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Indeed, when I was a teenager I spent at least 5 hours a day chatting on Yahoo Chat/IRC, getting into flamewars on mailing lists, etc.

Was that any different? I'd find it hard to believe GNU/Linux vs Linux or Slackware vd Red Hat Linux was worth any more than random dancing or makeup tutorials.

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As usual, depends what you did with that really - actually following up on information and learning it just arguing.

It's the same on the other side. There's a massive difference between watching a random dance and using that video to learn that dance.

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