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 @d325e2a1 Suggested alt text:
P1: ghost in broad-brimmed hat outside an isolated cottage. "Howdy! I'm a Ghost Writer Ghost."
P2: ghost is sitting in front of typewriter. "I help authors to finish their stories and then I disappear into the night."
P3: "The next morning". Same typewriter, stubbly man looking at it. "Whoa. What did I do last night?"
P4: Sheet of typescript. Black type: "with his soft voice. Bertha and John then went to have some ice cream." Orange handwriting: "THEN EVERYBODY IS KILLED! THE END"
P5: ghost outside cottage again. "You're welcome." 
 nostr:npub18ljjwuh8vt0lrh3fe3vsefddt40u297gtsk3d4v4ywhjnvms9zfqy480hq Some people want ONLY the "... 
 @fcf6e9eb @3fe52772 And even if a rainbow isn't magical-wondrous when you know how it works, the processes behind how refraction works are in turn magical and wondrous. And so on down, the more physics (or whatever) you learn… 
 Alt text anyone? 
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9 panels, out of doors human is appraching and petting cat.
1: Human: Aww, what a cute, little kitty you are.
2: Cat: I am Lord Nibbles, Crusher of Souls, King of the Under—
4: Cat: How dare you…
5: Cat: You…
7: Cat: I shall spare you, pitiful human.
9: Cat: For now. 
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 @488cf7e2 This is basically the allocation of scarce resources problem. Say you have ten rooms. Off season, 8 people want them, no problem. In the high season, 20 people want them. How do you (collectively) decide who gets each?
Capitalism says "let the price rise until only 10 people are prepared to pay". It's not a great procedure but it reliably gives you an answer.