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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by coldtea on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @10:50AM (#40728872)
>Otherwise, everyone always thinks the grass is greener, absent experience with the alternative

For our purposes (which in this subthread is determining whether grandparents idea that "45+ prefer more quiet and wish to move to the country" is valid), this distinction doesn't matter - since this is not about whether that group is justified in preferring the country, but whether they prefer it or not.

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by ethbr1 on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @10:57AM (#40728914)
I care about maximizing people's happiness function.

Whether there are a large number of people who believe in something that's incorrect is immaterial, as is over-counting kvetching without any intent to follow through.

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by coldtea on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @03:36PM (#40731678)
>I care about maximizing people's happiness function.

Good for you. Not on my subthread though :)

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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by ethbr1 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @12:48AM (#40735012)
Did you actually say "my subthread"?
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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by coldtea on Thursday June 20, 2024 @05:56AM (#40736838)
Say it, no, but I did actually typed it.
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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by ethbr1 on Thursday June 20, 2024 @08:44AM (#40738103)
Out of curiosity, how many times a day on average do you find yourself starting a sentence with "Well, actually..."?
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Re:Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have t... by coldtea on Thursday June 20, 2024 @06:48PM (#40744294)
I don't know, how many times a day do you find yourself being rude?
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