From: Michael Lorrey (mike@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 09:19:45 MST
Think of it this way: they are optimistic that solutions to the side
effects of their vices will be found before they die (a very extropic
point of view), or else new studies will show that what they like to do
is actually good for them (as the Paleolithic Diet shows). People have
smoked things for thousands of years. What cigarettes prove is that
mixing asbestos, fiberglass, and anti-freeze in with your tobacco is a
bad idea.
Now, I use Corel for most of my writing, and edit plus for my coding.
Corel is now 25% owned by M$ (as Apple is now 50% owned by M$).
"Michael M. Butler" wrote:
>
> You are overoptimistic. People who write using M$ products are people
> who will eat anything, including cigarette butts, and pretend it's
> candy. They'll also pretend they enjoy M$ changing APIs whenever the
> whim hits them, so they have to play catch-up. And they never have their
> cholesterol levels or blood pressures checked. Why bother? They know
> they're dying, but it's a living.
>
> I wonder if there were any early mammals that specialized in dinosaur
> coprophagia? There *must* have been dinosaur dung beetles. There's an
> image for you.
>
> :)
>
> Emlyn wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone noticed the similarity to vegetarianism in all this?
> >
> > The ms-flunkies (including me, apparently) are the meat eaters, junk food
> > eaters, impure and proud.
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