# Machinaforce needs an intervention **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinaforce-needs-an-intervention/811762 "2018-04-03T23:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 89
**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinaforce-needs-an-intervention/811762/89 "2019-06-10T22:36:27Z")
An intervention, either on the board or in reality (if reality even exists) won’t do any good. > [@Buddhism feels like a chain for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddhism-feels-like-a-chain-for-me/833878/48): > > Thing is that the guy I usually see (like over 4 years) I can’t afford, and I’m not sure about starting from square 1. Last time I talked to one I could afford he was pretty bad. It seems that he’s not interested in getting help, which is too bad. I’ve known a lot of people like him. IANAPDoc, but he seems intelligent, but depressed, and prone to wandering down pathways that don’t help his situation. I often will check out his threads, hoping that in his search for enlightenment, he will have discovered that enlightenment is like a butterfly: run after it, and it will elude you. Sit still, and well…it’ll probably ignore you. But at least you won’t exhaust yourself. So far, it’s all the same shtick. > [@andros](#): > > That I cannot answer. But I do know what is best in life. > . "To crush your enemies – see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women! toss me a slow pitch, why don’t ya? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinaforce-needs-an-intervention/811762)._