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"Sorry, my utility function isn't linear in orgasms!"
Doesn't have to be. Two orgasms is almost certainly better than a 1/399 whale-day if you are indifferent between one orgasm and 1/400 whale day.
In other words, that's some pretty intense nonlinearity you've got there.
Can't wait till I have time to write my linearity post...
Should be straightforward.
Only locally.