So okay, I've been a lousy son, brother, cousin, uncle,
roommate, boyfriend, whatever; I always was a total loss
as a human being as far as everybody else is concerned.
But haven't I atoned enough already? When is enough enough?

D.

You know that thermodynamics game
(http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thermodynamics ) with these rules:

Zeroth: You must play the game.
First: You can't win.
Second: You can't break even.
Third: You can't quit the game.

Now the exact gametheoretic dual of this game has at least these two
rules:

- Once you create all is forgiven
- Once you break even there is a high probability you can reverse the
  charges

This is the kind of game played by some female members of various
species in this world and possibly even by the Creatrix itself.

I could give you my version of the story linking these two axioms
together but I'd have to skate on very thin ice and there's always the
danger of gnostics or others mercilessly cutting me down, so you're on
your own here.

Maybe it would be better if you would just get back to metafilter (you
now, like 'get back to work', but different) and investigate whether hot
girls there are prone to agism and not want to marry older men,
especially girls who are also on OKCupid. If that would be the case, it
would be worrying.

P.

        "Every major philosophy that attempts to make life seem
meaningful is based on the negation of one part of Ginsberg's
Theorem.
To wit:

"1.  Capitalism is based on the assumption that you can win.

"2.  Socialism is based on the assumption that you can break
       even.