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> But how often do you really need to never think about speed? I've read this a few times and I can't figure out what this is supposed to mean. What are you tr

• jancsika 3y ago
  It was a troll. Suppose I've already sunk my money into a "special" thing and find out it lacks some bog standard goodness. Perhaps it was even designed to lack this goodness. I might reflexively ask, "Does anyone actually need that goodness?" in a desperate attempt to save face and prevent myself from feeling like a goober. Above, my face-saving sentence was written to seem so reflexive and thoughtless that the query ends up sounding absurd. I mean, technically, it is at least coherent to ask whether the time saved by not having to deal with a particular class of problems is ever necessary, in any sense from remaining employed to the survival of the human species. In any case, it's also a red herring. Above, someone called this face-saving tactic a "cope" which I've never heard but now love. :)