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[Rat Faced]

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by clocker+20 September 2003 - 18:27--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 20 September 2003 - 18:27)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Rat Faced@20 September 2003 - 10:26


Death itself, i dont fear.........its what precedes it, that I dont like.

Life? [/b][/quote]
You summed it up well clocker.

[jbrockz]

as far as death is concrned, a quote from Fight Club always comes to mind &#39;&#39;...someday you will die, and until you know that, you are useless&#39;&#39;

actually many FC quotes have maening for me...not that i m some tyler durden wannabe...they just make sense in a world gone mad

&#39;&#39;you are not a beautiful and unique snowflake...you are the same decaying organic matter as everything else...we are all part of the same compost heap...we are the all singing all dancing crap of the world&#39;&#39;

as for the &#39;&#39;...someday you will die, and until you know that, you are useless&#39;&#39; part, well think about it...if only we let ourself realize that eventually we are going to die, we wouldn&#39;t fear it as much...and many businesses wouldn&#39;t be able to take advantage of our fear, cryo-labs for example.

as for the rest, well, think about it, that&#39;s what humankind has been reduced to. you are born, you go to school, you study, you wor your ass off until you get an ulcer or cancer and then you grow old and wear diapers and die. if you are not bright, you&#39;ll end up being a janitor or a dishwasher, clean other&#39;s shit all your life and die...or worse, you&#39;ll join a gang, and one fine day, you&#39;ll be pumped lead in for something as stupid as a cigarette. you might be a bright young promising professional, looking at playing in millions, but you might get shot while taking a few dollars out the ATM. i stay pepared for all this, and that actually makes me happy. i like to live with this in the back of my mind so that i won&#39;t hold back when i have the chance to indulge in the little pleasures of life that are scattered here and there.

[J'Pol]

Two "think about it" in one post.

People either will or won&#39;t - you dont have to give stage directions.

[hobbes]

Originally posted by JPaul@20 September 2003 - 22:09
Two "think about it" in one post.

People either will or won&#39;t - you dont have to give stage directions.

Place obligatory "That&#39;s a bit h4r5h" here.

[jbrockz]

Originally posted by JPaul@20 September 2003 - 21:09
Two "think about it" in one post.

People either will or won&#39;t - you dont have to give stage directions.

i don&#39;t have to give [unintended] stage directions....you don&#39;t have to decide what are and aren&#39;t stage directions.

got a reply to the point?..and you don&#39;t get to decide what is and isn&#39;t a valid point....if you have one that&#39;s fine, if you don&#39;t that&#39;s fine too

i believe the term is &#39;&#39;conversational english&#39;&#39;

[titey]

There was a point?

[hobbes]

Originally posted by titey@20 September 2003 - 23:33
There was a point?

Carpe diem, I believe.

[jbrockz]

read the last two pages...is there a point to this thread?...i wrote my view and expected someone to reply to, even criticize, the view. the point is the view, not my english. i guess that was the point to my reply to jpaul, in case you are wondering.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by jbrockz+20 September 2003 - 23:28--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (jbrockz @ 20 September 2003 - 23:28)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-JPaul@20 September 2003 - 21:09
Two "think about it" in one post.

People either will or won&#39;t - you dont have to give stage directions.

i don&#39;t have to give [unintended] stage directions....you don&#39;t have to decide what are and aren&#39;t stage directions.

got a reply to the point?..and you don&#39;t get to decide what is and isn&#39;t a valid point....if you have one that&#39;s fine, if you don&#39;t that&#39;s fine too [/b][/quote]
Thanks for that, very magnanimous of you.

It really is just annoying when people say, think about that. It is condescending, people here don&#39;t need instructions. We are aware of the concept of reading something then thinking about it.

Think about that is something you would say to a child, just before you grounded them.

If you want a reply to the post - what does "if your not that bright you will become a Janitor, or a dishwasher" mean. My mother worked as a cleaner in an old people&#39;s home for many years. She did it to help raise her children and give us a good standard of life. I can assure you she was very bright. However her own upbringing had not provided her with an education that could prove it. Her own mother was widowed in her 30&#39;s with 6 children, so they all left school to get jobs and support the family.

I know many people who are in "menial" jobs who are extremely bright and interesting. However for a variety of reasons, ranging from circumstance to personal choice they are not in highly paid jobs or jobs with an elevated status.

So you think about that before you go insulting people with your ill thought out posts. Particularly as you appear to be basing your life&#39;s philosophy on a good (if ultimately shallow) movie.