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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:30 PM Original message |
Poll question: What do you think about work? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Compassionate philosophy suggests we live to work... not work to live. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So you are saying people should be more inspired by their jobs? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd say all of the above... |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. and how one defines success. n/t |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I meant material/social, not spiritual nt |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. I meant material/social as well... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Relative success is more relevant in this culture. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Good point, especially since I am a relativist... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Is that your definition of success? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. When we talk about "successful people" |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I don't consider the ultra rich as successful... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Are you Calvinist or Lutheran? nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Work is GREAT if it brings you joy |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. What about welfare, then? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Like an ant colony... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Hell, I'd venture to say there's work in breeding |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. The hardest work, to me, is raising kids and keeping house |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Even harder... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Maybe they hate to work because they haven't found joy |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Maybe in a big city, with internet access and a bachelor's degree, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. A bit of education could put them ahead of that curve |
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sallyseven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Work is highly overated. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. When people trumpet about how hard they worked and thus |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Hard work is good. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Let me guess... |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. I hadn't thought about that really. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Accepting one's lot is the clincher |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Smashing windows and robbing stores = not accepting one's lot. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nope, those two both seem like losing propositions |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Not for a lot of people, and that's the point. nt |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yeah. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Wow... |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Some of the hardest jobs pay the least, unfortunately. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Unfortunately, those of us who chose friends/families/life over $$$ |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I would add to the list... |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. In my long and illustrious working career I've only had one boss who... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. A bad habit. But, since retirement I'm recovering from it. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Work should be eliminated |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Well, laborers with robots is already happening |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'd rather be writing... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I have been, but not the stuff I want to write exactly |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. What do you want to write? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Fiction nt |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 02:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I have deadlines now... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-24-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. Work is the curse of the drinking classes. |
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