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I understand, thanks for differentiating between the ugly stuff (drugs, wanking off...) and the stuff we need.

PS: I am talking mainly about getting rid of Phone addiction, netflix addiction and stuff like that, so these are net negatives if you overdo it and if you can't control yourself, which I can't do most times, they become really addictive.

That's pretty good!

Today I learned...

Damn! I will read them when I am really happy about something

Thank you for this comment and thanks for mentioning sources for further reading.

I guess this comment makes more sense now, you are right, it's probably not useful to read these messages. But, a counterpoint could be people who are in a really bad situation and are in that space make bad decisions.

i.e., It depends very much on how the person perceives the situation. I have heard of 16-year-olds offing themselves because of something really stupid, so maybe if we read suicide notes which are so obviously wrong in their approach, maybe that will help people realize that even though you think there is no way, there probably is one.

Also, I am not sure how often this is true. I don't want to shit on people who have offed themselves by suggesting there were all dumb or something, I am pretty sure they had legit reasons most of the times. idk!

Productivity is completely unrelated to success IMO.

I am sorry, but I feel like we're getting stuck on words here. You know what I mean by success, don't you?

At least for me it does, I have not achieved certain things I wanted because of lack of self-discipline and then lack of productivity. So it's real to me. But if one accepts the puddle they are in (not judging), maybe then productivity won't matter. i.e., You have to become a Jain or something (again, not judging, they probably will stay happier than me). edit: Your second point explains more, but productivity will make me happy, I know it. So, this discussion is rendered moot for me.

even though i might

This is embarrassing, I hate it when people don't capitalize their 'i's :')

And I thought I was the cynic!

“Will power” is not a thing.

When Free Will is not a thing, "Will power" is a joke, but we have a very strong illusion of free will and I live my life like I have free will because "I feel like it" and there is more utility on this side of the aisle.

The “American dream” really is not accessable to everyone how it’s traditionally laid out.

I love America as an Indian, the First and the Second Amendments, the separation of church and state, the spirit of Innovation and Science, the rebel spirit, the history (except some things of c) and the whole shebang! Gimme, some of that, please!

I know the "American dream" isn't really accessible if you're really downtrodden, but it's a hell of a deal from where I stand. A friend of mine had something witty to say about " the Indian dream", when I asked him about it, he said "The Indian dream is to live the American Dream" lol!

Nice points here!

Can confirm, productivity tools like, "Pin on Top", "Always on Top" are absent Tiling was recently introduced And yes GNOME is better while Switching applications!

You know better Big Brother, you have watched a lot of folks. All Hail Big Brother :')

 The joy of “figuring it out”

No absolutely not, I used to be an IT consultant, but like most people I like things to just work, and Linux has done that for many years now.

My bad, I meant that for Linux.

except for a classic game I still play occasionally with my wife.

Cheers to that!