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Oh, cultures and practices that are different to your own are strange to you, are they? You want a cookie for sharing that enlightening piece of information?

> Yeah a lot of us do it even if we find it awkward, because we feel it's better than seeming cold and smug.

In what universe is a simple greeting cold and smug?

Yes. You can either do AA or do nothing with your problem. That's the only two options in the world.

Jeez these AA PR snippets are just stellar.

That's what all the drama around OSS communities have been about lately, haven't it. People that say they want more diversity and inclusion in OSS communities, at the possible price of toning down or neutering certain elements of human culture and interaction. And in effect turning voluntary OSS projects into professional -- in an American sense -- gatherings. How diverse.

> The reason this is so important is that should this woman have a "slip" - which LOTS of alcoholics do - now the world, and needy alcoholics, have one more reason to dismiss AA.

> Try it before you judge it.

An organization that tries to inflate its own public success rate, and then asks people to keep an open mind towards it rather than dismiss it. Ok.

Better the devil you know.