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Banzai
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 Posted: 02/04/04 - 16:54 Post subject: Self Destructive Behavior
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Why?
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Syke
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 16:56 Post subject:
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Why...not? 
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Gethy
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:01 Post subject:
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There's no answer to why or why not. Why not use lowfat milk instead of whole? Why not eat a salad instead of a half a pound of beef? Why pound beer after beer instead of sipping tea?
People do things. It's a fact.
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Banzai
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:03 Post subject:
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| Gethy wrote: | There's no answer to why or why not. Why not use lowfat milk instead of whole? Why not eat a salad instead of a half a pound of beef? Why pound beer after beer instead of sipping tea?
People do things. It's a fact. |
But if you know it's not for the best why keep doing it?
Sabotage? Death wish?
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sinrakin
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:04 Post subject:
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Separation of cause and effect.
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hitachi
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:05 Post subject:
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| Banzai wrote: | | Gethy wrote: | There's no answer to why or why not. Why not use lowfat milk instead of whole? Why not eat a salad instead of a half a pound of beef? Why pound beer after beer instead of sipping tea?
People do things. It's a fact. |
But if you know it's not for the best why keep doing it?
Sabotage? Death wish? |
once again, drinking, smoking, eating shit thats not good for you. people all know thats not for the best yet still do it, just because.
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Syke
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:08 Post subject:
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Or maybe the negative effects are desired?
Maybe the negative effects aren't great enough to deter someone from doing them. Like sinrakin mentioned, seperation of cause and effect. The effect may be long reached, and therefore is often neglected, or pushed out of the way in order to satisfy the here and the now.
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wellspoken
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:09 Post subject:
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| hitachi wrote: | | yea im 500 pounds and a g**k lolz. |
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Gethy
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:10 Post subject:
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| wellspoken wrote: | | hitachi wrote: | | yea im 500 pounds and a g**k lolz. |
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You sure enjoy riding his c**k.
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Gethy
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:21 Post subject:
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Ignorance. Stupidity. Apathy. Enjoyment. Honestly, any number of reasons could cause someone to implement X bad trait into their life. If a person likes (or think they like) something, they'll do it. As much as it could be the aforementioned reasons, it's all in the eye of the beholder; addiction becomes routine, routine becomes addiction, and, in the end, you have another human being with a slew of complications that keep piling up atop one another. Think: Orouborus (sp?), because thriving off bad traits is simply eating at yourself ad infinitum.
The answer doesn't exist.
Conversely, why does the 300 pound fat f**k order a diet coke while ordering a super-sized Quarterpounder meal?
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Jakanden
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:23 Post subject:
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Why ask why?
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Gethy
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:24 Post subject:
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| Jakanden wrote: | | Why ask why? |
Try Bud Dry.
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sinrakin
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:26 Post subject:
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| Gethy wrote: | | Jakanden wrote: | | Why ask why? |
Try Bud Dry. |
My oh my.
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Gethy
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:29 Post subject:
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| sinrakin wrote: | | Gethy wrote: | | Jakanden wrote: | | Why ask why? |
Try Bud Dry. |
My oh my. |
I just picked up Confederacy of Dunces today. I like it!
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sinrakin
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:31 Post subject:
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| Gethy wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | | Gethy wrote: | | Jakanden wrote: | | Why ask why? |
Try Bud Dry. |
My oh my. |
I just picked up Confederacy of Dunces today. I like it! |
Great book. Sucks about the whole killing himself thing.
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Gethy
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:34 Post subject:
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| sinrakin wrote: | | Gethy wrote: | | sinrakin wrote: | | Gethy wrote: | | Jakanden wrote: | | Why ask why? |
Try Bud Dry. |
My oh my. |
I just picked up Confederacy of Dunces today. I like it! |
Great book. Sucks about the whole killing himself thing. |
Started reading Vanity of Duluoz, then I decided to go to the library, where I picked that (Confederacy of Dunces) up, a biography of Kerouac, and a collection of poems by Ginsberg. I've got a lot of reading to do. 
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Celestra
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:34 Post subject:
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Couldn't it be something simple like if you had to think about not doing all the things that are in any tiny way bad for you, you'd have a full time job?
Of course it depends on what exactly you are talking about. Are you talking about things like drinking yourself into a stupor every night, or taking drugs, or cutting yourself, or looking for relationships that are bad for you...
Or are you talking about the little things we do every day? Smoking, drinking, not exercising (exercising excessively), eating bad food, crossing the street without looking, not sleeping enough, not taking your vitamines, impulsive behaviour... etc?
Coz if it's the latter I'd rather actually LIVE a short life, than be afraid to live a long one.
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hitachi
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 17:37 Post subject:
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| wellspoken wrote: | | hitachi wrote: | | yea im 500 pounds and a g**k lolz. |
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what great insight from an ignorant worthless should-have-been fuckstain in his parents bed.
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wellspoken
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 18:39 Post subject:
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| hitachi wrote: | | wellspoken wrote: | | hitachi wrote: | | yea im 500 pounds and a g**k lolz. |
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what great insight from an ignorant worthless should-have-been fuckstain in his parents bed. |
haha.
eat my ass, g**k.
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Luturb
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 18:49 Post subject:
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| Banzai wrote: | | Gethy wrote: | There's no answer to why or why not. Why not use lowfat milk instead of whole? Why not eat a salad instead of a half a pound of beef? Why pound beer after beer instead of sipping tea?
People do things. It's a fact. |
But if you know it's not for the best why keep doing it?
Sabotage? Death wish? |
Because they are enjoyable. It's that simple. Beef tastes better than salad, whole milk tastes better than lowfat. People like getting drunk, it's fun, tea doesn't do it. It has nothing to do with self destructive, people are doing what feels good. There's no deep subconcious desire to harm yourself.
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Occulis
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 18:56 Post subject:
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hello HappyPants249
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wellspoken
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 19:00 Post subject:
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oh.
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Banzai
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 19:17 Post subject:
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| Celestra wrote: |
Of course it depends on what exactly you are talking about. Are you talking about things like drinking yourself into a stupor every night, or taking drugs, or cutting yourself, or looking for relationships that are bad for you...
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Yes, I'm a baccus glutton.
I drink until I pass out, I party like a rock star and I deal with woundering what the f**k I did the day befor.
I enjoy a good party but there is a switch I flip after x amout of booze that say "f**k it, you are going to black out after this... take another shot".
I occasioonally burn myself but that is a matter of remebering specific events and is acceptable to me.
I take drugs because I enjoy them, no guilt, though sometimes I think they can effect my motivation and brain chemestry. I figure normalicy is over rated.
AND I dig women I know I have no future with.
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Banzai
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 19:19 Post subject:
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| Luturb wrote: | | Banzai wrote: | | Gethy wrote: | There's no answer to why or why not. Why not use lowfat milk instead of whole? Why not eat a salad instead of a half a pound of beef? Why pound beer after beer instead of sipping tea?
People do things. It's a fact. |
But if you know it's not for the best why keep doing it?
Sabotage? Death wish? |
Because they are enjoyable. It's that simple. Beef tastes better than salad, whole milk tastes better than lowfat. People like getting drunk, it's fun, tea doesn't do it. It has nothing to do with self destructive, people are doing what feels good. There's no deep subconcious desire to harm yourself. |
good point
My id supercees my self preservation
live fast, die young
Besides, by the time I'm old enough to worry about my health they will have fixed the problem! hello new body!
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Gethy
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 19:38 Post subject:
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NEW BRAIN
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KapnKimchi
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Posted: 02/04/04 - 19:45 Post subject:
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What is Time? Time is Nothing. What is Time? ---Bianca Jagger
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Celestra
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Posted: 02/05/04 - 04:21 Post subject:
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Time is the stuff life is made of!
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