Re: First, the comment about the the Alpha Male looking for wives is disgusting, sexist and completely unproductive.

My comment was a joke refering to AlphaMaleProphetOfDoom's previous comments. Sure it was disgusting and sexist, but only unproductive if you didn't get the joke.

I would add another point to your list.

5. Develop a sense of humor, especially dark.

Having a sense of humor, eespecially a dark sense of humor, will probably be even more important then all the others for keeping your sanity if things get especially rough.

Amen to that
 It's what has kept me sane after 30 years of working in hospitals. Unless I'm not sane. Cops, firefighters, medical first responders; we all have it.
 And it helps if you can laugh at yourself once in a while.
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