This is actually kind of a great shit post, I love it.
this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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It's borderline inspirational. It almost makes me want to make a linkedin account just to riff on this for every mundane aspect of my life. I mean I don't have anything as impressive as a top-25 spot on a Clash of Clans leaderboard, but just because I can't compete with this guy doesn't mean I'm unhirable.
First draft for a pitch:
Hey hiring managers, have you ever had to deal with ungrateful employees who incessantly whine about needing "sick time" for imaginary problems like "food poisoning"? We've all been there. What you need is a guy who is still in sepsis recovery and can barely function day to day to help them realize how good they have it.
Due to supply-and-demand, you should be ready to make a highly competitive offer. Hourly wages are acceptable with overtime pay over forty hours, and under the agreement that I will be on-the-clock for every hour which I spend recovering from sepsis, which is all of them.
By that logic Rimworld experience should make you CEO
Studying EVE Online was enough to make someone a finance minister.
A good friend of mine described EVE as a spreadsheet simulator, and I think that's really quite beautiful.
Most space Sims are.
Oh yeah I've heard that. That's wild
"Hey, boss. Word is one of our competitors is planning a hostile takeover, what's the plan?"
"Turn them into rations and leather dusters."
Exactly its a lil too real 🤣🤣
Tbh after working for decades in the corporate world, I see SIGNIFICANTLY more similarities between that and a fucking game... Or jr high drama, than I do w/ academia.
Capitalism is a fucking joke and anyone who doesn't understand it's a stupid game is delusional
Capitalism is a fucking joke and anyone who doesn't understand it's a stupid game is delusional
Most people are emotionally invest in the propaganda. unplugging them is matrix level experience that only some people are able to pull off, generally due to some heavy trauma
It's like Stockholm syndrome.
Like, yeah, I'm here, I'm in it, I gotta do it so I don't starve or freeze...
But you're never going to get me to say it's a meritocracy. Or efficient.
Some people will though. I think it's less about propeganda than it is about fear. Like if they take Zeus' name in vain they'll catch a lightning bolt.
Ironically, Stockholm syndrome is named after an event where hostages in a bank robbery were treated with contempt from the police and government. They spent six days having the police point guns at them and the prime minister telling them to be content with dying. The robbers treated them rather well, especially in comparison to the authorities.
Capitalism makes for a much worse captor. I think it has more in common with a cult, constantly spinning a narrative of how it makes your life better and without it you'll live a wretched life. How people outside of it are evil savages, and how they're coming for your peace and quiet. How life under capitalism is the best you can do, even if it isn't perfect.
"I would have hired them, but clearly they spend too much time playing Clash of Clans."
He's not wrong. That was one of the most stressful games I've played. So much pressure during a clan war.
I do sometimes joke that in order to hold office you must be able to win a game of Civilization with 2 different victory types.
This seems to be more of a guy looking for work than a CEO lunatic