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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by zht on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:11AM (#35219089)
Nice to be able to laugh at the word depression
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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by andybak on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:33AM (#35219315)
The word "depressed" has multiple meanings only one of which refers to clinical depression.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/depression

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by throwbadubadu on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:15AM (#35219125)
"A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing." –Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by dkjaudyeqooe on Sunday March 19, 2023 @10:32AM (#35219307)
They're not laughing at the word, they're laughing at the notion that he has become depressed by being an "Apple user".
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