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why did society invest in YOU?
    #19291392 - 12/18/13 01:09 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

what the fuck did you ever do for anyone else? why should the world have kept YOU alive to this moment?


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291398 - 12/18/13 01:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I do good for those who I care for, and for those who care about me. I'm also neutrally good to everyone and everything else.

This raises another question, do we not have a basic right to live as conscious souls?


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: DirtyTomFlint] * 1
    #19291403 - 12/18/13 01:12 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

the only people who invested to keep me alive were my parents. I survived on my own since that point. Society hasn't ever invested in my survival.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291405 - 12/18/13 01:13 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

NWlight said:
what the fuck did you ever do for anyone else?



I'm bumping your thread.
Quote:

why should the world have kept YOU alive to this moment?



"It" shouldn't have.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291409 - 12/18/13 01:14 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The biggest reason I am alive and supported at this point is because I put myself in harms way so someone else wouldn't have to (a draft).

I still don't see any reason why this should be the case, I really don't deserve it. I did a lot of the damage myself.

Who knows


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight] * 1
    #19291417 - 12/18/13 01:16 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

psyconaught said:
the only people who invested to keep me alive were my parents. I survived on my own since that point. Society hasn't ever invested in my survival.




Close enough to what I was going to say


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight] * 2
    #19291435 - 12/18/13 01:22 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

to leach off the system


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19291446 - 12/18/13 01:25 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Can't say I have a good reason, I think of done good for people before but nothing too big.
I've worked in the medical field, and working on having a career in the medical field. That's pretty much a huge goal in my life is to be able to change other peoples lives in a positive way. :shrug:

But as of now, I'm pretty much a burden to society.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: volcomstoner] * 2
    #19291465 - 12/18/13 01:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I dunno I was born and it's a crime to kill sooo...

:shrug:

Kind of a dumb OP


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: volcomstoner]
    #19291466 - 12/18/13 01:34 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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volcomstoner said:
But as of now, I'm pretty much a burden to society.




Yeah, same here.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Enjoywho]
    #19291473 - 12/18/13 01:37 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Enjoywho said:
Kind of a dumb OP



I disagree, it really got me thinking TBH
I think it's a question people should ask themselves more often.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: psyconaught]
    #19291490 - 12/18/13 01:43 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

NWlight said:
why should the world have kept YOU alive to this moment?




it didnt.

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psyconaught said:
the only people who invested to keep me alive were my parents.




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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291496 - 12/18/13 01:46 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I'm just awesome. :awesome:


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: k00laid]
    #19291502 - 12/18/13 01:47 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

My parents are the only people that supported me financially as well, but I would have to disagree that society has had no part in supporting me.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: k00laid]
    #19291541 - 12/18/13 02:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

k00laid said:
Quote:

NWlight said:
why should the world have kept YOU alive to this moment?




it didnt.




you are alive, right?


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291581 - 12/18/13 02:27 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

she's a ghost!

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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight] * 1
    #19291601 - 12/18/13 02:36 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Wait a minute...

Everyone supports society by buying the food that keeps them alive, ultimately supporting everyone else by supporting society that supports everyone.

It's a cycle, mate.



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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19291607 - 12/18/13 02:37 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

That's kind of what a society is bruh


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: volcomstoner]
    #19291620 - 12/18/13 02:41 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Yes, that's right.

And I just gave a perfectly good answer on behalf of everyone here.

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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19291629 - 12/18/13 02:44 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Wait a minute...

Everyone supports society by buying the food that keeps them alive, ultimately supporting everyone else by supporting society that supports everyone.

It's a cycle, mate.



i don't believe thats the kind of 'support' that was meant. Though correct me if i am mistaken. I interpreted support as parasitic, as in you are not putting in equal amounts that you are taking out, a la welfare, charity, etc.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: psyconaught]
    #19291639 - 12/18/13 02:51 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

didnt read this but its so at one point you may eventually get to the point where u can provide and invest in others thus creating a new generation and ensuring the survival of society.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291641 - 12/18/13 02:51 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: psyconaught]
    #19291647 - 12/18/13 02:53 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Society kept me alive so I could be it's fuck toy.



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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: psyconaught]
    #19291656 - 12/18/13 03:00 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Unless the person in question is a thief, they pay for what they take out and on goes the cycle.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19291659 - 12/18/13 03:02 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Into The Woods said:
Yes, that's right.

And I just gave a perfectly good answer on behalf of everyone here.

/thread moot




Yeah, that's not how it works... as someone stated in response to you already. There are plenty of people that don't put in anything and may not have done anything to deserve it (like me for instance).

I understand people get welfare and social security so they can survive and some people need it for good reasons.. But what you just say in your last response doesn't go for everyone.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19291660 - 12/18/13 03:02 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Unless the person in question is a thief, they pay for what they take out and on goes the cycle.




No.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: LordSenate]
    #19291681 - 12/18/13 03:14 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Well, crap.

I see your point.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: LordSenate]
    #19291895 - 12/18/13 05:09 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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LordSenate said:
Quote:

Into The Woods said:
Unless the person in question is a thief, they pay for what they take out and on goes the cycle.




No.




Some would argue that the people collecting the money that gets paid out into programs like welfare and social security are the thieves. That they are your benefactors.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Heffy]
    #19291896 - 12/18/13 05:10 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Some of them are thieves.. Some of them aren't IMO.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291897 - 12/18/13 05:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I do good for others almost all the time.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19291939 - 12/18/13 05:52 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Lots of stuff.  I'd like to think I've made an impact.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19292396 - 12/18/13 08:52 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

NWlight said:
Quote:

k00laid said:
Quote:

NWlight said:
why should the world have kept YOU alive to this moment?




it didnt.




you are alive, right?




not because of society.

because of my parents who feed and cloth me.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19292415 - 12/18/13 08:58 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Still haven't figured that one out


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: nicechrisman]
    #19292490 - 12/18/13 09:17 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I'd like to think my answer applies to some people at least.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19292535 - 12/18/13 09:33 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I don't really know why society invested in me. I'm no Steve Jobs. I guess society took me in when I was young hoping I'm the next Bill Gates or something. Then again society takes every kid to maximize its chances.

I wasn't one of the lucky ones born with a passion and the opportunity to develop it to a maximum at a young age.

I dunno what the future holds for me but one thing is for sure; The future isn't what it used to be.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Patlal]
    #19292635 - 12/18/13 10:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The future is full of opportunities.

You're a passionless burden like the rest of us. :sad:


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19292647 - 12/18/13 10:06 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

At least she wants to be something, some day.



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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19292688 - 12/18/13 10:18 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Into The Woods said:
The future is full of opportunities.

You're a passionless burden like the rest of us. :sad:




Well to be honest, I have recently discovered a passion in reading. I began by reading paperback fiction books. I now moved on to books that can teach me stuff. I'm currently reading some of Richard Dawkins work about evolution.

I don't know how this kind of knowledge will help me. It's not something I can monetize. It seems that monetization of your passion is what is encouraged in the society we live in. Maybe one day I'll stumble upon a book that truly gives me an idea I can profit from.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19292699 - 12/18/13 10:23 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

NWlight said:
what the fuck did you ever do for anyone else? why should the world have kept YOU alive to this moment?



Who cares they're a buch of retards anyway.

Not to simply ridicule your question but no one deserves anything but to die. There are processes that are generally self sustaining both biologically and culturally and you are merely caught up in several of them. Its nothing more or less than that.

:nbk:


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Patlal]
    #19292714 - 12/18/13 10:28 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

Patlal said:
Quote:

Into The Woods said:
The future is full of opportunities.

You're a passionless burden like the rest of us. :sad:




Well to be honest, I have recently discovered a passion in reading. I began by reading paperback fiction books. I now moved on to books that can teach me stuff. I'm currently reading some of Richard Dawkins work about evolution.

I don't know how this kind of knowledge will help me. It's not something I can monetize. It seems that monetization of your passion is what is encouraged in the society we live in. Maybe one day I'll stumble upon a book that truly gives me an idea I can profit from.





Dawkins is brilliant, a personal idol of mine. I own quite a few of his books myself.
You have very good taste.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19292773 - 12/18/13 10:49 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

i can tell you what society didn't do-

ever teach me how to live off the land to provide for my own biological sustenance.



yeah, it never did that..


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: greenspectral]
    #19292796 - 12/18/13 10:55 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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yeah, it never did that..




Should society teach you that?  How does that help the rest of us?

And that's kind of the point:  Society works best when its members contribute and increase the well-being for all of its members.  If you aren't contributing, then you're part of the problem.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: NWlight]
    #19292797 - 12/18/13 10:56 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

NWlight said:
what the fuck did you ever do for anyone else? why should the world have kept YOU alive to this moment?




They need me to work to pay social security.  Its a ponzi "setup" so they need more workers than retires to keep it going.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19292812 - 12/18/13 10:59 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I wouldn't say people on welfare are thieves. One could argue that by simply existing and needing foodstamps they provide a benefit. For example, if all of those folks up and vanished, so would a large portion of wal-mart's profits... I understand that that's a stretch of the imagination, but it does demonstrate how everything is connected.

And by the way, yes, if you ever went to school, drove on a road, or purchased something with legal tender, society has invested in something to make your life better- in you.


Annnny way. I take in my neighbors garbage cans every now and then, helped my other neighbor move a couch not long ago. It's the little stuff.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: Lynnch]
    #19292893 - 12/18/13 11:24 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

:raisemyglass:

My statements do apply to some people.


Edited by Into The Woods (12/18/13 08:13 PM)


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: badchad]
    #19292919 - 12/18/13 11:35 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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badchad said:
Quote:

greenspectral said:


yeah, it never did that..




Should society teach you that?




:facepalm: ...wow.

Quote:

badchad said:
How does that help the rest of us?





I'm not here to help society. I live for myself within the whole of the Law.

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badchad said:
And that's kind of the point:  Society works best when its members contribute and increase the well-being for all of its members.  If you aren't contributing, then you're part of the problem.




working at Mcdonalds is going to increase the well being of all society's members?

(btw i don't work at Mcdonalds, that's just an example to highlight the fallacy in your thinking.)


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: greenspectral]
    #19292984 - 12/18/13 11:53 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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I'm not here to help society. I live for myself within the whole of the Law.





That's fine.  Some of us enjoy the clean drinking water, sanitation, electricity, and the rest of the comforts society provides.  I'm not one to tell you that you have to participate.  You should probably get rid of the computer society helped you obtain, and stop posting using the electricity it helps provide.

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working at Mcdonalds is going to increase the well being of all society's members?

(btw i don't work at Mcdonalds, that's just an example to highlight the fallacy in your thinking.)




Working at McDonald's provides people employment, which (at minimum) increases the tax base and helps them not be leeches on the system. 

As a whole, McDonald's provides an incredible economic stimulus to society, as well as other things like the Ronald McDonald house etc.  So yes, I'd say McDonald's helps.


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: greenspectral]
    #19292990 - 12/18/13 11:54 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I fed the homeless once for probation.:shrug:
Like literally diced up some veggies, mixed up some batter and hand served plates to all kinds of homeless people, it was actually a really cool experience.
There were families with kids and shit lined up, it was nuts.

My line of work has been customer service and sales, and i've had people call in who honestly just needed someone to talk to. I've had some serious therapy session type of calls before.

Yesterday i gave 5 dollars to one of those feed the children things. At first i told the dude i didnt have change just bills then thought, fuck it why not.
I was gonna buy more weed with that money too, but just smoked what i had.

If a stranger needs immediate help i'll lend a hand, i hate when people just walk away from situations where someone's in need.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: badchad]
    #19293025 - 12/18/13 12:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Quote:

badchad said:
That's fine.  Some of us enjoy the clean drinking water, sanitation, electricity, and the rest of the comforts society provides.  I'm not one to tell you that you have to participate.  You should probably get rid of the computer society helped you obtain, and stop posting using the electricity it helps provide.





clean drinking water is the only necessity in that paragraph and that used to be easy to come by until corporate-government conglomerates decided to start privatizing it. they seek to control it because their industrial era machinations threaten to pollute the globe irreversibly.

this computer and electricity happens to be a tool in this reality that can be utilized, doesn't mean i need it or even would be sad if it went away.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: thoughts]
    #19293051 - 12/18/13 12:10 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I paid taxes ONCE...and I occasionally buy stuff. I don't really like modern society. It's too much like a long white sterile hallway for my taste. Modern society tried to help me, I rejected it. Now it burdens me and I'm a burden to it. I could have done good in school and applied myself, maybe got a scholarship but at that age, who gave a fuck? Now I wish I could go to college but I can't be taught, I don't believe much of what I'm told. Modern society is unbalanced and once you lose your footing, it's hard to get up. The lack of opportunities is slowly getting slimmer as well.


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Re: why did society invest in YOU? [Re: GreySatyr]
    #19293071 - 12/18/13 12:15 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

One of the few baristas at an independent coffee house downtown... I give people their coffee and lace that shit with whatever I'm thinking everyone should be feeling that day.


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