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On being a fully paid up member of the human race.

Started by The Good Reverend Roger, January 03, 2013, 03:46:25 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

A few thoughts about what qualifies a primate as a human.

1.  Rights:  If you can demand them, you have them.
2.  Personhood:  It resembles Mach's Principle...If you view other people as persons, then you yourself are a person.
3.  Biped:  You are a biped if you question your own beliefs, even when nobody is looking.

Feel free to add.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

trippinprincezz13

Learning not to take yourself so damn seriously? Being able to laugh things off, admit you don't know everything, realize no-one one is perfect and move forward makes things a lot easier than obsessing over some imaginary standard, digging one's heels in, etc.

Though, I suppose that could fall under the blanket of being a biped?
There's no sun shine coming through her ass, if you are sure of your penis.

Paranoia is a disease unto itself, and may I add, the person standing next to you, may not be who they appear to be, so take precaution.

If there is no order in your sexual life it may be difficult to stay with a whole skin.

Anna Mae Bollocks

The first three cover just about everything else, like not treating people like crap.
Can't think of much except "be real" and "don't be a moron intentionally".
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

Reginald Ret

I never really understood what 'be real'  means.
Lots of people say it, but they all mean something else.
Usually 'be more like me' or 'be more like i expect you to be'.
Lord Byron: "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."

Nigel saying the wisest words ever uttered: "It's just a suffix."

"The worst forum ever" "The most mediocre forum on the internet" "The dumbest forum on the internet" "The most retarded forum on the internet" "The lamest forum on the internet" "The coolest forum on the internet"

Lenin McCarthy

Looking at the world approximately how it is, not how you think it should be.

Mangrove

Altruism - knowing that it isn't always about 'you'.
What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

trippinprincezz13

Quote from: :regret: on January 04, 2013, 07:14:04 AM
I never really understood what 'be real'  means.
Lots of people say it, but they all mean something else.
Usually 'be more like me' or 'be more like i expect you to be'.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2c8c4b3b58/chappelle-show-when-keeping-it-real-goes-wrong-1

I would take it as meaning be genuine.

But most often when I hear people say it, it tends to sound like you said.
There's no sun shine coming through her ass, if you are sure of your penis.

Paranoia is a disease unto itself, and may I add, the person standing next to you, may not be who they appear to be, so take precaution.

If there is no order in your sexual life it may be difficult to stay with a whole skin.

LMNO

Quote from: :regret: on January 04, 2013, 07:14:04 AM
I never really understood what 'be real'  means.
Lots of people say it, but they all mean something else.
Usually 'be more like me' or 'be more like i expect you to be'.

"No Bullshitting"

Usually, when used in the first person, it means "I'm going to insult you now, no offense, but..."  It's a dodge to indemnify.

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2013, 04:57:27 PM
Quote from: :regret: on January 04, 2013, 07:14:04 AM
I never really understood what 'be real'  means.
Lots of people say it, but they all mean something else.
Usually 'be more like me' or 'be more like i expect you to be'.

"No Bullshitting"

Usually, when used in the first person, it means "I'm going to insult you now, no offense, but..."  It's a dodge to indemnify.

"I WAS ONLY SAYING..."

"DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY, BUT..."

"IF A FRIEND CAN'T TELL YOU, WHO CAN?"

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Dildo Argentino

The ability to tell your own opinions from those of others.
Not too keen on rigor, myself - reminds me of mortis

Xooxe

#10
Being able to admit to yourself what your own motives are. (But on its own I guess that doesn't really help sociopaths.)

Anna Mae Bollocks

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 04, 2013, 05:06:10 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 04, 2013, 04:57:27 PM
Quote from: :regret: on January 04, 2013, 07:14:04 AM
I never really understood what 'be real'  means.
Lots of people say it, but they all mean something else.
Usually 'be more like me' or 'be more like i expect you to be'.

"No Bullshitting"

Usually, when used in the first person, it means "I'm going to insult you now, no offense, but..."  It's a dodge to indemnify.

"I WAS ONLY SAYING..."

"DON'T TAKE THIS PERSONALLY, BUT..."

"IF A FRIEND CAN'T TELL YOU, WHO CAN?"

The passive aggressive thing does tend to make it mean the opposite of what it originally meant.  :horrormirth:
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

Richter

You will, on occasion, try something that you are CERTAIN will not work, or do something in a different way than previously it has been established to do that something.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

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Anna Mae Bollocks

You will fuck up. And get up, dust your ass off, say "I fucked up" and go on.
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Suu

Doing what you can to better yourself daily, from small facts to big events.
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