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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • Two economists are walking through a park. The first economist points at a pile of dog shit and says “I’ll give you $100 to eat that”, the second economist eats it and takes the $100.

    A few minutes later the second economist points at another pile of dog shit and says “I’ll give you $100 if you eat that”, the first economist eats it and takes the $100.

    Sometime later the first economist says “hang on, I think we both just ate shit for nothing”, the second one replies “not at all, we added $200 to GDP!”











  • Let’s assume you did do something that triggered his actions. Whatever it was, his action was to ghost you not talk to you about it.

    You’ve had an early glimpse into his conflict resolution capacity.

    So if you had a relationship, some time down the line you’d have had a conflict, probably with the same result, with considerable more invested in the relationship.

    Let’s now assume you didn’t do anything to trigger his behavior, something else did. Same actions, same observation, but he might ‘come back’ when whatever the problem is has resolved.

    Finally let’s assume he’s just a jerk. Then there’s no problem, it sucks to feel this way, but it’s the better outcome.