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Admiring Foolishness
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"Wow! He charged that machine gun nest with only a bayonet." :congrats:

We admire football players that destroy their knees, war 'heroes' that come home missing a limb or in a body bag, boxers that damage their brains, rednecks that drive around in an oval at unsafe speeds and so on.

Seems we have a fear of getting hurt or killed instinct for a reason. Is it truly noteworthy that some people can ignore their survival programming?


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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OrgoneConclusion said:
We admire football players that destroy their knees, war 'heroes' that come home missing a limb or in a body bag, boxers that damage their brains, rednecks that drive around in an oval at unsafe speeds and so on.

Diploid made the point awhile ago that it's stupid how people generally admire those who damage themselves while playing sports, and look down on those who damage themselves as a result of using drugs; both sports and drug usage are recreational activities, so why the double-standard?


OrgoneConclusion said:
Seems we have a fear of getting hurt or killed instinct for a reason. Is it truly noteworthy that some people can ignore their survival programming?

Simple answer: no.


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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: Admiring Foolishness [Re: Poid] * 1
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With the simple answer, we must then lock the thread. So how about the convoluted, double-speakian, obsfucated, highly cryptic answer?


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: Poid] * 1
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Quote:
Diploid made the point awhile ago that it's stupid how people generally admire those who damage themselves while playing sports, and look down on those who damage themselves as a result of using drugs; both sports and drug usage are recreational activities, so why the double standard?


Hey, at least that Utah State Trooper that put a triple tap into that homeowner's heart two days ago in a home break-in
protected the drug user from doing future harm to himself.

Protect & Serve!


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: OrgoneConclusion] * 1
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OrgoneConclusion said:
So how about the convoluted, double-speakian, obsfucated, highly cryptic answer?

You can ask Markos for that one. :lol:


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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: Admiring Foolishness [Re: Poid]
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The admiration stems not solely from the observation of physical sacrifice, but from the heart or will that the individual uses to continue on through pain. Of your examples, I would not say any of them are admirable on their own, it depends on the differentiation between whether it is perceived as an act of courage or foolishness.


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: Poid] * 2
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Poid said:
OrgoneConclusion said:
So how about the convoluted, double-speakian, obsfucated, highly cryptic answer?

You can ask Markos for that one. :lol:


+1


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: Poid]
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Poid said:
OrgoneConclusion said:
So how about the convoluted, double-speakian, obsfucated, highly cryptic answer?

You can ask Markos for that one. :lol:


this sad panda feels left out :meff:


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: andrewss]
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:wexican:


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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: Admiring Foolishness [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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OrgoneConclusion said:
"Wow! He charged that machine gun nest with only a bayonet." :congrats:

We admire football players that destroy their knees, war 'heroes' that come home missing a limb or in a body bag, boxers that damage their brains, rednecks that drive around in an oval at unsafe speeds and so on.

Seems we have a fear of getting hurt or killed instinct for a reason. Is it truly noteworthy that some people can ignore their survival programming?


admiring might just be replaced with... interested in... in their risky acts and etc, we are drama queens and very often bored so we need vicarious experiences to escape the humdrum of the 9-5

or somethin...


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: andrewss] * 1
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admiring might just be replaced with... interested in... in their risky acts and etc, we are drama queens and very often bored so we need vicarious experiences to escape the humdrum of the 9-5


Thank you, Captain Obvious. You and Poid have both conspired to kill a very weak topic.


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: andrewss]
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:sambergfive:


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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: Admiring Foolishness [Re: Poid]
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*mumbles under breath* Bastards!


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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OrgoneConclusion said:
"Wow! He charged that machine gun nest with only a bayonet." :congrats:

We admire football players that destroy their knees, war 'heroes' that come home missing a limb or in a body bag, boxers that damage their brains, rednecks that drive around in an oval at unsafe speeds and so on.

Seems we have a fear of getting hurt or killed instinct for a reason. Is it truly noteworthy that some people can ignore their survival programming?


If you tell someone how cool they are for taking a risk then you don't have to. Sounds like a great strategy to me.


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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: Admiring Foolishness [Re: Icelander]
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*after multiple beers*

"Dude, I bet you cannot jump from the second story into that swimming pool without crushing your fucking skull on the concrete."

Ker-Splatt

"Oops! Guess I was right." :blush:


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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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we gone drive aroun in an ovahl n we gone take a leeft sumtimes !

yeeaaaaaaa :rockon:


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All my posts in this forum are strictly fictional.
They are derived from an acute mental illness , from which i am forced to lie compulsively.
I have never induced any kind of mind altering substance in my life  and i have no intentions whatsoever of doing anything illegal.
If I have ever suggested such a thing it would have most likely been , due to my personality disorder and i probably do not remember it at all..

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Re: Admiring Foolishness [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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"Stupid is as stupid does."
- Forrest Gump


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Lois, this family believes in the Easter Bunny.  He died for our sins in that helicopter crash.  Now, if you wanna go to hell, that's fine, but don't drag the rest of us down with you like a mentally handicapped rooster.
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