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You would fall into the "of the world" camp. There are others, a relative minority but prevalent everywhere, that don't want to be a part of this, nor want their children involved.…

What a vulgar rendition: "little nothing no-name universities." There's more to a college than how much money it's going to make you throughout your entire life. In the case of St …

None of that is culture -- unless you apply it in a shallow way. The South is a cultural wasteland. The only thing it has going for it are its manners.

"America" is in the unique position of having no culture -- barring "make money" -- to assimilate to. This obviously leads to much greater ease of assimilation for immigrants; you …

On such polarizing topics, there is no neutral. Both sides will detest you for not being on their's. Logic won't win you any friends; and it certainly won't change anyone's feeling…

Full disclosure: I don't work with C++ anymore. You don't have to keep up with all the stuff it adds. If you actually need a certain thing C++ has added -- that you're unaware of -…

Tolerance is tiresome. Putting up with nonsense, and being impelled to consume metaphorical shit, is vulgar to the soul. In art, the nonsense is the lack of honesty. Inauthenticity…

How would that stoke the egos of all godless psycopaths?

A spiritual one -- its causes numerous. Though it would be invigorating to have a word for the whole thing. Maybe the Germans have something for us?

A provocative and astute diatribe. My question for you: why humor this absurdity? I'm of mind that the whole thing should be thrown out.

How low tutelage has fallen. Once the noblest of duties; now...

You've put to words an intuition I've always had, but been unable to verbalize: it irritates me when someone converses with the intent to reach some end... or just enters a convers…

I dislike the spirit of "/r/AmITheAsshole." I don't think I can put it into apt words, but it may go something like: "does this really matter?" and "must this really be exhibited f…

I think you're getting a lot of "Yes, but"s that go on to completely disagree with the spirit of your post -- something I see annoyingly often... as if people are constantly piggyb…

You would also burn a hole in your stomach if you took a 2-3g potassium pill(s). For what it's worth: I've used "losalt" drinks for potassium-replenishment (especially during carbl…

Please speak for yourself. A comfortable cage does not inspire me to go above and beyond. I very much doubt my "going the extra mile" will really affect anyone at all in any major …

I can +1 this. I can't add anything more besides: having more than a few sips with food is already too extreme for upper crust sensibilities. Everything in moderation makes everyth…

I think it may be that some people have low environmental-sensation barriers. For them, hearing "bus factor" may make it through the barrier and result in an involuntary creation o…

Having worked both "grueling" manual labor jobs and "stressful" white collar work: I would rather be an ape living in some rain-forest. I don't want to have complex thought. I don'…

It's absolutely lovely. The wealthier pockets remind of a less mountainy Switzerland.

Interested in any resources that you've found vital in your journey. I'm angling to go deeper into the "Cleaner" path, and it's a very slow "figure it out as you go" experience.

Yes. Realistically, I could put in the extra effort to be mindful of how I handle the things I own -- but I simply don't care enough. If you lend me a paperback book, it's likely g…