Ambrosia Software Web Board: My Ultimate Revelation On Slackerism - Ambrosia Software Web Board

We'll say your Joe Schmoe average car costs $10,000 (US). Now, let's look at what we could use this money for more wisely:

First, you can get a very nice bike for about $200 (US). This will get you anywhere decently nearby you want to get to, doesn't have gas or insurance, doesn't pollute if you're an environmental person, and you can avoid hitting stuff much easier with it (like kids or animals or trees or other vehicles).

At this point, simply assume that all further prices are in US dollars. Now, $10,000 - $200 gives you $9,800. Why have this money? Why not just get a car? The answer will rock your mind...

Candy!!! $10 of candy = 1 shopping bag = 1.5 weeks of a decently large amount of candy each day. This means 980 shopping bags of candy, which means 1470 weeks of candy, which is 10290 days of candy, which is 28.19178082 years of candy. Beautiful, isn't it?

But, you might potentially say, there's a gaping flaw in your plan: How the hell do you get to and from work without having to get up at 3:00 AM? Answer: Hah! Real men don't need to go to work!

Essentially, if you're a programmer or have some other computer-related work, there's a good chance you could just use the net to send in your work, and never have to leave home. And if you had a girly man's job, you could use a bus thingy, riding to the bus stop on your bike and etc..

More thinking along these lines: My parents got a sink for the bathroom that's being redone (due to the floor rotting and would eventually break, causing it all to fall into the basement). It was about $100. They discovered *gasp* a chip in it! Actual value: approx. $10. They took it back and got an unchipped one.

If they had taken it back, and told the store about the chip, and bought it for $10, they'd have had $90 left over. They could either then spend the money on some slacker things (CDs, chips, computer games, etc....) or they could give it to starving people and such, depending on how selfless they were.

My theory, therefore, is that, by being a slacker person and putting up with alternate stuff, you could live a happier, more relaxed SlackerLife™ than most fokes (in this country, at least), who tend to have a NormalLife™, while being capable of being more charitable than most fokes (again, in this country, at least).

This is my ultimate revelation so far. And it may well end up heavily influencing my life style.

Any fatal flaws in there I can't see?

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"Vampiric chickens are spiffy. Bak bak bak ARRR!"

[This message has been edited by Mag Steelglass (edited 06-07-2002).]

That's also called I believe being economical with your cash. Personally, I will spare nothing for an unchipped toilet or unchipped chair. However, a car is, as as you say, dangerous and utilitarian (especially in my hands!) so I'll let that pass.

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

shrewd slacker.... interesting this is how I am too. I rarely buy anything so I have alot of money. Even though I set myself as poor I have a good bank account. The only "Big" thing I'll buy is a sound system for my car......

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I might be a Giant.......

I have nothing relevant here, only to say that I hate and deplore the Ares trash talk bar.

Who's with me?

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

I know I am.

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Captaintripps: Founder of the first real Cabal.
[url="http://"http://voxhumanasketch.tripod.com/voxhumana/"]VoxHumana[/url] -- Comedy of the Future

[Curses.]

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

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ok ok I know I've been a bad influence.......

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I might be a Giant.......

Actually, I'm probably a bad influence on YOU. Just don't come hollering to me when the bloody UC shuts down your (*#%ing unconscious that regulates breathing and eating.

Ok.

Tripps! My long lost confidante, please, come on board and feast yourself on puff puffy!

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

Hmm. This topic appears to be hazardous to people's mental health. Ah, well.

As far as the theory goes, I've decided that you would still want to borrow a car from friends occaisionally (like if you had to go somewhere you couldn't get a bus to, or faster than a bus could take you) or just get an old, POS car that runs but doesn't do too much else.

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"Vampiric chickens are spiffy. Bak bak bak ARRR!"

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Like whoa was it that bad?.... the UC?



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I might be a Giant.......

assignment;logicalimperative compile diagnosis: englishlogichumanlogicfunctionality = 1. Bobsteranalysationcompile answer, logicalnecessitynadir, replyfunctionnext. End.

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

We've lost Joveia to computerspeak again. Would someone please give him a whack on the upside before he unleashes an iterative spiel of improbable thought patterns?

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

Don't worry, I do that every chance I get.

Figuratively speaking, of course.

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"Welcome to our Pirate outpost. Please enjoy your stay, and realize that any irregular actions can and will be used against you in the afterlife."

A detailed analysis of my statement will give a response that is both logical and without obfuscating English sentence structural rules. However, if you'd prefer...

I think... therefore, my thoughts exist because there is something to mirror outside of my thoughts. My thoughts are in my head, so I mirror what is outside of my head. Therefore, I exist in the universe that I perceive.

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I assume this is bad for me....right?

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I might be a Giant.......

Yes. Joveia existing in a universe which he perceives comes under the category of a very bad thing.

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

For reasons which I will not disclose, that statement is extremely funny.

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

It has recently come to my attention that Joveia has also hijacked this topic for his ramblings about the universe. All in favor of strapping him to a chair and forcing him to watch Diff'rent Strokes reruns for an entire weekend, thus redirecting his energies to a far more important question: why did 80s TV suck so much?

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"You bet there's a problem. You see...Ted Turner...is my father."
-Dr. Nightmare

It sucked because I wasn't alive then.

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

Oh, no. We hijacked this topic to senselessly take cheap shots at Joveia.

Come to think of it, blaming Joveia is a cheap shot.

Proceed!

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

I have nothing to fear, so long as God is my shield, and Jesus is the truth in my face.

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

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In other words, you have everything to fear?

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

Did you realise you could also buy 5 of the new iMacs?

~Belisarius

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iMac garden!

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Sundered Angel,
The One and Only
Ares Webboard Moderator, and all-around Nice Guy

Sorry, this just isn't my day.

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There are only 3 kinds of people: those who can count, and those who can't.

[This message has been edited by Joveia (edited 06-27-2002).]