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ROBERT: See, here’s the problem. The Haircut Value Index isn’t an index at all! In fact you can realize this just by looking at the units. The more you spend, the higher the H.V.I. – and the more time you spend looking good, the lower the H.V.I. So really I think what you described is more of a Haircut COST Index.
KEN: I just wanted to help people
KEN: Now it’s all
KEN: It’s all falling apart at the seams

KEN: I take pride in my haircuts! I want to get good value from them! I’m not a mathematician, Robert! I barely an aesthetician. But now I’m ruining people’s lives! I inverted a fraction and people are dying. They’re DYING in the STREETS! I don’t know how to stop it! I DON’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT RIGHT!

ROBERT: Come on, Ken. Nobody’s DYING from a haircut
KEN: They’re not dying from a haircut they’re dying from a SEVERE STAB WOULD THAT I INFLICTED

{{go too far at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: t-this isn’t really about haircuts anymore, is it, ken}}

#710; The Cracks Widen transcribed by in

ROBERT: See, here's the problem. The Haircut Value Index isn't an index at all! In fact you can realize this just by looking at the units. The more you spend, the higher the H.V.I. - and the more time you spend looking good, the lower the H.V.I. So really I think what you described is more of a Haircut COST Index.
KEN: I just wanted to help people
KEN: Now it's all
KEN: It's all falling apart at the seams

KEN: I take pride in my haircuts! I want to get good value from them! I'm not a mathematician, Robert! I barely an aesthetician. But now I'm ruining people's lives! I inverted a fraction and people are dying. They're DYING in the STREETS! I don't know how to stop it! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT RIGHT!

ROBERT: Come on, Ken. Nobody's DYING from a haircut
KEN: They're not dying from a haircut they're dying from a SEVERE STAB WOULD THAT I INFLICTED

{{go too far at WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: t-this isn't really about haircuts anymore, is it, ken}}

t-this isn't really about haircuts anymore, is it, ken

#710; The Cracks Widen

  — March 11th, 2011

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(Continued from Part 1 and Part 2)

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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