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Yes! Those exact words. "Sure man, sounds great, go for it!"

General rule of thumb, if your friend wants to achieve something, help them do it. Don't sit there telling them why they're going to fail. It almost doesn't matter what it is. They want to start a business, be a brain surgeon, jump the grand canyon on a motorcycle, whatever, believe in them and help them succeed. If you don't believe in them, what kind of friend are you really?

I do believe that there is an amazing HTML/CSS design tool waiting to be created. I don't know what it is, and I don't know if that guy would have been the one to create it, but I love to see people try. He probably would have learned a lot even if he failed.

That negative attitude just really gets my goat in real life. There's one guy at work on whom I can count to shit all over any idea I bring him. There's another guy who always gets excited about trying new things. Guess which one I would happily give a recommendation, and which one I wouldn't care if he fell out a third story window?



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