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Subject: Mostly everyone on this forum is a phony

Posted by: AGLA Froman
The word "phony" has officially lost its meaning.

No, it hasn't. You obviously need a lesson in vocabulary.

A phony is someone who acts pretentious, shallow, or just tries to act a certain way to be popular.

  • 12.22.2012 10:53 AM PDT

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie
Why do I fear that OP just read A Catcher in the Rye and is coming for us?
He has

  • 12.22.2012 10:54 AM PDT

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I love when high schoolers think they're deep and understand society after reading Catcher in the Rye.

  • 12.22.2012 10:55 AM PDT

Posted by: MadMax888
I love when high schoolers think they're deep and understand society after reading Catcher in the Rye.

I love how people think they're cool by bashing that book.

  • 12.22.2012 10:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: Phoenix9508
Wrong. Have you ever seen House? Guy is an absolute dick, has even ruined some patient's relationships with their family in some episodes, but he saves lives. Saving lives is more important than him not pissing people off.

Children do indeed contribute to their parents and friends, just like everyone else contributes to their friends and family. That said, the reason everyone goes to school is so that they can become a functioning part of society rather than just a drain on it.

But House doesn't put on a tirade. He's a dick to people, and doesn't try to act any different.

And why do we go to school? To "be somebody". To "contribute". Simply by living, we are contributing. Simply by living, we are being somebody.
Whether house is honest or not is irrelevant. Your question was "Is a doctor contributing if he's a jerk to others?" And house most certainly generates all sorts of negative emotion for others. The fact is that what he adds (through his action) much outweighs what he takes away (through his speech).

Living is not contributing. Living is consuming. In order to make up for the consumption we bring upon the world, we must contribute through actions to society. Almost every single job there is contributes to another's ability to consume (build a house for people to live in, make the food that they eat, create entertainment for them). There are an elite who can inspire much more action through their speech than what they can undertake themselves. Even then, though, many of those elite got where they are by making humongous contributions (great inventions, performing in front of a nation, etc.).

  • 12.22.2012 10:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888
I love when high schoolers think they're deep and understand society after reading Catcher in the Rye.

I love how people think they're cool by bashing that book.
you know that Salinger was so pissed that people tried to ban his book that he never left his house again?

  • 12.22.2012 10:58 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888
I love when high schoolers think they're deep and understand society after reading Catcher in the Rye.

I love how people think they're cool by bashing that book.

I said nothing about the quality or content of the book.

  • 12.22.2012 10:58 AM PDT

Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888
I love when high schoolers think they're deep and understand society after reading Catcher in the Rye.

I love how people think they're cool by bashing that book.
you know that Salinger was so pissed that people tried to ban his book that he never left his house again?

That's not why he went into goddam reclusion. Maybe you should actually have some goddam facts before you try to have an intelluctual conversation.

  • 12.22.2012 10:59 AM PDT

Posted by: Phoenix9508

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: Phoenix9508
Wrong. Have you ever seen House? Guy is an absolute dick, has even ruined some patient's relationships with their family in some episodes, but he saves lives. Saving lives is more important than him not pissing people off.

Children do indeed contribute to their parents and friends, just like everyone else contributes to their friends and family. That said, the reason everyone goes to school is so that they can become a functioning part of society rather than just a drain on it.

But House doesn't put on a tirade. He's a dick to people, and doesn't try to act any different.

And why do we go to school? To "be somebody". To "contribute". Simply by living, we are contributing. Simply by living, we are being somebody.
Whether house is honest or not is irrelevant. Your question was "Is a doctor contributing if he's a jerk to others?" And house most certainly generates all sorts of negative emotion for others. The fact is that what he adds (through his action) much outweighs what he takes away (through his speech).

Living is not contributing. Living is consuming. In order to make up for the consumption we bring upon the world, we must contribute through actions to society. Almost every single job there is contributes to another's ability to consume (build a house for people to live in, make the food that they eat, create entertainment for them). There are an elite who can inspire much more action through their speech than what they can undertake themselves. Even then, though, many of those elite got where they are by making humongous contributions (great inventions, performing in front of a nation, etc.).

Who says that you have to contribute? Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?

  • 12.22.2012 11:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MyNameIsCharlie

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888
I love when high schoolers think they're deep and understand society after reading Catcher in the Rye.

I love how people think they're cool by bashing that book.
you know that Salinger was so pissed that people tried to ban his book that he never left his house again?

That's not why he went into goddam reclusion. Maybe you should actually have some goddam facts before you try to have an intelluctual conversation.
Maybe you should calm down a bit and learn to admit that you can be wrong

  • 12.22.2012 11:00 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?

Lol.

You went to school and read that book. There's a great example for what society has done for you.

  • 12.22.2012 11:01 AM PDT

Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Garem
Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?

Lol.

You went to school and read that book. There's a great example for what society has done for you.

Yeah, and I pay taxes.

  • 12.22.2012 11:01 AM PDT
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  • 12.22.2012 11:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Garem
Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?

Lol.

You went to school and read that book. There's a great example for what society has done for you.

Yeah, and I pay taxes.

So do I. So..you're welcome.

  • 12.22.2012 11:06 AM PDT

Posted by: Garem
Who says that you have to contribute? Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?
And that's where you're wrong

  • 12.22.2012 11:07 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Who says that you have to contribute? Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?
If doctors didn't contribute, we wouldn't be living nearly as long. If food producers, transporters, and preparers didn't contribute, we wouldn't have nearly as much to eat. If our government (inn this context anyone who follows our societal rules) didn't contribute, there's no guarantee that someone with enough self-determinism couldn't abuse a bunch of other people for his own gain (I'm talking slavery, not the corporate elite versus the factory worker and consumer). If the teachers didn't contribute, our children would not be as well equipped for choosing their own societal role, instead they would be thrusted into whatever role their family has always held (how society functioned up till very, very recently).

The internet, which we use to communicate, was only accomplished through the contribution of many, many individuals that brought society to the point that it has reached today.

  • 12.22.2012 11:07 AM PDT

Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Garem
Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?

Lol.

You went to school and read that book. There's a great example for what society has done for you.

Yeah, and I pay taxes.

So do I. So..you're welcome.

Exactly. So I owe society nothing.

  • 12.22.2012 11:08 AM PDT

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Garem
Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?

Lol.

You went to school and read that book. There's a great example for what society has done for you.

Yeah, and I pay taxes.

So do I. So..you're welcome.

Exactly. So I owe society nothing.
Where do you think all those taxes go? Do you think they just vanish into thin air or all into the pockets of politicians?

  • 12.22.2012 11:09 AM PDT


Posted by: Garem
Posted by: MadMax888

Posted by: Garem
Society has done goddam nothing for me, what the hell do I owe it?

Lol.

You went to school and read that book. There's a great example for what society has done for you.

Yeah, and I pay taxes.


So, you live in society, with all the benefits that that brings, and you pay taxes. You also seem to believe that society does nothing for you, and that you owe nothing to society. You seem a bit conflicted, so I'll help out: Society most certainly does help you, regardless of whether or not you admit it. You pay for these benefits in the form of taxes. Paying for governing bodies to do things for you is primarily why taxes exist.

  • 12.22.2012 11:09 AM PDT

Posted by: A Broken Lamp
Where do you think all those taxes go? Do you think they just vanish into thin air or all into the pockets of politicians?

That doesn't matter one goddam bit. I go to school and use roads. Taxes pay for school and roads. I don't owe anyone anything.

  • 12.22.2012 11:12 AM PDT

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Posted by: Garem
Posted by: A Broken Lamp
Where do you think all those taxes go? Do you think they just vanish into thin air or all into the pockets of politicians?

That doesn't matter one goddam bit. I go to school and use roads. Taxes pay for school and roads. I don't owe anyone anything.
Alright, good. Blank slate. Nil. Zilch, Nothing.

Now how are you going to acquire sustenance to survive?

  • 12.22.2012 11:13 AM PDT

Lol society does nothing? Leave your house you angsty teen

  • 12.22.2012 11:15 AM PDT
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This reminds me a lot of the thread that I made a year ago. It was a troll thread, but it's still very similar to this thread.

  • 12.22.2012 11:16 AM PDT

Never make me angry. I am a Hitman and I can easily find you and take you out.

I don't know about you but I just state my own opinions on stuff.

:P

  • 12.22.2012 11:17 AM PDT

Posted by: Garem
Posted by: A Broken Lamp
Where do you think all those taxes go? Do you think they just vanish into thin air or all into the pockets of politicians?

That doesn't matter one goddam bit. I go to school and use roads. Taxes pay for school and roads. I don't owe anyone anything.
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[Edited on 12.22.2012 11:20 AM PST]

  • 12.22.2012 11:20 AM PDT