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Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by xena on Sunday April 24, 2022 @08:53AM (#31143484)
A positive about that whole experience is that it's made me way better at clickbait, which seems to have worked because you've been interacting with my content at all.

One cannot choose where they incarnate in this plane. Nor can they choose the religious preferences of the people they incarnate around. You kinda have to just roll with the punches and hope something decent comes out of everything.

Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by thrown12 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @10:55AM (#31144594)
> A positive about that whole experience is that it's made me way better at clickbait, which seems to have worked because you've been interacting with my content at all.

Sure, it's also made me less likely to install NixOS.

Funny way to try and help a project, but what do I know, I haven't been in a cult and I'm terrible at clickbait.

Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by xena on Sunday April 24, 2022 @11:23AM (#31144902)
I hope you feel happy with your life choices. Be well.
Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by viraptor on Sunday April 24, 2022 @08:36AM (#31143414)
Survivor of a cult does not necessarily mean that someone joined a cult themselves. Kids escaping environment they were born in may be survivors of a cult. People with spouses who joined a cult may be survivors. Environments may change, leaving a mainstream church in a specific area may mean leaving a cult. Etc. Don't look down on them unless you know all the details.
Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by dundarious on Sunday April 24, 2022 @10:02AM (#31144074)
In fairness, I think it's hard to environmentally fall into "several" cults. If there are several, chances are high that perhaps even a majority were entered into voluntarily. I don't mean this as a dig on the OP.
Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by thrown12 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @08:45AM (#31143448)
Sure, _one_ cult, but several?

Mom being in the Shining Path and Dad in Heaven's Gate sounds like it would make for rather awkward dinners.

Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by viraptor on Sunday April 24, 2022 @08:59AM (#31143527)
You're using extreme examples of cults. Parents getting too much into Catholicism may be a seen as a cult. A group going full hippie may be seen as a cult. If it badly impacts your environment and you can't easily leave it, I'm not going to dispute the label.
Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect by ElonMuskrat on Sunday April 24, 2022 @09:05AM (#31143574)
> tells me you're the type of person to be suckered into them in the future.

Wow. I'm sure you have all the research and experience to vomit that psychoanalytic gem with authority.