Hello.
@DampS8N: Hmm. It's a valid point, I've got no issue with diversions from real life (though I think you fail to realise the thrill that can be had in sharpening pencils). It's just the way that it's acheived that's getting to me. I don't necessarily want to get all philosophical about it - it's just my opinion, after all, the same as everyone else here - though I do want to take issue with 'our imperfections over millions of lives even the world out. We strike a kind of balance with the world.' as I'm not sure we do strike a balance, or at least not a balance that is heavily weighted in 'our' favour (talking in context, of course).
@Sculpture of Soul: I think there's little ironic in what I said with regards to buying a book. I didn't just mention it, I explicitly stated it so as not to leave myself open to '...and you claim to be perfect?' type responses because I know I'm not perfect (pretty damned close, to be fair, but not quite) and I'm quite capable of want. Neither am I really seeking to change other people's behaviour other than with the line 'Don't buy into it'. I'm just expressing my opinions about the behaviour being exhibited at the moment and the manner in which people are acting - I find it base. Regardless of how much I've wanted something I've never found myself beating people out of the way in order to be first in the queue, I've never been blackmailed into buying something 'first' because of limited supplies, I've never stood in a line for three days regardless of how much I've wanted something - it's not really the medium, I guess, it's how the end result is acheived.
@AngelDaniel: Err, no. I'm most worthy, have few feelings of self-loathing and don't believe I'm the least bit jealous. Really, I've no need to be.
@Warren:
At the end of the day, people will do what they want to do - and who am I to stop them? But I'm allowed to express how crass I think it is in the same way you're allowed to express your opinions. It's just I'm right ;o)
Goodbye.
@DampS8N: Hmm. It's a valid point, I've got no issue with diversions from real life (though I think you fail to realise the thrill that can be had in sharpening pencils). It's just the way that it's acheived that's getting to me. I don't necessarily want to get all philosophical about it - it's just my opinion, after all, the same as everyone else here - though I do want to take issue with 'our imperfections over millions of lives even the world out. We strike a kind of balance with the world.' as I'm not sure we do strike a balance, or at least not a balance that is heavily weighted in 'our' favour (talking in context, of course).
@Sculpture of Soul: I think there's little ironic in what I said with regards to buying a book. I didn't just mention it, I explicitly stated it so as not to leave myself open to '...and you claim to be perfect?' type responses because I know I'm not perfect (pretty damned close, to be fair, but not quite) and I'm quite capable of want. Neither am I really seeking to change other people's behaviour other than with the line 'Don't buy into it'. I'm just expressing my opinions about the behaviour being exhibited at the moment and the manner in which people are acting - I find it base. Regardless of how much I've wanted something I've never found myself beating people out of the way in order to be first in the queue, I've never been blackmailed into buying something 'first' because of limited supplies, I've never stood in a line for three days regardless of how much I've wanted something - it's not really the medium, I guess, it's how the end result is acheived.
@AngelDaniel: Err, no. I'm most worthy, have few feelings of self-loathing and don't believe I'm the least bit jealous. Really, I've no need to be.
You think you have to behave in a certain way
Not necessarily. ...or that certain forms of behavior are better or worse than others.
Yes, some forms of behaviour are better than others - giving your seat to a pregnant lady is far better than kicking a cripple in front of a bus, don't you think? ...In my belief they are all the same because all behaviors are an illusion within a dream reality. Driving a car down a road is no more or less an illusion than buying a console at a mall or saving a tree from being cut down.
Rarely would I mock anothers belief system but I'm really not sure whether you're taking the pi55 here or not? The standards you're suggesting be upheld are just standards that apply within your culture or the segment of your culture that you identify with and may not be considered normal or desirable at all in another culture
Well, yes, you're right - I think queueing up for food for three days would be justifiable if there was none available but to satisfy a need for a diversion? Creating an opposition and a greater sense of separation between yourself and those people is just you taking advantage of the situation to make yourself look better because, after all, if the finger of wrongdoing is pointing firmly at them, you get off looking like an innocent victim
Who said anything about being a victim, and what's with all this psycho-analysis anyway? I have my flaws (sorry to admit it, but it's true) but I don't point out other people's flaws just to make myself feel better or to try to make myself look better in other people's eyes, that really ain't the way I work.@Warren:
How does this affect you, personally? It doesn't. So get on with your life and stop moaning about other people's pursuits and hobbies. Until they infringe upon your ability to live your life, it's not your concern
It might not affect me personally directly but I see the affect it has on others - there are adverts in the UK at the moment that imply you're a bad father if you don't shop at a particular place, if you don't buy a particular gift for your child, and that is blackmail at a most fundemental level. If people accept this attitude and accede to the demands for biggest and best and brightest and newest then it becomes the norm to resent not getting the biggest, brightest and best. That will have an impact on us all because there is still a divide between have's and have-not's, and that gulf is not getting any smaller.At the end of the day, people will do what they want to do - and who am I to stop them? But I'm allowed to express how crass I think it is in the same way you're allowed to express your opinions. It's just I'm right ;o)
Goodbye.