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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:32 PM Original message |
So, can any of you give me one reason why I should give a shit about the future? |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. thats the differance |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because you are no different. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. No, it isn't our nature. If it were, we would have become extinct long ago. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tell you what, I don't eat $12 of food a day |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. Funny how the generational thing is what you focused on. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. We agree completely about the system |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. You matter. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Yes I do, and thanks, but "God" has nothing to do with anything as it |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Who needs a hug? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. or a nap? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. yes, I can! |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. What a stupid answer |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Hey dude! Chill! |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Fair enough |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. My kids use "dude" without regard to gender so I didn't |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. hehe i call the wifey dude |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You're sweet- I chose to ignore the snark from that one though. |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Good one. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. "God will reward you in this lifetime?" |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Just personal beliefs |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. don't feed 'em, NC |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. And now for the "glass half-full" perspective... |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. There's been many times in my life when I've felt desperate |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-10-07 11:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I agree. Nothing like working with people who |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You don't even have to work with the people |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. What difference does it make? |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's an honest OP and there is alot of truth in it |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Because |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. because it matters to this starfish. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. Darwinists still have to rub shoulders with the rest of humanity |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Tell that to the 62 year old woman looking for someplace to hide tonight |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Newsflash.. |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. "Cleaning up our crap"? We gave your generation the longest economic expansion in U.S. history... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Go sell that crap to someone that is interested. Lies, damn lies, and statistics. n/t |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
60. "We?" "Gave?" "thank-you?" you're a little too far gone to work with. n/t |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
28. Someone said, |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
29. Move. |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. Because it's all any of us has to look forward to. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
31. Greyhound, do you need a racetrack? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. Time is short. You don't give a shit? Then I'll talk to some of the other 6 billion. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Because, hopefully, you're going to live in it. As will many of us. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. Cause as the boomers retire it will become an employees market |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I wonder how many boomers won't be able to retire? I'll bet more than one imagines there |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. You are forgetting that we ALL live in this world & it makes NO difference if you're a boomer or not |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. As a early boomer I don't feel like we are all it this together |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Both my parents & my husbands parents grew up in the depression. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
43. why should you care? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. LOL! |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
44. I don't know how you're going to do it, but |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. the sun also rises -- somewhat later these days, but it does rise |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Thanks dude, but that isn't what's going on, this is strictly a DU phenomenon. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. To quote you: |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Two things; one was a typo, left out the word for, as in |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Yeah, well Aristotle also said |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. One reason |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
52. gee, you've captured my state of mind almost exactly . . . |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
53. That is one excellent post, greyhound. It IS the heart of the matter. |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. Because, it's obvious from your observations that, you are NOT a barbarian. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
56. I felt the same way about the "greatest generation". |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
57. You should care about it because the future doesn't care about you |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
58. Fuck the future! |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
59. Yes |
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