What are some lessons that life has taught you?

[ultimatebob]

nothing with curry in it tastes good

Curry goat is awesome. What's a matter with you?

Oh, I'm breaking my #1 life lesson again... don't argue with people on the Internet.

 

[manimal]

dont be a dick

 

[TheGardener]

Evil people will get their punishment after they die, is a lot of poppycock.

I am not paranoid, just because everyone is trying to screw me.

There is no such thing as a non-violent drug dealer.

Pitbulls should not be allowed to breed and should be muzzled if taken outdoors. Not every pit bullowner is a drug dealer, but every drug dealer has a pit bull.

Never trust a driver who has his turn signal on.

Even a so-called trusted relative will take a new and different Last Will and Testament to a relative, who is 1 day from dying, to sign.

Bald men don't have bad hair days.

 

[TheGardener]

Fucking New Balance makes great shoes, but they keep changing them. If you are hard to fit and you find a style that works for you, buy as many pairs as you can afford.

Don't hog the fast lane, and don't tailgate someone who's hogging the fast lane.

New Balance shoes or sneakers use to have very good arch support, but now I struggle to find a good replacement insert with support and cushioning.

I use to tap my brake to scare tailgaters. In my old age, I've decided it isn't worth it. They really don't learn a lesson, and I read that people shoot other drivers now.

 

[ultimatebob]

Evil people will get their punishment after they die, is a lot of poppycock.

I am not paranoid, just because everyone is trying to screw me.

There is no such thing as a non-violent drug dealer.

Pitbulls should not be allowed to breed and should be muzzled if taken outdoors. Not every pit bullowner is a drug dealer, but every drug dealer has a pit bull.

Never trust a driver who has his turn signal on.

Even a so-called trusted relative will take a new and different Last Will and Testament to a relative, who is 1 day from dying, to sign.

Bald men don't have bad hair days.

I'll bet that there is a good story behind these drug dealer life lessons.

 

[Slew Foot]

The mob always wins

 

[TheGardener]

I'll bet that there is a good story behind these drug dealer life lessons.

Yes. I don't know how not to, but don't live next door to one [or in my unfortunate case, two]. One day you have peace and quite, the next day, and the following and following, you have blue lights flickering in your parking lot. Also the police don't like it when mr dealer uses his car to try and run down one of them. But fortunately for our drug dealers, the president is influencing our judges, as to how productive these good citizens are, and how not to put them in jail.

 

[clamum]

I'll bet that there is a good story behind these drug dealer life lessons.

Any of the drug dealers I've known were not violent, actually. I know that may not be common, but saying all are violent is a little clueless.

 

[disappoint]

Treat your body well, it's the only one you've got. Before you feed it anything, ask yourself this question: "What's the nutritional value?"

With your mind as well. Before feeding it information, ask this question "What's the informational value?"

Also this: "You are always feeding your mind. Including right now."


More words to live by: Don't give up what you want most, for what you want right now.

 

[IronWing]

Duck.

 

[TheGardener]

Any of the drug dealers I've known were not violent, actually. I know that may not be common, but saying all are violent is a little clueless.

Clueless is painting them as all non-violent. I'd rather stay on the side of caution.

 

[Ruptga]

Any of the drug dealers I've known were not violent, actually. I know that may not be common, but saying all are violent is a little clueless.

I know someone that got shot and watched a good friend die because a couple of shitheads thought there were a bunch of drugs at the guy's birthday party. There was nothing there, but the people involved did deal or were close to dealers, and that was enough. I don't know how common that sort of thing is, and the shooters aren't in business anymore, they're in prison, but it does happen.

 

[GrumpyMan]

No matter how successful we are, if everyone loves us and how well we take care of ourselves we apparently are still going to die.

 

[disappoint]

No matter how successful we are, if everyone loves us and how well we take care of ourselves we apparently are still going to die.

If you dwell too long thinking of death and forget to live, that would be a greater tragedy than death itself, but unlike death, entirely avoidable.

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
—  Carl Jung

 

[CoPhotoGuy]

Have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

Hi, nice to meet you. :sneaky:

 

[Imp]

the reality the media portrays is really a lot of lies
in the world

It took until my mid-20s to figure that one out. I mostly skim through news articles nowadays to look at the comments, which are so loaded with political activists (most probably paid) that I ask myself why the hell I even bother.

 

[Pantlegz]

One thing that mostly seems true to me is that you only see ads for bad things. For example, broccoli and carrots are good but you never see ads for them. Milk (except skim), meat regularly, eggs regularly, and cheese are all bad for you, yet they're advertised all the time. You also never see ads for going on a walk from home for exercise and general health, but you do see ads for cars and plane, train, and ship travel which are all killing the environment.

It's like ads have to convince you to be a worse person to yourself, others, and the environment.

The other thing I've noticed is that people seem to feel like they need to 'tackle' their boredom, but I see boredom as very close to serenity, if only one could drop the judgement that the emptiness is bad. In order to not feel bored, people use the aforementioned travel activities. Not seeing the serenity behind the judgement seems to be killing us as we try at all costs not to be bored.

So those are two major lessons I've learned from life; don't fall for what's being sold to me, no matter how delicious looking, and there are very easy and healthy ways to incorporate the serenity of boredom without creating a giant carbon/pollution footprint to my fellow man and the other denizens of the planet.

I hope you're trolling and not as stupid as you appear. But skim milk is the worst kind of milk, might as well be drinking soda or juice. Meat doesn't cause cancer any more than being alive causes cancer. Natural fat is good for you, anyone that says otherwise knows nothing about nutrition. And not only has cholesterol not been proven to cause heart problems only about 1/3 of the population is effected by dietary cholesterol. If you're worried about your carbon footprint go solar and don't worry about what those around you are doing sooner or later they'll come around or you'll figure out you're ideas are wrong.

What I've learned? People are weak and scared, they follow and complain rather than lead. Physical interaction is missing from most people's daily life and it's probably the most beneficial. Nobody's every happy with what they have until it's gone. Worry about yourself over anything else, if you're content with yourself everything else will fall in place.

 

[IronWing]

If you aren't paying for something, you're not the customer, you're the product.

 

[utahraptor]

Life sucks and then you die.

 

[Muse]

One thing that mostly seems true to me is that you only see ads for bad things.

OTOH, it's been said that all news is bad news, all advertizing is good news.

 

[Muse]

Life sucks and then you die.

Eh, I plan to live forever, so far so good. Oh, and life is good! Actually, life is bliss. Not all the time, though.

 

[Muse]

Everyone's full of shit.

And I should buy waffles.

I make my own... of both. Had both today.

Never trust a driver who has his turn signal on.

I just figure everyone on the road is deaf, dumb, blind and malicious.

 

[Mayne]

You can only trust your brother. I know this for a fact.

 

[Muse]

I'm surrounded by morons and so is everyone else, though most don't realize it.

In the short term, nothing ever changes. In the long term, nothing is static.

People that insist on easy answers never have any answers.

That's why zombie movies were so prescient. Night of the Living Dead kind of sends up the notion that most people around you are the walking dead.

Joan Baez made the comment that most people strike you as 1/2 alive.

Yeah, being a know-it-all is just ridiculous.

 

[Muse]

Fucking New Balance makes great shoes, but they keep changing them. If you are hard to fit and you find a style that works for you, buy as many pairs as you can afford.

You wouldn't believe how many pairs of New Balance shoes I have (I'm hard to fit, real wide feet). I get them at Kohl's, they have the best deals on them I'm found. I did buy a high end pair online, though.

New Balance shoes or sneakers use to have very good arch support, but now I struggle to find a good replacement insert with support and cushioning.

I've been putting Superfeet in mine.

I heard someone say "never say anything about anyone you wouldn't say to their face." I think that's a good one.

I believe it's best to tell the truth. Life gets too complicated when you don't live like that.