My intent of this thread was neither to:
1. expose the leaks of my preflop game (I know it sucks),
nor to
2. discuss preflop play in its entirety

My comment on limp-calling--------------------------

Aggressive, profitable mindset: Should I bet / raise here? Should I fold here? Calling is considered as a last resort.

Passive, donk mindset: (empty) ... hmm sure I'll pay that, I want to see if my gutshot comes!
limp-call-check-call-check-call-check-call-muck-whine-repeat

limp-calling is sooooo weak. Man up and raise, or get the hell outta there.

If you should limp, don't feel obligated to call a raise that's 20% of your stack with 24s. Just because it was a "good idea" to pay a blind for it doesn't mean it's a good idea to pay 10x that amount now. Don't get offended because your limp was turned into dead money; calling just increases the amt. of chips that will eventually be moving the other way- get out now. Raises mean more than "oops I hafta put more in the middle now."

Ignore all of this advice and you will seamlessly blend in with the thousands of other online donks responsible for the car payments of many.

If it seems I'm a little frustrated with limp-calling, I am. When I raise to 1/3 of everyone's stack in a tourney with AA, and get 5 limpers calling that raise, I get frustrated.
Yes 30% in a 5 way might be good "pot odds" but it makes for a helluva lot more variance than I would prefer, and usually just means I'll be railing with the consolation that "my ODDS were good". I understand this but it doesn't do much for me after the fact. Also, people espousing limp-calling as OPTIMAL play is absurd. maybe in certain unique situations.

Calling in general sucks.