Lazy society

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: BRAD
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:02 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

yea i can see the whole diet thing.... when i used to come down here (texas) from washington dc when i was a kid, one of the things i always loved was that i could go into any gas station down here in tghe south and purchase anyting FRIED, i had never seen that, go into a gas station and get friend "crispitos" jalepeno poppers, chix strips, egg rolls, chicken, gizards, livers, potato logs, buritos, corn nuggets, gravy. everything............. i was lik eok never seen friend corn nuggets before that was a first........
as to Colorado, makes a lot of sense that is where the USOC (US Olympic Comitee) have thier main training facility right

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: pretendingtowork
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

BRAD said:
yea i can see the whole diet thing.... when i used to come down here (texas) from washington dc when i was a kid, one of the things i always loved was that i could go into any gas station down here in tghe south and purchase anyting FRIED, i had never seen that, go into a gas station and get friend "crispitos" jalepeno poppers, chix strips, egg rolls, chicken, gizards, livers, potato logs, buritos, corn nuggets, gravy. everything............. i was lik eok never seen friend corn nuggets before that was a first........
as to Colorado, makes a lot of sense that is where the USOC (US Olympic Comitee) have thier main training facility right
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I lived in Louisiana in the past and the first thing I did was gain weight. I can't say the food isn't good though.
I also lived in Colorado, Crested Butte to be exact. There, everybody, even the older crowds were always on the Mountains skiing/snowboarding in the winter and biking or hiking in the summer time.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: crazycroat57
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:20 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

pretendingtowork said:
I also lived in Colorado, Crested Butte to be exact. There, everybody, even the older crowds were always on the Mountains skiing/snowboarding in the winter and biking or hiking in the summer time.
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Jesus I didn't know anyone actually lived in Crested Butte, I thought people just visited. Beautiful city though. Anywho back to topic. I think what has caused the overwhelming laziness that I too have succumbed too, is instant gratification. Remember when we were kids and if your parents were really cool you might be able to unwrap one present Christmas eve and you never knew what anything was going to be? Now these kids are going on shopping trips with their parents and picking out their own presents that most parents let their kids have whenever they want. You want to know something, google it, no reading or research. Just a few keystrokes away from every piece of knowledge known to man that can be entered into a computer.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: mmaisgreaterthanyou
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:22 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

great post again kam... good topic...
This country invites a lazy society in my opinion, it's a great measure to regulate people's lives. The tax system is flawed here as well. If you are on the cusp of entering a larger tax bracket but your raise isn't significant enough to make the leap in taxes a profitable one you may also find yourself less motivated to move up or show alot of income gains with your taxes. I have found that investment taxes in this country are about half of what i pay for income tax, there for it's more financially beneficial for me to simply manage and track investments rather than actually work and pay income tax.
In terms of the credit system, it really boils down to financial responsiblility. I got an amex card which gives really good travel rewards. I do all my normal shopping on that card and pay it off every month. I have accumilated enough miles to buy me and my lady a trip to austrailia next year. It took a few years but they were all just normal purchases, gas, groceries etc... Now i have a free vacation... More time to be lazy! woo hoo!

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: squib
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:22 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

I think wealth contributes a great deal to our overall laziness.
How many jobs are reliant on immigrants (legal & illegal), because North Americans are unwilling to do certain jobs. Those of us with wealth pay to have someone do work for us (and we in turn put our time in to generate the wealth for ourselves).
I used to have a job that paid pretty well, but had not time to do much for myself. It was stressful in the end. I now work less hours for way less pay, and have more free time to do more of the dirty work for myself.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: pretendingtowork
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:28 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

crazycroat57 said:
pretendingtowork said:
I also lived in Colorado, Crested Butte to be exact. There, everybody, even the older crowds were always on the Mountains skiing/snowboarding in the winter and biking or hiking in the summer time.
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Jesus I didn't know anyone actually lived in Crested Butte, I thought people just visited. Beautiful city though. Anywho back to topic. I think what has caused the overwhelming laziness that I too have succumbed too, is instant gratification. Remember when we were kids and if your parents were really cool you might be able to unwrap one present Christmas eve and you never knew what anything was going to be? Now these kids are going on shopping trips with their parents and picking out their own presents that most parents let their kids have whenever they want. You want to know something, google it, no reading or research. Just a few keystrokes away from every piece of knowledge known to man that can be entered into a computer.
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The names Thomas, but you can call me Jesus if you want :mrgreen: Yeah, tiny town though. Somebody has to take care of the people that come to visit. I was a bartender out there.
Kids are spoiled these days no doubt. I can see it in my niece and nephew and some other kids I am around all the time. My mom and thier parents spoil my niece and nephew and my mom tries to do it with my son as well, but I won't let her. I try and be different with my son, I guess you can say I use the old school methods for raising my kid. For Christmas, even though my niece and nephew pick out what they want, they are still unhappy, because they wanted something else they didn't get. I think parents just need to learn to lay down the law with their kids and deal with the crying or tantrum that comes with it occasionally.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: The_Butt
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:35 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

I have a few credit cards and use them becuase to me they make sense with the incentives offered by some cards, I however pay them off monthly of at the end of the "no interest" period, for example you purchase that new plasma tv like I did and you put it on a best buy card, you have no interest for 6-12 months whatever the terms were, you pay no interst meanwhile your cash is in your savings of higher yeild CDs/stock whatever method you choose, additionally I pay everything i can on credit card, gas, groceries, some monthly bills, and then take the percentage of money I get back and apply that to the bill and then pay it off in full, this makes "cents." It's all about being responsible and staying within your limits. Also some people need these things in order to be able to outfit their kid for school, fix the car, put food on the table. I wouldn't cast credit cards a dark mark on our society, but will admit there are problems that can be caused by their use.
As for doing Dirty Work myself, I look as what I get paid calculate the hourly rate and if it's something I can pay to have done for less than what I get paid I will likely use a service to do this for me, Lazy maybe but with my wife and I both working money isn't so hard to come by it's time that is hard to find and I'd rather pay someone to do my "chores" and be able to take my wife and daughter to the lake as opposed to having to spend the day mowing the yard, washing the cars, and ironing my shirts.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: crazycroat57
Date: July 21, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/lazy-society.3652/

pretendingtowork said:
crazycroat57 said:
pretendingtowork said:
I also lived in Colorado, Crested Butte to be exact. There, everybody, even the older crowds were always on the Mountains skiing/snowboarding in the winter and biking or hiking in the summer time.
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Jesus I didn't know anyone actually lived in Crested Butte, I thought people just visited. Beautiful city though. Anywho back to topic. I think what has caused the overwhelming laziness that I too have succumbed too, is instant gratification. Remember when we were kids and if your parents were really cool you might be able to unwrap one present Christmas eve and you never knew what anything was going to be? Now these kids are going on shopping trips with their parents and picking out their own presents that most parents let their kids have whenever they want. You want to know something, google it, no reading or research. Just a few keystrokes away from every piece of knowledge known to man that can be entered into a computer.
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The names Thomas, but you can call me Jesus if you want :mrgreen: Yeah, tiny town though. Somebody has to take care of the people that come to visit. I was a bartender out there.
Kids are spoiled these days no doubt. I can see it in my niece and nephew and some other kids I am around all the time. My mom and thier parents spoil my niece and nephew and my mom tries to do it with my son as well, but I won't let her. I try and be different with my son, I guess you can say I use the old school methods for raising my kid. For Christmas, even though my niece and nephew pick out what they want, they are still unhappy, because they wanted something else they didn't get. I think parents just need to learn to lay down the law with their kids and deal with the crying or tantrum that comes with it occasionally.
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Preach on Jesus. I can only imagine the asskicking wrath I would of incurred as a kid if I had said something about not being happy about what I got. My parents worked their asses off for what I got, and I appreciated everything down to the socks, underwear, and books. It means alot more even as a kid, if your parents got you presents because you deserved them. I remember I got the second kind of Jordans for my birthday when I was a kid. Well I had a sleepover and my dad got mad because we kept him awake. Needless to say, those Jordans never touched my feet, they were returned the next day.