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Reduce my relative comparison of a wide spectrum to an either-or choice between idealized, perfectly disciplined human beings and everyone else. Nice work, you win.

> , and eventually played online poker for a living. oh wow.

Most people aren't as obsessive as you.

> why everyone should play video games Yes. Let's make video games yet another chore, by all means...

Oh, cultures and practices that are different to your own are strange to you, are they? You want a cookie for sharing that enlightening piece of information?

Us who don't like insincere "how are you"'s know that it's an idiom. We're not social retards. But even just going through the insincere, obligatory "fine/good" responses is a pain…

> Yeah a lot of us do it even if we find it awkward, because we feel it's better than seeming cold and smug. In what universe is a simple greeting cold and smug ?

Yes. You can either do AA or do nothing with your problem. That's the only two options in the world. Jeez these AA PR snippets are just stellar.

That's what all the drama around OSS communities have been about lately, haven't it. People that say they want more diversity and inclusion in OSS communities, at the possible pric…

> The reason this is so important is that should this woman have a "slip" - which LOTS of alcoholics do - now the world, and needy alcoholics, have one more reason to dismiss AA. >…

Better the devil you know.

Fuck off.

People should think more about Moravec's paradox when they decide to rag on janitorial jobs.

> Unions once explicitly took that position. A century ago, when Samuel Gompers was asked what he wanted for his union members, he answered "More". What do companies want? Uh, more…

> Do you think the ruling classes are idiots? Hey, hey now. The ruling class doesn't disproportionately influence/control the market. It's the magic fairy dust of the Free Market t…

> "Please nerf the inheritance system." The random spawn system is broken in that game!

> Anyway, consider the following scenario. Bob makes $10 an hour, and produces $100 of value. Obviously, this is a great bargain for Bob's employer. So much so, that another employ…

Life is a obviously an open-ended sandbox game.

I'm sure that relying on blogs for being informed on matters like this is another kind of bias.

Oh, you've started losing your hair in your 40s ? Count yourself lucky.

Have fun with your martyr egotrip.