Topic 25 of 42: The US $$$ Culture
Fri, Apr 23, 1999 (04:51) |
Alexander Schuth (aschuth)
The first item in this series which is not a fetish.
29 responses total.
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 1 of 29: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Apr 26, 1999 (21:27) * 1 lines
There is a movement called voluntary simplicity which has as its adherents mostly women (primarily mothers). We believe in a lifestyle which supports and nurtures our families while doing the least harm to the environment and others. Money is not a priority for this group.
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 2 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 27, 1999 (21:43) * 9 lines
your last sentence reminds me of a comedy skit, Autumn...
"the only people who say money isn't important, don't have any"
I applaud that lifestyle, and it has made the news recently
via a woman in Japan...and monks and other religious practioners
have been doing it for centuries, too...
(still, it would be nice to be rich for a little while, no?)
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Response 3 of 29: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Wed, Apr 28, 1999 (22:54) * 1 lines
You know, I've thought about this, and always wind up at odds and evens. On the one hand the opportunities to travel and be freed from the daily grind of work would be nice! However, I think we would truly learn how to live if we lost it all and had to start from square one.
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Response 4 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (00:24) * 5 lines
do you think society would hold at all peacefully if
we lost it all and had to start over?
do you think humans have learned anything from our world's history?
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Response 5 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (02:47) * 1 lines
One would not think so, looking as one has not learned too much from one's own personal history. But then, we have learned many things in the last 5.000 years. We have learned to cooperate. To give up freedoms for some higher cause. Get recompensated with substitutes.
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Response 6 of 29: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 29, 1999 (17:24) * 2 lines
what freedoms for what 'higher cause'?
I feel like I'm listening to a series of contradictions (beyond the inherent cath-22 isms) and possibly it's all a sematics game inside my own head...
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Response 7 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (13:45) * 4 lines
Higher Causes: Hanging out at the beach vs. earning money to eat next week, too?
My life for that of many. My time for a caritative cause. My ressource for a friend.
Semantics game - it all comes down what you personally define as freedom and as non-freedom.
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Response 8 of 29: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr 30, 1999 (16:21) * 9 lines
funny.
I'm assuming the hanging out on the beach is the freedom
and the higher cause is the earning money to eat...
Lucky we have the FREEDOM to work in whatever profession we choose in order to feed ourselves. And the freedom to change that profession if the conditions and/or profession itself no longer suits us.
I agree with a lot of what you're saying but this 'freedom' that I feel like you're dissing is actually much broader than the freedom to loaf... the 'greater good' we've referred to seems available because of the freedom we have
(making sense or no??)
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Response 9 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sat, May 1, 1999 (04:04) * 5 lines
Eat next week is a higher cause. Work today need not be Freedom.
"Lucky we have the FREEDOM to work in whatever profession we choose" - as lok as somebody finds it worth to pay us. Say, if I'd like to work in IT as a punched-card puncher, how good would my job chances be?
I don't diss no freedoms. There's more to it, bit too little words.
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Response 10 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, May 1, 1999 (04:32) * 1 lines
and punch card jobs...
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Response 11 of 29: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, May 3, 1999 (12:12) * 1 lines
Waaaaaaah! My computer crashed. I'm here among the library riff-raff...
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 12 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, May 3, 1999 (16:31) * 1 lines
My sympathies. What happened?
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Response 13 of 29: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Thu, May 6, 1999 (13:29) * 1 lines
According to my brother, a total computer geek, my hard drive is shot. I have to call Micron today and get a replacement (thankfully it's under warranty). I also need some zip discs to transfer all my files onto first.
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Response 14 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, May 6, 1999 (15:26) * 3 lines
hmmm...I'm sorry...
I'd let you borrow one of my extra drives,
but I can't throw it that far...
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Response 15 of 29: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, May 24, 1999 (10:35) * 1 lines
Hooray! It's back up and running--and as a bonus, I'm even using Netscape 4.1 now, how cool and edgy is that?? And only 273 new email messages!
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Response 16 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, May 24, 1999 (11:20) * 1 lines
get 'em read so's you got more time to get back on here and talk to us!!!
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Response 17 of 29: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, May 24, 1999 (15:28) * 1 lines
welcome back Autumn!
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Response 18 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Mon, May 24, 1999 (16:19) * 1 lines
yeah, that too!!!
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 19 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Tue, May 25, 1999 (09:49) * 1 lines
Hooray for whoeverfixed the whateveritwas! Hi Autumn!
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Response 20 of 29: Autumn (autumn) * Wed, May 26, 1999 (14:08) * 1 lines
It's soooo much faster now, my fingers fairly dance across the keys!! It's nice to feel connected again.
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Response 21 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Wed, May 26, 1999 (16:19) * 1 lines
"you got to get yourself connected..."
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Response 22 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, May 27, 1999 (02:54) * 1 lines
Wait, what's that, lemme guess - Jamiroquai?
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 23 of 29: Autumn (autumn) * Fri, May 28, 1999 (22:13) * 1 lines
"The writing's on the wall..."
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 24 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Fri, May 28, 1999 (23:59) * 1 lines
wheee
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 25 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Sat, May 29, 1999 (04:58) * 1 lines
...eeeez!" Bless you, Wer! Sneezy nose?
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Response 26 of 29: wer (KitchenManager) * Sun, May 30, 1999 (13:07) * 1 lines
nah, just enjoying the ride
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Response 27 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, May 31, 1999 (03:10) * 1 lines
The USD-going-up,-EUR-going-down one?
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Response 28 of 29: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, May 31, 1999 (20:16) * 1 lines
(ah, Alexander deftly brings us back on topic--good show!)
Topic 25 of 42 [cultures]: The US $$$ Culture
Response 29 of 29: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Fri, Jun 25, 1999 (05:38) * 3 lines
And may I point your attention at the topic devoted to collecting CASH:
http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/public/read/collecting/40 ?
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