But if I sell my xbox then I can't play modern warfare when it comes out next month. Why would you rob me of such a pleasure? life's hard enough without giving stuff away. If jesus had an xbox, he might have been a bit happier! He would have never messed with the romans and got himself nailed to a cross............

Originally posted by Badfuture
But if I sell my xbox then I can't play modern warfare when it comes out next month. Why would you rob me of such a pleasure? life's hard enough without giving stuff away. If jesus had an xbox, he might have been a bit happier! He would have never messed with the romans and got himself nailed to a cross............

Alright keep the X-Box, you made a good point.

Uhmmm... just try do something that nobody else want to do. Do something that sucks.

Yea... that's my message... Do something that sucks!

Popularity? Maybe in highschool.

Mine would be comfort and peace. Peace in my own life and peace in the world.

My world peace = no corruption.

[edit on 9-10-2009 by FredMcWoozy]

Originally posted by FredMcWoozy
Popularity? Maybe in highschool.

Mine would be comfort and peace. Peace in my own life and peace in the world.

My world peace = no corruption.

[edit on 9-10-2009 by FredMcWoozy]

Well you post on ATS... so your cool in my book.

But the popularity contest does continue for most well after college. Most people just don't realize it.

I think maybe you mean status and not popularity. I want neither. I'm happy just to be left alone so I can engage in whatever I want to without any consequences. also possessions are nice. for me its CD's/records and books.

Originally posted by Totalstranger
I think maybe you mean status and not popularity. I want neither. I'm happy just to be left alone so I can engage in whatever I want to without any consequences. also possessions are nice. for me its CD's/records and books.

Yea... That's what I mean

but it's kind of the same thing... right?

anyway... star for you, thanks for pointing that out.

[edit on 9-10-2009 by Doomsday 2029]

I would agree with a lot of what your saying, however one of the biggest causes of the current problems, and forgive me for this, I do not intend to look like I am attacking anyone or their way of life.

This way of life or problem as you mentioned started IMO, with the American Dream, remember that? when you could see it every day, every where, advertised, telling you and everyone, you could do achieve, and become anything you wanted, using the Great American Dream.

I don't know if it is still broadcast like it used to be, it was to some extent in 2004 the last time I visited, but even then it seemed to be fading a little, and now for so many it turned into a Great American Nightmare, be cause what was offered was being offered by those who nearly took down the economy.

This where I get into trouble I think, but I could never get my head around the self applause I used to see, on TV shows, at School, at Work, clapping and applauding themselves, it looked so odd to me, Don't know about any body else, another thing I saw which did upset me a little, was when kids where encouraged to take part in competitive sports, I witnessed more than one occasion, a parent absolutely make their kid feel like they let their Parents down because they didn't win, actually saw on Mother call her kid a failure because they let in some goals playing soccer.

You are right the comfort zone is too important to so many people, like they don't care as long as their little part of the World is not effected.

As for popularity, I guess I see it more in older teenagers than Adults, but it is there, being popular as being more important than being themselves, like hanging out with the popular kids at School and everyone else being a Nerd or whatever else people are labelled as.

But for that a lot of the blame has to fall on the parents and IMO is selfish, it's later in life when these kids go out into the World that it can cause a problem, even when it's happening it can lead to bullying and worse.

Ever seen the TV show on MTV called my sweet sixteen? where the kids get a party organised for them by their Parents? popular kids invitation list, car hunting with a titty lip if they cant get the car they want, Famous Entertainers performing for them, hand made designer dresses, sometimes I see that show and want to take the Parents into a room and tell them they are doing their kids no favours, why let them talk to you like that, make demands, treat everyone like S***.

I find it quite grotesque TBH.

I respectfully disagree. 99% of all Americans wanting those two things only feeds into the bias that we are a shallow, superficial country. Comfortability and popularity may be the goals of younger people. At least, those were my goals in my teens and early twenties. However, I think at each stage in one's life that our goals change along with what we currently value or need. Also, we are a great melting pot of diverse people with different values, personalities, geographic locations, and backgrounds. It's unfair to make a blanket assumption that we are all clones of an ill-perceived global bias. That's also dangerous to fuel the hatred of anyone who might use that to justify coming to our country and harming innocent people with a deplorable terrorist act.

I've seen it mentioned here many times how we shouldn't trust our media because they are controlled by the elite. Keep in mind that if that's true that not only do they misrepresent America to the world, but they also misrepresent Americans to ourselves. That's how they keep us divided to keep us from uniting to take back our country. Remember, 'United We Stand, Divided We Fall'. They want us to fall and keep us divided and confused so that we won't remember that we outnumber them and that this is OUR country of the People, by the People, and for the People. For instance, if you turn on your television, radio, internet, etc. and read the news, almost all of it is garbage or sad. We must remember that is what is CHOSEN to be reported. I know for a fact that there are many happy things that could be reported and good deeds done by good, solid, hard-working, family-loving, creator-fearing, friendly, down-to-earth people. I happen to know a lot of people like that.

I think the message that we should be sending out to the world is that America is still a good country, full of good, solid, dependable people because it's the truth. Like other countries full of good solid people, many of TPTB who make the decisions for us have their own agendas and make decisions for us that do not necessarily reflect what the majority of the population wants or how we feel. This happens in all countries including the countries of our 'enemies'. I think that TPTB of many of those countries do what ours do; they play their war games and make behind the scene deals to keep them in charge of us all at the expense of us all.

Unfortunately, the innocent people in those countries are the ones who often pay the price for their leader's ego or agenda with their lives or the lives of their friends and family. For example, some of their leaders (like Aminejhad) do not care any more for them than to build nuclear facilities in the heart of the population. What kind of caring leader uses his people as a shield? That's dangerous, cowardly, and not caring about their lives or the lives of their children. It always breaks my heart to hear about a massive (and avoidable) loss of life due to some country launching an attack on another country and seeing the pain on the regular people's (especially women and children's) faces. It's devastating because it's a human pain that crosses regional, geographic, ethnic, racial, gender, and religious boundaries. We all love our families and children, want a future for them, and to be able to live in peace. My heart cries out for the innocent people because it's not their fault. The 'regular' people just trying to live their lives and raise their famiiles are innocent just like 'regular' Americans who work hard every day doing the exact same thing. I shudder to think what it would be like to have to live like that everyday--not knowing if TPTB might attack a neighboring country that might spawn a retaliation that might destroy my family and community at any time. I would imagine that the stress is really high. I pray for innocent 'regular' people in not only our country but countries all over the world everyday in my plea for peace. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

When we educate ourselves and can identify whom our true enemies are, we might found out that the world has more in common than we think and that we are all worth saving. That's what TPTB don't want us to remember. They want to point a finger at whom they consider their enemies and then convince us that they are our enemies too. A heart full of hate has no room for love.

Personally, I strive for peace, harmony, love, safety, and financial freedom. I hope to give my children a good education and instill good qualities in them so that they'll grow up to be good people and responsible citizens. I try my best to lead by example. I try to teach them to be tolerant and care about other people. Those are some of the things that are important to me.


[edit on 9-10-2009 by gazerstar]

Wait a minute. I think stereotyping is against the ats rules.

I can see this becoming a big anti American thread.

I may be the 1% of Americans but uh, when I knock off all the basic needs, I want to help people and destroy all closed-minded jerks who wish for us to be imprisoned physicly, and mentaly.

No growth in comfort
no comfort in growth
spiritually I suppose
but yeah I totally agree
I can't understand when people get so angry and so frustrated over the
most trivial of things.
when something doesn't work out EXACTLY as they planned or something doesn't work EXACTLY as it's supposed to
And I can't help but get agitated when people get this way 'cause well I dont really know
know what im talkin' 'bout
Theres just to much self-centeredness in world
When will we learn that living other-centered is the only way we can be happy ourselves

[edit on 10-10-2009 by mxridr618]

Simple version:

I am poor, over 35, balding, and on disability. Makes me VERY unpopular. Also makes me extremely single.

I (used to) own 2 computers: one for the internet tasks, IMing, looking up pics, blueprints, and tutorials for my 3d program, located on the now dead other computer. As for comfort.... Ha. 'comfort' is being able to fall asleep without the worry of the day still bothering me.

99 Americans want 99 different things. And the last guy's probably a vet so all he wants is the fricken VA to provide him with some decent health care after he sacrificed his legs in the war for Bush's private jet.

That makes you 100% wrong.

i swear u had a thread that said u left ATS for good.