Giovanna wrote:

You could say that, yes.

Or they can turn out pretty much exactly the way you wanted, and you can be totally pleased with them, and still realize it wasn't the wisest long term life decision. But that goes back to not dwelling on the past.

And it falls under "bad planning."

oddity wrote:

Posture is important

This is very, very true.

oddity, I'm curious, what inspired you to add this to your rules to live by? Were you thinking more of health reasons or aesthetic/social reasons?

Experience everything.

1. Never fear anything except God or poverty
2. don't trust anyone who says any variation on "trust me"

there's more I have but I'll have to think of them throughout the day...

>>I have to add one of my gf's fav. sayings... <<

"You can do whatever you want  whenever you want without fear of what anyone is thinking. You just have to remember everyone's a punk-ass and you are not''


True friends are never lost, just misplaced....

Don't take personal loans from friends. It's okay to have a shoulder to lean on, but don't take the shirt that shoulder is in....

The sweetest things in life are little boy kisses, little girl hugs, puppy licks, and kitty purrs.... so don't abuse them

Always remember that the laws of mathematics and physics are inescapable, that all rules are in the end mere words.

Last edited by Overlord Morgus (07-01-2012 11:43:39 PM)

20mensou wrote:

Nova wrote:

Those who stand idly by when others do evil are aiding evil.

I think Mean Girls the movie has another version of this quote. I think it goes, "There are two kinds of evil people in this world. Those who do evil and those who stand by and let evil people do evil"

Mine's shorter, and I wrote it myself.

Edit: and for the really long version, look up King Jr's "Letter from a Birmingham jail."

Last edited by Nova (07-02-2012 09:07:29 PM)

20mensou wrote:

Nova wrote:

20mensou wrote:

I think Mean Girls the movie has another version of this quote. I think it goes, "There are two kinds of evil people in this world. Those who do evil and those who stand by and let evil people do evil"

Mine's shorter, and I wrote it myself.

Edit: and for the really long version, look up King Jr's "Letter from a Birmingham jail."

I suppose, but they're not really the same thing. I think one implies that those who just stand by are not evil while the other does not? thanks for the rec though.

Fine, fine, you're right.

Edit: No, you're not. I just don't want to get into it.

Last edited by Nova (07-04-2012 02:27:25 AM)

Nova wrote:

20mensou wrote:

Nova wrote:

Those who stand idly by when others do evil are aiding evil.

I think Mean Girls the movie has another version of this quote. I think it goes, "There are two kinds of evil people in this world. Those who do evil and those who stand by and let evil people do evil"

Mine's shorter, and I wrote it myself.

Edit: and for the really long version, look up King Jr's "Letter from a Birmingham jail."

I think the closest thing to a canonical version comes from one of eighteenth-century philosopher Edmund Burke's books:

Edmund Burke wrote:

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

And someone adapted this quote into an even better known version:

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

Yes, I know -- this doesn't mean quite the same thing as either of the above either.

Last edited by satyreyes (07-05-2012 10:31:33 AM)

As a single woman living alone, I never let a male into my house who isn't a service man or a relative. And I have quite a few relatives who wouldn't get in either. I also sleep with Betsy; she's a very heavy square metal steering lock. And if I had to use her I'd go straight for the knees.

Realize that herd instinct (and morality) is nothing more than the desire to be like other people, and that it is the path of weakness.

OnlyInThisLight wrote:

After letting any strangers or service-persons into my apartment I check the locks and all the windows to make sure nothing was left open for a future burglary.

Seeing Blue Velvet for the first time when I was 14 or so made me always do this. I'm always paranoid when I come home that there is someone hiding, too.

I was reading the "48 laws of power" and the first law was about not outshining the man in charge. The example of a transgression of this law was Louis the XIV, whose finance minister was brilliant at manipulating the treasury and was punished for having behavior that was too lavish. King Louis the XIV was a young and insecure king and therefore one could not afford to make him jealous, even with generosity.

The lesson I took away from this example, which was not the lesson that was intended, is that if you want people to feel free to display their talents, you must prevent those who have no skills from attaining any sort of prominence. Basically, if you want your country/organization/family/whatever to flourish, you must make sure that there are no King Louis XIV's. That means excluding from power anyone who

1. Has no discernible talents

and

2. Is prone to jealousy.

Which leaves out, by my calculations, which are totally scientific, 98.7% of people. What you should take from this is that you should avoid people with large egos and nothing to back it up unless you can easily turn them to your advantage.

Last edited by Overlord Morgus (10-18-2012 12:26:32 PM)