It's a vice. And educational, entertaining, an escape from reality.
I spend most free time as a kid with either books or Lego, now I spend most time writing fiction and programming (in C :-p), before that in IT.

One is either attracted to reading and the kind of imagination it involves, or not. I always thought it meant to be in a kind of niche between the various kinds of media available.

Anything digital can be manipulated and has to be verified.
Depending on how much it matters, of course.

..to avoid visiting the USA.
It's bad for both mental and physical health (apart from the chance of lead poisoning).

I'll add two more: walkable cities.

Who said I don't? No one mentioned Israel or Iran in the OP, so please don't resort to unfounded whataboutisms.

It is all right to ask politely though if curious.

This does not constitute greed as a reason for replacing someone. Slackers need to be replaced.

No, you are a member of a fanatical fantasy book club. Nothing more.

And don't blame the one who replaced you at the employer, but blame the employer for replacing you and prioritising greed.

You forgot to reword it to match Rick's song.

And now it's stuck in my mind..

The word has been so abused that I become suspicious every time I hear it.

Especially now that Fedora is IBM.

Not for so little money.

When they pay millions for the people creating the crap, they need to pay at least the same amount to the people cleaning up the mess.

Not until the movie comes out with the next WWWF wrestler putting his acting skills to better use.

I was thinking if this list could be combined with for instance the Tiobe programming popularity list, so we can have in-depth flamewa^w debates as usual. ;-)

Which is why everyone buys at Amazon, Wallmart, Costco, Home Depot, Starbucks, ...