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51 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Oct \ parent \ on: Pleb Economist #14: The Secretary Problem math econ

For dating in particular, there's another problematic assumption that you didn't state: the quality of future relationships needs to not be impacted by how many failed relationships you've had.

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60 sats \ 9 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 21 Oct

indeed, and the effect is asymmetric depending on gender: men want to be a woman's first and women want to be a man's last HAHA

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53 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Oct

To the gulag with you

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60 sats \ 7 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 21 Oct

I recently learned that gulag is actually an acronym

what is it with authoritarian bureaucrats and their penchant for acronyms

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51 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 Oct

I had no idea. I wonder when that started. It doesn't seem like everything was acronyms way back in history times.

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202 sats \ 5 replies \ @optimism 1 Nov

It's basically the Soviet Era equivalent of the FBOP

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183 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 2 Nov

the Fedbop Archipelago

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185 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 2 Nov

Fedbop sounds like a song the Bugle would make.

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183 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker OP 2 Nov

Sounds like a song the Bugle should make

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