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re: Why Is Life In America So Horrible and Oppressive? Why Are People So Miserable?
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:14 pm to ocelot4ark
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:14 pm to ocelot4ark
too many coonasses/lsu fans? ... 
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:16 pm to Hawkeye95
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and ftr, most of the bitching these days comes from the right.
From 2000-2008 it was from the left, from 1992-2000 it was from the right, from 1980-1992 it was from the left....
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:17 pm to ocelot4ark
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ocelot4ark
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Everything you just said is completely subjective and variable per the person
Sort of cuts both ways, no?
I've always found the whole, 'we don't get enough vacation' meme a bit overblown anyway. You get what you want and are capable of setting yourself up for.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:18 pm to ocelot4ark
I think it's one of those things you have to see to understand. It's not cheaper options. It's a lot fewer options. You're totally limited. There's a reason everyone lives in a (relative to America) tiny house with a tiny car and a tiny "garden" backyard. You can only produce about 20 gallons of garbage a week per household, according to the gov't, so you'll need a compactor and you'll have to really watch what you do. If you want any kind of healthcare you must go through the government and have them decide for you. All kinds of random consumer goods are much more highly regulated and can only be found in certain spots with ridiculous taxes. Gas in super expensive. But hey, 6 weeks a year, you can get away from it.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:40 pm to genro
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There's a reason everyone lives in a (relative to America) tiny house with a tiny car and a tiny "garden" backyard.
Everyone? Because I'm pretty sure I've seen, first hand, plenty of country houses. They even have SUV's. I can find an affordable villa in Spain this second and buy a truck.
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You can only produce about 20 gallons of garbage a week per household, according to the gov't, so you'll need a compactor and you'll have to really watch what you do.
Somehow people survive these horrible conditions. Damn. I guess that 6 wk vacation helps them recuperate.
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If you want any kind of healthcare you must go through the government and have them decide for you.
Do you mean have them assign you a date for treatment based on the severity of your illness? Triage? Yeah - I agree that it's not ideal. But, at the very least, every man, woman, and child goes to sleep at night every day of their lives not worrying about the OPTION of treatment. The result? Treatment, just depending on the timeline. And I'm pretty sure that you still have the option to seek private treatment on your own accord.
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All kinds of random consumer goods are much more highly regulated and can only be found in certain spots with ridiculous taxes.
Money, money, money, moneyyyyyy. Moneyyyy.
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Gas in super expensive. But hey, 6 weeks a year, you can get away from it.
To their credit (if we're discussing europe), at least public transportation isn't a disaster for the most part.
Honestly, I just wish there was a movement in this country to start rewarding some of the hardest working people in the world with just a little more vacation time. But, given our culture, it's a pipe dream. There will always be people clinging to this idea that if you want more vacation time, you just need to work harder.
I'll never understand the global attractiveness of the US to a foreign special skills professional that might offer invaluable knowledge to one of our hospitals or technology firms. Should I work 50 weeks a year in the US, putting in 80 hours a week? Or should I work 46 weeks a year in some other country?
Obviously people have different priorities in life. I understand that. I just think there are loads of people in this country who would be happier and healthier, with more stable family environments, if we ever got lucky enough to go down that path.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 2:41 pm to David Lo Pan
quote:I mean, I am in no overall agreement with what TXTiger wrote, but I think you could easily argue these consumer goods are merely means of sedation. Even the Frappucino.
I literally had to set down my Mocha Frappucino to respond to you through my Iphone while driving my vehicle on a paved road.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 3:14 pm to ocelot4ark
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I'll never understand the global attractiveness of the US to a foreign special skills professional that might offer invaluable knowledge to one of our hospitals or technology firms. Should I work 50 weeks a year in the US, putting in 80 hours a week? Or should I work 46 weeks a year in some other country?
To many, it's opportunity. Some folks just can't quite grasp that.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 4:11 pm to MetArl15
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I mean, I am in no overall agreement with what TXTiger wrote, but I think you could easily argue these consumer goods are merely means of sedation. Even the Frappucino.
Consumer good can be used for anything really. I'm just glad I have the option of using them, rather than wearing water bottle flip flops in the desert searching for the next mud puddle to drink out of before I die of thirst.
We are lucky enough to be in the lucky sperm club called America. Enjoy it how you want to.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 4:12 pm to AlaTiger
When people are sufficiently happy, they make themselves become miserable again.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 4:19 pm to AlaTiger
It's obvious.
Because of women.
Because of women.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 5:41 pm to AlaTiger
Hmmm, seems to me more right wingers are bitching and moaning.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 6:48 pm to TT9
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it didn't take long.
I mean, it's a legitimate point.
99% of the words that come out of any liberal minded person's mouth are words of complaining, bitching, moaning, groaning, negative crap about this country and anyone who doesn't agree that America is a shite hole that should be blown to Mars.
Hell, it's the MO of most liberal politicians to make people feel unfairly treated, discriminated against, shitty, bad about themselves, etc...
For as much shite gets talked about how "awful and evil" America is, it's one of the best (if not THE best place) to live as a whole.
It's not about left vs right, but it does seem the left just spews negativity at people so often, that they start to really believed they are overly oppressed and unfairly treated and that just isn't the case.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:12 pm to ocelot4ark
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I can find an affordable villa in Spain this second and buy a truck.
Then go. But trust me, I've done the same thing, except in France, and it's not what I expected.
Even though they may have more vacation than us they still
have many more important problems in their life that they complain about.
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I'll never understand the global attractiveness of the US to a foreign special skills professional that might offer invaluable knowledge to one of our hospitals or technology firms. Should I work 50 weeks a year in the US, putting in 80 hours a week? Or should I work 46 weeks a year in some other country?
The reason you don't understand the global attractiveness of the US to a foreign worker is because you never lived in a foreign country. Doctors in Europe are paid shite. They may have 5 weeks vacation but they'd rather come here and earn multiples more than what they earn there and forego vacation. If you don't understand that so be it.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:34 pm to TX Tiger
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America hasn't been working since 1913.
Once the Federal Reserve was created under cover of darkness, it has been a roller coaster of booms and busts manipulated from above.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:43 pm to Scruffy
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Well, this country has pumped out an unrealistic idea of what the "American Dream" was. This has resulted in people being disappointed, no matter where they end up.
I am disappointed, I thought I would be closer to retirement by now but I am man enough to step up and do something about it and not cry about it like the liberal fricktards on this board.
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We are also use more antidepressants than any other country.
pathetic crutch for the weak mind.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:45 pm to ocelot4ark
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America: Where money is the most important thing. Ever. Where money is more important than having significantly more time to spend with one's family.
Money, money, money, moneyyyy. Moneyyyy.
Agree completely. Americans are greedy SOB's. Consume, consume, consume. It's unsustainable. We can't continue to prop up a way of life with endless consumption. It's unhealthy for a society to focus so much of its energy on money, materialism etc. We pay for it with rates of drug abuse, alcoholism, obesity and depression that are off the charts.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:48 pm to MetArl15
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but I think you could easily argue these consumer goods are merely means of sedation. Even the Frappucino.
Bingo. Too many Americans equate happiness in life with stuff and keeping up with the Joneses. Because we have been conditioned since birth to believe in that bullshite. It's like a fish not knowing he is in water.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:50 pm to NoNameNeeded
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I read on Yahoo News just now that Egypt is redirecting thousands more Gazans into Europe, and everyone by now is familiar with the muslim overbreeding agenda for conquest. The Third World hordes are ruining the standard of living for the more responsible countries that value life enough to live and breed within their means.
The barbarians certainly are at the gate.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:51 pm to AlaTiger
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Why Are People So Miserable?
Basing too much of our lives on unfulfilling endeavors, many of which revolve around electronics and addictive content...
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:51 pm to AlaTiger
Liberals, by definition, would be out of a job if there was nothing to change.
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