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Re:Don't talk to the police by Zarutian on Wednesday June 18, 2008 @01:44PM (#220934)
Why? So one would be more 'likeable' and 'popular'? So one can "brown-nose" ones way to success?

No, seriously I am not that obnoxious unless someone pisses me off and believe me after working as an onsite technician for an ISP it is hard to piss me off.

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Re:Don't talk to the police by Prrometheus on Wednesday June 18, 2008 @04:06PM (#221101)
>So one would be more 'likeable' and 'popular'?

Yes. So when you meet people that are worth knowing, they don't have an aversion to meeting you again.

>So one can "brown-nose" ones way to success?

Unless you are a super-genius, you are apt to more quickly obtain interesting and lucrative work if people enjoy spending time with you than if the opposite is true.

If you are a super-genius, then feel free to be obnoxious (Newton, Einstein, and a host of others come to mind).

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