Yeah, first thing I thought of was...WTF is he bothering with a tiny tablet screen for the bedroom or exercising when most people have nice big Televisions for such things?
At the gym, they have big flatscreen tvs there....at home, well I have my big tv in the living room (59" plasma)...and if I want to exercise I do it there..but bedrooms and hell, even the office have minimum 27" televisions or monitors hooked to whatever....why bothering with a tiny tablet for viewing long running content??
YEAH! Cuz there are no STDs other than AIDS to worry about...
Hey...if we can get back to the good old days, where anything you caught could be cleared up with a shot, and wouldn't kill you....talk about life being good!!!
Getting a STD isn't good, but getting rid of AIDs threat means you don't really worrying about dying when you fuck.
Big difference. With one, you itch...with the other you cease to process oxygen any more.
The last few times I've gone through security, and they tried to move me to the scanner rather than just the simple metal detector, I asked for a manual pat down.
Every time I have asked for this, the guard I asked said "Oh, but there's no radiation on these scanners", and I still insisted.
I try these days to make sure to get there in plenty enough time (1.5 hours before flight leaves) to request manual pat down, if more people would do it...they'd start seeing they have a problem maybe.
Man...if you can't get laid the day they cure AIDs...you really have some problems.
I would dare say the divorce rate would spike at least a little too.
I mean, a great deal of guys got married over the past few years, with a large contributing factor being more regular 'safe' sex. If a guy doesn't have to be worried about that, then well...no real reason to be that monogamous again!!!
And, I'd definitely want to sell my stock in the condom companies. GEEZ, nothing worse than a chick insisting you wear a rubber.
Just as much fun as eating one on your tongue while eating a steak. Sure, you know there is supposed to be a pleasant sensation going on there...but just isn't really worth the effort for the most part. Bareback becomes the 'norm' again. Put her on the pill, and have some FUN again!!
My wife died in 2006 when I was 42; we were together for 20 years. We lived responsibly, partly because she was 19 years older than me and would retire way before me, so I'm debt-free and don't need to work (ever again), but do because I haven't yet figured out what I want to do with my self/life and I'd be bored otherwise. My house is quiet and lonely enough on the weekends as it is, I don't need that 24/7.
Sorry to hear about your loss, but why are you alone?
That was about 7 years ago...do you not have a bunch of other friends or people you can do things with? When you were married, did you not keep close friends then...or was it just you and her and no outside people?
You're near 50....hell, get out there, meet another woman, they are a dime a dozen out there. Get laid. Hell, if you want..get involved.
I know there is a period of grieving, but you're still in this world, and I doubt your wife would want you to be down forever. Get out and enjoy yourself. If you don't have to work for a living...get out and find something to do.
Have you ever been a tourist in your own town?
Once, when I was in between contracts for about 7mos...I got up each day....walked the dog, hit the gym for a couple hours...and in the afternoons, I'd hop on my motorcycle and do something different every day. I went to check out the various museums...stuff like that.
And if you like computers...tinker with those.
And start to embrace some 'alone time'. I love my alone time, make use of it to do things that having someone around all the time can distract you from, like maybe learning a new language.
And hell...TRAVEL. If you have the means, go somewhere. How about this spring, go rent a bungalow in Key West and go party on Duval street and dine out for a week? Plenty of people to meet there or anywhere else you travel.
There's not a lack of things to do in this world at all, just pick something and GO.
Good luck. Again, sorry about your wife passing, but after 7 years, you really need to be moving on and enjoying the rest of your life. Your a the midpoint now, don't waste time!!
Do you try beating him yourself, knowing that you can do it if you try hard enough? Or do you download a Chess bot to play for you and certainly beat Bobby? One is easier, but less fun, right?
Download the chess bot of course.
That way, I can maximize my time while that is going on, do to something else to earn MORE money..or to go have fun.
with the chess bot, I could be earning money AND at the same time, having a drink with friends at a bar?
No other possible decision. Whatever it takes to maximize MY life.
Most, if not all of those things above safety don't really require money (maybe family aka children because you have to provide their needs). In fact working to much may detract from some of them, and good job can provide easily provide items in the Self-actualization, and Esteem categories with no money paid.
Maybe you pay for friendships, intimacy, self-esteem.. Sure the basic necessities of life cost money but today as a percentage of income they are much less than throughout history. All you need is a place to live, food to eat, be able to go to the doctor. 100 years ago how many people went do a doctor? To satisfy these you don't need the best just enough to meet your needs.
I have plenty self esteem...that's easy, in fact, I have no concept on how people can go without it...it is easy to 'love' one's self. That should just come naturally.
I don't want kids, they would be a drain on my finances and time, a sacrifice I'm not willing to make... I like doing what I do with the freedom to come and go as I please, and not have to answer to anyone else on what I choose to spend MY money on. I'm very giving with friends and family, but it is by choice...not a necessity that I sacrifice for others.
I have a nice home, I have LOTS of nice toys (cars, computers, upteen different hobbies that require stuff)...
My needs are to be free to travel, spend money on friends, meet,date and bed some women as they come along my path...etc.
Just existing (only shelter, food, etc)...is NOT living. This is the only shot at life I have...I intend to make the most of it and experience a ton of it (and I already have a LOT there)....that is what fuels my life, existence and desire to go forward.
That all requires money as fuel. So, I do what I have to to get money, to fun what is fun.
Just getting by on what you NEED to live...to me, is a wasted life.
Why would doing something you like for money stop being fun.
It ceases or becomes less fun, when you are dependant on that money for living, it introduces worry about the money, more than the enjoyment of the task.
And again...things I like to do, make very no money or not nearly enough to support my lifestyle.
For instance.
I like to cook. I do it for friends and neighbors and myself. If I were a lottery winner, I might possibly buy a small restaurant, and open it to cook stuff for whenever I felt like it. Frankly, if you make something small, good and hard to get into, foodies will flock to it.
However, in the past, I did food service for a living, and it is TOUGH...hours and work.
I hope I NEVER have to do that again for a living, to have my livelihood depend on the stress and strain of doing that to live.
However, if I had extreme wealth...I could open a place do it for fun.....open when I felt, whatever, but if I didn't feel like doing it that day, I wouldn't have to.
With a 'job' or 'work'...you don't have that option because you depend on it for money, and that adds strain and decreases or destroys the fun in it.
That's just sad. While money is certainly one motivator, there are plenty of others, and what motivates you the most depends upon your current life situation. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs [wikipedia.org]
Well, many if not most of the things I see on that pyramid are what I call necessities of life.
To attain all of those...you need Money, and in these times, LOTS of money.
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Therefore to satisfy my needs, I have to do something (preferably legal) to earn enough money so I can have the necessities and the things I like to do on "my" time.
A job is merely a means to that end....I earn money, with money I can do things that please me.
If I did not have to earn another dime, and was wealthy enough to never have to work again...I have no problem filling my time with entertaining things to do.
Yes, my main needs is $$$, in today's world, it is the ONE thing that allows me to do what I want, where I want and enjoy myself.
Anyone that seriously says money does not buy them happiness, PLEASE, send said fulfilling financial tokens my way, and I assure you that I can put them to good use making the rest of my life extremely comfortable, full and happy.
Maybe you just haven't found the right job/career yet?
Well, I've not seen any job openings for Lottery Winner.
There's things I LOVE to do...but again, they don't pay any money, or, if I did some for money, they do not pay enough money to allow me to live the lifestyle I like and buy the things I want.
Both you and the parent are confusing "work" and "job".
Well, work and job both have connotations of doing something you generally don't enjoy. It wouldn't be called work or a job if you enjoyed it.
There's tons of things I LOVE to do...but wouldn't get paid for, or..if I did them for money (again assuming I have a dependence on earning an income to live), they would cease to become fun really.
There was even a lawsuit a couple years ago where a guy won benefits from the company that he was contracting for.. Not health care benefits but he is now allowed to go to the company parties and all of that stuff. Going through the middle man consulting firm, stupid though it may be, adds a layer between the employer and you making them safer against the IRS reclassifying you as an employee. Also, wrt the lawsuit I mentioned when that all went down my employer instituted a new rule that no contractor could work for them for more than 1 year. You'd have to take off at least 90 days, and then could return.
Yup, and that motherfucker damned near fucked up a good thing for us!!
There is no loyalty by employers anymore.
If you're gonna have the job stability (none) of a contractor, you might as well get the bill rate as a contractor, so you can plan for downtime, etc...
So money is the only thing that motivates you to work?
Of course it is....? Are you kidding?
I'd assume that is the case for most people out there.
If I won the lottery tomorrow, with enough money to never work again, I'd be out of here so fast it would make your head swim.
I'd likely not even bother coming back for my stuff at my desk (not that much there, nothing really personal).
The only reason I work...is to earn as much money as possible, which gives me the means to pay for the life and lifestyle I enjoy. If I didn't have to burn hours working for money, I can tell you, I could easily spend the rest of my life pursing happiness to the fullest!!
I like to travel, date various women, I have hobbies, I have TONS of things that I'd be doing every day if I didn't have to bother coming to a job to work.
Why would anyone work if they didn't have to?
I know there are some fringe cases out there, people who apparently actually define themselves by their jobs. They're also the ones that hit deep depression or get really overly upset if they lose their job, or something goes wrong at work at times.
I've never understood that, I guess I never will.
I'm defined by myself, and I really, really do LIKE myself....and would love to not have to work, and spend more time having fun and doing interesting things.
Are you just joking, or do you actually work for any other reason than making money?
I don't have a car. I can certainly afford one, but I did the maths and it's more cost effective to pay $100 more in rent per week to live walking distance to work, than to pay the amortised cost of car purchase, maintenance, fuel and parking. Plus, I get more exercise!
Ok, but how do you get laid?
I mean, I can't imagine trying to date a girl (especially first dates) and using the bus, or only going to places within walking distance (during non-inclement weather).
...when exactly will the 'blessed' leader of the country work hard to end the war on drugs, and push legislation on the federal level to at least allow the states to decide if they want pot to be legal?
I mean, he used it (very documented) and enjoyed it, and he doesn't have to worry about being re-elected, so, when will he push for something that I'd guess a majority of his supporters and followers would support?
Those with training (NRA classes, LE, current/former military) who are willing to undergo a reasonable background check (felonies/criminal, fingerprints, mental health history) should be allowed to purchase any semiautomatic rifle or handgun...
I'd be ok somewhat with this IF, they could guarantee in law, that once the checks are done, the results and information regarding a person having a check done are deleted and perm. removed.
That along with the weapon registration information.
The only reason the govt. needs information on gun owners and weapons on file...is to make things easier if they ever are able to pass laws to confiscate and remove the weapons.
Once a person is found legal to buy the weapon, the govt. really has no need to know in the future if that person has a weapon.
I mean, if you're got enough disposable income to buy video games and gear, then likely you have a decent enough job that you need reliable transportation to get there and back.
In the US (and this is a US centric site), most cities this is a requirement.
...while we're at it stop giving people money to have more children. Tax breaks I get, but there are people that pay no taxes and are given govt aid for each kid they have.
Actually, we should do away with the child tax credits too, hell, parents should pay MORE since their kids use up more resources. The way it is now, the single or couples with no kids are subsidizing those other peoples' kids.
And no...I do not believe that any couple on the edge of deciding to have a kid, thought "Hey, I'll get a tax credit" and that was what tipped the scales for them to reproduce.
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At the gym, they have big flatscreen tvs there....at home, well I have my big tv in the living room (59" plasma)...and if I want to exercise I do it there..but bedrooms and hell, even the office have minimum 27" televisions or monitors hooked to whatever....why bothering with a tiny tablet for viewing long running content??
Hey...if we can get back to the good old days, where anything you caught could be cleared up with a shot, and wouldn't kill you....talk about life being good!!!
Getting a STD isn't good, but getting rid of AIDs threat means you don't really worrying about dying when you fuck.
Big difference. With one, you itch...with the other you cease to process oxygen any more.
Every time I have asked for this, the guard I asked said "Oh, but there's no radiation on these scanners", and I still insisted.
I try these days to make sure to get there in plenty enough time (1.5 hours before flight leaves) to request manual pat down, if more people would do it...they'd start seeing they have a problem maybe.
I would dare say the divorce rate would spike at least a little too.
I mean, a great deal of guys got married over the past few years, with a large contributing factor being more regular 'safe' sex. If a guy doesn't have to be worried about that, then well...no real reason to be that monogamous again!!!
And, I'd definitely want to sell my stock in the condom companies. GEEZ, nothing worse than a chick insisting you wear a rubber.
Just as much fun as eating one on your tongue while eating a steak. Sure, you know there is supposed to be a pleasant sensation going on there...but just isn't really worth the effort for the most part. Bareback becomes the 'norm' again. Put her on the pill, and have some FUN again!!
Good luck....you'll do fine. I wish you the best!!
Well, I'll take the millions, but I don't see any possibility for any type of loathing, especially for 'self'.
I BEG of the powers that be.
Please give me the chance to prove everyone wrong that says that winning the lottery does not make you happier.
I assure you...I will be ecstatic the rest of my days.
Sorry to hear about your loss, but why are you alone?
That was about 7 years ago...do you not have a bunch of other friends or people you can do things with? When you were married, did you not keep close friends then...or was it just you and her and no outside people?
You're near 50....hell, get out there, meet another woman, they are a dime a dozen out there. Get laid. Hell, if you want..get involved.
I know there is a period of grieving, but you're still in this world, and I doubt your wife would want you to be down forever. Get out and enjoy yourself. If you don't have to work for a living...get out and find something to do.
Have you ever been a tourist in your own town?
Once, when I was in between contracts for about 7mos...I got up each day....walked the dog, hit the gym for a couple hours...and in the afternoons, I'd hop on my motorcycle and do something different every day. I went to check out the various museums...stuff like that.
And if you like computers...tinker with those.
And start to embrace some 'alone time'. I love my alone time, make use of it to do things that having someone around all the time can distract you from, like maybe learning a new language.
And hell...TRAVEL. If you have the means, go somewhere. How about this spring, go rent a bungalow in Key West and go party on Duval street and dine out for a week? Plenty of people to meet there or anywhere else you travel.
There's not a lack of things to do in this world at all, just pick something and GO.
Good luck. Again, sorry about your wife passing, but after 7 years, you really need to be moving on and enjoying the rest of your life. Your a the midpoint now, don't waste time!!
Download the chess bot of course.
That way, I can maximize my time while that is going on, do to something else to earn MORE money..or to go have fun.
with the chess bot, I could be earning money AND at the same time, having a drink with friends at a bar?
No other possible decision. Whatever it takes to maximize MY life.
After all, I only get one!!
I have plenty self esteem...that's easy, in fact, I have no concept on how people can go without it...it is easy to 'love' one's self. That should just come naturally.
I don't want kids, they would be a drain on my finances and time, a sacrifice I'm not willing to make... I like doing what I do with the freedom to come and go as I please, and not have to answer to anyone else on what I choose to spend MY money on. I'm very giving with friends and family, but it is by choice...not a necessity that I sacrifice for others.
I have a nice home, I have LOTS of nice toys (cars, computers, upteen different hobbies that require stuff)...
My needs are to be free to travel, spend money on friends, meet,date and bed some women as they come along my path...etc.
Just existing (only shelter, food, etc)...is NOT living. This is the only shot at life I have...I intend to make the most of it and experience a ton of it (and I already have a LOT there)....that is what fuels my life, existence and desire to go forward.
That all requires money as fuel. So, I do what I have to to get money, to fun what is fun.
Just getting by on what you NEED to live...to me, is a wasted life.
It ceases or becomes less fun, when you are dependant on that money for living, it introduces worry about the money, more than the enjoyment of the task.
And again...things I like to do, make very no money or not nearly enough to support my lifestyle.
For instance.
I like to cook. I do it for friends and neighbors and myself. If I were a lottery winner, I might possibly buy a small restaurant, and open it to cook stuff for whenever I felt like it. Frankly, if you make something small, good and hard to get into, foodies will flock to it.
However, in the past, I did food service for a living, and it is TOUGH...hours and work.
I hope I NEVER have to do that again for a living, to have my livelihood depend on the stress and strain of doing that to live.
However, if I had extreme wealth...I could open a place do it for fun.....open when I felt, whatever, but if I didn't feel like doing it that day, I wouldn't have to.
With a 'job' or 'work'...you don't have that option because you depend on it for money, and that adds strain and decreases or destroys the fun in it.
Well, many if not most of the things I see on that pyramid are what I call necessities of life.
To attain all of those...you need Money, and in these times, LOTS of money.
. Therefore to satisfy my needs, I have to do something (preferably legal) to earn enough money so I can have the necessities and the things I like to do on "my" time.
A job is merely a means to that end....I earn money, with money I can do things that please me.
If I did not have to earn another dime, and was wealthy enough to never have to work again...I have no problem filling my time with entertaining things to do.
Yes, my main needs is $$$, in today's world, it is the ONE thing that allows me to do what I want, where I want and enjoy myself.
Anyone that seriously says money does not buy them happiness, PLEASE, send said fulfilling financial tokens my way, and I assure you that I can put them to good use making the rest of my life extremely comfortable, full and happy.
Well, I've not seen any job openings for Lottery Winner. There's things I LOVE to do...but again, they don't pay any money, or, if I did some for money, they do not pay enough money to allow me to live the lifestyle I like and buy the things I want.
I have some fairly expensive hobbies.
Well, work and job both have connotations of doing something you generally don't enjoy. It wouldn't be called work or a job if you enjoyed it.
There's tons of things I LOVE to do...but wouldn't get paid for, or..if I did them for money (again assuming I have a dependence on earning an income to live), they would cease to become fun really.
Yup, and that motherfucker damned near fucked up a good thing for us!!
There is no loyalty by employers anymore.
If you're gonna have the job stability (none) of a contractor, you might as well get the bill rate as a contractor, so you can plan for downtime, etc...
Of course it is....? Are you kidding?
I'd assume that is the case for most people out there.
If I won the lottery tomorrow, with enough money to never work again, I'd be out of here so fast it would make your head swim.
I'd likely not even bother coming back for my stuff at my desk (not that much there, nothing really personal).
The only reason I work...is to earn as much money as possible, which gives me the means to pay for the life and lifestyle I enjoy. If I didn't have to burn hours working for money, I can tell you, I could easily spend the rest of my life pursing happiness to the fullest!!
I like to travel, date various women, I have hobbies, I have TONS of things that I'd be doing every day if I didn't have to bother coming to a job to work.
Why would anyone work if they didn't have to?
I know there are some fringe cases out there, people who apparently actually define themselves by their jobs. They're also the ones that hit deep depression or get really overly upset if they lose their job, or something goes wrong at work at times.
I've never understood that, I guess I never will.
I'm defined by myself, and I really, really do LIKE myself....and would love to not have to work, and spend more time having fun and doing interesting things.
Are you just joking, or do you actually work for any other reason than making money?
This man is my God!!!!
Now....how can I implement something of this sort? Just need to learn my lessons where this guy screwed up.
Ok, no unauthorized VPN's into the work network, do all that from home is a start.
I'll bet they thought that too...in Australia.
Ok, but how do you get laid?
I mean, I can't imagine trying to date a girl (especially first dates) and using the bus, or only going to places within walking distance (during non-inclement weather).
So, no need to act on this too terribly quickly.
I mean, he used it (very documented) and enjoyed it, and he doesn't have to worry about being re-elected, so, when will he push for something that I'd guess a majority of his supporters and followers would support?
Mr. Obama, are you listening?
I'd be ok somewhat with this IF, they could guarantee in law, that once the checks are done, the results and information regarding a person having a check done are deleted and perm. removed.
That along with the weapon registration information.
The only reason the govt. needs information on gun owners and weapons on file...is to make things easier if they ever are able to pass laws to confiscate and remove the weapons.
Once a person is found legal to buy the weapon, the govt. really has no need to know in the future if that person has a weapon.
Doesn't most everyone?
I mean, if you're got enough disposable income to buy video games and gear, then likely you have a decent enough job that you need reliable transportation to get there and back.
In the US (and this is a US centric site), most cities this is a requirement.
So, yes...it should be a safe assumption.
Actually, we should do away with the child tax credits too, hell, parents should pay MORE since their kids use up more resources. The way it is now, the single or couples with no kids are subsidizing those other peoples' kids.
And no...I do not believe that any couple on the edge of deciding to have a kid, thought "Hey, I'll get a tax credit" and that was what tipped the scales for them to reproduce.
People fuck, they have kids...tax breaks or no...