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There is no reason to post on Slashdot. Or anywhere.
Buy a car, get a job, read a book, climb a tree.
Maybe build a new computer.
Sell the car, mortgage the house, quit your job, burn your books, and live in the woods.
Want to explore? In the United States? Consider our national parks, for which you pay our fine government a fine tax.
John Muir, in _Our National Parks_ at the start of the twentieth century, wrote it best: "The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop from you like falling leaves".
Watch a sunrise. Go to the ocean, or a lake, or even a little culvert where some water flows.
Adopt a kitten. Vote. Start a family; pay off your student loans.
Read poetry out loud. Try "Howl" (wears out your throat) or "The Waste Land" or even "Daddy".
Panhandle. Write a poem; try to get it published. Refinance your home.
Start a cult. Tearn to tango. Dance the varsouviana, backwards.
Close your eyes and listen to loud, angry feminist music until your ears bleed and your scalp tingles.
Plant a bush. Make exotic animals out of neighbors' topiaries during the night.
Play Monopoly. Against yourself. Disallow collaboration.
Play rock-paper-scissors with, respectively, a rock, a piece of paper, and a pair of scissors. Keep detailed win-loss percentages and post a spread.
Do your taxes a month ahead of time. Do other people's taxes; without telling them; and discreetly mail their forms to the IRS.
Protest a meeting. Call your Senator and tell an impotent intern your concerns. Bite your own tongue without even realizing it.
Reject private property. Foment revolution. Buy an issue of YM magazine "for your little sister".
Talk to birds named "Ralph". Order a grande espresso and change your mind on toppings three times.
Be a vegetarian for a day. Try to live only on milk and red meat. Purchase McFlurries and donate to the homeless.
Practice kung fu in secret for thirty years. Take a vow of silence, but break it on the third day. Ford a river without pants.
Sopping wet, shamed, and no better at the martial art, you would still be more productive than were you to read Slashdot.
Buy soy food at the supermarket even though it is more expensive. Break into an abandoned church and preach to a vacant choir.
Stroke a favorite stuffed animal; throw it out the window and find a friend. Wear trendy clothing. Install a light switch that controls the entire building's electricity; extra points if you live in an apartment.
Buy a candy bar and look for a golden ticket. Whistle at passers-by, no matter the gender.
Love thy neighbor and honor thy father and mother. When in conflict, value the common good over self-interest.
Call the fire department and tell them that your kitten is stuck in a tree. Join the Navy.
Watch every movie Jet Li has ever made. Set the clocks in your house three minutes ahead; you'll always be early.
Nibble away at the future but live for today.
Do anything, anything at all, but post to /.
Read "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead". Play tic-tac-toe with yourself. Learn to swim.
Shave your head. Paint a good neighbor's fence.
When you are all alone in a very large room, scream.