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Being your own person.

Is this insane to you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 2.5%

  • No

    Votes: 35 87.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 2.5%

  • Rootabega.

    Votes: 3 7.5%
  • Total voters
    40
I think there are some people out there who think that the only thing that matters is how much money a person does or doesn't have. People are too hung up on how much money a person has or what kind of a life they are living.

I have to wonder if that neighbor is the type that considers all or most welfare programs bad, while still believing that you should take money from your parents to live better?
 

But don't you see the issue with this statement? That the group decides and everyone lives with the decision - though some will disagree with it. It's taking away individual liberty to choose their own fate. They are no longer working for what their goals are but for what the group's goals are. It's enslaving them to a point. The fewer things the group provides, the better, if the top priority is protecting liberty which it always should be.
 
and btw, to answer your question, please note my signature. You are not insane. You would only be fooling yourself if you take what you haven't earned. So though I don't compliment you for doing the right thing (to me it was really the only moral choice), I am glad to hear there is one less corrupt person in the world.
 
not insane at all its exactly what I would do
 
OscarB63 said:
up until it finally died a few years ago, I drove a 1985 honda civic. thing had 327K miles on it when it finally croaked. I now drive an '03 Jeep Cherokee that I inherited from my mother.
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Honda's are good vehicles... I don't care what anyone says.
 

That doesn't make any sense to me, no.
 
Only if you take your pride too far and "need" assistance from family, but do not bother asking.

I feel the same way, myself...but, that is mostly because of being taught that I was not a normal person nor could ever be. It's a common creed in America-to be one's own man. It's a virtuous lifestyle if done intelligently.
 
"Being your own person" doesn't mean not accepting anything from anyone. I think you're artificially limiting yourself here. The entire point is to get your life off the ground so that you can independently sustain yourself. If your parents are willing to finance your journey to reach that point then there is nothing wrong with that, and you can always pay them back later.
 

Helping him now is problably why they worked so hard to get to where they're at...just for him to snub his noes at it. Bratty, ungreatfull kid imo. Imagin all the people he could be helping right now, but he doesn't care. **** him.
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Makes you sound like a conservative. :ssst:
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He said it wasn't a political thing, but the first post in... of course, turns the thread into a political thing

:lamo :lamo
 

I feel the same way. I buy things out of practicality and necessity, not for status symbols. I'll spend extra money on quality products that will last longer, than economical crap that won't. I think it's economically practical to do so... it makes sense to me. If I had the money to buy a mansion with 50 rooms, I wouldn't. I would still want a smaller house that used less resources to heat, cook.. whatever.

I think it's interesting though... having lived in Europe, on the edge of the former USSR, and seeing the government force everybody to just have the basics (if lucky), then seeing an American guy invent something as stupid and pointless as the "pet rock" become a millionaire. I just find it ironic sometimes... that capitalism doesn't work necessarily on people being economically rational, and they are free to do so and spend their money unreasonably. But under Communism the government tried to force people to be economically rational in some sense.
 

That's my husband's boat - he set off on his own to make his own life rather than being cleaved and tied in with the expectations and requirements that his grandmother (who has the fortune) was requiring.

A free ride's always fun but sometimes it really doesn't take you where you need to go.
 

I recently received an inheritance, and I'm using it to put my 'house' in order. I don't relate to your idea that one is somehow not their own person by accepting a gift from family. They worked to give you that benefit, I say you should take it and go to the next level with it, as that's what I'm doing.
 

I think you're a closet conservative / centrist with conservative tendencies.
 
Ockham said:
I think you're a closet conservative / centrist with conservative tendencies.
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I live my personal life pretty traditionally conservative.
 
You, sir, are a success.
Ignore what others say, these judgmental SOBs we do not need.
And those who "grow plants" contribute far more to society than is realized.
 

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Mega, personally I feel sorry for your friend. Sounds like he leads a shallow existence, imo.
 
That pretty much describes the way I live. I live in a small 1 bedroom apartment currently, I can afford to move into a bigger 1 bedroom but when I look around my apartment I see no need to. I like space but I try to be an engineer about it, not too cramped but not overly roomy either.
 
Jerry said:
Helping him now is problably why they worked so hard to get to where they're at...just for him to snub his noes at it. Bratty, ungreatfull kid imo. Imagin all the people he could be helping right now, but he doesn't care. **** him.
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Your a dumb ass. No need to elaborate. **** you.
 

Maybe if thats how you would have said it the first time, but now you just look like a dick.
 

I am the same way. I bought my current house when I was making 35k/yr and it was in line with the amount of rent I was paying at the time. Now I am making almost double that and my house payment is less than a third of one of my paychecks, which is really nice.
 
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