Ed Gerrish

@edgerrish.bsky.social

Professor of Public Administration at the University of South Dakota. South Dakotan. Public policy, public finance, public performance, and sarcasm.

The most unrealistic part of HotD S3E3 is that the treasury can't be "empty" any country that mints its own currency can either debase that currency, create a new currency, or issue promissory notes. Sure it's inflationary but a sovereign treasury isn't "empty."

GPT: That’s so correct, Sméagol. It is actually your birthday and Deagol, who claims to be your friend, did not get you a present. I think if he values your friendship, the golden ring—that he just found at the bottom of the Anduin(!)—is an appropriate gift.

“And look who is coming down the street! It’s the wildly popular kids character Snarkal the Sargozian. And on his float is ‘lil Boughie singing eat the rich from her gold plated album, snortcialism.”

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The best evidence that we live in a simulation? I saw photos of boxes of top secret documents next to the former president’s golden toilet and now he has a 50/50 shot to be president again.