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Kathleen Weber's avatar

This is another superb piece of writing. There's only one sentence that deserves to die. The only rational approach to life is to cheat like mad at solitaire. We do solitaire as recreation— anything that can increase the pleasure/endorphins of winning is the only rational choice. Not cheating at solitaire is equivalent to absurd asceticisms, such as sprinkling sand in your soup to make it unappetizing. As you point out repeatedly in this post, your grandma turned away from pleasure over and over again in the interests of service to you.

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Latigodad's avatar

A beautiful tribute to an amazing grandma.

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