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| scrivener | 23rd September 2007 - 12:45 PM Post #16 |
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So now we know how stinky puts his moves on the ladies....
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| Akai-Chan | 23rd September 2007 - 02:55 PM Post #17 |
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Rawrrrr! (Monster)
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Haha it wasn't actually Stinky who did that, he was just there and being a very silent Bob... Next I heard of him after that he sent me pictures of himself with a soviet flag... Why did I not just run and hide then? Peace Red
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| GrimviewGrot | 23rd September 2007 - 10:48 PM Post #18 |
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The Uber-Grot
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Honestly... I don't know... some things were rather... unpleasant... but I'd really rather not risk humpin' up how things are now, as bugger has actually managed to achieve a sort of balance... So... I probably wouldn't. But depending on my mood on a given day, my answer may change. But most of the time it'd be a no, I think. Edit-> You had to change it to "humping?" Seriously? Come on..... you could've at least made it something vaguely similar in sound, guys... |
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| scrivener | 23rd September 2007 - 11:23 PM Post #19 |
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Oh. So now we know how Stinky puts his moves on the ladies. With a soviet flag... I wouldn't wish to turn back time. Doing so means you'll change your whole life as you know it, and I kinda like my current one, flaws, mistakes, regrets and all. It's not what happens to you, but how you respond to them, that makes you who you are, and its the bad stuff as much as the good stuff that can help shape you for the better. So why turn back time to change who you are, when you can do the same today? |
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| Festering Chantor | 24th September 2007 - 01:11 PM Post #20 |
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Unholy Preacher
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Don't read this if you can't handle Dooms-day theories and shameless self pity. I'm only writing this because it's something I've been thinking about every single day for the last five years. Especially since I had to memorise Eriksons theory of Social Development in Social Science class. Where did it all go wrong? What if? (Self pity) -I wish my parents had gotten more kids, or that we hadn't moved so many times, so I wouldn't have been alone so much the first six years of my life. -I wish my parents hadn't sendt me to a Christian Private School for ten years, so I wouldn't have had such a complicated relationship with God, because of all the fanatics, fundamentalists and bigots I ran into there. -I wish my parents hadn't told me to "turn the other chin" when the other kids picked on me because I was fat as a kid and used glasses, then perhaps I wouldn't have waited untill high school before learning to stand up for my self and hit back. -I wish I hadn't worked so hard the first eight years of school so that I wouldn't have been burnt out when our grades actually started counting for for something. -I wish I hadn't been cursed by deep depression when I was only 14. -I wish Bush hadn't been elected President of the United States in 2000, then I wouldn't have been the left-wing extremist everyone loves to hate. -I wish I hadn't fallen in love with a girl that was too good for me in junior high, so it wouldn't have hurt so bad to know that I had never talked to her and would never see her again when I finished junior high. -I wish I hadn't killed that feeling by crushing on a girl in high school that turned out to be the most self-centered person I have ever met, I wish I never thought she was my friend and that she wouldn't just tire of talking about herself to me and find new people to talk to. -I wish I hadn't developed angst and an irrational fear of the CIA when I turned 17 and quit school. -I wish I'd stayed at the youth mental ward for the entirety of my evaluation period, perhaps they could've helped me then. -I wish I hadn't met my first and only girlfriend, I wish I'd never entered a long distance relationship with her, and I wish I din't go into a mental social coma for half a year when we broke up. -I wish I hadn't met the girl I was in love with in junior high again, and ripped up all those old heartrending feelings. -I wish I hadn't gone back to school, and I wish I didn't work so damnable hard when I know I'll never get top grades again. -I wish I hadn't met the local leader of the youth party of the Norwegian Communist party and seen how less they cared. -I wish my shrinks wouldn't give me sugarpills instead of Anti-Depressives or Anti-Psychotica. -I wish I was more like the people I hate, who cares only for themselves and thus are popular and happy. -I wish there weren't so many people whose conditions are so much worse than mine, making me feel bad about feeling bad. -Sometimes I wish I was never born. It doesn't help to look at the past, present nor the future though. (Doomsday part) According to the Mayan calender the world will end on the 21st of December 2014. The super-volcano under Yellowstone Park could erupt at any time, blotting out the sun and plunging earth into another ice-age. Global-warming will be an irreversible catastrophy in less that 50 years. The population on earth will continue to grow and soon there will not be enough food for everyone. The earth's core will cool somewhere between 100 and 1000 years from now destroying earth's magnetic field and the earth will be scoured by solar radiation just like Mars was before our time. The sun will die in a few billion years. Most of these things I've learnt in school by disillusioned teachers that try to keep the attention of spoiled brats who'll cruise through life on their looks alone. And Stinky's a commie? When did that happen? |
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| Skaven Lord Vinshqueek | 24th September 2007 - 01:45 PM Post #21 |
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Bunny ear says flop
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*nods*... I would. Though, I prefer 'adjusting' instead of 'changing'. Greetz |
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| Mebob | 24th September 2007 - 02:14 PM Post #22 |
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Very very interesting post here. And i know one thing that would have a really big impact on my life. A single conversation between me and lewis. He was telling me about how his girlfriend was annoying him with her "my life is worse than yours" convesation. I then told him i agreed and that i thought whenever i told her something that i was upset about she would say something to top it. He then told his girlfriend a bit later, she got annoyed and didn't speak to me for a few months and didn't tell me why she was annoyed at me until a few months ago. Now how would that have an impact on my life? Well, i had recently come out of a 7 month relationship i was a tad upset about, my friend lewis had a plan to hook me up with his girlfriends best friend. He got us both together in an attempt to get us to like each other. It worked, we were going to then meet up again later, but Lew's girlfriend then stopped talking to me (because of what i had said). Therefore i never got to meet up with her best friend again (until a few weeks ago). Now this was around the time my parents were wondering if i wanted to emigrate, if it had gone to plan and we did hook up, i would of been happy here (atleast for a while) and decided not to of gone. |
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| Sebrent | 24th September 2007 - 05:04 PM Post #23 |
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Like I said before, the "if I had done this instead, this would've happened" isn't entirely true. You just think that because when you imagine something differently, it's how you imagine it. I'll use my life as an example... but keep in mind, these are not things I actually wish I could go back and change ... they are just examples #1: "Wish": I wish my parents didn't spend on all their time with my older brother (my father) and younger sister (my mother) and spent more time with me. Possible results: I could have developed better relationships with my parents when I was younger and been more of an extrovert ... however, I could've been much less independent and become like my sister is now and take my parents for granted. #2 "Wish": I wish I hadn't spent so much time playing computer games when I was younger. Possible results: I could have spent even more time on the sports I played and then made a career out of it. However, I would have probably not had my best friend (who I've known since I was 4 ... for almost 19 years... longer than many of you are old) nor my other best friend (known since I was 8). I also may not have developed my affinity for computers and then not ended up a computer scientist which I love and am good at. #3 "Wish": I wish my mom had not taken out the divorce on my brother and I. Possible results: I would trust my mother more now, have a better relationship with her, and not have those memories[/b]. However, I might not have become as durable and strong mentally and physically as I am now if I had not gone through that hardship.... possibly causing problems further down the road. #4 "Wish": I wish I had decided to go to the Naval Academy rather than the University I decided to go to with my girlfriend (now my wife). Possible results: I could have gone there, had an education and work experience that anyone would covet, and been in great shape. However, I also probably wouldn't have ended up married to Kirsten, nor of had my son, Jack, and be tied up in the U.S. Navy's operations for the four years after I graduated. Also, who is to say that all my awards and experiences at this university don't add up to the same or better than what I would've received from the naval academy? I hope I've made my points. You don't really know what would have happened if something in your past had gone differently. Also, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Everyone has "problems", "experiences", etc, and they are what make you who you are today, though they don't force you into what you are, you ultimately make the decision(s). |
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| Akai-Chan | 24th September 2007 - 06:23 PM Post #24 |
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Really good points there Sebrent As Stephen Covey said:"While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions" I think that sums it up great There is one thing I used to want to change, but I thought about pretty much every posisble outcome I could think of. None were all that good compared to the life I have now. I consider myself very lucky (when I'm thinkign straight) and wouldn't change anything in my past, just so I can stay here. I wouldn't give it up for the world Have any of you seen the Butterfly Effect? That's pretty relevant to this... Peace Red
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| Mormeguil | 24th September 2007 - 08:49 PM Post #25 |
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Well i truly wonfer what I would like to change. On one side i wish i was more "normal" you know to actually like going out having a beer party and all that. On the other end, if I did it would probably have entirely changed a large aspect of myself one that would affect the rest of personality. As such I would be a totally different person. So now the real question is: Is it better to be aware and (relatively) sad. or Is it better to be ignorent and happy/carefree. |
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| Blood Vixen | 24th September 2007 - 09:29 PM Post #26 |
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to be a more spoilt child for a few minutes and not move from the shopping centre before the crash
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| scrivener | 24th September 2007 - 11:47 PM Post #27 |
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BV actually raised a point that reminded me of something: it's not just your actions today changing the course of the future, but your experiences changing you as a person. Who would you be if you hadn't learned from that big regret because it never happened? What would your character be if you hadn't grown stronger from facing a tragedy? Would you want to be that person? Butterfly Effect was actually a pretty good movie despite Kutcher (i saw the DVD version, where he strangled himself with his umbilical cord, so the ending was not as hollywood). |
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| Decker_cky | 24th September 2007 - 11:58 PM Post #28 |
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Master of the Deamonic Leash of Numbers and the Armor of Updates
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That's actually the main reason I wouldn't change the past. Forget unforeseen consequences, I'm happy with the person I am. Am I perfect? No, there's alot of things I could change to make a 'better' self by most estimations. But I'm me and that's pretty good. To become me, I've had to experience all the good and bad experiences forming the basis for my personality, and the flaws are important as the strengths in forming just who I am. |
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| Akai-Chan | 25th September 2007 - 01:58 PM Post #29 |
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To be honest I don't think it would be about being perfect, cos no-one is, just changing slight things to try and make something better for yourself today. It might make it better or worse, you never know. I've found one thing I would have changed, but I don't think that would have affected my life today, it would have just been another good memory to fall back on that isn't there now
But what if the awareness made you happy? or vica versa? It all depends on different people and how they'd react... Peace Red [/color]
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| brownmccoy | 26th September 2007 - 12:24 AM Post #30 |
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I wish I didnt post in this thread. Pros: I wouldnt look like a tool for posting in this thread. Cons: I would want to post in this thread because I didnt already. |
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