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swbluto
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20 Jun 2011, 9:50 am

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My husband and my cousin lived under a bridge for a while, and they say it isn't as bad as it sounds so long as the weather is warm.


There are people who, literally, live under a bridge?

Otherwise, yes... living under a bridge is bliss. :P



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20 Jun 2011, 1:08 pm

Darn I miss the sarcasm.


Yes I have seen people live under bridges in my area and then they literally move on. Or maybe they were just staying under there.



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20 Jun 2011, 6:43 pm

Try waking up in India or China, making t shirts for 10cents an hour

By being western, AS or not, we live like kings. You have the choice to react like a whining hater, or count your blessings instead.

Dont go to the dark side Luke



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20 Jun 2011, 10:00 pm

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wavefreak58 wrote:
I gave up trying to think of life in terms of great or terrible, especially relative to other people's lives. I can't think about white picket fence stereotypes of success. I need to keep my internal conversations about success focused on what is important to me. It is the only way to keep any sense of balance. Chasing after success as defined by the capricious norms of this culture is a formula for failure because those norms are based on a heavily NT view of reality. I can't see the path to that type of success.


Indeed, the comparative form of 'success' is pretty illusory, especially when the "Joneses" that most try to keep up with are apparently upper-middle class, which the majority of middle-class will fail to compare with by definition. The alternative for 'success' that many default to when they're aren't rich is about all about relationships, family and friends because when you have no money but lots of time, you apparenlty have enough time to build relationships! But, when you don't have either lots of money or relationship building abilities, time to take some fukitol and define success on your own terms! Which is really the most easily achievable form of success. (And, to be honest, determining success by doing what you personally want is really the most fulfilling, regardless of your money attracting or relationship-building abilities.)

What about people who think the "Joneses" are boring? Getting married, having 2.5 kids, collecting lots of pointless stuff and basically doing what the human gene pool programs the human horde to aspire to. And then you eventually develop a bunch of health problems and deteriorate until you die.



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20 Jun 2011, 10:14 pm

Surfman wrote:
Try waking up in India or China, making t shirts for 10cents an hour

By being western, AS or not, we live like kings. You have the choice to react like a whining hater, or count your blessings instead.

Dont go to the dark side Luke


Or you could be smart, and pay people in India 11 cents an hour to make t-shirts for you.

...profit!

Then you can put a down payment on your new yacht. Isn't life great?


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20 Jun 2011, 10:22 pm

My life is wonderful. I have two really close friends. I have a great niece who's very smart for the age of 2. I have two parents who are starting to understand me better. I have a sister who adds spice to the family and she's married to a great man. I'll be working at a job that has more hours soon. My life has improved since I've caved in and allowed myself to like the 60s again, as the sweet and vulnerable person that I am. Since I've allowed myself to be sensitive instead of acting all tough with leather and spiked hair. I really hate to call myself weak, so I've used other words.


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