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Skeptityke comments on Group Rationality Diary, August 16-31 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Skeptityke 28 August 2013 03:26:11AM 7 points [-]

After a decade of nail-biting, over the past two weeks, I have finally broken the habit. Immense thanks to whoever shared the "rubber band around your wrist that you snap to provide negative reinforcement" trick long ago on some half-remembered thread. You made this possible.

Comment author: curiousepic 29 August 2013 08:13:00PM *  3 points [-]

I fixed this by simply carrying nail clippers around on my keys, and remembering to use them instead of ripping them apart with my teeth. A few weeks of that and they were in good enough shape that I didn't feel the need to bite them.