news bulletin (for immediate release): my former boy-bandmates, rafi kam and dallas penn, who style themselves the internets celebrities, have just released a new video on the topic of street vending called the vend diagram for which they approached me to concoct some venn diagrams (wordplay!). the above chart is perhaps my favourite as it deals with creole and mixed languages and ends rather absurdly where it all began—with a ginormous slice* of pie.

rafi and dallas’ investigation into how the economy is effing up the most micro of businesses—the street vendors, can be found here. i made the charts for it, but i will not now confirm (nor double confirm) that i made a cameo in it.

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*properly speaking, the shape of this slice is a reuleaux triangle (maths!)

fact: according to “statistics” the price of bread rises about 30% per year [TRUE]

fact: “grocery stores” are in the business of selling bread [TRUE]

duh: buy $500 dollars of bread now. sell your bread for more than $1,800 in five year’s time. [WALL STREET]

bonus: if you can wait 25 years before cashing in your bread portfolio, it will be worth upwards of $350,000 [CHA-CHING]