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"Contributing to the advancement of the human race"
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My roommate makes a huge deal out of this. He says, in his mind, he doesn't care what a person does as long as that person is "contributing" to the human race.

I don't really get it. The way I see it, people have never been able to tell who was contributing and who wasn't until they had hindsight, and even then, "contributing" is a very murky word.

My roommate, for example, does nothing. He goes to work, then comes home and gets online. He is gay, and he says he contributes by being an activist for that cause, but to me that just seems like he is pursuing his own interests for his own benefit.  He smokes weed, but he looks down on the fact that I drink and do shrooms. He is very judgmental in general, but he does not seem happy to me at all. He has voiced his belief that it is his destiny in life to "be a selfless martyr" for the human race, not ever being able to truly find happiness in his own life, only helping others to do so. I think that's just fucking BS.

What do you think about the idea of "being a contributor"? How do you define it?

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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: morrowasted]
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nevermind


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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: auxiliary]
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The idea is good.

Your roommate is nuts.

If no current methods are available to measure contributions, would it be useful if one was?

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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: auxiliary]
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Outside of yourself, all you can do is make an impression.


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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: morrowasted]
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morrowasted said:
My roommate makes a huge deal out of this. He says, in his mind, he doesn't care what a person does as long as that person is "contributing" to the human race.

I don't really get it. The way I see it, people have never been able to tell who was contributing and who wasn't until they had hindsight, and even then, "contributing" is a very murky word.

My roommate, for example, does nothing. He goes to work, then comes home and gets online. He is gay, and he says he contributes by being an activist for that cause, but to me that just seems like he is pursuing his own interests for his own benefit.  He smokes weed, but he looks down on the fact that I drink and do shrooms. He is very judgmental in general, but he does not seem happy to me at all. He has voiced his belief that it is his destiny in life to "be a selfless martyr" for the human race, not ever being able to truly find happiness in his own life, only helping others to do so. I think that's just fucking BS.

What do you think about the idea of "being a contributor"? How do you define it?



I agree with your friend. I contribute by not giving a shit.:satansmoking:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: morrowasted]
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First of all, there is no advancement of the human race. No progression, only change, only minuscule or macroscopic differences.

i smell hypocrite and a person who doesn't do what he expects others to do.

(he wants people to accept him for being gay, yet he doesn't accept someone else for their drugs of choice)  :confused:


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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: TheSkyInYourEye]
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I don't like him. Not because you've convinced me of his hypocrisy or laziness, nope. I don't like him because he's gay.


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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: auxiliary]
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What a coincidence, that's why I don't like you.:curbyourenthusiasm:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: Icelander]
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shit I probably could have gotten better responses if I had posted this in OTD :rolleyes:

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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: Icelander]
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Icelander said:
What a coincidence, that's why I don't like you.:curbyourenthusiasm:


:sad:
C'mon. Don't put the two together. Stop thinking.


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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: morrowasted]
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auxiliary said:
Outside of yourself, all you can do is make an impression.


morrowasted said:
shit I probably could have gotten better responses if I had posted this in OTD :rolleyes:


Oh thanks.


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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: auxiliary]
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You should ask your roommate what he thinks we are advancing towards.

Where's the stop sign on the human advancement road.

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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: appleorange]
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I contribute to the human race by testing it at every turn.  Some call me The Adversary.  Others call me Sub Zero.


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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: morrowasted]
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morrowasted said:
My roommate makes a huge deal out of this. He says, in his mind, he doesn't care what a person does as long as that person is "contributing" to the human race.

Your friend is a retard--what does he consider a worthy "contribution"?



morrowasted said:
My roommate, for example, does nothing. He goes to work, then comes home and gets online. He is gay, and he says he contributes by being an activist for that cause, but to me that just seems like he is pursuing his own interests for his own benefit.

What cause is he an activist for?



morrowasted said:
He smokes weed, but he looks down on the fact that I drink and do shrooms.

Has he told you why he looks down on you for that?



morrowasted said:
He is very judgmental in general, but he does not seem happy to me at all.

Sounds like most people. :satansmoking:



morrowasted said:
He has voiced his belief that it is his destiny in life to "be a selfless martyr" for the human race, not ever being able to truly find happiness in his own life, only helping others to do so. I think that's just fucking BS.

Yeah it is fucking BS--he is a delusional moron with a Jesus complex who doesn't understand that you cannot really help others to achieve happiness when you yourself are unhappy.



morrowasted said:
What do you think about the idea of "being a contributor"? How do you define it?

I think there are enough masses of people that are contributing to society to make up for the few who do not wish to do so. :uptosomething:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: "Contributing to the advancement of the human race" [Re: auxiliary]
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Stop thinking.

That's you're job.:satansmoking:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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