Can you drive oxygen to work?1. Cars are bad for the environment. You like oxygen right? You know that thing that lets you breathe and type this drivel? — Outlander
Can you drive oxygen to work? — L'éléphant
So a public transport doesn't pollute the oxygen? — L'éléphant
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I was going to ask that this thread be deleted. But your comment deserves a reply. Yes, this is what I'm getting at. There are jobs that sacrifice health so that others could live in an eco-friendly environment.It might suck to be stuck in a place that manufactures public infrastructure supplies for rich "eco-friendly" regions. — Nils Loc
I think my no. 6 has a different meaning than your no. 6.6. You face more opportunities to learn how to do things without relying on others. That's priceless. — Outlander
Okay. But that doesn't negate what I said.Many of the rural poor are more content and less stressed than the suburban & urban 'working poor' or 'lower middle-class'. — 180 Proof
Okay, this is one good way to put it. Why I missed this comment earlier is beyond me.In essence the poor are forced/unwilling monks! To put it another way, monks are voluntarily poor.
Is being a monk the same thing as getting screwed? I guess for monks, it's consensual screwing but in the case of the poor, it's not (rape)! :chin: — Agent Smith
Can you live without oxygen?
— Outlander
I don't know. I haven't tried it yet. Maybe some people can — L'éléphant
Were you raised in poverty? Are you poor now? Do you have family or old friends who are poor? Many of the rural poor are more content and less stressed than the suburban & urban 'working poor' or 'lower middle-class'. — 180 Proof
(What are you talking about?) — 180 Proof
Okay, thank you for a bit of history. But yes, that's a zero sum game. Which is also true today. People argue that it's no longer true. But they fail to see the big picture. It's not just satisfying the basic needs of a person.Anyway, Yuval Noah Harari (Israeli historian) has an interesting theory which he writes about in his book Spaiens. It seems that back when religion was in heydays, it was impossible to get rich without, at the same time, making someone else poor (the economy didn't permit anything else). That's why the Church, he says, institutionalized poverty/austerity and was dead against money-lenders who charged exorbitant interests. — Agent Smith
Not on me. I can't answer your question, that's why I skipped it. I can't answer it cause my answer is irrelevant to what I said in the OP. If I answered one way, you'd have more criticisms.Your "irony" is lost on me, Astro. — 180 Proof
Quote me, I've no idea what you're talking about.... you still sight the virtues of being poor. — Constance
My first post was in reply to the dismissive smugness of the OP. I am trying to ascertain whether or not s/he has any firsthand experience being poor. I do.Listen to the hyper wealthy talk casually about poverty, and you will find exactly that kind of dismissiveness.
Okay, thank you for a bit of history. But yes, that's a zero sum game. Which is also true today. People argue that it's no longer true. But they fail to see the big picture. It's not just satisfying the basic needs of a person. — L'éléphant
That's answer enough. :shade:I can't answer your question, that's why I skipped it. I can't answer it cause my answer is irrelevant to what I said in the OP — L'éléphant
Try harder. That's a cheap shot.It comes across as someone offended at making entry level pay and wanting to identify as being oppressed. I'm just stating my impression of how it reads. Been wrong before. — Cheshire
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