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"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." - Sir Winston Churchill
"the best argument against democracy is a ten minute conversation with the average voter" - reportedly Churchill as well
It is really, really, really, really, really hard for me to find a good temporary distraction nowadays. The noise is so monotonous, so repetitive, so completely devoid of intellectual stimulation that I go between four websites in a loop looking for something interesting to read. HN has maybe one article every two hours that pops up to the top that I find worth reading, and maybe half the time worth upvoting. And tha…
"It is really, really, really, really, really hard for me to find a good temporary distraction nowadays." You sound like a typical bored teenager, with too much time on their hands, wearing their boredom as a nihilistic badge of honor, expecting everyone to entertain them, while simultaneously acting as if they know everything, thereby supposedly being superior to the entertainers. If you can't find anything good to…
Boom, boredom problem solved, plus nice contact network from all the cool folks I contacted and got to write something.