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Author of fantasy novels. Refugee from https://twitter.com/DjangoWexler My stuff at https://djangowexler.com/

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · May 27

EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD EXCEPT ME is out today!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMNHMKRJ/

This is book two of the DARK LORD DAVI duology, the thrilling conclusion!

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I am Patrick's Sports Angst @patricksaxton.bsky.social · 1h

Buy djangos books, the davi books are even funnier than this

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2h

Uh wow I write books I guess, you all might like this one?

djangowexler.com/writing/how-...

How To Become The Dark Lord And Die Trying - Django Wexler

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord hers...

djangowexler.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 3h

Fair enough. Not my experience, I guess? It's my favorite of theirs so far.

Maybe because, having taken a similar approach to Hades I, I find more of the formula refreshing rather than tedious?

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 3h

Is the expectation that a game continue to feel great and fulfilling way past its ending a reasonable one though? Like I'll get to the end of the story, finish out a few more affection trees, and then move on feeling *extremely* satisfied. That seems ... fine?

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 5h

Absolutely!

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 8h

God is real and he hates us

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! It was originally supposed to be. =)

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

Eventually. It requires a lot of explaining now though.

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

She also caused herself some brief existential confusion by singing "London Bridge Is Falling Down" to the tune of "Mary Had A Little Lamb"

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

Z, in exactly the tone I use on the cats: Marshmallow, who's so soft and squishy? YOU ARE!

Z, dropping to a whisper: Marshmallow, can I eat you?

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

It was designed by people who hate us

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

It would also have helped if the prequel that sets up the story came out *BEFORE* the book, and in a place where anyone could see it ^^

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmmm

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

Do you need some stuffed ones? I still have a few

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

So, yes, our houses are better than the Victorians, but they're not so much better than 1972 that the increased quality is the bottleneck. (Actually construction costs are *down* in real terms since 1972.)

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

Here's housing starts over total population. This is the problem -- more people, not enough houses.

fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgr...

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

f.e. private housing starts peaked at almost 2.5m in 1972 and are currently 1.3m.

fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST

New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units

fred.stlouisfed.org

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

So, yes that's true, and it's also true in a lot of other areas, including food!

The actual cause of the housing crisis is a bit out of scope for me but we *can and did* build housing cheaper and faster in the relatively recent past.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

Mukilteo

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Anthony Ryan @anthonyryan.bsky.social · 2d

Work. Of. Genius.

David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 2d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

Just a basic sourdough!

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

(In practice it means multiple wage earners are required.) But I have no idea what the dynamic would be like in Scrooge's day.

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really curious what the same analysis would show for housing, which seems to be the pressure point for (US) poverty today. A rent-controlled apartment in Seattle (impossible to get, people hold them to the death) might cost $1,000/mo for a 1 BR, 78% of that income.

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