[extropy-chat] Causes of luddism

[Brett Paatsch]

Don Dartfield wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Spike wrote:
> 
> > > I grimly await the day some holy Bible coder spills his 
> >> terrible discovery that NANO is ONAN backwards.
> > 
> > Damien that was hilarious, but wasted I fear, upon the 
> > extropians.  They aren't going to grok that one, not one in 
> > ten of em.
> 
> Is Onan really that obscure a word?  Surely most people have
> heard of "the sin of Onan" at the very least.

http://www.libidomag.com/reviews/professionals/selfpleasure.html

This line struck me as funny for some reason.

"Good orgasms, whether alone or with a partner (sic), provide a 
sense of well-being and personal autonomy."

Brett