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I had one of these moments today...I found myself, as so many times before, trawling through mac-related news sites looking for some interesting mac-news....then it hit me...This is such a enormous waste of time! 
All this mac-stuff....geez...I could be out meeting interesting people with different interests than mine and people I could learn something from...something that I could use for real in my life...I could be globetrotting....paragliding...fishing....
New browser, new displays (3000 dollars...as if I could ever afford one anyway), new games, iPod batteries, widgets, Dell iPod vs Apple iPod, MS vs. Apple, fonts, blogging...bla bla bla... 
I have this eerie feeling life is slipping through my fingers while I sit here on my fat a.. wasting valuable time/life 
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Originally posted by android8:
I had one of these moments today...I found myself, as so many times before, trawling through mac-related news sites looking for some interesting mac-news....then it hit me...This is such a enormous waste of time!
All this mac-stuff....geez...I could be out meeting interesting people with different interests than mine and people I could learn something from...something that I could use for real in my life...I could be globetrotting....paragliding...fishing....
New browser, new displays (3000 dollars...as if I could ever afford one anyway), new games, iPod batteries, widgets, Dell iPod vs Apple iPod, MS vs. Apple, fonts, blogging...bla bla bla...
I have this eerie feeling life is slipping through my fingers while I sit here on my fat a.. wasting valuable time/life
If you're feeling this way with 40+ posts, just wait until you get into the hundreds or thousands of posts....
talk about wasting valuable time! 
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Well then don't post here, go do something about it. 
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Some modernist philosophers would say that all of the non-Mac stuff you listed is pretty much a waste of time too 
Anyway, by all means, live a 'balanced life,' whatever that means to you.
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Going through a mid-crisis?
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Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Going through a mid-crisis?
I think you might have nailed it 
Heh..Earlier today I could almost hear David Byrne of the Talking Heads singing:" Now, you might find yourself living in a......and you may ask yourself:"How did I get here?!""
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On the other hand, you could be out in the world torturing puppies with needle-nosed pliers instead, so maybe surfing the web is not so bad in the grand scheme of things...
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yes it is all a waste of time...
its about as much a waste of time as drinking as a past time; ...smoking and what not.
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I think it was a larger waste of time posting this thread.
And even a LARGER waste of time for me to reply to it
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sorry Android but I have been to Denmark (family in Randers) and I know it has been raining there for 3 weeks now. Denmark is green for a good reason. What else are you going to be doing?
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What would my life be without the web? Boring, bleak and empty. Better off inside.
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Bah! What isn't a waste of time in the long run? If it humors you at the moment, then be happy!
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Originally posted by MacGorilla:
What would my life be without the web? Boring, bleak and empty. Better off inside.
True that. And better yet, think about how much money you're saving rather than burning gas or spending money on frivilous retail items.
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I love to learn new things. The Internet is perfect for that. Maybe none of it can be applied to my practical life but I like the process.
Jeez, even the inane Lounge topics can become a learning experience. Who knew there was so much information on badgers & cheese?
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Originally posted by SouthPaW1227:
True that. And better yet, think about how much money you're saving rather than burning gas or spending money on frivilous retail items.
Or blowing it all on women.
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Originally posted by vmpaul:
I love to learn new things. The Internet is perfect for that. Maybe none of it can be applied to my practical life but I like the process.
Jeez, even the inane Lounge topics can become a learning experience. Who knew there was so much information on badgers & cheese?
I didn't even know that badgers liked cheese!
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It's not bad, your enjoying one of your hobbies, I regurarly post at 5 or so boards, as well as go outside and do stuff, it's all good
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Originally posted by KrazyEvilGoat:
I didn't even know that badgers liked cheese!
See!! The Web is useful.
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Originally posted by android8:
All this mac-stuff....geez...I could be out meeting interesting people with different interests than mine and people I could learn something from...something that I could use for real in my life...I could be globetrotting....paragliding...fishing....
New browser, new displays (3000 dollars...as if I could ever afford one anyway), new games, iPod batteries, widgets, Dell iPod vs Apple iPod, MS vs. Apple, fonts, blogging...bla bla bla...
My humble advice....pare the number of news sites down to a very few that you like. Check them just once a day. Ditch the RSS feeds.
Now go outside and get busy fishing.
And don't forget to visit the lounge now and then. Where else can you get humor, blather, and opinions from all over the world?
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You�re born - you live - and then you die.
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Originally posted by voyageur:
Now go outside and get busy fishing.
Originally posted by OH-N'omac :
you could be out in the world torturing puppies with needle-nosed pliers instead
What's the dif?
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I think someone need to turn off their computer and go out for a walk.
Just press the power button and click on "shut down"...then step away from the desk, put on some shoes and leave the building...go out for a walk, have a cup of coffee or a beer on the terrace of a sunny bar. Then rent or borrow a movie...sti down and watch it...go to bed and tomorrow it will be an other day. I promise.
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Originally posted by voyageur:
My humble advice....pare the number of news sites down to a very few that you like. Check them just once a day. Ditch the RSS feeds.
Now go outside and get busy fishing.
No! Don't hurt the little fishes! Take up rap-jumping instead. Or something.
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Originally posted by Sherwin:
No! Don't hurt the little fishes! Take up rap-jumping instead. Or something.
All right, catch and release then!
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Originally posted by simonjames:
sorry Android but I have been to Denmark (family in Randers) and I know it has been raining there for 3 weeks now. Denmark is green for a good reason. What else are you going to be doing?
Yeah...Denmark is really a rainy wind-swept mudbank in the North See these days...Maybe the best thing is to stay inside and surf the web after all....or hitchhike my way down through Europe as I did a couple of years ago...maybe I should pay Greece a visit, find a small island and decide what to do with my life...or just go down to the local pub, get pissed and pass out....hmmm... ...I'm off to the pub..laters
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Actually discussing things on an internet board or face to face will improve your communications skills.
I don't know about everyone else, But I have learned more in the past 5 years on the net than I have the 10 years prior.
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Originally posted by Zimphire:
Actually discussing things on an internet board or face to face will improve your communications skills.
I don't know about everyone else, But I have learned more in the past 5 years on the net than I have the 10 years prior.
That makes you 15 then? (Don�t take it personally - just couldn`t resist).
And yes - discussions on the net are helpful since you have to lay out your arguments so that others can understand them easily.
The problem is that misunderstandings occur very often and aren`t cleared up as fast as in real life.
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1 word, 3 syllables........Multitask.
Find a way to combine an internet addiction with an, er, life.
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Originally posted by cszar2001:
That makes you 15 then? (Don�t take it personally - just couldn`t resist).
None taken.
I am actually about twice that. 
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Originally posted by skalie:
1 word, 3 syllables........Multitask.
Find a way to combine an internet addiction with an, er, life.
Exactly! I post and play on the net while I attempt to work. Maybe you could base your life in the net?
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Originally posted by wulf:
You mean� some of you are actually real?
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1 word, 3 syllables........Multitask.
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Originally posted by android8:
I had one of these moments today...I found myself, as so many times before, trawling through mac-related news sites looking for some interesting mac-news....then it hit me...This is such a enormous waste of time!
All this mac-stuff....geez...I could be out meeting interesting people with different interests than mine and people I could learn something from...something that I could use for real in my life...I could be globetrotting....paragliding...fishing....
New browser, new displays (3000 dollars...as if I could ever afford one anyway), new games, iPod batteries, widgets, Dell iPod vs Apple iPod, MS vs. Apple, fonts, blogging...bla bla bla...
I have this eerie feeling life is slipping through my fingers while I sit here on my fat a.. wasting valuable time/life
It's possible to follow the industry and have a social life at the same time.
I'm the living proof
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Originally posted by android8:
I bet you're all bots...
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Originally posted by android8:
Yeah...Denmark is really a rainy wind-swept mudbank in the North See these days...Maybe the best thing is to stay inside and surf the web after all....or hitchhike my way down through Europe as I did a couple of years ago...maybe I should pay Greece a visit, find a small island and decide what to do with my life...or just go down to the local pub, get pissed and pass out....hmmm... ...I'm off to the pub..laters
Steer clear of Royal beer in the little blue cans - pure burp water
Where in DK do you live?
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Originally posted by simonjames:
Steer clear of Royal beer in the little blue cans - pure burp water
Where in DK do you live?
In Odense on the island called Fyn (Funen)...Odense is the birthtown of Hans Christian Andersen...I actually live 100 meters from the house where he was born...
Ceres Royal?!....Niiice brew
Bondi Beach?...hmmm...once worked in Redland Bay north of Brisbane for a couple of months...Winter in Brisbane is better than most of our summers...sigh
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Originally posted by android8:
In Odense on the island called Fyn (Funen)...Odense is the birthtown of Hans Christian Andersen...I actually live 100 meters from the house where he was born...
Ceres Royal?!....Niiice brew
Bondi Beach?...hmmm...once worked in Redland Bay north of Brisbane for a couple of months...Winter in Brisbane is better than most of our summers...sigh
Nice one - I'm orginally from Nyborg
So you must live somewhere around Fisketorvet eller Overgade?
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This thread has progressed from depression to alcohol.
Coincidence?
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"All is vanity, just a blowing in the wind." Ecclesiastes
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Originally posted by vexborg:
Nice one - I'm orginally from Nyborg
So you must live somewhere around Fisketorvet eller Overgade?
Indeed...close to Overgade...Ryttergade to be exact...next to the policestation...And U?
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Originally posted by android8:
Indeed...close to Overgade...Ryttergade to be exact...next to the policestation...And U?
Well, from more or less all over Nyborg - Idavej, Nyenstad, Magnoliev�nget, Hjortev�nget - and now I'm living in Scotland, between Glasgow and Motherwell with my wife and our 4 cats
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Originally posted by vexborg:
Well, from more or less all over Nyborg - Idavej, Nyenstad, Magnoliev�nget, Hjortev�nget - and now I'm living in Scotland, between Glasgow and Motherwell with my wife and our 4 cats
Heh...That's a lotta pussy my friend...(sorry..that was low...I just had to say it...hope I didn't offend you) 
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Originally posted by android8:
Heh...That's a lotta pussy my friend...(sorry..that was low...I just had to say it...hope I didn't offend you)
Hehe... Of course I'm not offended
It's not that often that you can choose from 5 pussies...
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i have been trying to get away from the net as of late, some friends got me into fishing and i am going to try to read more...hopefully that helps cut into my surfing time.
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Originally posted by android8:
I had one of these moments today...I found myself, as so many times before, trawling through mac-related news sites looking for some interesting mac-news....then it hit me...This is such a enormous waste of time!
All this mac-stuff....geez...I could be out meeting interesting people with different interests than mine and people I could learn something from...something that I could use for real in my life...I could be globetrotting....paragliding...fishing....
New browser, new displays (3000 dollars...as if I could ever afford one anyway), new games, iPod batteries, widgets, Dell iPod vs Apple iPod, MS vs. Apple, fonts, blogging...bla bla bla...
I have this eerie feeling life is slipping through my fingers while I sit here on my fat a.. wasting valuable time/life
last time i went outside i came stumbling back drunk and stoned with the cutest
guurl this side o' the pecos (or so i thought)...so now i stay home and lock myself in...
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