Conformity / Non-Conformity Poll
mathew
> Given a choice between classifying yourself as
> a conformist or a non-conformist, which would
> you choose and why?
Everyone thinks of themselves as a non-conformist, so I'd classify
myself as a conformist, because I'm such a non-conformist.
mathew
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Oh, you're from San Francisco.
rone
your cultural counterculture has become postmodernly obsolescent
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Rumpelstiltskin
>Oh, you're from San Francisco.
>
>rone
>your cultural counterculture has become postmodernly obsolescent
I certainly don't object to your saying anything you want
if it will make you feel better about your horrible misfortune
of not living here. I feel your pain.
Rollin Thomas
Enough of this one upping, Mr. Rumpelstiltskin, if that is your real
name.
Everyone knows I live in the center of modern culture and convenience,
the very nexus of meaning. I'm a ten minute drive from chicken fried
chicken the size of your face, boiled okra and full quart of crisco.
I live in the home state of Garth Brooks, Gordo Cooper and Gene Autry,
Will Rogers and Wiley Post (who both died in plane crashes and had
airports named after them). This state is the home of a lot of crazy
people, too. No hippies, though. They seem to have a problem with
that, but NO MATTER!
Every appliance that gives my life meaning and direction is here,
important and ready for use. They're all out on my neighbor's front
lawn. That's convenience! That's meaning! That's enlightenment,
mamma-jamma.
You might say, ``well, we have the Trans-America Building.''
And to you I say, ``Cowboy Hall of Fame.''
You retort, ``earthquakes.''
And I respond, ``remember that movie Twister, yah, that was us.''
Why am I bothering with you? I've got some appliances to look to for
meaning and enlightenment and convenience. Not just some smelly bay
and Star Fleet Command.
Rollin
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Kent Paul Dolan
still preeeety nice here.
Granted, we're a little short of twisters, we do have dead anise plant
forests that top the head of a tall man, and pump-your-own lakes (my
new dwelling place is maybe 30 feet from the largest such hunk of the
interconnected lot on this island, and there was a greater egret, a
pelican, and numerous ducks and geese out there the first time I saw
the place in daylight).
And, while your neighbor across the street may have the quintessential
collection of "they just blew in, really officer" street sweepers for
your admiration and tinkering, here in The City, Rumply has street
_sleepers_, and they clear themselves out for a new kit on a regular
basis, without any more help than a passing officer with an underfed
Rottweiler might be able to offer.
It is hard to see how folks out in the hinterlands ("you mean there's a
city somewhere in those weeds") manage to find the spirit to drag on
from day to day.
Here, we have _culture_ (granted, scientists are doing their best to
find cures), without which life is of little worth (and great length).
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Rollin Thomas
>And, while your neighbor across the street may have the quintessential
>collection of "they just blew in, really officer" street sweepers for
>your admiration and tinkering, here in The City, Rumply has street
>_sleepers_, and they clear themselves out for a new kit on a regular
>basis, without any more help than a passing officer with an underfed
>Rottweiler might be able to offer.
Bah! My town is home to the likes of (1) Five hat Willy (2) Batman
(3) Toothless woman who walks everywhere (4) The particular homeless
man who stares into cars on the corner (5) Calvin, who delivers
papers and wears a football helmet and might swear at you for no
reason and (6) the enormous black woman who sits without panties on
the bench, blathering away at someone in Tulsa who's having the other
half of the conversation.
There used to be someone who manufactured their own warnings about
the evil ``cybercops'' who controlled the large antenna field in
Edmond for the express purpose of going into peoples' bodies and having
sex (for some reason their own body just didn't cut it). They caught
this woman after she left several bloody dolls at public schools in
the area. They don't tend to think those things are too amusing in
OKC. The whole mind control thing.
A friend of mine once responded to an advertisement for a ``multifrequency
pulse generator'' which ``cured all known infectious diseases like
cancer and AIDS.'' Apparently you can build your own from compact
disk player parts.
Per capita, I think that can outcompete even Seattle.
>It is hard to see how folks out in the hinterlands ("you mean there's a
>city somewhere in those weeds") manage to find the spirit to drag on
>from day to day.
Just remembering that one day, Black Mesa will be beach front property.
>Here, we have _culture_ (granted, scientists are doing their best to
>find cures), without which life is of little worth (and great length).
I keep telling myself I don't need any culture. I wouldn't know what
to do with culture if it came up and bit me on the nipple. I really
don't need that stuff. Now you're making me cry, asshole. Have a
nice day, see what you made me do? :~(
Stephen Oakes
> Dan Fake <dan...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > Given a choice between classifying yourself as
> > a conformist or a non-conformist, which would
> > you choose and why?
>
> Everyone thinks of themselves as a non-conformist, so I'd classify
> myself as a conformist, because I'm such a non-conformist.
I would ignore the question and gaze sullenly into space, thus giving
the impression that I am a total wanker who wants to be seen as a
non-conformist.
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Stephen Oakes Stephe...@dbce.csiro.au