A simpler life

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I moved around a LOT when I was a kid, state to state.

And you’re right scaredy, every move was a risk I would fall in with the bad crowd. In some cities (usually rural areas that didn’t typically have new folks in town) only the bad crowd would accept the new kid in town. I chose to spend my time in my room in those situations, but others with more need for social interaction may have chosen a different path.

True my folks put me in some risky situations, but they also gave me the confidence and morals to resist. And I did.

I have siblings who did not resist. And the family is still paying the price for that to this day.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=PCinSD][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=PCinSD][quote=FlyerInHi][quote=zk]
And also, if you had been more pressured as a child maybe you would have been a valedictorian, Rhodes scholar, concert pianist, etc…. at that time, your competitive advantage would have been so much greater.
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Wow, Zk, I’m so sorry about the way you’re parents raised you. All that untapped potential . . . gone. Were you able to overcome the lack of proper parenting? Have you made peace with your parents?

I’d pick up a decent keyboard and start taking lessons asap. Hang in there.[/quote]

I think there’s an argument that if the kid has a burning desire to be rich or famous, its usually to fill some gap in the parents life. If your kid just wants to be unknown, you probably didnt lsy your failings on them.

Me I really wanted to be famous, and still do. Most days I walk around feeling like there’s something great in me if I could just get out[/quote]
You don’t post any links to support that argument, but whatever. Your posting history seems like someone who has a burning desire to be famous, or more popular, or paid attention to. Don’t despair. On this website, you’ve become the man you’ve always wanted to be. Hopefully that filled the gap.[/quote]

oh I desperately wanted to be famous and recognized. pathetically so. still do, but not as bad. kind of like the Andy Bernard character on THE OFFICE, but maybe even more pathetic, if that’s possible. and yeah, it’s definitely a sign of issues.

I don’t have a link handy, but this isn’t a highly controversial issue.

and no, this is not enough. I need more.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=scaredyclassic]

It feels like udner this type of thought process, no criticism is possible.

if i were to say capitalism is a brutal unsustainable system that makes life miserable for huge chunks of american society in an unjust society that eventually will consume all of the earth’s resources and kill us all, i would perhaps be simply blaming the system for the failure of soem people to be winners.

or maybe making a valid point about capitalism.

Sure I can and will necesarily still be responsible for my own financial affairs in our unjust capitalist society, and im still accountable, while also realizing I didn’t create the system , the incentives, and to some degree, my success within the system is not all mine, since it is in part genetic, part where and how I was raised, and which opportunities crossed my path.

blame. fault.

insight. understanding.

you choose.[/quote]

How dare you? You’ve been given so much. Love it or leave it! But don’t you ever criticize.

[scaredyclassic]

I’ve been reusing the same free Starbucks plastic water cup for about a month. It’s the least I can do

[FlyerInHi]

Scaredy, I wonder how being non judgemental would work.
People don’t do bad stuff because they know peers would not approve.

My dog would not jump on the sofa because I would judge very harshly. It worked beautifully.

[FlyerInHi]

T Boone Pickens just died. I think I would have liked to be rich and famous like him.
He was likely not a nice guy but he was rich and powerful and did what the wanted. Why not, if you can?

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=FlyerInHi]T Boone Pickens just died. I think I would have liked to be rich and famous like him.
He was likely not a nice guy but he was rich and powerful and did what the wanted. Why not, if you can?[/quote]

All these desires lead to more desires, next thing you know you’re reincarnated as yet another striving unsatisfied creature

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