asciilifeform: as it is, i fully expect to envy the '16yo-ish female in kabul
asciilifeform: at any rate, if the thread were about things that are ~likely to~ happen to me, vs 'what i'd like', it'd be much shorter and even more boring.
asciilifeform: idk if i'll pay. what'll i do if the kid refuses to pull? negrate him as i swing ?
asciilifeform: (they paid on the gallows in advance)
asciilifeform: little boys would earn pennies by pulling on legs of hanging men at tyburn
asciilifeform: as pictured in the well-loved 'baroque cycle' by n. stephenson
asciilifeform: would have to stick to mathematics, probably. (can one even get unfiltered internet in shenzhen ?)
asciilifeform: i have lived in cities. in crappy soviet dwellings, with little room to move, even. in order to do this again voluntarily i would want something very valuable in return. such as not having to work for a living ever.