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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Aug 2015

    You can see what's strange about you when your kids inherit it.

    8:21 PM - 5 Aug 2015
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      1. Tom Steinbrecher‏ @TomSteinbrecher 5 Aug 2015
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        And this is the story of how @paulg made me decide not to have kids.

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      1. Adam Marx‏ @adammarx13 5 Aug 2015
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        @paulg I just got very afraid of my future kids

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      1. Soumya Desai‏ @soumyadesai 6 Aug 2015
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        @paulg I recently used an expression 'genetic karma' for a similar situation

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      1. Paul Graham‏ @3moon_light 6 Aug 2015
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        @paulg My daughter. But she is much smarter, and an excellent Mother of two. Very patient.

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      1. Ethan Nicolai‏ @VaedaSynapse 6 Aug 2015
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        @paulg 2 many here take away an implicit negative from the inheritance of strangeness, sword cuts both ways. The good strange is amazing 2 c

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      1. Igor Tasic‏ @igortasic 6 Aug 2015
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        @paulg so true! It's like the ultimate "reality check"

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      1. TiagoMacambira‏ @TiagoMacambira 6 Aug 2015
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        @paulg or have one of your old folks move in for a couple of months just to discover you inherited half of their paranoias and manias

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      1. Maarten Koopmans‏ @Vrijheid_net 6 Aug 2015
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        @paulg and you'll see the countless unconcsious bad examples you set

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      1. Dave Townsend‏ @davetownsend 5 Aug 2015
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        @paulg ain't that the truth

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      1. Yalım K. Gerger‏ @yalimgerger 5 Aug 2015
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        @paulg so what is strange about you? :-)

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      1. Ozan Evren‏ @ozanevren 5 Aug 2015
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        @paulg... and when they inherit your wealth you can see what's strange about them...

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      1. Wayne Colvin‏ @waynecolvin 5 Aug 2015
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        @paulg Some of that is imitation, some of it temperament, but being imitated is always weird.

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      1. John Berryman‏ @JnBrymn 5 Aug 2015
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        @paulg usually such tweets are associated with funny photos of kids. No?

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