How in the hell do you NOT take something for granted?

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People say all the time that you shouldn't take stuff for granted. How exactly are you supposed to do that?

 

[Farang]

Impossible.. Granted is very selfish and manipulative.

 

[nageov3t]

sometimes, when you're downloading a porn torrent, think about how hard it used to be to get the stuff before the internet.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: loki8481
sometimes, when you're downloading a porn torrent, think about how hard it used to be to get the stuff before the internet.

Or, for people who started out on dial-up, the fact that you can stream it in high quality...

 

[SlitheryDee]

Only take unimportant stuff for granted. Don't take anything that might fuck you up for granted. If you take the fact that a tightrope will always hold your weight for granted you might be right 99 times out of 100, but the 100th time will still kill ya'. Yeah, there's certain things you want to check out before you dive into them. I believe that's the spirit of the phrase anyway.

Edit: Oh yeah, I've heard it used in the "appreciate the things you have more" sense as well, but not as often. That's a toughie there. I just stop every now and then and imagine how whatever it is that I happen to be doing would probably freak the shit out of someone from the 1600s. Really brings how awesome it is to live in the here and now into perspective.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: peritusONE
People say all the time that you shouldn't take stuff for granted. How exactly are you supposed to do that?

I understand what you are saying. We take almost everything in our lives for granted UNTIL we feel threatened about losing it or do lose it. We get comfortable in our routines, don't venture out of them, and forget that every time we do something it could be our last time.

It takes a conscious effort to not take something in our routine for granted, unless that something is brand new or hardly used.

 

[Perknose]

I don't take lesser counter tops for granite.

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: Perknose
I don't take lesser counter tops for granite.

Damn straight.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: loki8481
sometimes, when you're downloading a porn torrent, think about how hard it used to be to get the stuff before the internet.

Yeah, you had to buy it or rent it. It was barbaric.

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: loki8481
sometimes, when you're downloading a porn torrent, think about how hard it used to be to get the stuff before the internet.

Yeah, you had to buy it or rent it. It was barbaric.

That shit costs money! Wtf. I refuse to pay for porn. That is immoral, because it supports the porn industry!

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: loki8481
sometimes, when you're downloading a porn torrent, think about how hard it used to be to get the stuff before the internet.

Yeah, you had to buy it or rent it. It was barbaric.

think about those guys who are into freaky shit... could you imagine having to go down to your local video rental place and taking it up to the clerk?

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: loki8481
sometimes, when you're downloading a porn torrent, think about how hard it used to be to get the stuff before the internet.

Yeah, you had to buy it or rent it. It was barbaric.

or even worse borrow it from a friend and deal with the pron stigma afterwards....