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Re:Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side by betterunix2 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:00PM (#16056171)
"There's no way that they're engaging in any of these activities."

How would you know? Maybe it's a side of their lives they do not want to share with their coworkers.

I have a family member whose philosophy professor (back in the 70s) seemed to be as straight-laced as they they come. One day she discovered, to her astonishment, that he was the author of these books:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gor

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Re:Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side by michaelchisari on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:09PM (#16056760)
Oh man, I haven't heard about the Gor books since the BBS days. I never read one cover to cover but had the misfortune of going through some excerpts. Plenty has been said about their content, much of which I agree with, but the writing is also awful.

As a young Linux enthusiast, I always thought it was funny that they involved a place called Torvaldsland.

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