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		nottorp on Feb 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1000 True Fans? Try 100 Your examples aren't really of whales, because there's an upper limit on how much food/clothes you can get. The whale term was invented by casinos wasn't it? Where there's no upper limit to how much you can lose.

naniwaduni on Feb 7, 2020 [–]

There's an upper limit to the amount that you can consume.

There is no upper limit on the amount you can pay.

ergl on Feb 7, 2020 | [–]

Sure there is, unless you consider incurring infinite debt a positive thing.

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