ped_xing [he/him]

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Cake day: August 31st, 2021

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  • In general, working people at any income stratum flatter their economic positions when they think they’d be worse off under socialism.

    There are two ways my income privileges me: what I consume and what I have.

    I consume space in a building, food, clothes, furniture, electronics. Nothing we can’t make available to everyone. Some of my things are nicer, but then they get worse and need to be replaced due to planned obsolescence. Under socialism, this wouldn’t be a thing – every chair can be a nice chair that will last decades and if demand for chairs drops, good; everyone’s sitting comfortably. What I’m getting at is that nice bougie shit, precluding ostentatious chandeliers filled with rare gems and gold-plated lambos, could be the floor for what we provide people. Or even briefer, we can do LGC right now.

    Then there’s what I have, which is a six-figure ball of investments designed to sustain a future me who, for whatever reason, doesn’t have the well-paying job nor access to a social safety net. This shouldn’t be necessary and it’s horrifying that so many people in my country are walking a tightrope without that circus net. So fuck my portfolio, I’d gladly give it up for the revolution.






  • I had this nagging incredulous feeling that the Cuba trade embargo could be so effective since I learned about the 180 day rule and finally ran the numbers today. Surely Cuba, I thought, having 11 million people, could sustain healthy trade even if shipping companies had to segregate Cuba and non-Cuba ships. But a container ship carries 24,000 container-equivalents, so, ignoring the massive inequality and converting by population alone, the US’s 22 million shipping container-equivalents per year would amount to 22M*(11/333) = 730,000 container-equivalents or 30 ships per year. Even if Cubans consoomed like USians, that’s looking like such a small market that it makes sense for shipping companies to ignore it rather than maintain a shipping route that comes so close to the US without being able to dock there.

    Death to America








  • Vault Heavenly chip secret until there are no other legal purchases.

    Kittens can only be purrchased on the 9th of the month (9 lives).

    Buildings, can only be purchased in 1s to get a 1st digit of 0, only in 10s to get a 10s digit of 0 and only 100s from then on out.

    Buy up Cursors and Grandmas until you can afford 100 You.

    No manual season switching.

    Buy the cheapest legal upgrade unless saving up for seasonal upgrades. If there are no legal upgrades but popping the wrinklers will make one affordable, do that. Otherwise, buy 100 of the most powerful building of which you have the fewest.

    At 100 of everything, sacrifice 50 of everything to the dragon.

    At 250 of everything, sacrifice 200 of everything to the dragon.

    When the Pantheon is unlocked, sacrificing buildings to Godzamok is allowed so long as the buildings are repurchased to their prior level.

    No Chocolate Egg until it’s time to ascend.