Calling for mr. John Simmons
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Maybe I AM a fuckwit after all, who knows.
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Maybe I AM a fuckwit after all, who knows.
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Oh, I don't think so...
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Oh, I don't think so...
Sometimes I hate myself for what I say.
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Sometimes I hate myself for what I say.
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That's because you're still young. Don't worry about it, but also don't be so hard on yourself.
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That's because you're still young. Don't worry about it, but also don't be so hard on yourself.
Other people don't seem to have that problem...
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Other people don't seem to have that problem...
What? Being young or being hard on oneself? You're very bright - I suspect you realize that. I also think you under-rate yourself. You're 13 now, you are just beginning an important phase in your life. Take it slowly, there's no point in rushing to adulthood. I don't mean running around and acting like a general buffoon (you don't) - I mean take your time to learn and enjoy. Explore the things that interest you - even if those things are the diverse characters that inhabit this message board. Do it now. Enjoy it. Make sure to take it all in with a grain of salt. After 20 it just gets harder and harder. Don't take this the wrong way, but there's a saying "Youth is wasted on the young" - it will be a few more decades before you completely understand that, but eventually you'll get my point. By that time I'll be even more of a grumpy old man. My point is that I'd cash in all my chips tomorrow to be your age again.
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You should know by now how hostile the Lounge is. Despite the stupidity here, I find the Soapbox much more relaxing. I feel "imprisoned" in the Lounge - like I have to watch my every step. By the way, you've got quite the fan club. I've never had so many greyed out posts. You dragged over all the regular Lounge lizards and their itchy '1 vote' fingers.
modified on Thursday, May 8, 2008 1:45 AM
73Zeppelin wrote:
You should know by now how hostile the Lounge is. Despite the stupidity here, I find the Soapbox much more relaxing. I feel "imprisoned" in the Lounge - like I have to watch my every step.
I like to dance on the edge in the lounge. I got a lot of 1 votes yesterday too. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Hmmm, I don't think I've ever poked fun at the red man. I think I'm gonna have to work up some material. However, Indians from India make easy, inviting, and frequent targets.
What's interesting is that leckey says she's been using Dot Indians forever now. I always thought you coined the term and she picked it from you. You should have filed a patent on the term, just to ensure people credited you with having invented the term.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkHmmm, I don't remember coining the term, but leckey is free to continue using it. :)
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
What? Being young or being hard on oneself? You're very bright - I suspect you realize that. I also think you under-rate yourself. You're 13 now, you are just beginning an important phase in your life. Take it slowly, there's no point in rushing to adulthood. I don't mean running around and acting like a general buffoon (you don't) - I mean take your time to learn and enjoy. Explore the things that interest you - even if those things are the diverse characters that inhabit this message board. Do it now. Enjoy it. Make sure to take it all in with a grain of salt. After 20 it just gets harder and harder. Don't take this the wrong way, but there's a saying "Youth is wasted on the young" - it will be a few more decades before you completely understand that, but eventually you'll get my point. By that time I'll be even more of a grumpy old man. My point is that I'd cash in all my chips tomorrow to be your age again.
An hour and a half and I still don't know what to say...
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
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An hour and a half and I still don't know what to say...
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
It wasn't a word problem! I wasn't being insulting with the "youth is wasted on the young" quote. What I meant is that you don't realize how precious your time is when you're young until you get older. Maturity comes with heavier responsibilities and less free time to live and enjoy. As you get older you also have to face alot of unpleasant things along the way. I've done things and seen things I wish I hadn't - and that's the beauty of one's younger years: you get somewhat insulated from that. Anyways, I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I'm just giving you my perspective. You have an excellent head on your shoulders that will see you through.
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It wasn't a word problem! I wasn't being insulting with the "youth is wasted on the young" quote. What I meant is that you don't realize how precious your time is when you're young until you get older. Maturity comes with heavier responsibilities and less free time to live and enjoy. As you get older you also have to face alot of unpleasant things along the way. I've done things and seen things I wish I hadn't - and that's the beauty of one's younger years: you get somewhat insulated from that. Anyways, I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I'm just giving you my perspective. You have an excellent head on your shoulders that will see you through.
I wasn't insulted, I just literally had no idea what to say. Something that I've only comparatively recently ( :-D ) gathered, though, is that I, unlike probably everyone else in my year, actually enjoy (in fact, realise) the freedoms afforded to me. Yeah, I can't drink alcohol or drive or get into R-rated movies, but I can drink Coke and get driven places by mum (or just walk, which I often do, especially to school) and...well, I still can't get into R-rated movies. Actually, you know what I CAN do? Cartwheels. :cool: Oh, and apparently I can dance too! Like, ballroom dancing, at least according to a few of the girls in my PE class. :-O :-D
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An hour and a half and I still don't know what to say...
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Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
An hour and a half and I still don't know what to say...
Try 'bollocks'.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
You're being very negative.
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It wasn't a word problem! I wasn't being insulting with the "youth is wasted on the young" quote. What I meant is that you don't realize how precious your time is when you're young until you get older. Maturity comes with heavier responsibilities and less free time to live and enjoy. As you get older you also have to face alot of unpleasant things along the way. I've done things and seen things I wish I hadn't - and that's the beauty of one's younger years: you get somewhat insulated from that. Anyways, I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I'm just giving you my perspective. You have an excellent head on your shoulders that will see you through.
Apologies for jumping into a conversation lilke this, but alot of this is bollocks. I have faced far less unpleasentness in my latter life than I did when young. Life is easy when you are older, a lot easier. You get to know yourself, know how people tick, dont take yourself or others too seriously, and learn to accept failure, both in you and others. Youth? Screw it. All that agonising over sex, ones appearance, what people think of you. Being told what to do, and worst of all, living an egotistical life. Its a painfull existence, I wouldnt take it back for one second. As for responsibilities, that is just a choice, not a condition. You dont have to be 'old' just because you get older.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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You're being very negative.
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You're not statistically significant. ;)
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Apologies for jumping into a conversation lilke this, but alot of this is bollocks. I have faced far less unpleasentness in my latter life than I did when young. Life is easy when you are older, a lot easier. You get to know yourself, know how people tick, dont take yourself or others too seriously, and learn to accept failure, both in you and others. Youth? Screw it. All that agonising over sex, ones appearance, what people think of you. Being told what to do, and worst of all, living an egotistical life. Its a painfull existence, I wouldnt take it back for one second. As for responsibilities, that is just a choice, not a condition. You dont have to be 'old' just because you get older.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
I don't mind if you jump in. You've obviously had a different experience than I have. Perhaps it's because I worked in a medical environment where I saw alot of death and suffering. I think age comes with increased responsibility, your mileage may vary but I don't think Ravel is up for mortgage or car payments or taxes or complicated relationships...
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You're not statistically significant. ;)
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Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
You're not statistically significant.
Join the 'statistically insignificant club' if you want to! Its your choice! I know you are having a lot of fun, but wait till your late 20's early 30's. You are still young enough physically to survive the hangovers, and do stuff, and you start to earn enough wedge to get the hangovers and do stuff!
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
You're not statistically significant.
Join the 'statistically insignificant club' if you want to! Its your choice! I know you are having a lot of fun, but wait till your late 20's early 30's. You are still young enough physically to survive the hangovers, and do stuff, and you start to earn enough wedge to get the hangovers and do stuff!
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
Well, I can't compare my teens to my thirties, obviously, and you seem to be discouraging me from enjoying myself...:suss:
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I don't mind if you jump in. You've obviously had a different experience than I have. Perhaps it's because I worked in a medical environment where I saw alot of death and suffering. I think age comes with increased responsibility, your mileage may vary but I don't think Ravel is up for mortgage or car payments or taxes or complicated relationships...
73Zeppelin wrote:
You've obviously had a different experience than I have
Abusive violent father, monastery boarding school, public school (public as in Tom Brown schooldays, ie, a vicous and nasty place). Yeah, youth was a real gas...
73Zeppelin wrote:
Perhaps it's because I worked in a medical environment where I saw alot of death and suffering.
True, but like I wrote, life is choice.
73Zeppelin wrote:
I think age comes with increased responsibility
Can do, again, its a choice. You dont have to get a mortgage, and running an old junker is easy. If ity breaks chuck it and buy another. As for relationships, well, they can always be complex, particularly male/female.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
