I think yall are misunderstanding my comments about Eridu. I did not say this city would not be whipped, just not now. Once it's FPs are farmed it can take some whips at smaller size (I think it's actually +8 Cam) but right now it does not have the extra food nor are the FPs farmed, yet it has quite productive tiles to work to get out a decently timed worker as opposed to waiting for growth and a granary whip. It's food is not of such worth now as to whip it and whipping off a copper mine now while the city is low food is silly.
Many of these points yall are making are "future". What I'm talking about is "now" or "what should have been done". We've been nerfing the heck out of our game so far.
You make the most of the current situation
Yall know me, I love me some whip
Yes, I agree we should talk about now. And I have already agreed on building worker at size 3.