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____/ Homer on Thursday 27 Oct 2011 06:40 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee that High Plains Thumper spake thusly:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> He said he went to a psychiatrist before, I imagine not wilfully.
>>>
>>> There have always been mental cases on planet Earth.
>>
>> One Mac advocate has this to say:
>>
>> 52- Jeff Hoppe: "This is a Macintosh Advocacy newsgroup. Not a 12-step
>> recovery plan. Your medical problems or conditions won't help me
>> achieve a greater understanding of my Mac. In fact, it detracts from
>> it and those kinds of discussions have no place in a newsgroup such as
>> this." 18 Nov 2004
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/947a2cc0301a2862
>
> [quote]
> Please keep in mind that based on my anxiety disorder I have seen a
> number of professionals
> [/quote]
>
> Not nearly enough, apparently.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_disorder
>
> Lists a few varieties. I'll take "obsessiveâcompulsive disorder" for a
> dollar:
>
> [quote]
> Obsessiveâcompulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder
> primarily characterized by repetitive obsessions (distressing,
> persistent, and intrusive thoughts or images) and compulsions (urges to
> perform specific acts or rituals). It affects roughly around 3% of the
> population worldwide. The OCD thought pattern may be likened to
> superstitions insofar as it involves a belief in a causative
> relationship where, in reality, one does not exist.
> [/quote]
>
> Ritualistic obsessions motivated by imagined causative relationships?
>
> That describes every Apple cultist on the planet.
Apple has a 4% market share (OS X). Almost fits that 3%. The rest is the
1% -- those with more money than sense.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz, Research Fellow
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