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There is a recognised psychological phenomenon (they probably have a fancy name for it) where too much choice causes us stress.
Just take a walk down the breakfast cereal aisle in a supermarket. It used to be simpler but look at the variety of oaty Os there are now. Flavours, brands, sizes (the big one or the smaller one with 20% extra?) Only to find that when you make a choice and when you take your first mouthful you realise "I bought these before and I can't stand them!"
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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For our last washing machine purchase we went with purple!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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chriselst wrote: I cannot cope with choice.
There is a hell of a lot of choice.
Everyone should be assigned things like that
There is such a system, its called communism.
(Just buy Miele, OK, its steep, but its a good make).
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Munchies_Matt wrote: There is such a system, its called communism.
You summed up my thoughts in much fewer words I would have.
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And it really was that. The state managed everything, resulting in no choice and no competition, and without that, the quality was on the floor.
The one benefit of Communism is that one can now get very good valves for guitar amps from ex soviet countries, because they still made valve based products only a few years ago!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: The one benefit of Communism is that one can now get very good valves for guitar amps from ex soviet countries, because they still made valve based products only a few years ago!
Trying to figure out whether you're trying to say it was worth it. 
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If you like valve amps, it was. 
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No way!
Last time I needed to buy something like that I freed the geek in me and I enjoyed it... ours is a direct drive device which makes less noise as it doesn't have belts which can't break!
It has a small digital display and a lot of small leds here and there showing you the current configuration and the timer... how nice it is to see the countdown for it to finish!
Moreover we were extremely lucky, we got it and they gave us the dryer (which is not fancy, but it was a present so...).
End of the serious part (really).
See?
This is the right attitude 
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Is it "internet"-abled?
I'd rather be phishing!
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I disagree, being grown up is easy. It's being a responsible adult that's difficult.
veni bibi saltavi
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chriselst wrote: Everyone should be assigned things like that
I'd rather use my own brain than allow someone to control it for me.
Jeremy Falcon
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chriselst wrote: you get told what your assigned thing is, you pay for it, it gets delivered.
There are multiple websites for that already, e.g. "wife" and "personal assistant" are pretty popular.
They usually don't implement http protocol correctly, though. But you're a smart guy, you'll figure it out.
On the plus side, with some of the sites you can even skip the "put in your details" step - apparently they already know them better than you ever will.
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Hi Guys, Cricket worldcup festival is back. I am very excited about the event. What you guys think about it ?
Also lets play a pridiction game. Let's Start by Major Predition. Please reply as follows:
Favorite Team: India
Pridiction (Winner of Cup'15) : 'Australia'
That's what i predict, whats you guys predict ?
Thanks & Regards
Puneet Goel
Save Paper >> Save Tree >> Save Huminity
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I predict that a large majority of people on here will be saying "what the hell is cricket"
and a large proportion of those that do know it is a sport will be saying "meh"
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I already do so with soccer/football.
Wake me when there are WarCraft-Worldcups.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Wake me when there are WarCraft-Worldcups.
If you stopped playing Warcraft, you might get a girlfriend who could wake you up instead of us.
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--- Pomps retracts claws and leaves
veni bibi saltavi
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he has retractable leaves? what is he, a table?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Why would I want that, and why does it bother you? 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Close.
I do know what cricket is[^], but some of my interjections have been influenced by Italian, so I said "beh", not "meh".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I know what cricket is - but I can't be bothered with it.
Dull game, dull, dull, dull.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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why? not enough sheep?
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Counting sheep is a cure for insomnia.
So is cricket.
Put them together, and you'll be comatose! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I thought counting sheep in Wales was classed as grooming
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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No, grooming is when you pretend to be a young, handsome ram, and...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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