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  • Poll [12 votes]: Exercise, Interacting Constructively with Humanity:
Subject: Get Outside, See the World, Avoid the Glass Teat
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Poll: Exercise, Interacting Constructively with Humanity:  [closed]
Nah, I stay glued to my Xbox:  0%
(0 Votes)
Nah, I stay glued to PC/Bnet Forums:  8%
(1 Votes)
Nah, I stay glued to my 48" flat-screen TV:  8%
(1 Votes)
Nay, I eschew the human race:  0%
(0 Votes)
Yes: I socialize with all my Forums pals!:  17%
(2 Votes)
Why, yes: healthy mind, healthy body!:  17%
(2 Votes)
Why, yes: I'm a social butterfly!:  17%
(2 Votes)
Burn in hell!:  33%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 12

Curious how often some of you actually get outside.

  • 06.10.2004 1:02 PM PDT
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I run 10 miles a week, bike occasionally, and play Airsoft every other weekend or so.

  • 06.10.2004 1:06 PM PDT
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I sit infront of my pc 24 hours aday... and sunlight is not good for me.

  • 06.10.2004 1:32 PM PDT

-S

Outside? Like, under the Day Star?

I hear there are bears out there.

  • 06.10.2004 2:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shishka
Outside? Like, under the Day Star?

I hear there are bears out there.


laffo

Penny Arcade?

  • 06.10.2004 2:18 PM PDT
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this one time at band camp..... ah forget it

  • 06.10.2004 2:25 PM PDT
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By "glass teat", do you mean "bube tube"? By "bube tube", I might mean "boob tube" or "boob toob", I've seen it spelled so many ways...

  • 06.10.2004 2:32 PM PDT
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This one time at band camp, I threw a frisbee and it landed on the roof, and I had to get it in the morning. True story....band geeks forever. BTW I exercise alot.

  • 06.10.2004 2:46 PM PDT
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Hey Ajenteks, I play Airsoft too!

  • 06.10.2004 2:47 PM PDT
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I try to walk 2 miles every morning, and Moutain Bike when ever i possibly can...

Oh yeah, i body board as well at least once a week.

  • 06.10.2004 2:50 PM PDT
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Yes, forumrunner, I refer to the glass teat that succors most of us. But it's a potentially bitter drink...

The expression is a Harlan Ellison-ism, from his excellent collection of rants against TV (and other subjects) in the early 1980s ("The Glass Teat" Essays of Opinion on the Subject of Television" and "The Other Glass Teat." Quote from an Amazon reviewer: "If upon reading this book you want to shoot your television, Mr. Ellison has succeeded!")

We feed from the glass teat (PC, TV) far too much in modern Western society, IMHO. Hence the irreverent poll, hoping to stir some !@#$ about the habits of your "average" Bnet Forums poster....



  • 06.10.2004 3:35 PM PDT
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I have a few friends, but not many due to my damn speech impediment. It may sound funny at first, but it's a serious problem. Oh well most people wouldn't like me anyway, mainly because I suck at sports and don't like rap.
So most of the time I hang out were there are thousands of jackasses like me (here).

[Edited on 6/10/2004 3:57:51 PM]

  • 06.10.2004 3:56 PM PDT