Re: Controlling the male sex drive

Christopher Maloney (dude@chrismaloney.com)
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:09:31 -0400

Doug Jones wrote:
>
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> >
> > Doug Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > Jeezus, Eli! You need to get laid!
> > >
> > > No offense, man, but sometimes it really does seem that youth is
> > > wasted on the young.
> >
> > Just makes you want to strangle me, doesn't it?
> >
> > *Thbppt*
> > Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyaah!
> > Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyaah!
> >
>
> I'm not annoyed at you, I feel sorry for you, son. I know you're
> trying to advance the singularity, but hell, that's not a good
> enough reason to postpone having a life.
>
> Intelligence does not preclude having a good time....

Whoa, you need to back off! I agree whole-heartedly with the last poster that this kind of pressure is out of line, especially on this list. I don't get it so much anymore (I'm 36) but I sure remember how much patronizing comments like this ("I feel sorry for you, son") used to piss me off. Live and let live, and maybe you'll learn something, Pop.

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