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		dinkumthinkum on March 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Difficult Situation I'm just going to say it. If you're going to compare these two things, you're crazy. Some assumption that is partly an accident of language, partly an accident of imagining others to be similar to your self without any other information, and the recognition of statistics, could in, any way, be shame worthy is just nuts.

burntsushi on March 22, 2013 [–]

Well yes... That's the point... I also think it's crazy that forking and dongle jokes are shame worthy. And yet, here we are.

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