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>"There's a deeper illness here."

I look forward to the day someone can discover it, and describe it.

But why do that, when we can just write a really dramatic comment on HN to try and sound insightful?

Do you want to explain how there is, in fact, no fair comparison between the temporary progress in games and the often temporary progress in life? Do you want to explain how the arbitrariness of games is somehow not mirrored by the real world?

Or do you just want to sound like some snarky nit on a message board?

My comment was directed at the reply to your post. The fact that life is often transitory, arbitrary, and often downright empty is a defining theme of art & literature, and one of the most consistently studied topics throughout history, so I find nothing insightful about the comment in question. The poster makes it sound like he/she has been the first person to ever notice this.

"Or do you just want to sound like some snarky nit on a message board?" That was the idea, yes.

Ah, alright. Carry on, then.

To show support to what the parent posted, and display consensus on the subject.

But why do that, when I can just write a really snarky comment on HN to try and sound superior.

Matt 6:25.

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