Quite frankly, the world sucks.

[rareboy]

Actually yes, i have thought seriously about doing just that, it would mean a drop in income but i wouldn't have to pay my rent or council tax or my dental fees or prescription charges. I'd have lots of free time to myself and wouldn't have the stress of work. BUT, the stigma of living off other workers is unsavoury. I was unemployed once before and don't want to be in that boat again, its very tempting tho, if i have a nervous breakdown later in life then i'll probably just think f*** it, i quit work.


I certainly have. I did attend my R E lessons, i just found myself using the time to think about life rather than listening to the teacher. It didn't help that the teacher was a miserable and grouchy young woman. History was a much better subject, the teacher was cool.

And right here you're losing me.

At least you acknowledge that living off the work of others is repugnant.

Because it is.

Anyone who decides to piss away the rest of their life being nothing more than a big baby contributing nothing to their community deserves no sympathy unless they have a debilitating illness.

Of course there is stress in work. Too often it becomes over-emphasized though.

Find work you want to do. Pursue that. Find joy.

No one should expect that others will just keep handing them stuff the rest of their lives.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

This is in part a point, individually we kind of just forget the injustices and real problems in the world so long as we can be content with what we have got, regardless of whether that is wealth, health, love, family etc.

Charities serve as a constant reminder. I'm just dissapointed that some of those charities actually exist at all when the solution to the problem is just to be kind, any government could use its resources to build for free, but it all comes down to money, the government doesn't own its own resources, private companies do.

I think its time that our governments took back from private companies our resources and services for the betterment of society.


This is the sentiment that many can sympathise with, particularly the poor. There may be undoubtedly some spoilt brats that take that attitude, but oddly, if they do, as spoilt as they are and self motivated, its a good call for ALL.

I created the OP, so perhaps i was too touchy about the possibility that you may have been suggesting that I myself was a spoilt brat, that's all. Apologies if that was an over-reaction.

HEY is catch ya sentimentos DUDE way tago!

maybe invent they internet forum fa 7000 million souls ta stick finger up da ways ans get word ins ans help ya

keep ya stiff UP!



not like public no can go bends ova whens da worlds ----- go by not think ya can fire back at um alls their shit cause countrys got lot rules ta stop true get throws so metaforicals yeah

but give a go ans runnnnnnn haaaa

 

[rareboy]

Actually yes, i have thought seriously about doing just that, it would mean a drop in income but i wouldn't have to pay my rent or council tax or my dental fees or prescription charges. I'd have lots of free time to myself and wouldn't have the stress of work. BUT, the stigma of living off other workers is unsavoury. I was unemployed once before and don't want to be in that boat again, its very tempting tho, if i have a nervous breakdown later in life then i'll probably just think f*** it, i quit work.


I certainly have. I did attend my R E lessons, i just found myself using the time to think about life rather than listening to the teacher. It didn't help that the teacher was a miserable and grouchy young woman. History was a much better subject, the teacher was cool.

And right here you're losing me.

At least you acknowledge that living off the work of others is repugnant.

Because it is.

Anyone who decides to piss away the rest of their life being nothing more than a big baby contributing nothing to their community deserves no sympathy unless they have a debilitating illness.

Of course there is stress in work. Too often it becomes over-emphasized though.

Find work you want to do. Pursue that. Find joy.

No one should expect that others will just keep handing them stuff the rest of their lives.

 

[Jersey Domino]

Okay there are some things that I want to say.

The world is not a bad place. It really isn't. There is so much beauty and wonder and things that are full of life in this world. You just have to look beyond yourself to see them.

Most of the bad things that happen in this world is a direct result of HUMANS. we have NOTHING to blame the state of the world on except us. Nothing in this world Man-Made has to be the way it is. Pretty much all of the stuff the OP talked about doesn't have to be that way it is. Things can be better. But Humans as a whole are so selfish, greedy, apathetic, and Dumb that we can't see that. We need to just get out of our own way.

There is a bright side to life people but you need to start LOOKING for it. If you keep focusing on the shit you're going to get nothing but shit.

I know I kinda flip-floped but whatever. I hope I made sense.

 

[brandhay]

Proportionally, more people today have access to medicine and clean water than at any other time in history. So why is now worse than any time before?

 

[Comrad]

Your right, and if you notice everyone here almost agrees that it only gets worse toward the end. Have you ever thought about leaving--sooner, than later ?

 

[NineOfClubs]

Today is the best day the world has ever known.

It was never better than this in the past.

And , most likely, things will get only better....

 

[birddog7]

Today is the best day the world has ever known.

It was never better than this in the past.

And , most likely, things will get only better....

Can you send me a pair of your rose colored glasses?

 

[birddog7]

Your right, and if you notice everyone here almost agrees that it only gets worse toward the end. Have you ever thought about leaving--sooner, than later ?

Many times...

 

[sixthson]

Again I ask: what are you doing to make just one other person's life better? It is a daunting, probably impossible, task to change the whole world, but it is an easy thing to extend a hand to someone near you. When you do, I think you will find the world sucks a little less, too.

If each one would reach one....

 

[kallipolis]

Again I ask: what are you doing to make just one other person's life better? It is a daunting, probably impossible, task to change the whole world, but it is an easy thing to extend a hand to someone near you. When you do, I think you will find the world sucks a little less, too.

If each one would reach one....

Well said, Dan.

Speeches are all very well. But those who are demanding change along the lines that fulfil their idealistic, even Utopian dreams are invited to role up their sleeves and practise all that they preach to others.

Gandhi, said be the change, that you wish to see in the world.

President John F. Kennedy invited Americans not to ask what their country, can do for them, but what they can do for their country.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Again I ask: what are you doing to make just one other person's life better? It is a daunting, probably impossible, task to change the whole world, but it is an easy thing to extend a hand to someone near you. When you do, I think you will find the world sucks a little less, too.

If each one would reach one....

no it not

internet doin ton ans not word folk got type

( no buy newspaper ) go read 100 year ago save ya repeat HA

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

Well said, Dan.

Speeches are all very well. But those who are demanding change along the lines that fulfil their idealistic, even Utopian dreams are invited to role up their sleeves and practise all that they preach to others.

Gandhi, said be the change, that you wish to see in the world.

President John F. Kennedy invited Americans not to ask what their country, can do for them, but what they can do for their country.

country neva do nothin fa anyone HA

did ya know GLOBAL < it latest sound bite

ans Gandhi discova then ans then ans then

Please univeristys try at most teach ya countrys tie shoelaces

 

[sixthson]

Me personally, i'm not in a position to help anyone, i barely manage to help myself. I used to donate to charities when my finances were better.

This is irrelevant anyhow, do mothers not already help their children?
All that happens if each person extends a helping hand to another is, we are tighter as a society but still in the same boat.

OK, fine, you have no money, but what do you have? Do you have time, compassion, an intelligence, a willing heart?
Go to a nursing home and make friends with some old person. Care facilities are filled with people who never get a visitor. They will die alone, with only disinterested caregivers around them. Volunteer your time at a food shelf or serve meals at a homeless shelter. Give your energy and time working with children.

The truth is, like the mother who nutures and loves her child, you may not change the world directly, but who knows what the person you helped might accomplish.

All of this presupposes that you really want to make a difference and not just make excuses for not doing anything.

 

[rareboy]

Actually I don't think it is an assumed voice.

 

[erobert]

OK, fine, you have no money, but what do you have? Do you have time, compassion, an intelligence, a willing heart?
Go to a nursing home and make friends with some old person. Care facilities are filled with people who never get a visitor. They will die alone, with only disinterested caregivers around them. Volunteer your time at a food shelf or serve meals at a homeless shelter. Give your energy and time working with children.

The truth is, like the mother who nutures and loves her child, you may not change the world directly, but who knows what the person you helped might accomplish.

All of this presupposes that you really want to make a difference and not just make excuses for not doing anything.

Excellent advice, go help others and it will give you some perspective. This video is a perfect example of that. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_3BEwpv0dM"]Narayanan Krishnan [/ame]

 

[Centexfarmer]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4[/ame]

Yeah, it sucks, but what are YOU going to do about it?

 

[birddog7]

The world is a troubled place, always has been, and always will be, but it is also helped and healed one person at a time. I make my contributions, you make yours, and we both waste a lot of time on JUB that could be better spent working in our world to improve it.

Any and everything that isn't productive is a waste of time. If it's not useful work it's a waste. Vacations, games, television, parties, etc., are all a waste of time. Instead of doing those things, help somebody who really needs help. Plant a garden, and donate the produce to a food bank. Work a second job, and donate the pay to charity. Volunteer at any community help agency, etc. You can always do something. Just remember, when we point out someone else, there are 3 fingers pointing back at us...

 

[Geoffboyardee]

As cheesy as it sounds, if you find someone you love- someone you TRULY LOVE- then it makes all the bad days worth while.

Its the only thing that has kept me going for most of my life.

 

[birddog7]

As cheesy as it sounds, if you find someone you love- someone you TRULY LOVE- then it makes all the bad days worth while.

Its the only thing that has kept me going for most of my life.

I won't argue with that. I have yet to find love, or even have a relationship. At my age, time is fast running out to ever do so...