I've been a lurker here for years (even before I registered an account) and have only posted a handful of times.
I enjoy the comments way more than the articles (which usually suck, tbh). For any article, there are almost always some extremely insightful comments, and for me, the interpretation of those is the whole point of the site.
A good friend of mine, almost a brother to me - an otherwise reasonable, sane guy - is a devout believer in astrology. For the longest time, I thought it was a (largely successful) ploy to get laid. But after many alcohol induced discussions with him, I came to the conclusion that he actually believes in it.
His explanation? When asked a few hard questions about astrology, e.g., Are all Scorpios complete fucking morons, or is it just you? and Why are all astrological predictions exceptionally vague and overwhelmingly flattering? he responded that he feels it's a useful way to get a feel for some baseline characteristics of an individual. Myself, being a sagittarius, am apparently prone to prolonged bouts of philosophical circlejerking and self-destruction. Not sure where I was going with this. Just food for thought.
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I've been a lurker here for years (even before I registered an account) and have only posted a handful of times.
I enjoy the comments way more than the articles (which usually suck, tbh). For any article, there are almost always some extremely insightful comments, and for me, the interpretation of those is the whole point of the site.
Want to have some fun on wikipedia?
Click 'random article' and get to Hitler within 5 clicks. Do it.
6 degrees, meh. The ubermensch only need 5!
Asking for it...
Not gonna get it.
Tits or GTFO.
Cryptonomicon or bust ;)
You might be surprised!
A good friend of mine, almost a brother to me - an otherwise reasonable, sane guy - is a devout believer in astrology. For the longest time, I thought it was a (largely successful) ploy to get laid. But after many alcohol induced discussions with him, I came to the conclusion that he actually believes in it.
His explanation? When asked a few hard questions about astrology, e.g., Are all Scorpios complete fucking morons, or is it just you? and Why are all astrological predictions exceptionally vague and overwhelmingly flattering? he responded that he feels it's a useful way to get a feel for some baseline characteristics of an individual. Myself, being a sagittarius, am apparently prone to prolonged bouts of philosophical circlejerking and self-destruction. Not sure where I was going with this. Just food for thought.