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Living without "stuff" (pg. 2)
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| StanVoid |
| what about porn? |
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| Project-K |
| quote: | Originally posted by StanVoid
what about porn? |
Luckily, 21th century porn has become an intangible good. |
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| StanVoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
Luckily, 21th century porn has become an intangible good. |
not if you're serious about it. i still rock the mags & VHS tapes. |
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| nchs09 |
| Its called "being poor" |
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| julien2 |
What you say in your original post is a common feeling for many north americans who feel that the over-obsession with compulsive consumerism gives them what some would call a "golden prison cell".
It is a fact that the more things you own, the more problems you have with those things, and the more stressful owning those things get. As George Carlin once said in one of his routines, "houses are only made to hold our stuff, and when we buy more stuff, we get a bigger house, so we can put our stuff in it and lock it so we can go buy more stuff".
Voluntary simplicity is an old concept (partly pioneered by a Quebecois named Serge Mongeau) which is rapidly gaining supporters all around the world.
You may want to read about it. |
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| inconspicuous |
When I build my first house, I just want to make it a giant, windowless structure, with all storage being concealed in automated, motorized drawer/shelf systems that go back inside the wall--including the bed. The only things I plan on having in the open are a few chairs & tables and audio equipment.
new avatar related. |
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| Capitalizt |
Sorry..cant live without my stuff. It's nice to be able to get drunk on weekends and pass out on the lazyboy or couch. Or to pop in a PS2 game for a few hours of fun when people come over.
I like listening to music on a decent 5 speaker surround system, rather than crappy 2.1 computer speakers.
I like having a dresser for clothes, rather than throwing everything into a random pile in the corner.
I like being able to grill burgers out on my charcoal grill, rather than giving them the bland taste of pan frying.
A comfortable seat to lean back and read a book or magazine...a little pre-lit Christmas tree around Christmas... It's nice to have stuff sometimes.
As long as you don't buy crap you'll never use, stuff rules. |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
Of course, that's not realisticly attainable (unless I were filthy rich), so I aim to get as close to that as possible. |
or completely destitute. I think it's a lot easier to attain the goal of owning nothing except what can fit into your pockets if you're broke as hell. When I used to rent a place, I would think "dammit I want to own my own place... throwing away my money on rent." But now that I own a house I think, "man it was a lot easier when I was renting... so much less responsibility and less stress."
I commend you though if that's what you want to do and if that's what's going to make you happy. I have no idea how you manage without a cell phone in this day and age though. I guess I'm just a slave to technology. You should move to some southeast asian country and live in a hut on the beach where it's cheap and you don't need a lot of money. |
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| woscar99 |
| Those pictures reminded me of Moby's apartment on MTV Cribs. I couldn't find a video of it :whip: |
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| inconspicuous |
| yeah, but moby went to the expensive part of ikea. |
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| Omega_Blue |
did you get the idea of mnml living from that pic or is it actually your own?
i need stuff, i'm a packrat (for example when moving recently, i packed everything, even that i could probably assume that i wouldn't need, "just in case"). you never know when you might need some random cable or adapter, or whatever.
i actually had a pretty similar idea as yours, but i was 19, and tripping on mushrooms. the next day i scrapped it. the reason we have "stuff" is to make our lives more convenient, so get rid of the that makes your life more difficult and keep the that makes life easier.
i suppose in the longrun you'll save a ton of money :gsmile: |
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