queue Interludes XVI–XVIII

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+Title: Promises I Can Keep
+Date: 2020-01-01
+Category: other
+Tags: interlude, romance
+Status: draft
+
+"I think if you show any indications of being an egg, you _need_ to marry someone who's OK with you eventually transitioning. Not because you necessarily _will_ want to transition, but because it's likely enough that you need to plan for it."
+
+"I probably don't actually _disagree_. Keeping promises is very important. What a betrayal it would be—to take someone to have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health—
+
+/2017/Dec/lesser-known-demand-curves/
+
+But in the spirit of [Policy Debates Should Not Appear One-Sided](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PeSzc9JTBxhaYRp9b/policy-debates-should-not-appear-one-sided), I would like to register a note of sadness that we're effectively thereby saying 'eggs don't deserve love.'"
+
+"Eggs can have love, they just add a constraint."
+
+"I don't think you understand the seriousness of _just_ adding a constraint.
+
+"Constraint: must own unicorn."
+
+In [4]: 7 * 10**9 / (60 * 60 * 24 * 365)
+Out[4]: 221.9685438863521