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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
Or have they taught to think that you're free and we're all in the jail cell?
Look, Discipline is just dandy, but I get the feeling you're resisting things you've never tried. How old are you, by the way?
Well if you're going to call me Disappointing, we're going to have to compare lives, because if I can go out every night and get wasted, wake up and function at a normal hour, achieve more and do it all again, who is the real disappointment here. I mean, what exactly do you achieve with your discipline?
As for the UsedTool, you're right, not living in fear means we'd all go rape everyone, quit being so Hobbsian and operate with common sense, hypotheticals are useful until you get absurd.
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I never said you were disappointing, I said the path you've chosen is. People who waste their time getting '****ed up' are squandering the potential they have to be great. I am only seventeen, yet I accomplish a lot with my discipline: I devote my time to school and work, hobbies and friends. I have a 4.6 GPA; I work roughly 20 hours a week, and save the majority of my earnings rather than spend them on drugs or whatnot; I bolster my relationships, and chill with friends, without indulging in drugs, alcohol, or tobacco. In my remaining spare time I fool around with Fruity Loops, and have produced thirty-odd original songs. However, my proudest achievement thus far is the receiving of a 30K scholarship to Emerson College in Boston for Audio Production/Sound Design, which I hope will help me achieve my dreams of being a record producer and owning a label someday. I am the top ranked player on my server in Day of Defeat, a highly competitive, skill based online FPS.
These 'accomplishments' may seem trivial to you; but they are not to me. Besides, I am seventeen: I have my whole life in front of me--something which drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and even promiscuity could compromise. Fulfillment is far more important than accomplishment, anyway.
Ultimately, I enjoy life to the fullest extent, without the use of drugs, alcohol, or tobacco; I don't need them to feel alive, or to appreciate the sunset, or to ease my anxious mind. I also am a virgin, and am proud to say so: I believe sex is more than a physical act and therefore am waiting until I can get the most out of it. I understand my age will be used against me; however, I am not naive. I have been asked to do drugs, and declined; I have been around people who were drinking, and abstained; I have even been tempted with sex, and have also resisted that.
I wouldn't say you're in a jail cell: I'd say you're in a valley. But the sun still shines, if you'll only climb out.