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03-13-2012, 09:00 AM | #1 |
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zero sum game
My father believes...
that life is a zero sum game. that one should only administer the antidote after the corpse is cold.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
03-13-2012, 09:49 AM | #2 |
To shreds, you say?
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You are getting ever more poetic, Brianna.
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03-13-2012, 02:16 PM | #3 |
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I am 100 words for crazy.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
03-13-2012, 07:43 PM | #4 |
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On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
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To shreds, you say?
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World Death Rate Holding Steady At 100 Percent
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03-13-2012, 09:30 PM | #6 |
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Well, yea, unless the game of life is in a Nash Equilibrium. Then you might be able to come out ahead. But, that being said, you're still gonna die. Which reminds me of a line from one of my favorite songs...Jesus loves me, but you're going to fry.
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03-13-2012, 11:49 PM | #7 |
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03-13-2012, 11:58 PM | #8 |
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Is this going to become another maths thread?
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03-14-2012, 02:16 AM | #9 |
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give up bacon, die anyway.
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03-14-2012, 08:43 AM | #10 |
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One can only hope.
I don't mean he believes a zero sum game as in death. I mean he thinks if he wins that I lose and vice versa - that life is a competition, a fight to the death, that some MUST be thrown overboard. It is a niggardly way to be.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
03-14-2012, 09:59 AM | #11 |
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03-14-2012, 10:35 AM | #12 |
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No point stressing about life. No one makes it out alive anyway.
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03-14-2012, 10:38 AM | #13 |
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I disagree. Though I don't like the phrase, I believe there can often be "win-win" situations.
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03-14-2012, 01:47 PM | #14 |
To shreds, you say?
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Yes. We are attracted to it like maths to a flome.
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03-14-2012, 02:01 PM | #15 |
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Dim sum game: Try to bounce the dumplings into the rice noodles. Use of a spring roll is prohibited.
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