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In Defense Of Stuff
- byrneseyeview 19y agoThis doesn't contradict the article. It boils down to "I like stuff, because I buy good stuff and ditch the rest."
- ryantmulligan 19y agoagreed. What he writes isn't a defense of hoarding, it's a defense of newness, which PG wasn't even attacking.
- vidar 19y agoYou boys are taking this wayyyy too seriously... :)
- jkush 19y agoYeah - I took the whole thing to be a Christopher Guest-like joke.
- aston 19y agoI think ultimately PG wasn't directly criticizing those who accumulate stuff, either. As I understood it, the issue is the attachment to the stuff, particularly when it inteferes with living a good life.
- Jd 19y agoIs this a joke?
- vegashacker 19y agoI can't tell. I'm finding myself saying .... no ??
- tomek 19y agoi recommend watching george carlin's video on stuff: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1007513334 http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual...
- mattmaroon 19y agoClassic Carlin. Def among his best material.
- mynameishere 19y agoHere's a real defense of "stuff", except I'll state it off-handedly: Slavery is good...for others.
- augy 19y agoMatt seems to be a funny guy with a lot of candor. I like how he does not change just because something has come straight from the horse's mouth.
- chaostheory 19y agoI got one thing to say: "You are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your khakis..."
- earthboundkid 19y agoYou are not your collection of movie quotes. ;-)
- rms 19y agoThe real question is, if not materialism, what is the meaning of life?
- wensing 19y agoTo know and worship the Creator.
- rms 19y agoWell, our creator is at least a type 4 civilization that is exploiting the existence of our universe to generate energy in some way. I think the ultimate purpose of humanity is to trigger the big crunch so we can exploit the infinite computational power you get from a contracting universe. Plus it would be pretty cool to be reunited with all the other matter and energy as one. Or we're the biproduct of an axiomatic system like our mathematics. Either way, I strongly doubt the entities superior to us, inside or outside of our universe, care about or even notice our worship. But hey, if it makes you feel better, it doesn't bother me, as long as you're not telling me who I can or can't marry or holding back fundamental scientific research.
- iamwil 19y agoThe meaning of life is to do everything you can to make sure the people you care about love you back." X Warren Buffet
- brianmckenzie 19y agoThat's easy: the meaning of life is doing cool stuff, and not doing stuff that sucks or is lame. It's funny because it's true.
- mattmaroon 19y agoTo wear hats.