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LtPage1

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Jan 15, 2004
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Oh please. What a load of pretentious masturbation. Also, unnecessary quotation marks make you look like a semi-literate 12-year old. Lose them.
 

oiprocs

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Jun 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: LtPage1
Oh please. What a load of pretentious masturbation. Also, unnecessary quotation marks make you look like a semi-literate 12-year old. Lose them.

Line breaks too. Not sure why some people hit the return key too early.
 

Sea Moose

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I am in the army reserve and i am going to commence charity work one day a week.... what more would you have me do?! ( i refuse to give money, as everyone knows that donated money never reaches those who need it)

I give blood when i can.... but its hard as i am constantly on the road for work.... now that i quit though, thanks for reminding me, i will start giving blood to feed the vampires when i get back from boot camp.


Btw op, way to start out on the forums, can i introduce you to oldsmoboat, you two are gonna get along great :D
 

jlee

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Sep 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: zerocool84
Why can't the religious nuts stay in P&N???

Apparently they feel a need to branch out and educate us poor hapless OT'ers. It is an unfortunate happening. :(
 

Turin39789

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Nov 21, 2000
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Originally posted by: LtPage1
Oh please. What a load of pretentious masturbation. Also, unnecessary quotation marks make you look like a semi-literate 12-year old. Lose them.

This. I feel no need to post my charity cred to impress
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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Aside from the half hour a day I spend here, my life is only mildly interesting.
I dont have the money to do fun stuff. When I joined I was much more busy with life and work and fun. I could go to Vegas anytime I liked. I had fun there. Or LA (but I never wanted that). I could go off-roading or desert racing or many other enjoyable, quasi-legal activities.
I went out to the local gun range twice a week. I hung out a local tavern and watched my friends drink. That was the first time in my life I was able to have fun at a bar and be sober. I used to drink like a mad man and that got tiresome by the time I was 21. After that I avoided bars entirely.
I started excercising for fun and not because I felt I had to.
Actually spent relatively little time playing video games. Had some sexual intercourse once in a while.

And I only spent 15 minutes a day here and only posted once every other day.


NOW:
No money and most of my hobbies arent happening.
Can't get chicks. You can bullshit all you want but modern women still expect a man to pay for stuff. If he never, EVER comes up with any money, I promise she will not let the relationship progress beyond a couple dates. This is the sad, cold, dark truth.
I have guns but between range memberships and ammo costs, I really cant afford to shoot them.
Cant afford to go out and party. Seems like people in my town dont socialize normally (the way I learned how to socialize). If you aren't spending money on beer and pizza and cigarettes then they don't wanna hang out.
Cant afford to upgrade my gaming system, but that doesnt matter because I think most games suck these days anyway.
School put me massively into debt because I am still paying out of state tuition. The GI Bill checks that I will eventually get are only going to barely cover my costs this semester. I will not pocket any money (unlike last semester).

So if it seems like I have no real life, well, sorry. I dont.
Am trying my best to keep passing grades so I dont lose my GI Bill. No females are interested in me right now and I already know better than to constantly chase them.
Cant do anything fun and dont have much free time anyway.

And theres no real requirement I "contribute" in OT. Thats why its Off Topic. We dont have to be constructive here.
However, I am trying harder to not be a dick on a daily basis.

Thanks so much but now my 30 minutes is up and I have to get back to my shallow life.
 

JJChicken

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Apr 9, 2007
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Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: totalnoob
I work for a living. That is the highest form of "giving" there is. It is the most "worthy" thing anyone can do for society.. All the other crap you spouted is blind self sacrifice and there is no morality in that.

you are even wackier than thye OP....noway is working for a living the highest form of giving.....

Then you fail @life. Sorry, play again next time mmmk?
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
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Originally posted by: Barack Obama
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: totalnoob
I work for a living. That is the highest form of "giving" there is. It is the most "worthy" thing anyone can do for society.. All the other crap you spouted is blind self sacrifice and there is no morality in that.

you are even wackier than thye OP....noway is working for a living the highest form of giving.....

Then you fail @life. Sorry, play again next time mmmk?

SRSY.
Working generates much more money than just YOUR paycheck. Some folks here need some economics courses. Even a fast-food job does a lot for the economy.
Why do you think the government is concerned with 10% unemployment? 10% really isnt a lot, but the ripple effect it has is powerful.
 

skace

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Jan 23, 2001
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Shorty I don't care if that was true or not, it was awesome. Like 10 pounds of reality just fell on this fucking thread full of self-promoting garbage.
 

nerp

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Dec 31, 2005
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Uhh, OP, there are a lot of great and generous people here. Please remember that many of us use this forum to express our alter-egos and be rude, irrational and idiotic without the repurcussions of life. I fully believe that every idiot here would be perfectly cool in real life.
 

Raduque

Lifer
Aug 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: corwin
TL:DR

you all suck, myself included. Why you might ask?
No, I didn't, but I bet you're going to tell me anyway.
Well to begin with when was the last time you gave of yourself? Not talking about money here, but giving of "yourself"?
Can't remember
What do you personally give that benefits anyone besides yourself?
Nothing
Do you give blood? Regularly?
No, and get that fucking needle away from me.
Are you on any sort of donor list, organ after death or otherwise?
Nope, and you don't want my organs anyway, after what I've done with them
Do you contribute your time to anything worthy?
No.
Do you contribute anything at all aside from "working" your job?
No.
This goes beyond any perceived "bias" that I would "hope" it was obvious, we should be helping our fellow man and not "casting stones" as the case may be.
I don't really care about my fellow man. My "fellow man", as you put, is full of horrible things that make him worth loathing. See Africa, the Middle East, hell just look at what European settlers did to the natives of America when they came in and took over.
So in the end I guess I just have this question to pose to you all, what have you done to make our world better, even if for only one person?
Nothing, and I'm not going to, unless I ever have children some day. Till then, I'll just keep caring for animals instead, taking in strays and giving them better, longer lives and getting unconditional love in return. That's far and away better than anything my "fellow man" could give me.


Oh, I will admit I donated to hurricane victims during the past two major ones - I myself was on the receiving end of donations after Hurricane Andrew kicked Florida's ass.
 

DrPizza

Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
Mar 5, 2001
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Originally posted by: corwin
Well to begin with when was the last time you gave of yourself? Not talking about money here, but giving of "yourself"? last night until 1am when I was laying under a car, 50 degrees outside, pouring rain, when I fixed a car for someone else, expecting nothing in return.

What do you personally give that benefits anyone besides yourself? I'm a teacher - I give up my own time after schools, I give up my lunches on occasion, all to help students succeed. Last night, I stayed an hour after school helping a student with a college math assignment - I don't have that student in any of my classes. I attend those kids' sporting events, because seeing a teacher there makes them feel like I care. I donate to the United Way as well as several other charities.

Do you give blood? Regularly? Not only do I donate regularly, but I also organize bloodmobiles. I personally talk to *every* student in my school who is old enough to donate blood. I organize a group of students to volunteer their time to help the Red Cross

Are you on any sort of donor list, organ after death or otherwise? It's checked off on my driver's license.

Do you contribute your time to anything worthy? Let's see, in addition to what I mentioned, I've volunteered to assist at the Special Olympics for umpteen years in a row now.

Do you contribute anything at all aside from "working" your job? As I'm a "pizza expert", I've held a pizza dinner every year for the last 5 years to raise money. I paid for the ingredients out of my own pocket & 100% of the earnings were donated to charity.

For those of you who want to label me, and from my perspective that would be each and every one of you, I am a serious conservative. To be more specific
I am a Catholic conservative, most likely representative of our majority though I make no proclamation of such. I don't give a shit what yours or anyone else's political leanings are, nor your religion. You get run over by a train, you're welcome to the blood that I donated, regardless of your race, religion, political leanings, or IQ (which I'm gathering isn't too high.)

So in the end I guess I just have this question to pose to you all, what have you done to make our world better, even if for only one person? You're getting awfully redundant with these questions. How about serving breakfast to retired senior citizens on Valentine's Day ("Sweetheart's Breakfast")? How about volunteering to coach youth soccer? Chaperoning dances at my high school (I can think of much better things to do with a Saturday night)? How about all the trash I pick up that's along the path I take when I walk to work?

Let the "beatings" commence... If only there were a way through the internet.

 

JJChicken

Diamond Member
Apr 9, 2007
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Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: Barack Obama
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: totalnoob
I work for a living. That is the highest form of "giving" there is. It is the most "worthy" thing anyone can do for society.. All the other crap you spouted is blind self sacrifice and there is no morality in that.

you are even wackier than thye OP....noway is working for a living the highest form of giving.....

Then you fail @life. Sorry, play again next time mmmk?

SRSY.
Working generates much more money than just YOUR paycheck. Some folks here need some economics courses. Even a fast-food job does a lot for the economy.
Why do you think the government is concerned with 10% unemployment? 10% really isnt a lot, but the ripple effect it has is powerful.

:thumbsup: exactly what I was thinking, but I was too lazy to type it :D
 

vi edit

Elite Member
Super Moderator
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I wade through poop on the internet. For frees.
 

SandEagle

Lifer
Aug 4, 2007
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i pay taxes
i am not committing any crimes
i am trying to raise my kids right
i will make fun of u from now on

yup, im good
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Talk about applying your failings to everyone around you in attempts to make yourself feel better :roll:

OP, get off your ass and do something worthwhile instead of complaining about how worthless you are.
 

Legendary

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Jan 22, 2002
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OP what charitable works do you do that aren't either for Catholics or done in an attempt to convert others to Catholicism?
 

Sea Moose

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Originally posted by: Legendary
OP what charitable works do you do that aren't either for Catholics or done in an attempt to convert others to Catholicism?

 

TecHNooB

Diamond Member
Sep 10, 2005
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As soon the op started talking about 'giving yourself', I knew the religious crap was coming. Skimmed through and BAM, found it :)
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: Legendary
OP what charitable works do you do that aren't either for Catholics or done in an attempt to convert others to Catholicism?
i don't see where or doubt that he is trying to convert anyone to Catholicism.