Curiouskid comments on Personal examples of semantic stopsigns - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Curiouskid 12 December 2013 01:16:36AM 0 points [-]

Another reason to taboo the word "should" -- sometimes if there are a bunch of things you think you "should do", it will stress you out. In these situations, I try to taboo "should" and perhaps replace it with "want to".

I want to taboo the word "should" more often.