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• 2 + 2 isn't whatever you want it to be (Score:2)

  by merlyn (47)

  For this, some chastised me, saying all people make language errors, and we shouldn't judge people based on their cultural writing styles.

  At some point in the last 20 years, "how a person feels" overtook "whether or not the work is effective" in our school system. Not sure how, or precisely when. But this is the result. We've got a bunch of people who temporarily feel happy, but then go on to lead miserable lives because they aren't told that some things work and other things don't, and that life isn

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  • Re:2 + 2 isn't whatever you want it to be (Score:1)

    by ajtaylor (1283)

    Amen merlyn. Say it again brother! How the heck are people going to learn to live in the real world if everything is sugar coated for them? It's a major eye-opener when you realize that sometimes the world is out to get you!

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    • Re:2 + 2 isn't whatever you want it to be (Score:1)

      by mary.poppins (3530) on 2002.10.01 4:52 (#13466) Homepage Journal

      It's a major eye-opener when you realize that sometimes the world is out to get you!
      
      Only sometimes? I thought they [uschamber.com] were *always* out to make a buck off me!
      

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