An important matter...

**Exo** · 05-11-2014, 07:15 PM

I would like to talk to you about a very important subject.

It is a subject that is full of misinformation, deception, hate, Nazis, planets, dragons, corporate cutbacks, geologists, bigger and stronger dragons, ankle socks, electricity, bacteria, Jimmy Buffet concerts, jump ropes, sperm whales, garlic salt, black denim jeans, heartache, tongue depressors, clown shoes, venereal diseases, love, Six Flags, neon lights, last-second abortions, werewolves, tapeworms, traffic, diapers, and staple removers.

It is...Planet Earth

Look around with wonder at all humankind has created. LOOK! Take ten minutes and go look. I'll wait here.

Did you look? Probably not. My point is this...is this the best we can do? A society which is driven to get as much money as possible by any means necessary? A society where the best, quickest way to achieve "happiness" is to humiliate yourself on TV? To promote yourself and get your 15 minutes of fame? This is a fact. People WILL, in the future, look back on this time period. They will look at what we ate, what we watched, and how we treated those with less. What will they say?

Reality shows aren't for everyone. Maybe you can got the other route to happiness. Write and song a song. I'll even provide you with the lyrics for an instant top-40 sensation.

Girl...
You're so fiiine
Saw you at the cluuuuub...
Lookin fiiiiine....

(Chorus)-
She was at the club, lookin so fine
(So fiiiiiiiiine)
Gonna get her drunk and make her miiiiiiiine
(date rapeeeee)
Scale of 10 to 10, she was a 9
(a niiiiiiiiiine)
But add her ugly friend
(I saw a pocket weiner)
And she adds up to miiiiiiine)
(Cause nine plus one is tennnnn)

ect.

Don't like to sing? Don't like to gorge yourself on horse testicles? You can still make your living. You just need a job. Or jobs. If you don't have a college degree, good luck getting by on one job. Do you have kids? Are you one of tens of millions Americans without health insurance? Better make that two jobs. Let's say you went down the right route. Your family had money, went to college. Best case scenario for you is you get 40 hours a week. You spend five out of seven days a week working. Human beings, with all the knowledge, technology, and experience that we have, work 40 hours a week. 40! And that's the minimum! If you want to keep your job during this turbulent economy, you better be ready for overtime. Maybe 40 hours a week doesn't sound bad to you. That's about 2,000 hours a year. Lucky Americans can keep steady work until they're 55. That's only 58,000 lifetime hours hours of work, conservatively figured. And that is if you can get by on one job.

What if we as a world decided that was no way to live? What if every month you were assigned to a different job. You work only three days a week and anybody fifteen years or older had to participate or else you are "moved" to Australia. Is that plan perfect? Good lord no. If we lived like that, the human race would be wiped out long before 2012. But it's an idea. The current plan isn't working to well either, as long as I am nitpicking.

So why did we choose it? How do we change it?

I'll wait for your answers to this highly intellectual and important matter...

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-11-2014, 07:18 PM

not going to lie I expected a relevant youtube video at the end of this post

Trollheart · 05-11-2014, 07:22 PM

Having a bad day Exo? Something to cheer you up...

Edit: if that seems inappropriately flippant I apologise: I'm just too tired to get into a deep discussion about the many things wrong with our race/species and how it will be so much better for the planet when we're gone (assuming we don't take it with us in our selfish if-we-can't-have-it-nobody-can way)...

djchameleon · 05-11-2014, 08:13 PM

There are people that choose to live a minimalist lifestyle. It feels like the new trend lately. I keep seeing articles about it. Might be something right up your alley. As a matter of fact. I read an article today of a guy that lives off of 4,000 a year. He built a little hobbit hole to live in and eats cereal with water since he doesn't have a fridge to put milk in. He washes his clothes in a creek near his hobbit hole.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-11-2014, 10:46 PM

Exoskeletal, I know what you're saying. I am trying to not completely run my life by money. I have ideas and the urge to do something different instead of the 9-5 40 hour a week bull****. I like that I can do so much just behind a computer. Life isn't about fame, or money, it's about experiences and opening yourself up to nature (if that's your thing). I have great qualifications but my mind can't settle on doing just one type of job. So I've gone a little overboard. I want to support myself financially without relying on others. Health issues can limit my life too but I don't allow it to stop me from achieving my goals. I know I'm lucky being in a country with such a small population. It means I can eventually own a piece of it without intruding on others. I like to pay attention to worldwide news as it's not just about me. I'm probably not making much sense but that's what your post made me think about. Cool ideas.

anticipation · 05-12-2014, 10:01 AM

you chose it pussy, i chose to live. you chose the machine, quit ****ing crying about a decision you made. a better question is why don't you own up to your mistakes and live the way you want to.

**Exo** · 05-12-2014, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anticipation

you chose it pussy, i chose to live. you chose the machine, quit ****ing crying about a decision you made. a better question is why don't you own up to your mistakes and live the way you want to.

It's funny how the beginning and f*cking song in the middle didn't give the hint that the entire thing was satire. Yah puss.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-12-2014, 04:02 PM

I caught it when no one else did

Guess I really am the brightest witch of my age

05-11-2014, 07:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	An important matter... I would like to talk to you about a very important subject. It is a subject that is full of misinformation, deception, hate, Nazis, planets, dragons, corporate cutbacks, geologists, bigger and stronger dragons, ankle socks, electricity, bacteria, Jimmy Buffet concerts, jump ropes, sperm whales, garlic salt, black denim jeans, heartache, tongue depressors, clown shoes, venereal diseases, love, Six Flags, neon lights, last-second abortions, werewolves, tapeworms, traffic, diapers, and staple removers. It is...Planet Earth Look around with wonder at all humankind has created. LOOK! Take ten minutes and go look. I'll wait here. Did you look? Probably not. My point is this...is this the best we can do? A society which is driven to get as much money as possible by any means necessary? A society where the best, quickest way to achieve "happiness" is to humiliate yourself on TV? To promote yourself and get your 15 minutes of fame? This is a fact. People WILL, in the future, look back on this time period. They will look at what we ate, what we watched, and how we treated those with less. What will they say? Reality shows aren't for everyone. Maybe you can got the other route to happiness. Write and song a song. I'll even provide you with the lyrics for an instant top-40 sensation. Girl... You're so fiiine Saw you at the cluuuuub... Lookin fiiiiine.... (Chorus)- She was at the club, lookin so fine (So fiiiiiiiiine) Gonna get her drunk and make her miiiiiiiine (date rapeeeee) Scale of 10 to 10, she was a 9 (a niiiiiiiiiine) But add her ugly friend (I saw a pocket weiner) And she adds up to miiiiiiine) (Cause nine plus one is tennnnn) ect. Don't like to sing? Don't like to gorge yourself on horse testicles? You can still make your living. You just need a job. Or jobs. If you don't have a college degree, good luck getting by on one job. Do you have kids? Are you one of tens of millions Americans without health insurance? Better make that two jobs. Let's say you went down the right route. Your family had money, went to college. Best case scenario for you is you get 40 hours a week. You spend five out of seven days a week working. Human beings, with all the knowledge, technology, and experience that we have, work 40 hours a week. 40! And that's the minimum! If you want to keep your job during this turbulent economy, you better be ready for overtime. Maybe 40 hours a week doesn't sound bad to you. That's about 2,000 hours a year. Lucky Americans can keep steady work until they're 55. That's only 58,000 lifetime hours hours of work, conservatively figured. And that is if you can get by on one job. What if we as a world decided that was no way to live? What if every month you were assigned to a different job. You work only three days a week and anybody fifteen years or older had to participate or else you are "moved" to Australia. Is that plan perfect? Good lord no. If we lived like that, the human race would be wiped out long before 2012. But it's an idea. The current plan isn't working to well either, as long as I am nitpicking. So why did we choose it? How do we change it? I'll wait for your answers to this highly intellectual and important matter... __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

05-11-2014, 07:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Having a bad day Exo? Something to cheer you up... Edit: if that seems inappropriately flippant I apologise: I'm just too tired to get into a deep discussion about the many things wrong with our race/species and how it will be so much better for the planet when we're gone (assuming we don't take it with us in our selfish if-we-can't-have-it-nobody-can way)... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 05-11-2014 at 07:30 PM.

05-11-2014, 10:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	Exoskeletal, I know what you're saying. I am trying to not completely run my life by money. I have ideas and the urge to do something different instead of the 9-5 40 hour a week bull****. I like that I can do so much just behind a computer. Life isn't about fame, or money, it's about experiences and opening yourself up to nature (if that's your thing). I have great qualifications but my mind can't settle on doing just one type of job. So I've gone a little overboard. I want to support myself financially without relying on others. Health issues can limit my life too but I don't allow it to stop me from achieving my goals. I know I'm lucky being in a country with such a small population. It means I can eventually own a piece of it without intruding on others. I like to pay attention to worldwide news as it's not just about me. I'm probably not making much sense but that's what your post made me think about. Cool ideas. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

05-11-2014, 07:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	not going to lie I expected a relevant youtube video at the end of this post

05-12-2014, 10:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	you chose it pussy, i chose to live. you chose the machine, quit ****ing crying about a decision you made. a better question is why don't you own up to your mistakes and live the way you want to.

05-12-2014, 04:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	I caught it when no one else did Guess I really am the brightest witch of my age