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21 April 2006
This is the thread that you obsessively refresh all day.
"I won't refresh that thread," he thought to himself. "I have too much work to do, and besides: there are more interesting ways of procrastinating."
Then he hit the refresh button. Then he tried ctrl-R. Then he went back to the main Metachat page. Were there any new comments? Then he didn't finish his project on time, then he got fired, then he ended up living in a tent made out of garbage bags. And he cursed mudpuppie until he died of hypothermia one cold Chicago night.