jonny (nonvenomous)hiring a hitman is a complicated game theory problem because the hitman always has the option of just taking the money and calling the cops. you have to convince them that you are capable of hiring another hitman to come after the first hitman, but the very act of trying to hire the first hitman indicates that you don't have a second, more reliable hitman ready to go. so i guess the moral of the story is don't be a landlord. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-07/landlord-sentenced-20-years-in-prison-in-murder-for-hire-plots
these kinds of signaling problems are universal for any costly signal. for example when signaling that you are a high value mate, the signal itself implies the question why you don't already have one. being an otherwise extremely attractive partner that's single is suspicious - something else must be going on. so 'i have a girlfriend she just goes to a different school' is an optimal first-round strategy in a multi-round game, if in the second round you become conveniently single. i forget where i was going with this
unrelated: i am recently single as my former astronaut doctor partner had to go to space to heal the moon, and our relationship would not be cut short by me being sent to prison for a botched assassination hmu
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