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TIL about "Situationism", the idea that someone's immediate situation and environment determines their behaviour more than any genetic or learned traits

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8aDN4 TIL Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo in the days where they started to enter the gaming market with the Xbox, but they got laughed out of the meeting room instead.
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