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'"It's been called the addiction that society applauds," said Mike, a physician and member of the group known as WA.'


Seems true enough to me... how sad.
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Just as long as they keep paying into Social Security & Medicare!
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Working really hard isn't necessarily the opposite of ER -- if anything it can be very much its complement. See, for example, this guy:

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"You do tend to get a certain bulk discount if you buy the economy-size pain, but you can't evade the fundamental conservation law. If starting a startup were easy, everyone would do it."

I love that quote.
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Just as long as they keep paying into Social Security & Medicare!
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