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04-11-2014, 06:05 PM | #31 (permalink) | ||
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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes. Quote:
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04-11-2014, 06:25 PM | #33 (permalink) | ||
we are stardust
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When I visited my relatives in Italy, I couldn't believe how little they worked, how little money they had, but how relaxed and happy they all were. On average, they all worked around 10-20 hours a week (for multiple employers, fairly irregular hours and employment) and spent the rest of their time socialising and spending time with loved ones/pursuing hobbies. They didn't have flat screen TVs or designer clothes or designer furniture or gadgets or whatnot. But they were so damn happy. I would kill to be part of that lifestyle! |
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04-11-2014, 08:54 PM | #34 (permalink) | |
Born to be mild
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Did you ever read "The time machine"? We could be heading that way. People are forgetting how to talk, don't want to read and everytihng has to be instant these days. Heading down a dark path we may not be able to return from.
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04-11-2014, 11:50 PM | #35 (permalink) | ||
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Books haven't completely just up and disappeared. People still feel the need to have the physical thing over digital even though it isn't that portable when you can hold so many more books on a tiny device instead of lugging them around. That's a bit dramatic. There will always be people that push back against technology even though they should conform. One of us. One of us. I have "The Time Machine" on my Nexus but haven't read it yet. Will soon though.
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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes. Quote:
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04-12-2014, 12:23 AM | #36 (permalink) | |
Mate, Spawn & Die
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04-15-2014, 10:42 AM | #38 (permalink) | |
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Most of the first world doesn't have to deal with polio, smallpox, yellow fever, malaria, etc, etc, etc. I am not forced by an arbitrary douche living in a castle to work a piece of land that my father was likewise forced to work and my son will also almost certainly be forced to work. Women can vote. Atheists, heretics, witches, werewolves, homosexuals, etc are not burned at the stake. Viking attacks are at an all-time low. I get to live beyond the age of twenty five. I've never had fleas. I don't have to walk around human feces or dead bodies in the streets. Minorities can vote. I don't have to pay tribute to Rome. I don't have to pay tribute to Alexander the Great. I don't have to pay tribute to Persia. I don't have to pay tribute to Babylon. I have a reasonable expectation of not being waylaid by bandits while driving to my grandparents' house. The infant mortality rate is pretty solid. Stalin is dead. Mao is dead. Hitler is dead. Cons Our politicians are kind of douchey and corrupt. The economy is in kind of a slump. Religious fundies want to teach intelligent design in schools. Yeah, this world definitely sucks more now than it did back then.
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04-15-2014, 10:54 AM | #40 (permalink) | ||
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