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31 Post author: malcolmocean 15 June 2015 10:58PM

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Comment author: malcolmocean 02 July 2015 08:14:32PM *  1 point [-]

Ahh, I think that the context shift was probably a huge issue. I mostly hang out with people who also eschew "should"—either my intentional community or people who read blog posts like these ones of Nate's:

"Should" considered harmful
Your "shoulds" are not a duty
Not because you "should"

I think the training wheel metaphor isn't perfect... it's maybe more like this bicycle.