So my hot-take on this: this is the beginning of the end for Trump as a GOP nominee, he continues to slip in the polls, Carson over takes him. Whether Carson ultimately get the nomination is besides the point, the point is, Trump gets unseated in this race. HOWEVER, rather than give up, in true Trump fashion, he…

Ok, if anyone feels the need to do this on the PC version, you’re an idiot or you’re to cheap to get a keyboard with a working “~” key.

If it’s a police procedural on a train I’m done with humanity.

You go, David Mitchell. Literary realism is all well and good, but it is not the alpha and omega of art.

If the first and second highest bidders personally value the item higher than it’s true market value, it will sell above market value

You seem to be working with a flawed definition of “market value”. There is no “correct” price for an item, there is only what somebody is willing to sell it for and what somebody else is willing to buy it for. This is true whether the item is a bushel of corn or a Van Gogh painting. In fact, this is pretty much the…

Define “perfect.” As a seller, a perfect auction is the one that is most efficient at finding the highest amount the buyer will pay. As a buyer, the perfect auction is the one that is most efficient at finding the lowest amount the seller will sell for. Usually a transaction has a range where the outcome is acceptable…

Bidder 3: I will pay 190 trillion, because fuck bidder 2.

Isn't how much something goes for in an auction part of what determines its market value?

No, you’re crying.

also Chess.

You do realize this was planned and coreographed right?