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 Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 00:29 Post subject: My new PITA: "Get a life" |
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Why do people say "Get a life"? What does that mean? Does that mean "You should live like me"? If so, why? I'll live my own life, thanks.
I work on computers and when I come home I spend most of my time on the computer. People don't like that so they spout some nonsense. Even my grandmother told me to get a life. Pffft! Sick of hearing that.
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Esel_Gesi
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 00:51 Post subject: |
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This summer I want to go to the beach really early and bury a bumch of metal objects that say "get a life."
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 00:58 Post subject: |
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perhaps they are on sale somewhere and everybody wants you to get one? 
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 04:06 Post subject: |
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Maybe they mean get a real life, rather then a virtual one?
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 07:11 Post subject: |
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But I have a real life: I get up, I drive to work, I skip meetings and ignore coworkers, I come home and sit one the computer. What else is there?
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 07:37 Post subject: |
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| gliss wrote: | | But I have a real life: I get up, I drive to work, I skip meetings and ignore coworkers, I come home and sit one the computer. What else is there? |
Thats not what most people would define as a life, hence the phrase.
Thats existing.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 13:31 Post subject: |
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Ahh, but what works for one, may not work for another. And vice versa. It's like saying "hey man, get a new favorite desert" Or "play another sport".
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 15:35 Post subject: |
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well the popular meaning of "get a life" is: go outside, do all the drugs, fuck drunk sluts till you get an std.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 16:40 Post subject: |
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hehe thats true, because only people who dont go out often know the meaning of "get a life"
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deelix
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 16:58 Post subject: |
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define what "life" is?
Have lots of money, do lots of chix and live the life, and be a complete jerk who don't even know what the word "math" means...?
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roCcor
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 17:14 Post subject: |
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| deelix wrote: | define what "life" is?
Have lots of money, do lots of chix and live the life, and be a complete jerk who don't even know what the word "math" means...? |
Be happy with what you do and what you do NOT.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 19:36 Post subject: |
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I thought living a real life was about experiencing new things. Also it's about leaving your mark, affecting the world around you. Who will remember you when you're gone if you hardly ever leave the house?
Never has 'getting a life' been about getting drunk and shagging sluts. If thats what you think then maybe you need to look at your own lifestyle, because society isn't about that at all.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 19:41 Post subject: |
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Who will remember me? Well, if all goes as planned, not many. My goal is to live a long time with minimum fuss.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 19:47 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | I thought living a real life was about experiencing new things. Also it's about leaving your mark, affecting the world around you. Who will remember you when you're gone if you hardly ever leave the house?
Never has 'getting a life' been about getting drunk and shagging sluts. If thats what you think then maybe you need to look at your own lifestyle, because society isn't about that at all. |
You are not a dumb person Animalmother. You always have something smart to say. And you have right about what you say. Tho i don't know if im the person who will get known after my death =\
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 19:50 Post subject: |
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He doesn't mean be famous. He means making an impact on people around you somehow. Something that is impossible if the world around you is simply your own house.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 20:22 Post subject: |
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| Esel_Gesi wrote: | | He doesn't mean be famous. He means making an impact on people around you somehow. Something that is impossible if the world around you is simply your own house. |
Exactly. I would hate to think that at the end of my life, after I die, there will be nothing left of me, in any capacity, either tangible or intangible.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 20:38 Post subject: |
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| gliss wrote: | | Who will remember me? Well, if all goes as planned, not many. My goal is to live a long time with minimum fuss. |
Im with you, who cares if people are gonna remember me or not after I die. Impact or not, no need to fret about whether there will be anything left of you after you die, you're dead anyway.
The point is, be kind, not too greedy, aim for your goals whether its high or low, just live your life.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 20:39 Post subject: |
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If you try to start conversations about html tags i can appreciate what they mean j/k
But some ppl i know who say get a life watch big brother..
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 20:41 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | I thought living a real life was about experiencing new things. Also it's about leaving your mark, affecting the world around you. Who will remember you when you're gone if you hardly ever leave the house?
Never has 'getting a life' been about getting drunk and shagging sluts. If thats what you think then maybe you need to look at your own lifestyle, because society isn't about that at all. |
that was sarcasm, many people think only cuz they party hard and screw alot of chicks, their life is alot more meaningful than someone elses, which isnt true.
its as you said, you need to leave a lasting impression in your life, hence its also important to have offspring, but this is leading into another "meaning of life" debate
which is highly subjective. |
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 21:12 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | | Esel_Gesi wrote: | | He doesn't mean be famous. He means making an impact on people around you somehow. Something that is impossible if the world around you is simply your own house. |
Exactly. I would hate to think that at the end of my life, after I die, there will be nothing left of me, in any capacity, either tangible or intangible. |
I used to think like that. But everybody affects the world around you. Even those that spend time on their computer. Chaos theory - just talking on msn with somebody, and entertaining them so much that before you started talking to them they wanted to leave the house (where they could have affected the world in some very miniscule way, but the snowballs keeps rolling) but they didn't because you were there, changes the world.
And in the end, who cares. When you're dead, I'm sure the last thing you will think about was "oh gosh, I hope I left a mark on the world".
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 21:15 Post subject: |
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ya but you cant just use the butterfly effect theory on everything to do,
"i just farted, prolly humanity will change for the better in a few years".
you should do something where you can plan the outcome/aim for it, instead of relying on pure chance that you ve already done something meaningful.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 21:21 Post subject: |
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Not on everything. I doubt dropping your pen in class will cause a hurricane in Singapore - but it does with a lot.
I knew a guy who saw two nurses walking down a long, barren road. He used the dice - if it was even, he'd ask if they needed a ride. If it wasn't, he'd continue to drive.
It was even. Timeskip 50 years. The man has four children, and 8 grandchildren. His wife was one of those nurses.
That man was my grandfather. Over the generations to come, that decision will have helped shape the world.
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 21:32 Post subject: |
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| Esel_Gesi wrote: | | He doesn't mean be famous. He means making an impact on people around you somehow. Something that is impossible if the world around you is simply your own house. |
Understand. ill spend time with my family, ill just have to make one first....
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| Posted: Tue, 31st Jan 2006 22:08 Post subject: |
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| Praetori wrote: |
And in the end, who cares. When you're dead, I'm sure the last thing you will think about was "oh gosh, I hope I left a mark on the world". |
When you're on your deathbed thats the only thing you'll be thinking about. You're terminally ill and no-one cares, you're completely alone. You'll wish you'd done things differently.
Your life should be as full of as many experiences as you can make it, not just one thing.
It's about actually living rather then existing, you may be content with coasting through an unremarkable life, with nothing and no-one to distinguish you. But I and many other people certainly are not.
LOL, relying on the billion to one chance that chaos theory may result in your life actually meaning something. Pathetic.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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