Ah, someone who's life purpose is solely to get off (I assume, of course, that your intent extends further then sexual, so don't read it that way).IrishAdams said:
Satisfying your desires (like achieving self-defined goals) is no less self-grafitication than doing anything else, and your definition of purpose is arbitrary.AccursedTheory said:Something that results in a tangible gain greater then 'Fuck, what an awesome year.'Tilted_Logic said:I'd love to do something like this, engage my adventurous side and see/experience things I'd never get a chance to do at home. How does your brother feel now that he's done something like this? Is regular life dull?
What would you define as purposeful?AccursedTheory said:
For example: I just started working at a SATCOM company that, among other things, runs a large quantity of the communication nodes in the Middle East. Hundreds of Gigs of data a day screaming across the planet to tens of thousands of satisfied customers.
Thats a purpose.
So a job well done at work means about as much as wanking it in a public stall?Emergent System said:Satisfying your desires (like achieving self-defined goals) is no less self-grafitication than doing anything else, and your definition of purpose is arbitrary.AccursedTheory said:Something that results in a tangible gain greater then 'Fuck, what an awesome year.'Tilted_Logic said:I'd love to do something like this, engage my adventurous side and see/experience things I'd never get a chance to do at home. How does your brother feel now that he's done something like this? Is regular life dull?
What would you define as purposeful?AccursedTheory said:
For example: I just started working at a SATCOM company that, among other things, runs a large quantity of the communication nodes in the Middle East. Hundreds of Gigs of data a day screaming across the planet to tens of thousands of satisfied customers.
Thats a purpose.
I never meant to degrade your choice of lifestyle, so I apologize if I sounded that way, I suppose I just look back a bit farther and think "how does person get anywhere in life if not for taking a step out the door". I don't mean in the extravagant sense, but more along the lines of how do people grow if they don't experience new things.AccursedTheory said:
He feels awesome that he has done it and is glad he has the videos/photos/blog to give him fond memories. He's my fiancee's cousin so didnt know him too well before hand except from stories shes told me about him and his regular life seems pretty damn fun.Tilted_Logic said:I'd love to do something like this, engage my adventurous side and see/experience things I'd never get a chance to do at home. How does your brother feel now that he's done something like this? Is regular life dull?
Oh, no. You didn't offend me. I just wanted to point out that I havn't been living in a routing closet my entire life, and to perhaps illustrate why I believe 'life adventures' may be a bit over rated (hilarious as it, the mortar and rockets portion of my life is probably the best part of my adult life, simply because I did more then sweep side walks.). Granted, I do have a tendency to experience some pretty bad scenarios every time I try to do something... adventurous.Tilted_Logic said:
Oddly enough, that response reinforces my statement. That's exactly how most soldiers would respond.IrishAdams said:
That's awesome.Kefo said:
My mother and her brother went to Europe for a year when they were in their 20s, didn't have much money to their name but they never ended up mooching. I'm sure things are probably harder these days, but back then if they wanted to stay in a place for a while they just found odd jobs (honestly, I can't even begin to name all the things my mothers done - picking grapes, bottling pickles, waitressing in a cafe where she didn't even speak the language very well, etc.). That, and there were times where they'd just set up their sleeping bags under the moon in an olive grove somewhere. So while I completely understand the whole mooching thing, being forced to make money or survive with what you've got can make the journey so much more interesting.666Chaos said:
