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Watch your back Patrick. I think you have a new stalker. Seriously though.. this is one of the scariest blog posts I've ever read.

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This. I would find this post mildly creepy even if it were written about someone's who's an actual public figure. Writing it about someone whose claim to fame is writing a Bingo card generator and being #4-ranked in karma on a niche internet forum is just sick.

It may be inappropriate on some level, but calling it sick and scary is a little bit creepy itself. He's only saying out loud what many of us have been thinking.

If the suggestion is that you can't freely admire someone (and the praise was clearly served up as an extra helping to offset the criticism) based only on the quality and volume of writing that Patrick has produced, well, that's just extra creepy.

> and the praise was clearly served up as an extra helping to offset the criticism

Hitting with one hand while praising at the same time never fooled anybody.

Patrick IS a public figure. That article discusses only things that Patrick chose to share about himself. If you feel creepy about that article -- that means there is something wrong with your perception of sharp ideas, not with the article.

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