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Topic: What I don't get

dw started this discussion 11 years ago #38,850

I don't understand how you Americans can teach you kids from the young age, that working is BAD. Working is something to be AVOIDED. Or in other words, work is something to be done sloppy so we can quickly get to the fun part of resting and NOT working.
Kids are like sponges, how can you brainwash them into such a state of mind from a young age? You people are really clueless.

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #517,933

Preach it, brother.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #517,934

Eating food is good, resting is good, work is bad.

Metæ joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 11 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #517,940

@OP
Where do you get this? My parents always told me to work hard, and that it's the responsibility of all able bodied people to work and earn an honest living.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 21 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #517,943

@OP

So how is the welfare system treating you?

dw (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 7 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #517,946

@517,940 (Metæ)

> Where do you get this?
a comment on this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geTSBFb_GR4

Metæ replied with this 11 years ago, 2 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #517,948

@previous (dw)
Oh, I see. They Might Be Giants do, in fact, completely, represent the views of every single American, on every topic.

dw (OP) replied with this 11 years ago, 10 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #517,951

@previous (Metæ)
i am simply being the messager here thanks, please complain to GLaMpuNKeR instead

!OhBrie5EHg joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #517,970

@previous (dw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfzokohIcFk

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 17 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #517,972

What is so good about working? What kind of a small minded idiot thinks working is fun and games, then its something to just be able to stay alive? Fuck you op, learn about reality you piece of shit.

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #518,019

@517,946 (dw)
It sounds like his job is playing a trumpet, and he's boasting about how it isn't work because he enjoys it? I would go with "do something you love" being the message here.

And I think Meta has a point here. It's not as if TMBG is piped into school cafeterias and played before children's sporting events. It's a little odd to judge what an entire culture is teaching their children by the lyrics to one song by a band with a relatively small fan base compared to all the Disney music that kids are actually listening to again and again. I think GLaMpuNKeR is probably over-reacting.

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Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 11 years ago, 3 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #518,042

you can always tell when dw has copy pasted a rant from somewhere else

Metæ replied with this 11 years ago, 17 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #518,216

@518,019 (H)
Schools could save a lot of time by playing "Particle Man" once a year in lieu of science class. It covers all the basics of science pretty well.

Anonymous H replied with this 11 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #518,254

@previous (Metæ)
Then our universities will be full of academics arguing about why triangle man always wins or whether particle man ever gets wet. This will be a refreshing change from all that controversial evolution and climate science.

Also, this is actually pretty cool. This is even cooler.

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