 |
02-06-2018, 02:04 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: central Alberta
Posts: 12,629
|
|
Food for Thought....What do you practice?
This boy has the right idea.....
https://www.facebook.com/rosalsantan...55199055761347
So what do you practice?
I practice peaceful simplicity.
__________________
___________________________________________
This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
___________________________________________
It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
|
02-06-2018, 02:37 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: In the shadow of the Valhalla Mountains, BC .
Posts: 9,175
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Bullets
|
That ^ should be required listening, for us all!
Selkirk
__________________
|
02-06-2018, 02:50 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Camrose county
Posts: 3,492
|
|
Interesting indeed.
__________________
If people concentrated on the really important things in life,there would be a shortage of fishing poles.Doug larson. Theres a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Steven Wright.
|
02-06-2018, 03:27 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 30
|
|
Absolutely profound..... yet extremely simple truth
|
02-06-2018, 03:52 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Huh. I guess I practice hard work, responsibility, ethics, honesty, and common sense, and other good stuff... and bitch and complain and get angry and want to choke stupid people.
I also practice cynicism, which is why I don't need to take advice from a nine year old with the same accent as the last 'tech support' guy I talked to at Microsoft.....Maybe after life has run him over a few times, and he has worked in hard manual labor for 20 years, raised a few kids and put them through school, celebrated a 25th anniversary....yeah, than the nine year old kid can instruct me about life. Until then...it's just internet wisdom.
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 04:27 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 4,090
|
|
Its obviously something his parents or teacher taught him and he's memorized it, but none the less its a good thing to remember and be aware of.
Re Twisted Canuck's "I also practice cynicism, which is why I don't need to take advice from a nine year old with the same accent as the last 'tech support' guy I talked to at Microsoft"
Not to judge but it looks like you misspelled racism.
Last edited by drhu22; 02-06-2018 at 04:34 PM.
|
02-06-2018, 04:38 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kimberley B.C.
Posts: 5,234
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
Huh. I guess I practice hard work, responsibility, ethics, honesty, and common sense, and other good stuff... and bitch and complain and get angry and want to choke stupid people.
I also practice cynicism, which is why I don't need to take advice from a nine year old with the same accent as the last 'tech support' guy I talked to at Microsoft.....Maybe after life has run him over a few times, and he has worked in hard manual labor for 20 years, raised a few kids and put them through school, celebrated a 25th anniversary....yeah, than the nine year old kid can instruct me about life. Until then...it's just internet wisdom.
|
Hee Hee Hee! I`ll take wisdom from you 
|
02-06-2018, 04:42 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherpeak
Hee Hee Hee! I`ll take wisdom from you |
Awesome Padwan. First, buy low and sell high. Everything else will fall in place.
You're welcome. 
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 04:44 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by drhu22
Its obviously something his parents or teacher taught him and he's memorized it, but none the less its a good thing to remember and be aware of.
Re Twisted Canuck's "I also practice cynicism, which is why I don't need to take advice from a nine year old with the same accent as the last 'tech support' guy I talked to at Microsoft"
Not to judge but it looks like you misspelled racism.
|
Does it? Huh. Must have missed that bit. Thanks for your input though, I'll try and adjust my self expression to match your melting point.
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 04:48 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 4,090
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
Does it? Huh. Must have missed that bit. Thanks for your input though, I'll try and adjust my self expression to match your melting point.
|
Wuddever... its a waste of time arguing about it. I shouldnt have bothered.
Last edited by drhu22; 02-06-2018 at 04:55 PM.
|
02-06-2018, 04:49 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: At the end of the Thirsty Beaver Trail, Pinsky lake, Alberta.
Posts: 24,620
|
|
Help me, help you, help us....if your not willing to pull your weight bugger off.
No excuses, results!
__________________
Be careful when you follow the masses, sometimes the "M" is silent... 
|
02-06-2018, 04:57 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by drhu22
Wuddever... its a waste of time arguing about it. I shouldnt have bothered.
|
Pretty weak after throwing the token 'racism' card..
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 05:12 PM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 4,090
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
Pretty weak after throwing the token 'racism' card..
|
If you really need for me to point it out then re-read your comment:
"I also practice cynicism, which is why I don't need to take advice from a nine year old with the same accent as the last 'tech support' guy I talked to at Microsoft"
Now replace the words in blue with east Indian (or ethnicity of your choice).
Does that make my reply any easier to understand?
Now unrustle those jimmies and have a beer, were not going to change the others point of view.
Over and out
|
02-06-2018, 05:15 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by drhu22
If you really need for me to point it out then re-read your comment:
"I also practice cynicism, which is why I don't need to take advice from a nine year old with the same accent as the last 'tech support' guy I talked to at Microsoft"
Now replace the words in blue with east Indian (or ethnicity of your choice).
Does that make my reply any easier to understand?
Now unrustle those jimmies and have a beer, were not going to change the others point of view.
Over and out
|
Sorry for triggering you.
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 07:18 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Well this thread has fallen flat now, let's try and fire it up again...
Racism racism racism racism racism racism racism racism...
Well? Did the 'racism bigot' card trump every reply?
No? Try harder.
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 07:28 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,073
|
|
Shame on you Canuck.
You have offended us all. How dare you say things we think....
|
02-06-2018, 07:32 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by buckbrush
Shame on you Canuck.
You have offended us all. How dare you say things we think....
|
yes, I did. But really, what? So much hurt butt in the world. 'oh' oh, racism, oh.....my you mentioned an ethnic group, oh...'
Jesus Christ, how about that.
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 08:00 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: central Alberta
Posts: 12,629
|
|
Hey Twisted C... just wondering....Did the microsoft tech you spoke with end up solving your problem?
"If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature...transparent and clear".” ― Sogyal Rinpoche
__________________
___________________________________________
This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
___________________________________________
It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
|
02-06-2018, 08:07 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Bullets
Hey Twisted C... just wondering....Did the microsoft tech you spoke with end up solving your problem?
"If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature...transparent and clear".” ― Sogyal Rinpoche |
I don't remember, it was probably ten years ago...I know my brain ws leaking a bit by the end of it all. But I'm just a racist, right?
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 08:08 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,073
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Bullets
Hey Twisted C... just wondering....Did the microsoft tech you spoke with end up solving your problem?
"If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature...transparent and clear".” ― Sogyal Rinpoche |
Why? Are you trying to imply that he would be a better computer tech than a dumb white guy??? Just kidding, no one gets triggered over white discrimination.
|
02-06-2018, 08:25 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
In my experience, dumb is color blind. White, brown, black yellow, plaid....stupid people fill all the color niches. But hey, apparently I'm just a racist. For the record....white men can be stupid too.
Oh my god!!!
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 08:45 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
So I have to ask. If you watch a video of some 9 year old being profound, and he happens to be an identifiable ethnic group, and you comment on it in an oblique way, is that racist? In principle, or intent? Really?
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-06-2018, 08:52 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,073
|
|
After reading this thread it shows that people can be triggered by pretty much anything. You don't even have to mention a color or race and you get the racist card thrown.
|
02-06-2018, 09:01 PM
|
 |
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Southern Alberta
Posts: 3,662
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
So I have to ask. If you watch a video of some 9 year old being profound, and he happens to be an identifiable ethnic group, and you comment on it in an oblique way, is that racist? In principle, or intent? Really?
|
I just see a 9 yr old kid reading a cue card that his mommy or daddy is holding while the other one films is. Nothing profound about it , pure script  If someone sees racism in your comment ,as the boy says : they are lookingto complain about it. IMHO 
__________________
Dont sweat the petty stuff, and dont pet the sweaty stuff 
|
02-06-2018, 09:02 PM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: GP AB
Posts: 16,247
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by buckbrush
After reading this thread it shows that people can be triggered by pretty much anything. You don't even have to mention a color or race and you get the racist card thrown.
|
You must be a white supremacist for saying that. I'm going to call the mods, my butt hurts....
__________________
'Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves a banana, they'll never climb another tree.'. Robert Heinlein
'You can accomplish a lot more with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.' Al Capone
|
02-07-2018, 05:47 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,073
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
You must be a white supremacist for saying that. I'm going to call the mods, my butt hurts....
|
Ya got me. I once had a thought of being proud of my Scottish/Danish roots. Glad I didn’t tell anyone or I would have been called out sooner.
|
02-07-2018, 06:56 AM
|
|
Banned
|
|
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Gods Country
Posts: 1,706
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
Huh. I guess I practice hard work, responsibility, ethics, honesty, and common sense, and other good stuff... and bitch and complain and get angry and want to choke stupid people.
I also practice cynicism, which is why I don't need to take advice from a nine year old with the same accent as the last 'tech support' guy I talked to at Microsoft.....Maybe after life has run him over a few times, and he has worked in hard manual labor for 20 years, raised a few kids and put them through school, celebrated a 25th anniversary....yeah, than the nine year old kid can instruct me about life. Until then...it's just internet wisdom.
|
Good point, not takin advice from kid who probably eats his own boogers........then again, I've seen alot of adults on the deer foot guilty of the same offence.........maybe he is onto something....
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:43 PM.
|
Linear Mode
