Video of life
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Eh, that just focuses on the bad(funny) parts.
Maybe I'm crazy but my dream is the American dream. My wife, 2 kids, 2 cars, a house with a white picket fence in some surburban neighborhood, making enough money to live comfortably, maybe a dog and a cat.
Maybe I'm crazy but my dream is the American dream. My wife, 2 kids, 2 cars, a house with a white picket fence in some surburban neighborhood, making enough money to live comfortably, maybe a dog and a cat.
Sounds like you need to change something about your life or how you think. This is not my life and my wife is nothing like what is represented in this little clip.
God I couldn't finish that. That's so every women. Damn b****es everything is always their way and how they want it. They wonder why it's so many guys like being single.
Yeah, it does focus on the negative parts. If life is a competition to you, then this clip might ring true. People need to break away from the bs the media feeds them about needing this and that and all that otehr materialistic crap. Also people need to not compare their lives to the lives of others. And identify what a successful life really is.
Jeff7
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Observations of life are amusing.:laugh:
I love it too when someone shows you a mirror, and you don't like what you see. Time then to decide: Why don't you like what you see? What are you going to do about it?
Yes, definitely excellent. How many millions of people do exactly what that video says...and how many more shall continue to do so? "I will act as if I am the first pregnant person ever. Eventually, I will give birth, just as billions have done before me."
"What a pleasure it is to see my lifetime of accomplishment summed up in a three minute film."
:music:
The cirrrclllle of liiiiiife!
:music:
Raise your buying standards, and the sellers will have to raise the quality of their product.
(Raise your standards of what you want in a partner, and potential partners will have to develop better personalities.)
Everything in life can be explained in terms of basic economics.
I love it too when someone shows you a mirror, and you don't like what you see. Time then to decide: Why don't you like what you see? What are you going to do about it?
Yes, definitely excellent. How many millions of people do exactly what that video says...and how many more shall continue to do so? "I will act as if I am the first pregnant person ever. Eventually, I will give birth, just as billions have done before me."
"What a pleasure it is to see my lifetime of accomplishment summed up in a three minute film."
:music:
The cirrrclllle of liiiiiife!
:music:
It goes back to my economics explanation of relationships. If there's a potential market for something, there will be sellers. Why can women be that way? Because guys will tolerate it. Why can guys be complete jerks to their girlfriends or wives? Because women will tolerate it.
Raise your buying standards, and the sellers will have to raise the quality of their product.
(Raise your standards of what you want in a partner, and potential partners will have to develop better personalities.)
Everything in life can be explained in terms of basic economics.
Bill Brasky
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god thats horrifying. If I can't stay active I will probably kill myself. Cubicles would drive me insane.
If you see males and females as basic commodities, then raising your standards (or the "price" of yourself) means you end up forever single ("surplus"). I suppose your economic principles still apply, but they don't mean you can land a supermodel.
SketchMaster
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If you think that's scary, you should feel what it's like to sit in a cardiology waiting room looking around at all the old and dying people while you wait your turn to get a cardiogram for a heart murmur.
At 22 years it was the most surreal and humbling moment in my life to look at these people and think, "Holy shit, one day I will get old and die just like them...". Then I wondered if I would even make it that far or would my heart give out before then. I get to find out on the 23rd, can't wait.
At 22 years it was the most surreal and humbling moment in my life to look at these people and think, "Holy shit, one day I will get old and die just like them...". Then I wondered if I would even make it that far or would my heart give out before then. I get to find out on the 23rd, can't wait.
Jeff7
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I was assuming that the entire market of "buyers" would raise their standards, and thus the "sellers" would need to improve their product. I wasn't specific enough. That's what I get for posting in a rush.
I'll have to dig up my full posting on the economics of relationships. It received a "brilliant" rating from BoberFett.
The person, per se, isn't the commodity, it's what they can potentially bring to a relationship that is.
Ok, here we go, from this old thread:
(It's at least partly relevant; I had another one on a different forum, on a different specific subject, but I still managed to "reduce relationships to simple economics."
Do you like the free market? Relationships can follow a free market model too. If she's happy with her current boyfriend, she has no need to see what the market offers. So if you make advances, she might not be interested in your goods, so to speak.
So much of what males in any species do is to reduce competition. Many male-dominated human societies try to keep women subservient, and less likely to feel that they even can "shop around" for their ideal mate. That means that whoever they're with doesn't need to stay competitive - it's an artificial market cap. The service being provided is being a good husband/boyfriend. If the woman isn't free to browse the market, she'll settle for what she's got - she's got no choice. The man benefits because then he can be lazy, and be less than ideal.
The same happens in a regular market without competition. A company with effectively captive customers, such as cable companies, has little reason to innovate. Cable Internet for example: let's say you're in the middle of nowhere, and can't get good satellite reception. What's your option for broadband Internet? Your local cable provider. Sure they might charge $200/month, and only offer 512kbps service with constant packet loss, but hey, what else can you do? It's not like they've got incentive to maintain their network or lower prices.
Similarly, in relationships - if either party feels stuck in the relationship, there's no incentive to stay competitive. But if the market is open for both, they'd best stay competitive, or else a breakup will result.
What I'm trying to get around to saying, which hopefully has come through by now: Guys don't like other guys hitting on their girlfriends, because the guy in the relationship has to make sure he works hard enough to keep her happy, or else she might take her business elsewhere.
As I've said in another forum:
"Yes, that's right, I've reduced relationships to simple economics, wanna fight about it?"
roguerower
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If that's the way it's gonna be I'm going skydiving right now. Or I'll just go to class and ask out the first hot chick I see....
nah, skydiving it is
nah, skydiving it is
Yup-
school
Married late 20's to a woman 2 years younger than me
18 month engagement
Apartment for 1 yaer
starter home complete with split level and haalf finished basement
1 dog
2 kids
big house in country
all true so far
Funny, but also full of generalizations and negative scoffing that doesn't apply to all or even most people. I'm glad I can watch it and appreciate the wry painful humor of it without feeling depressed.
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