Does you agree? Or no? [ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Arrenn Lightblade ]
But I doubt that has anything to do with the current generation... Just that I'd rather sit around all day and drinking beer than forcing my butt at college.
on topic please!
*snickers*
Yep. :P
My brother, however, is a lazy slob.For example...my mother recently announced that we would have to do our own laundry. She announced this on Friday, the end of the week, near what was formerly designated as Laundry Day For All.
I wanted clean clothes to wear this week, so on Sunday morning I did my laundry.
My brother managed to wait until Tuesday to do his.
Right now, I have laundry going. I didn't want to wait until I was buried in my clothes to do it.
My brother will most likely get into the routine of doing it whenever he feels like it, and end up wearing alot of dirty clothes each day. I refuse to.
Yesterday, after I got home from school, I let the dog out, made sure my room wouldn't kill me if I was walking around it in the dark, made and ate an afternoon snack, did my Geometry homework, and drank three cans of Dr. Pepper.
NYET!!!
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Arrenn Lightblade had this to say about Cuba:
Some people refer to us as the "Lazy" generation. and why? since around World War Two, all people thought of was jobs. does it pay enough? Am I rich enough?
Now, I am not one to judge things or whatever, but that is stupid. We are just seeing that no aount of money will make us happy. We are settling into new technology. Is it so wrong that we accept the world is a bad place, and ake better places with technology?
Me and my brother reached the same conclusion. we are not "Lazy." we are simply finding true happiness..Does you agree? Or no?
Um, uh, yeah. God forbid anyone actually go out, do real things, and make the world a better place. You're right:
Much better to retreat into fantasy worlds.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Fantasy's okay, but if your life becomes it, then something's wrong. Things can only get done if people want them to get done.
Since when is guaranteed success a prerequisite for action?
"Oh, it's ultimately hopeless anyway, so why try!" neither inspires nor deserves respect as a philosophy.
That's not personal, but rather an evaluation of the underlying philosophy, so please take it as such.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
The mere act of trying to improve the world is noble. Who cares if you accomplish nothing. At least when you look back on your life, you can say, "I tried," rather than, "Wow, life really sucked. I'm glad I didn't live it."
Give me Death Valley over South Ro any day.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Give me Death Valley over South Ro any day.
Death Valley? Boy, that sounds cool! I haven't seen that zone, where is it?? 
I doubt previous generations were any better on laziness. It just comes with age and responsibility(sp).
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Arrenn Lightblade impressed everyone with:
Sure, I have enjoyment in real life, but fantasy gives you something more than Real life..
The door swings both ways. Real life gives you a lot more than fantasy can.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Arrenn Lightblade had this to say about Captain Planet:
My life is not all fantasy. I prefer to watch a real star than a computer screen. What I am say though is that as long as I get by, I will prefer fantasy to real life. Sure, I have enjoyment in real life, but fantasy gives you something more than Real life..
Aparently you've never had a girlfriend...or maybe you have. I used to think that, then I *no offense* got a life.
You can't be in the front seat pulling a 360 Method to fakie in the virtual world
You can't snuggle as you watch a movie with your girlfriend in the virtual word
You can't feel the drama and pain of a hockey game in the virtual world
I could go on and on...But, I think that we're not a "lazy" generation. But we (my generation being we) has a cynical attitude.
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My 2 cents
Our work hours have actually increased, Americans work the most of anybody in the world as far as hours go. While other countries in the world like Japan or Germany might boast much more days spent working, their shifts are far shorter. Countries like Mexico and Italy make goofing off/relaxing a priority, the Mexicans going so far as to devote a period of the day to a nap, or siesta. Also, Americans work lots of overtime, increasing our hours, while providing a bit of extra money, which is always good.
While Americans party a great deal, our work more than makes up for it, even in childhood. Though every red-blooded man in this country likes to plop down on the sofa with a bag of chips and a beer to watch the Superbowl, most likely earlier on he had completed a 8+ hour workday.
Also, to get ahead in life, you have to be busy with work. To excel in school, you have to work hard in class, and devote some of your time after school to activities and homework. To keep a job, you have to work diligently and report almost always for duty. This increased amount of time devoted to work has created a excessive need for entertainment to replace the oftentimes boring drill of work, which may have earned us the title of the "Lazy Generation", because we play hard, but then again, we also work harder.
I for one, will most likely fill my day mostly with work, but that doesn't mean I can't have fun at all. Work will continue until I have been retired, living in a nine-bedroom house in Hawaii, with a couple billion tucked away in a savings account Work pays, yet it also pays to play. Work hard, but don't forget to play just as hard.
-Azrael [ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Azrael/Cthon ]
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The Otaku Penguin wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
I could go on and on...But, I think that we're not a "lazy" generation. But we (my generation being we) has a cynical attitude.
I'm not "CYNICAL", just "EXPERIENCED".
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Arrenn Lightblade wrote this stupid crap:
our generation: the LAZY generation?
There are quite a few lazy type people that have become the stereotype for America.
Why do you think French citizens hate Americans? Think: Fat, ignorant American tourists.
Arrenn = hippee!
But the point is that, as a whole, we do work and we get things done. I'm not speaking for America only at this point, either.
We all know that all the good motherboards come out of Taiwan...
However, we're not really all that different than those that came before.
Yah, we have some stuff in common with the hippies of the '60s. Just as they had some stuff in common with the Flappers of the '20s. Every so often, society takes a step back from the normal grind and says "Fuck this shit, I'm gonna have fun!".
The '20s didn't kill us. The '60s didn't kill us. The current generation isn't going to kill us.
It looks different to you because no other generation has been able to "goof off" in the ways that we can today. The fact that our recreation involves virtual worlds and huge group fantasies has less to say about us than you think. Don't forget, there was a time when costume balls were cutting edge fantasy, and everyone that could went to them. Our escapism just has easier access and a better soundtrack.
The world will go on, with or without you. So jump in and do what you can, and have fun when you can. Just remember, the next "slacker generation" is gonna' have its own kind of fun.
