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by bawolff 1074 days ago
But life is not a game. You cannot get 100% completion of creating open source software. These statistics (as well as the real githu badges) are bad and not correlated with what the whole point of it all is.
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There is no way that you can objectively state that "These statistics are bad."

These badges literally do not affect my life at all. Nor do they affect probably 99% of github users other than being an interesting thing to look at when they accidentally click the profile button.

I posted a screenshot on how to disable them if you'd like to.

What is the "whole point of it all?" Who are you to determine that, anyway? Maybe the point of it for some people is to code and have fun :)

I find myself wondering what the point of it all is. If anybody knows, holler.
The purpose is to maximize hours played on civ6 as measured by Steam.
I know the point of it all, but make a point of not revealing it. Which points to its recursive nature, if you catch my drift.
lol your username is perfect for this comment
Obligatory reference to Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse [0] as some say, and I think it’s a pretty pleasant way of looking at it, that life is indeed a game.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_and_Infinite_Games