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		fragmede on July 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The price of gold – how bad do you want it? (2016) > Do you want it bad enough to skip going to movies with your friends...? To miss a prom...? To read some books... instead of playing videogames? To go to sleep early instead of watching a good movie...? Wait, I could have gone for a gold medal instead of learning how to program?

golergka on July 18, 2024 | [–]

But learning programming felt good.

NooneAtAll3 on July 18, 2024 | [–]

you could've gone for a gold medal *in* programming

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