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Ds91260
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movies, drugs, team sports, it pretty much boils down to that, and i hate it all


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May 5 2004 11:33PM
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MistaSkier
Posts: 1781 - Karma: 17
Oh.


Girls don't like sensitive guys. Since I don't treat women like objects, I have to treat objects like women.

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May 5 2004 11:36PM
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Jaskittin
Posts: 5606 - Karma: 195
well, thatnks for giving us your informed opinion.







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May 5 2004 11:38PM
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Ski-hobo
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your a moron.
May 5 2004 11:43PM
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loganimlach
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nigga without pop culture, tanner wouldnt be tanner, mick wouldnt be mick, and gapers wouldnt be gapers
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May 5 2004 11:43PM
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Sinister
Posts: 1456 - Karma: 10
you don't hate drugs do you?
Do you hate yourself for being a part of this 'pop' culture?Because i don't.I rather enjoy what it can give me,like weed and beer,like skiing and ski movies,and believe or not,i like Hollywood movies.Call me a moron,but i have the right and privilege to do all these things.And it's thanks to your culture.
Of course,weed and beer have been around here long enough to be considered out of the pop sphere,but,what about ex,coke,crack?THOSE are part of pop culture
I hate football.I love soccer.Is soccer part of the pop culture?or do you define pop culture as being only in North America?I
Bad music:I do hate Britney's music,but i love her body.I do hate Hillary duff's music,but isn't she damn hot?That's all what people are asking for.Hotness.Why?Because lots of people do not get sexual relieve thanks to McDonalds fat cheeseburgers sold at 2.99$.They make them fat and ugly,and most of the hot chicks out there don't like this kind of people.Believe or not,it's this way.Those people who say pop culture sucks,are totally right.And if you didn't understand a word that my fingers typed,it's okay,go watch a baseball game while eating a Big Mac and listening Nickelback in the background.Who hasn't done that nowadays?What people are asking for today is what they should have NEVER asked for.But hey,it brings wealth to the country,so why not support pop culture?MONEY MONEY MONEY.That's all that matters nowadays.And don't come to me with the bullshit that money is not THAT important.Because it is.Without money,you can't get what you want.What is it what you want?Pop culture.More,more,and more of it,till my belly explodes and my neurons vanish.
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May 6 2004 2:14PM
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PrivateEnemy
Posts: 274 - Karma: 9
riiight... everythign stems from pop culture
May 6 2004 2:15PM
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rightcoastskier
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whats so bad about team sports?



its all about the 609
May 6 2004 2:17PM
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Sinister
Posts: 1456 - Karma: 10
the enormous quantity of money they generate.
$1000000 for one dude to play in some team?What the fuck is that?It's absurd,and people like absurdity,because it make sthem forget for 2 hours their miserable lives.Because tons of people lead the boat to a huge waterfall.And they are not looking ahead.They are just directing the boat with their eyes closed.Eventually,humanity will realise that team sports lead to the downfall of our specie.Not only teamsports.But everything in pop culture generally talking.
Or maybe none of this shit will never happen and i'm just being a moron,which could well be a possibility
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May 6 2004 2:24PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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im with DS...
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May 6 2004 8:21PM
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davidh
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so are you one of those kids that wears punk rock band logos, all black, and has a 'i'm a rebel because my haircut is different' hair-doo? i thought so




'kind of like semen covered breasts???'
-lateralis regarding two small hills covered in snow.
May 6 2004 8:27PM
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rebel
Posts: 5198 - Karma: 22
Wow. You're retarded. So you don't watch Hollywood movies? Do you eat pizza, burgers or pasta? Do you not believe in holidays or vacations? If I bought you a present, put it in a box, wrapped it in pretty paper, and put a bow on it, would you not accept it because it conforms to the popular ideals of society? Are you by chance a Jahovas Witness?

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May 6 2004 8:30PM
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bigsky_gurl
Posts: 1455 - Karma: 40
Are you by chance a Jahovas Witness?

^hahahaha



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May 6 2004 8:31PM
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J.D.
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I think we're deluding ourselves in calling what we have a 'Culture'. It's actually a pretty damn sad excuse. Case in point: Mean Girls, the movie. I weep for the future.
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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
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Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
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Always...
May 6 2004 8:32PM
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Ski-hobo
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^good point.
May 6 2004 8:36PM
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linemaverick540
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alright everyone has to stop calling him stupid, gay, ignorant, whatever. first he never said he doesnt participate, just that he hates it. you can do something you hate cant you? second, he is right. its ruining the world.all pop culture creates is trends and greed. think back to the times before all of this. can you honestly say that the world, not the enterainment life, was not a better place?
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May 6 2004 8:44PM
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the_friesz
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^Damn true, nobody has much to do during deployments so they watch lots of movies. In the last 2 years I've become so sickened with hollywood, I can't watch that garbage anymore. About a month ago I was at work and got bored so I started writing letters to random hollywood celebrities about the sad state of things with how much contol hollywood has over our modern, empty culture. We're just a bunch of consumers and our 'culture' is basically driven by material goods, and the corporations that produce the stuff. I can't believe anyone is actually defending our pop culture with hamburgers and movies. If you actually thing this filler gives your life meaning you can believe that. But culture isn't movies, hamburgers, and cars, it's tradtions, family, and comminality. It's funny, but many people believe that those who have pride in they're regional/ethnic culture are ignorant, and somewhat racist, therefore dicounting the need for differences in peoples 'culture'. Case in point, mainland Japan... Where so many traditions, and beliefs where held in the highest regard only to be cast off in the name of modernization. Now Japan still celebrates many of it's traditional holidays, but they don't have the meaning they once had; kind of like Christmas to us westerners. I can't say that about my time spent on Okinawa. Although it's a part of Japan it has it's own culture which is very strong and active here, and it's great to witness their traditions being practiced like they are after living in a country which really has none with any meaning. I don't know, pop-culture is just an empty pool in which to throw the latest trend or newest movie and assimilate into some kind of borg like collective and call it ours...
May 6 2004 8:46PM
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rugbydave
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Sinister, how could you hate team sports? Because they make a shitload of money? The money players make is in respect to how many people they draw which determines the profit of the owners. Would you rather they get paid nothing? Or maybe we shouldn't have team sports anymore cause you're not any good at them. By the way, football is a million times better than soccer!


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May 6 2004 8:46PM
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Dr.Dealgood
Posts: 2587 - Karma: 1,352
QUICK! Everyone go read:

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs

I'm serious... its actually a book about pop culture.

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May 6 2004 8:46PM
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mikee
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uh mean girls is fictional, high school is nto likel that, and I hoepe to god it never becomes that.

-Michael Lifshitz-
May 6 2004 8:50PM
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cams
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 27
people concern themselves so much with celebrities and their lives.. i hate it


Smoking pot leads to uhh... I forget.
50 nuts in your mothafuckin' mouth

What's with all the hate?
May 6 2004 8:54PM
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linemaverick540
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actually, mean girls is pretty realistic (yes i saw it :( ) its exagertated for the sake of entertainment but the idea is true.
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May 6 2004 8:55PM
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Sinister
Posts: 1456 - Karma: 10
Hey guys,thanks for calling me retarded,that was smart.I was just stating my opinion in a subject,and it's okay if you disagree,just no need to call me a retard.It would be sweet if you could take it easy on me,and use appropiate manners.

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May 6 2004 8:59PM
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Sinister
Posts: 1456 - Karma: 10
and actually,i dislike punk.and i ahte black clothes.I'm not a hippy either.But sure know i'm no gothic.Why would I be one of those?it's funny because i can't picture myself like one of those.
Greed,as someone said above,is ruining us...but hey,if you want to call me a reatrd,that's fine with me.

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May 6 2004 9:01PM
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Ds91260
Posts: 9984 - Karma: 19
mikee, where the fuck do you go to high school man? or am i not picking up the sarcasm? high school is full of some of the dumbest fucks on the planet


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May 6 2004 9:04PM
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Sinister
Posts: 1456 - Karma: 10
and my fucking haircut is as normal as it can gets.Rebel,you can GO FUCK YOURSELF.you pissed me off.Did you need to call me a retard?Fuck off and read what i wrote.I never fucking said i didn't participate in it.
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May 6 2004 9:04PM
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Ds91260
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o and this is pretty surprising something i say out of pure blazedness gets this kind of response, how this thought came about was, im talkin to girls, i start talkin about some stuff like you might see on here, like pop culture for example, and then there like, 'your funny teehee.....have you seen mean girls yet, like OMG, best movie EVER!!!' and it sent me over the edge


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May 6 2004 9:07PM
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wilkesyachtingco
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no one has to participate in any of it. you dont have to turn on the tv. you dont have to buy the newest nickleback/creed/(insert crappy rock band here) album. the remnants of the pre technological revolution culture(art/music/literature) is still readily available, granted you cant push a button and have a book read to you (unless you get a book on tape/cd) you cant just push a button and become a musician. anything that is worth doing is going to take some effort. as skiers we all should be able to grasp that concept. just try picking up a sibeilius recording instead of that killer puddle of mudd cd you want so badly. you might just start to like it.










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May 6 2004 9:10PM
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Sinister
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I believe that our culture(not only the american one,i mean the 'western' one,including Europe, Japan,Canada)is only helping get us richer and them(Africa and most part of Asia,South America)poorer.There's uneveness,and it's obviously because of an unfair distribution of wealth.And maybe we could do something about it.But we are comfortable with what we have.Why bother?
And please,don't start calling me gay,or fag,or retarded.
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May 6 2004 9:17PM
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wilkesyachtingco
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we could have. al gore wanted to... it was called the kyoto accord, and we told al and kyoto to shove it.










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May 6 2004 9:20PM
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Sinister
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wasn't the Kyoto thing about pollution?I remember that Bush didn't like it at all.
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May 6 2004 9:24PM
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wilkesyachtingco
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yeah. there were going to be emmissions controls put on manufacturing plants in industrialized nations, while giving developing nations a free pass to pollute. that would make production a ton more expensive in the US, canada europe etc, while making it even more dirt cheap for nations like india and china. which are the nations who pollute the most.










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May 6 2004 9:29PM
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joei
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meh. too phylisophical


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May 6 2004 9:33PM
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GeneralButtNaked
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i think im gonna have to say just to piss people off that i like it all..





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May 6 2004 9:35PM
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marlin_102
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i dont like a lot of the pop culture...i tried to avoid it but theres really no use. now i jst accept the majority of this fucked up culture and move on in life. i realy dont see a way of avoiding it.

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May 6 2004 9:37PM
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reezyfbaby
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you know what? there's always going to be pop-culture, because human nature is to be fickle and to take the path of least resistance. safety in numbers right? and besides, just because it exists doesn't mean that it has to absorb every element of your being. and its not all bad either. who can argue with the convenient abundance of McDonald's? The ease at which you can acquire wealth? human rights and equality is part of our pop-culture as well. hell, if it wasn't for pop-culture skiing wouldn't be where it is right now. so stop whining about it and go turn on an emo record.
Ian
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May 6 2004 9:46PM
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Raek
Posts: 2378 - Karma: 14
yo sinister is right man leave him alone dudes
I skizzle 4 shizzle....
May 6 2004 9:49PM
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reezyfbaby
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thanks for that input.
Ian
shop kunstadt sports for all your atomic needs!
May 6 2004 9:49PM
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Raek
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yo how do i change my level of skiing...

I skizzle 4 shizzle....
May 6 2004 9:53PM
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rebel
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Did I need to call you a retard? Well that depends, would you have responded to me if I didn't? It was mostly an attempt to manipulate you into responding to me (not only that, you'll also read carefully everything I write in this post), and it worked. Hehe, this is fun. You getting upset about me calling you me calling you retarded is just as juvenile as me calling you retarded. Get over it bro. I do commend you however, on not calling me juvenile names. Anyway to the point...

I thing we both agree that pop culture is hugely valuable to an economy. What we disagree on is the value of a vigorous economy. What I was attempting to illustrate was if it's so bad, then why is it so easy to indulge in. I'm not a capitalist, but I don't think you need to be to believe in growing economies, because even the ideals of communism and Marxism rely on a healthy economy. I suppose it is unfair of me to argue this with you seeing as how you did end your post by admitting that it was just a idea.

I suggest you check out www.johntitor.com It's a really interesting way of presenting the same idea you presented. Also, if you get the chance, read Mien Kampf. It's illegal to buy or sell in North America, but I didn't find it too difficult to get my hands on. It's super interesting how Hitler uses popcultures to manpulate an entire Nation.



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May 6 2004 10:02PM
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mikee
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I go to school at a prep school, but I mean it's not really different from what I hear of my friends high schools, In truth its not that its not as fucked up s mena girls, its more that I just don't concern myself with that shit, live for yourself, fuck all that complicated shit, just have fun and enjoy life, people make things too complicated, forgive and forget.

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May 6 2004 10:07PM
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jarossamdb7
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I have to say that I am with DS and crystle! I envolve myself with what I like, if that happenes to be pizza or skiing then so be it but mostly pop culture sucks major ass!

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May 6 2004 10:08PM
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davidh
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family and tradition are all a part of culture. My traditions include going to movies on friday nights, and getting blazed on saturdays. what's wrong with that? i'm completely content eating hamburgers and watching funny movies. what more can you expect without becoming one of those consumers you are talking so much about. Also, it's not our fault we were blessed and born in America. I'm grateful for what I have, and I accept what I cant have.




'kind of like semen covered breasts???'
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May 6 2004 10:16PM
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rebel
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Sinister, it's not so much the pop culture, or what I like to call consumerism that's making rich countries richer and poor countries poorer, it's just pure greed. Allow me to attempt to explain:

Let's say that the way the world is running right now is at 100% global economy. Let's say that developed countries account for 80% of the global economy while the developing ones account for 20%. If the developed countried were to give up say production and exports they would lose half of their economy so they now account for 40% (half of 80%). But since we're giving it up for the less developed countries to start thriving, their economy doubles, so they are now running at 40% (20% * 2). That's good right? No, because the global economy is now running at just 80% (40% from developed countries plus 40% from developing countries). The world as a whole is worse off.

Now, what I feel should be done is to continue to allow the developed countries to endulge in producing and exporting, however, we need to realise that by not allowing developing countries to quickly catch up our economy is profiting 20%. That 20% should be used to help developing countries and not kept for greed.

Do you see what I'm trying to get at?

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May 6 2004 10:25PM
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freeze_pooter
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u forgot hip-hop music
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May 6 2004 11:02PM
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Sinister
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rebel,i do understand where you're getting at.
I mostly agree,and i will read Mein kampf when i get out of here.
But developing nations,as you said,should receive 20% ,but they are not.They are left by themselves.Someones are stronger than others and help balance the economy of those developing nations to an acceptable level of prosperity,but it is well beyond what should be expected for such a wealthy earth.
Anyhow,I agreed.
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May 6 2004 11:17PM
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Crystal-needs-a-park
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i hate california, movies like the fast and the furious, 50 cent, anything contained in a mall... except dvds and cinnabons, SUVs... im an angry spiteful person i guess.
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May 7 2004 1:18AM
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passion4this
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this is a ridiculous thread.....

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May 7 2004 9:20AM
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k2yeags
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i dont think MOST team sports are that bad. pro basketball football and baseball i will say are awfull. nobody needs 4 mil a year just for playing sports. but what abou the MLL (major league lacrosse) they only get like 50k a year! which is enough for them to live nicly and then work durring the off season but it is in no way WAY TOO MUCH like other sports. pluss i play sports for the rush that you get and the exicetement and intencity i would never play for the money.



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Its winter, the birds have all flown south, all but one. One little bird that waited too long. As it flew to catch it's buddies it got icicles on its wings and fell to the ground. The bird then saw a nice looking branch at the top of a nearby tree and it said to a nearby cow, 'I want to reach that top branch but I don’t have then energy to fly up, can you help?' The cow said, 'Here, eat some of my poop it'll fuel you to climb up the tree.' The little bird said, 'Thanks!' and had some of the cow poop. The bird flew up to the first branch of the tree and rested, then the next day flew to the next branch, until finally the bird reached the top branch. Then the farmer came out with a shotgun...

The moral of the story is, bullshit may get you to the top, but it wont keep you there.
May 7 2004 10:56AM
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fenix4182
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in my mind, anyone that says team sports are bad is just pissed off cuz they probably got cut or they are too pussy to try out for any sports. sports, especially high school, generate money that goes to the fucking people who run it. people just dont volunteer their god damn saturdays and every fucking day of the week to coach fucking baseball out of the goodness of their heart! they get paid for that shit! and when the team goes to state and wins, it's a huge FUCK YOU to everybody that said they couldnt do it!
May 7 2004 11:08AM
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hype
Posts: 1440 - Karma: 21
fuck anyone who says team sports are bad because they generate alot of money. so is microsoft bad because it creates alot of money? Sinister, you would like it if you werent a depressed little unathletic pussy. If there werent team sports then what would there be? And this is going to lead to the downfall of our society? What about the great times that brought our country together like the miracle on ice? o wait you probably dont know what that is cause you dont watch anything to do with pop culture.

fuck a book
May 7 2004 11:09AM
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