gold pieces.

Huh, you do know that is what happens in real life, right? It's called hunting, and you can sell the items they "dropped" for gold pieces. :D


Two points of difference:

A) Local wildlife is not inexhaustible. Renewable, but not inexhaustible.

B) You have to find someone willing to pay you before you get your gold pieces. You can't just walk into the local store and sell off your vendor trash for a fixed sum.

The closest you'll probably find to a violation of this are the people that will pay a cent or two per lightning bug caught, but you're just not going to catch enough of those to matter economically.




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