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God Damnit! (pg. 14)
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| eRRaTiK |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
well, its over. amazing how slylee's problems get 13 pages.
mine get 1:sadgreen: nobody cares:( |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
well, its over. amazing how slylee's problems get 13 pages.
mine get 1:sadgreen: nobody cares:( |
Slylee is a hot, smart, witty life-of-the-party young lady from MIA...you're some dweb from Tampa...whats so amazing about it? |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
that's right...that was required reading in 8th grade:p |
Yeah thats when I read it...but I read it again a few months ago for fun. |
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| dj_bas |
| I've figured it out...he's spitting all this game talking about yachts and mountain climbing and wrestling bears because he's hung like a tic-tac. |
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| Slylee |
i appreciate that clovis:)
oh and the only required reading i liked and read again was catcher in the rye... |
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
i appreciate that clovis:)
oh and the only required reading i liked and read again was catcher in the rye... |
Then I probably read more than you. :wtf: |
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| ::TranceVanDyk:: |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis86
Slylee is a hot, smart, witty life-of-the-party young lady from MIA...you're some dweb from Tampa...whats so amazing about it? |
is truth is hurting.
well, if we're talking about required reading. i wrote a book report on (something) jim, about a guy in the royal navy. he abandons some muslim pilgrims when a storm is coming thinking the ship is going to sink, then he loses his rank, etc. the english teacher said i wrote a great report. but because i was honest and wrote in the last paragraph that i skimmed through the book, and read the cliff notes, i got a 50.
so i objected.
me: u told me i wrote a great report, why did i get a 50?
teacher: u said u didnt read the whole book.
me: so, i was honest? u want me to lie then next time?
teacher: it's your conscience, if u can live with that.
me: if i have to lie, i have no problem lying.
EDIT:: i lied about skimming through the book. i only found out that we had to write a book report 15 minutes before the class started, and i just studied a cliff notes. i didnt even know what book we had to have read. short-term memory FTW;) |
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| Flyboy217 |
| quote: | | preparing for those possibilities in no way means that you are any less committed to maintaining the status quo. |
In the terrorist attack scenario, the contingency plan is *never* preferable to the "no terrorist attak" case. In the relationship scenario, having to fall back on a supermodel backup is potentially better than maintaining your current relationship forever.
This is a crucial difference in the case of humans: having potentially brighter options *does* affect the dynamics of your current situtation, unless you're somehow specially immune to temptation. On the other hand, nobody is tempted to have a terrorist attack.
I do of course recognize the danger of being lax or complacent about security in light of having a contingency plan, but surely rationality is easier for humans to maintain (with effort) under this scenario than in an *emotionally* tempting one. |
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| Purple |
Total: 65811 votes
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| Trance Nutter |
Wheres the "pig on a spit" option?
Or the, "stfu Slylee, this is the 117th thread you've made about craig in the last 8 minutes" option?
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| Arbiter |
There's definitely some merit in what you're saying, but I'm not convinced the problems you describe are so much a consequence of having or considering possible "backups" as they are just the product of the reality that temptations can exist regardless of whether you seek them out or not.
| quote: | Originally posted by Flyboy217
In the terrorist attack scenario, the contingency plan is *never* preferable to the "no terrorist attak" case. In the relationship scenario, having to fall back on a supermodel backup is potentially better than maintaining your current relationship forever. |
If you truly believe that you've found someone who you're more compatible with than your current partner, it might be time to sit down and have a talk with your significant other about whether or not your relationship is the best thing for all parties involved. A relationship isn't supposed to be a cage, it's supposed to be something that both people want to stay involved in, and if you're committed to a relationship, it ought to be because you want to commit to it, not because you feel obligated to.
| quote: | | This is a crucial difference in the case of humans: having potentially brighter options *does* affect the dynamics of your current situtation, unless you're somehow specially immune to temptation. On the other hand, nobody is tempted to have a terrorist attack. |
Even if you're in a serious relationship, you're going to encounter people who will make an impression upon you that they might be compatible with you. I'm not sure that admitting to yourself that if you weren't involved anymore, you might want to consider looking into the possibility of forming a relationship with one of them is going to affect your current relationship any more than trying to deny it.
| quote: | | I do of course recognize the danger of being lax or complacent about security in light of having a contingency plan, but surely rationality is easier for humans to maintain (with effort) under this scenario than in an *emotionally* tempting one. |
I agree that maintaining good, rational judgement would be easier in the former case, but I'm not really sure that trying to block temptations out or push them off to the side really does all that much to mitigate the possibility of one's present relationship being affected by the existence of other options. |
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| Cloudburst |
| quote: | Originally posted by Purple
Total: 65811 votes
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Mods can edit polls and their result. |
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