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Originally posted by Skyfloating
I might receive some harsh responses to this because the mass-consensus is that we are in "one of the worst economic crises ever" and anyone who denies that is an idiot and there is no hope and no escape blablablabla...
[edit on 2-3-2009 by Skyfloating]
I choose the latter. I dont buy into what everyone else seems to be thinking these days.
Maybe Im living on the wrong planet or something. Why do so many think its normal to go into debt? I waited until well into my twenties before I owned my first car, waited until I had the money to pay all of it up front. Never "bought" a house. Never maxed out credit cards. Why? Because it doesnt make any sense....at all.
Because we are programmed to believe it's normal, starting from children with things like credit card barbie for example, commercials on tv, college and even some high school students are targeted by credit card companies. It's like everybody is trying to impress someone else out in traffic that they will probably never see again. Gotta keep up with my neighbor you know. Just because your friend, neighbor, co-worker or whoever has a nice house and a nice car doesn't mean they are doing well, most likely they have debt coming out of the wazoo and that's just the kind of burden I don't want on my shoulders.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Maybe Im living on the wrong planet or something. Why do so many think its normal to go into debt? I waited until well into my twenties before I owned my first car, waited until I had the money to pay all of it up front. Never "bought" a house. Never maxed out credit cards. Why? Because it doesnt make any sense....at all.
Originally posted by pstrron
Questions asked of an 8 year old boy in India.
“What are you doing?”
“I go to school.”
“Why do you go to school?”
“To Study.”
“Why do you study?”
“To get smart.”
“Why do you want to get smart?”
“So I can get a good job.”
“Why do you want to get a good job?”
“So I can make lots of money.”
“Why do you want to make lots of money?”
“So that I can buy food.”
“Why do you want to buy food?”
“So I can eat.”
“Why do you want to eat?”
“To live.”
“Why do you live?”
At this point the little boy thought for a minute, scratched his head and said, “Sir, why do I live?” He paused a moment in mid-thought, then gave his sad answer, “To die!”
This is sad and hilarious at the same time. It shows the tragedy of "human condition" or the condition of the conditioned, respectively