Smug chug
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I realised, to my horror, the face I was making in my latest blog post is almost identical to the smug drink-hogging kid's.
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I realised, to my horror, the face I was making in my latest blog post is almost identical to the smug drink-hogging kid's.
Intermittent gratification is the most addictive kind there is. If you know the lever will always produce a pellet, you'll push it only as often as you need a pellet. If you know it never produces a pellet, you'll stop pushing.
But if the lever sometimes produces a pellet and sometimes doesn't, you'll keep pushing forever, even if you have more than enough pellets (because what if there's a dry run and you have no pellets at all?). It's the motivation behind gambling, collectible cards, most video games, the Internet itself, and relationships with crazy people.
This great write-up on lousy relationships and workplaces really struck a chord with me, especially in regard to relationships with crazy people.
I've tried explaining the process or concept of such to people who have had the rare fortune of never dating anybody crazy. Even people who are in current crazy relationships won't be able to grasp the concept if you explained it to them, because they are suspended in a state of on-the-verge-of-happiness-ness.
So I probably wouldn't have been able to understand this write-up a couple of years ago either. Right now, however, it's crystal clear how a cycle of exhaustion, emotional-involvement and occasional rewards works so well to bind you to an unhealthy relationship.
And seeing how two very different people, in succession, were able to carry out their unique brands of this cycle only makes it more powerful, because it's hard to recognise the pattern when it can put on different cloaks of disguises at each turn.
He was having a blast racing from point to point, picking up people in need, and then speeding off to Las Venturas Hospital. During one of his life saving adventures, he passed a fire house with a big, red, shiny fire truck parked out front. He didn't want to let his passengers down, so he took them to the hospital and then asked if I could guide him back to the fire truck.
A heart-warming story about GTA? Surely you jest. But it's amazing how kids can show you a totally new perspective on something. (via kottke.org)
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It's not so much the question, but the multiple responses in the comments section taking this query in the utmost seriousness.
Build out a 2G network with a goal of gaining as many subscribers as you can in two years.
Yes, the iTunes store is littered with niche and single-use apps. This is something you can't avoid when you're into the hundreds of thousands of apps, I understand. But a telecom Tycoon game? Where you're faced with the challenge of building out your 2G network and going to 4G eventually. What?
How many people are going to appreciate this, seriously. I get that running a theme park is likely interesting to most, but how many fantasise about being a telecom magnate? "I'm going to blanket your city with 4G reception! Forget WiMax, LTE's going to rock your world."
Although there is unanimous agreement that the beads resemble tears, there appears to be some disagreement as to exactly whose tears the beads resemble.-- W.P. Armstrong on the origins of the name of the grain called Job's Tears
According to the text, people are not sure if the grains look like David's, Saint Mary's or even Christ's tears. WHAT.
Come on, people. This is the Internet. It's not like you're allowed to say anything you want on it.
