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Re:Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resist... by malikNF on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:05AM (#16202445)
>>as evidenced by the fact that so many people have essentially dropped out of society and dedicated their lives to doing it every day.

Sorry what? I hear people who do hard drugs that ruin their lives do the same thing. You know, drop out of society and dedicate their entire life doing it.

Re:Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resist... by Lewton on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:18AM (#16202490)
Drugs are also some of the most fun things that a person can do on this planet
Re:Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resist... by jasonkester on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:39AM (#16202572)
Remember that terrible career advice they used to give saying "do what you love"?

Well, I always interpreted that as "arrange your life so that you can do what you love as often as possible", so I program computers for a living. It has the perfect combination of paying you four times as much as anything else for each hour you put in, and letting you hop from short term gig to short term gig. That gives you lots of free time that you can spend doing what you love.

Including, for instance, dedicating your life to climbing rocks and surfing.

I'm sure you could also dedicate your life to sitting in your mom's basement or on the beach in Belize smoking weed, for much less. But that's not what we're discussing here.

The reason I mentioned Surfing above is that, until you try it, you might not realize that you want to re-structure your lifestyle to prioritize it over, say, contriving to lease the flashiest car your bank will give you credit for. Most people are doing that second thing most of the time. And lots of them could benefit from a bit of real fun in their lives.