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The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 7:59:33 PM

pyroaquatic

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How is everyone feeling tonight? Good good.

It stands to reason that their are a few people making major decisions for the many. And for what? Is it for the good of the many or the fatness of a pocket? Do we have to be complacent over our current global predicament? I say the current methodology worked 200 years ago but apparently in this age of Hypercommunications-as it stands-is much too slow.

I went to Golden Coral (corporate american buffet) and waited to speak with a manager about employment. There were fifty-two people in this buffet as paying customers.

45 out of the 52 were overweight. Including the children.

In one hour this buffet made... maybe 600 dollars (less because many were getting water instead of soda, and some were seniors).
In one hour these people made themselves unhealthy, out of shape, ineffective.

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I am not quite sure what I am saying.... I am in a slight haze from this pain/stomach cramps.

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It baffles me to no end. I am a bright young man with lots of potential and I feel cast aside.

Does the future hold a massive responsive change?
Is their going to be a new order?

I don't think we can just wait for some one else to do it. We have to be active, responsive.

We have to make a new future.

im done with whatever this is.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 8:01:33 PM

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Uhhh this might be a stupid question but what are you getting at exactly....?

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 8:02:14 PM

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Be good at doing something to meet a human need- and you will have work.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 8:19:35 PM

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I am tired of this trite labeling and neat little categorizing of what people are or should be. Or what they should do.

This group is bad, well this group is worse.... nuh uh.... uh huh.

I am also not quite sure for I am vaguely sick and in pain.

Americans are so divided in our stances I would like to think we are falling. There is no unity.... or continuity.... that a few out of millions can't decide what health care should look like or what topics the media should be focused on.

The good ol' american boys and girls are trying to make something off of the haiti disaster too. Do you know how many signs that said something like "BUY HERE AND WE DON 1 $ TO HAITI."
It makes me sick thinking that there are those begging for toothpaste up their nose to cover the stink of the dead while tire dealers are counting money and saying "hey, our sales went up by five percent because of that."

We don't know shit and we are parading around as if we do.

money money money money money money money madness.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 8:21:23 PM

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Pyro, if you're a bright kid you don't want to work in that slop house!
You have to be "creative", if I were a young guy and I wanted to make a lot of money fast I'd get myself down to the Mexican border and start doing some recon and find out where the druggies cross the border *into* Mexico. They're the ones that might have $200-$300k taped to their bodies!
Anyone heading south has money on them.
You knock off 3 or 4 of them and you're set! Hell, you could franchise it!
Then you take the money and start making stuff in this country that people want but are sick and tired of buying from China and pay them good wages and make tens of millions! You'd be a fuckin' hero! You'd be on the cover of Time! "Move over Obama!"
You'd have to take vacations because of "sexual exhaustion" not a fuckin' belly ache!

< Message edited by popeye1250 -- 1/23/2010 8:27:08 PM >

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 8:27:22 PM

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I too am in a very bad space tonight, so here are my words of wisdom from someone who just lost their favorite dog of 17 years: do some volunteer work. It won't save the world but it will give you a little better view of some of it and of yourself. Besides, it looks good on a resume, or so I hear.
I do several things and they all allow me to truly appreciate my life on many levels.
I have always enjoyed your posts that I have seen and do wish you a better outlook. Change what you can now and work toward the other stuff. People can change things, just sometimes it does not seem so at the moment.
And if you do happen to take a few 100k$ off some drug runners, you can rent a room at my place!!! Just a thought...

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 8:40:36 PM

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If I were to encounter these drug runners I would take the money and burn it to the very cinders they render in the lives of others. That is another issue of mine.

The prescription and illegal drug markets... that is a major problem.

There is a problem, screw therapy... give me the drugs. I went into the emergency room for these severe stomach cramps. They wanted to give me pain killers. They were stunned when I refused.

I hate manmade drugs. While some are necessary for healing...

some spend a thousand dollars a month to simply ease the pain.

Others destroy lives and we fear under threat of violent gangs.
Power over the pleasure of temporary escapism.

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As your will is, so is your deed.
As your deed is, so is your destiny.
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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 8:51:31 PM

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I think you are right. More volunteer work. For everyone.
I am sorry to hear about your companion, MistressEllen.

But Ladies and Gentlemen.... the Tipping Point is not a bad thing. Sure it may seem bad.... but it makes room for the incredibly awesome to appear.

It bugs me... there is enough energy in a pencil to destroy this planet a few times over and we humans need a rope to stand in line at the bank, let alone solve some of the major issues.

so.... evolved we are.

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As your desire is, so is your will.
As your will is, so is your deed.
As your deed is, so is your destiny.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV.4.5

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 9:40:11 PM

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Thank you for the nice words.
I do hope you are soon free of pain.
I was reading a book that mentioned that in most of history the deaths of lower classes (which was a great majority of the population) were not even recorded in times of war or conflict - no value, no matter. We can rest assured that we will not lead a forgotten life.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 9:51:24 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: pyroaquatic

I am a bright young man with lots of potential and I feel cast aside....

I don't think we can just wait for some one else to do it. We have to be active, responsive. We have to make a new future.

What's this "we" shit?

You have to make a future for yourself. And you can't wait for someone else to do it.

K.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/23/2010 9:52:49 PM

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And one person cannot do it by themselves. I say 'We' because the actions of each individual affects the whole congruent mass of people.

Unless you do not think you have any influence. Which you do.

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You are what your deep, driving desire is.
As your desire is, so is your will.
As your will is, so is your deed.
As your deed is, so is your destiny.
-Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV.4.5

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/24/2010 8:57:13 AM

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"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em!"

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/24/2010 9:02:13 AM

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quote:

just lost their favorite dog of 17 years

I'm sorry to hear this. Been there. It sucks. Gets better, but still sucks.

OP....

Hate to have become one of "those guys," but...everything about your post say "I am young" to me.

Get in the game. You've more power than you think---just not all at once. Piece by piece, kid.

It adds up---to far more than you'd believe.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/24/2010 9:11:40 AM

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If your life leads you to either (1) Eating at Golden Coral or (2) Putting a job application into GC --- something is not right, and we can expect strange MB postings about it.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/24/2010 10:12:44 AM

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Just a suggestion....

Don't sweat it if fat people eat alot.
Don't be concerned if some people pop pills to feel better
Don't get angry if businesses donate money to charitable causes when their customers buy more stuff....it's a good thing....they don't have to

Americans are divided in their stances......because we can be.

Hope your medical condition clears up.

I'm heading out to hang out with fat, drug using, loser Jet fans....

< Message edited by ShoreBound149 -- 1/24/2010 10:13:11 AM >

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/24/2010 4:58:40 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: pyroaquatic

In one hour these people made themselves unhealthy, out of shape, ineffective.

With all due respect, that's nonsense.

Perhaps your observation about their lack of health, shape or effectiveness is accurate. Perhaps it's not. But if it is, it didn't happen in an hour. They came in that way.

But at least they got to chow down for a decent price.

As for you, all you have to do is eat right and exercise. You don't have to be like folks you don't wish to emulate. This is a land of choices.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/25/2010 6:56:20 AM

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The OP's next stop will be at a tavern telling the folks there they shouldn't have another beer. I say just mind your own business and leave the rest of us alone.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/25/2010 7:11:33 AM

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quote:

It baffles me to no end. I am a bright young man with lots of potential and I feel cast aside.

After reading this post, I would disagree with this statement.

Geee...you're sad because life is hard. Yea, welcome to the real world. Stop your whining about other people and stop blaming their choices for your lack of any.

Your BS about 1 person not being able to do it by themselves is a just that BS. I agree with Kirate, if you want a bright future go make it for yourself.

People out there right now are making things happen, they don't worry about what others are eating, if they are fat or not, if they choose to take meds or not.

It's not that they do not care, but you have to get your own house in order before you start bitching about others

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/25/2010 7:43:16 AM

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Pyro, you should book a flight to Haiti. There you could see what hardship really is. Your problems are nothing compared to what those people are going through.

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RE: The Tipping Point - 1/25/2010 1:48:49 PM

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I thought this thread was going to be about Obama's planned cow tipping ban.

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