@ThanosReXXX "Live is about LIVING, not working."
Now I KNOW you're not a real American anymore! Someone once told me Europeans work to live, Americans live to work. It's true. Work is expected to be your sole and only purpose in life here. [Insert motivational poster slogan here]
Actually someone posted one of those motivational poster slogans in the NL comments section last week. If I could reach through my computer screen with a chainsaw, I'd have dealt with that problem.... What was it? "No one ever changed the world on 40 hours a week!" I despise those kinds of slogans, and despise more anyone would would cite them. A call to endless hours of labor on the promise that the truly successful and memorable did so. If endless hours of work were what was required for that kind of success, every adult male in Japan would be a legend among men. Instead most are beaten down, depressed salarymen, plus a handful of legends. But nothing shall interfere with the narrative: Work is life, toil is liberty!
@NEStalgia Brushing more than once a day is nonsense, a waste of valuable productivity, and harmful to the gums, so screw that.
Oh, and ThanosWorldProblems? I wasn't the one bringing it up, just added my two cents.
And while we're at it, why don't we add Doris Day as well? Will REALLY make us look old, compared to the other posters...
By the way: your assistance is needed in the Xbox thread. Some weird goings on, there...
@Anti-Matter Put 'em in a raw salad, and I'll join in...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@NEStalgia All a load of BS. A good friend of mine, who lives in Asia (Myanmar), works about 20 hours a week, earns thousands of dollars, owns three houses, with swimming pools, and he lives life to the fullest. He invited me to come over in July. Even offered to pay for my flight, so I took him up on his offer...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ThanosReXXX Yeah I was more depressed about Doris than Conway. Now there's a true legend.... I wonder how many people in the average age group here have even heard of her?
How to explain her importance? Hmm, she was like the a Kardashian 60 years before there was a Kardashian, except she had boatloads of talent and endless class?
@Octane If work is something you like to do instead of something you have to do, you don't need motivational posters and slogans with creepy totalitarian references to encourage you to do more of it.
@ThanosReXXX I'm doing my best to try to speak Millennial. It's not my primary language, so it may be slightly inaccurate. Leave me alone. And get off my lawn!
@Octane I'm sure they exist in Europe, but I do feel like it's mostly an American thing. The work culture here originally was initially informed by the Quakers, Adventists, and such, who believed work was effectively a religious experience, and more importantly that any moment not spent working was a moment spent working for the devil. Then the Germans started immigrating and brought that famous work ethic and efficiency that fused all too well with the Quaker work ideal. The end result is a culture that can't shake the notion of life=work, work=life. The famous "Keep calm and carry on" British one from the 40's is all I can think of to associate in Europe...most of them were War related. Not quite the same as the modern corporate motivational poster which feels like a snarky war-time approach to propaganda for increased corporate productivity.
I'd like a corporate rule. For every motivational poster hung on a wall, an executive gets a baseball bat to the face. Few things can fill one with the desire to dismember someone quite like a motivational poster that looks like what happens if an SS commandant were to be in charge of the copier room.
@Octane Nobody actually LIKES to work, or at least not if it is for a boss or employer. That's just mass-hypnosis, brain washing, NLP, or whatever you wanna call it. We don't live to work. We just use work as a necessary evil to be able to fund our ACTUAL lives...
@NEStalgia Well, unfortunately for me, I've been in the sales business. A business all too infused with good old American values and a truck load of nauseating slogans, often recited in various famous movies about sales departments, stock brokers and what not...
But I don't care about any of that. Not to say that I haven't enjoyed any of my previous or current jobs, and I've had quite a few good colleagues with whom I've experienced all kinds of hilarious and exciting stuff, but nonetheless, I've (luckily) never been able to fool myself into thinking that I needed work for anything other than paying the bills, and being able to afford the live that I want to live.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
I like work because I like structure. And being paid for doing something. And my particular job allows me to audit those that try to shirk the responsibility the accepted for payment. That brings me solace.
Hunter/gatherers did what they did because they liked eating.
The use of Rad Away was a reference that eliminating radiation would protect me from genetic mutations. Fallout is life.
Anyone that needs a poster to inspire them isn’t going to be inspired long, and the temporary inspiration won’t yield benefits in quality. Might as well have a poster that says “Don’t be a screw up”
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@ThanosReXXX Yep, moderation is key. As mentioned before, I don't crazily restrict myself, but I do try to not go overboard either. Who says that I can't eat one slice of cake at a celebration? I can generally avoid most sweets unless there's chocolate or ice cream involved. There's a reason why I don't typically stock that stuff in my own home (barring some really dark chocolate on occasion)....
Part of the reason that I've been trying to eat healthier is due to some family health problems. High blood pressure runs on some of my mom's side (I've so far avoided medications but was labeled pre-hypertensive when I was heavier), plus the family metabolism rate in general isn't the best. The main thing I'm worried about is getting Type 2 Diabetes as my father has it (the man guzzles sugar like it's gonna go off the market; he's gotten a bit better but still doesn't watch it nearly as much as he should), and an aunt of mine has a myriad of health problems that stem from it.
I fast walk for a lot of my fitness on some local trails. I'd love to walk/ride a bike to work if I could, but where I live makes it pretty difficult. I live along a busy road in a small "town" a couple of miles from an actual town. There are no sidewalks where I'm at, and the traffic, particularly an area that goes by an elementary school, gets pretty nuts/dangerous. I'm also not a morning person, so getting up much earlier than I already do is a struggle. XD
I think brushing more than two times a day, barring some situations, is overkill. There IS a such thing as too much brushing from what I've read; brushing too hard can cause the gums to recede and can even wear away the enamel. I'm no expert, but I decided to try and take better care of my teeth - at least in the flossing department. Once in awhile there's a morning when I forget to brush though.
The coworker with a fast metabolism is in his early 30s, a bit older than me. He claims that things are catching up with him a bit, but it's hard to tell size-wise. XD
On Tim Conway: I do know him as Barnacle Boy, but I have seen him in other roles. The reason I was looking stuff up related to him on Monday was due to his role in The Apple Dumpling Gang. I'm normally not a fan of Westerns/related settings, but that movie is decent IMO.
Currently playing: Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (Switch)
@Octane I'm the same way weirdly enough. I like most chocolates and love vanilla-based ice cream, but for some reason I've never cared for chocolate milk or chocolate ice cream. Somehow that infusion just doesn't agree with my taste buds. I don't mind some chocolate ON ice cream though. shrug
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