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Re:Trick Yourself into Breaking a Bad Habit by swayvil on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:33AM (#36185473)
You ever consider how much of the smooth-functioning your world relies upon your obliviousness and ignorance?

Get a little smarter and everything breaks. Suddenly all your good habits are bad habits. Heck, science might not even work anymore.

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Re:Trick Yourself into Breaking a Bad Habit by sleeplessworld on Sunday June 04, 2023 @08:39PM (#36190960)
Nice.

How do you break out of the Matrix, when your knowledge of the Matrix and the desire to break out is part of the Matrix and your programming? Hmm.

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Re:Trick Yourself into Breaking a Bad Habit by swayvil on Sunday June 04, 2023 @11:39PM (#36191965)
Step 1 would be careful observation. This might imply something special in the way of self-control.
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