The video game that will tank the economy for a day

1.GDP Theft Autoby Evan Milenko, writer After 13 years of waiting, Grand Theft Auto [GTA] VI is set to arrive next month and over a million Americans are forecast to call out sick when it drops.

Economists are actually predicting this could cause America’s GDP to take a $1 billion hit on its release day, according to International Business Times.I hate to sound the alarm but the effect this game will have is being severely underestimated.

GTA VI has been so hyped at this point that it’s expected to be nothing less than a digital fentanyl black hole, and, according to my calculations, gamers will cross its event horizon and never return to work.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story Don’t go outside either — DoorDash drivers will be driving recklessly to deliver pizza to couch-locked gamers.Even accounting for GDP gain from delivery drivers working overtime, we are still looking at a 2008-style crash times a million.

President Trump: Fortify GameStops and order a shelter-in-place on Nov.19.

For safety purposes, obviously.2.Hotties in SF: An Invasive Species?by Nicole Wizman, writer Wednesday, Pirate Wires reported that SF, once a wasteland for uggos, is now teeming with beautiful women.

On X, these women post viral selfies announcing their new jobs in AI sales and growth, while men we interviewed are clocking 10s in the Marina.Is this a sign we’re in … a bubble? AI startups, swimming in VC cash, are now shifting their energies toward buying attention, i.e., sexy saleswomen to help them stand out.

Whether those eyeballs convert to customers is questionable, but as the debate continues over whether baddies in the Bay means the economy is about to tank, consider these examples of peak froth: One AI company hired a “Head of Coffee” (whaaaat?), ano...