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16 January 2006

What brought us to where we are? →[More:]What caused us to make the choices that led us here? Luck? Chance? Skill?

post by: rebirtha at: 22:09 | 12 comments

Naivete, lack of forethought, stubbornness, a little luck and some smarts. But that's just me.

posted by amro 16 January | 22:16

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posted by Smart Dalek 16 January | 22:17

A hand basket.

posted by arse_hat 16 January | 22:21

An ancient gypsy curse and the blood of the undead.

posted by mygothlaundry 16 January | 23:27

Naivete and (bad) luck.

Or do you mean metachat for "us" and "we?"

A solid community, good people, and generous founders.

posted by porpoise 17 January | 00:19

Sheer blind luck. Good luck? Bad luck? You decide.

posted by dg 17 January | 01:59

Drugs, sex and stupidity, really.

posted by cmonkey 17 January | 02:12

I can't answer this without legal counsel present. Or a pony, yes, my answer is a pony.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 17 January | 03:58

I always like to think of it as a combination of bad luck & poor judgement.

posted by misteraitch 17 January | 06:26

LOLOLOL arse_hat! And I was gonna say 'fiber'.

posted by chewatadistance 17 January | 08:04

Judgement comes from experience -- usually bad.

posted by warbaby 17 January | 10:19

Genetics.

posted by orthogonality 17 January | 18:56

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