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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:42 PM Original message |
What you need, is 2,000 calories a day and shelter from the |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. My heart pills |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's a want |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. What circumvents this "want", then? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. huh? |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
62. Eliminating TV Is The First Step In Circumventing Wants |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Then I'm dead |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. If medically necessary medicine is only a "want", so is food, water, air |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
46. Heart pills are as much a matter of survival as shelter and 2,000 calories |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
73. How are heart pills a want? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You don't NEED heart pills. You WANT to keep living. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Yup, I see. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. By that logic, you don't NEED 2000 calories a day -- |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. You need water too. And that is getting locked up by corporate entities in some areas |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. It's included in your 2,000 calories |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Plain water has calories in it?! |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Oh get a fucking life. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 02:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
76. Then don't say stupid fucking things. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Ah, but your body needs water to properly process those 2000 calories. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. No |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Okay, so you ditch your tv, phone, internet access, and the other bullshit first. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I'm not sayin that I don't succumb to any of this. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Oh S U R E you don't play games on it anymore... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. A more realistic list: |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Better add health care... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
59. 8. Beer. |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. There are many people in other countries surviving on one cup of rice per day |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. And they will die |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. In most the world it is actually 1750 or so -- |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
54. I would be SO f**king fat on 2000 calories a day! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. you must be VERY young, life expectancy w/out modern medicine is around age 40 |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Actually, at 57, I think I understand. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. You sir, are at best... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. he's deliberately cruel, he tells a poster upstream that they don't need their HEART medicine |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
68. Are you ok? |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
74. 57! You're missing Matlock! |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Life expectancy without modern medicine is about 40... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Threescore years and ten |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. life expectancy for women was about age 42 in 1900 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. no, infant mortality. you must be too young to have known any |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. One needs a toilet too. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. If that's all we need...why did we leave "the caves?" |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Abraham Maslov begs to differ |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
63. The Need For Sex Diminishes With Age As Hormone Production Declines |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. mmmmmm not quite |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Don't forget potable water. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. where does healthcare fit - 2,000 calories a day, or shelter? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. True. There is a whole lot of stuff that we don't need but have gotten used to. |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. What's your plan for preventing an increase in unemployment? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Food riot clean-up and reconstruction? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Actually. I bet you and most people could get by on alot less than |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Not me |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
72. I have a dead thyroid and a very slow metabolism. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. The need list needs to be expanded |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. you people... and your want, want, want... |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. What I need is defined by what I want |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. Yes and no. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. car, computer, internet. |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. Rubbish. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
49. Is life to be limited to what we need? Fuck that. NT |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
51. Needs are a function of wants/desires |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
52. Fuck You |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
53. It depends on the goal |
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gort (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
55. Well then, I don't need you! |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
56. great mantras |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
57. What do someone's gadgets have to do with universal health care? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
58. This post is a total crock of shit. The economy isn't failing due to working-class extravagance. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Pure genius - every word of it, on target |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. I think that you made some good points. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
60. And a computer to post random shit on the internet. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
61. WELCOME TO THE MATRIX |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
64. We need love. n/t |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
65. Well, it's obvious that you haven't had to live with your short list of "needs" |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
66. Maslow is spinning in his grave |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yeah I'm with Maslow |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-16-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
71. You also NEED dental, medical, and vision care. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Very true. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-17-08 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
77. You, sir, are a naive fool who's bought Republican propaganda lock, stock, and barrel. |
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