Where is YOUR Responsibility

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   gmwilliamsposted 10 years ago

   
   Many people blame parents and society for their troubles.  However, once we become adults, it is time to realize that our parents have done the best that they knew how.  Furthermore, once one becomes an adult, he/she must look beyond the parental/familial purview and establish his/her sense of self, realization, and life.  It is also futile to continue to blame society for one's woes.    Do you agree that many people continue to blame parents and society in order to avoid assuming responsibility for their own lives?

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      Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I agree, at some point we have to take responsibility for the person that we are.
      
      Is that the dude that's always on PBS?

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   Zelkiiroposted 10 years ago

   Just blame video games. Clearly that has always been the root of humanity's ills.

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      wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Untrue.  Pong was a good game.  It really went downhill with PacMan, Asteroids and Space Invaders, though.

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         Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Uh, excuse me, those were *my games. I was the greatest space invaders player of all time. How dare you sir!

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            wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            I dare because you were not the best.  Second best, perhaps, but not the best.

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               Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

               You don't know.
               
               I just found my favorite childhood house from when i was a kid...
               
               https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&a … CC0QxB0wAA

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                  bBereanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Apartments now stand in stead of my childhood home. 

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                     Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     Aw, what a bummer. It made me totally nostalgic to see that house again. All my best memories are there. It reminds me of Christmas and a few of my happiest memories.

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                     wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     Mine is still there, but the big field out back, the one with the fantastic fort (empty car body) on it, is gone.  Turned into 3 more houses now, with the magic of the back lot gone forever.  The apple tree a young boy fell out of is still there, but the tree house (small flat platform) is gone.  The giant Boxelder trees in the front are long gone as well.
                     
                     Time destroys as it creates.

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                  wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                  Sure I know.  I know because I was the best!

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                     Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                     Easy to say online, mister.

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                        bBereanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                        One has to wonder, is there an online version where a match can be held between you?  Can it be viewed live by others?  Is betting legal?  This could be big!

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                           Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           It's been 30 years... holy cow. How is that possible? I'm only 22.

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                              bBereanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                              Strong anti abortion argument, what with you mastering Space Invaders so far in advance of your birth.

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                              wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                              And that's why you can only be second best.  Never had a chance at the original, superior game.

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                                 bBereanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                 Your overlooking the unique feminine capacity for stalling on a selected birthday, in perpetuity.  I believe Beth has some experience at being 22, or has some 'splainin' to do.  Just ask her kids. 

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                                    wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                    Hmm.  My wife has been known to have the same skill. 
                                    
                                    But it matters not - it was a well known fact 30 years ago that women did not belong in space, could not understand space and could not rid the world of space invaders. 
                                    
                                    So...second best again.

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                                       Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                       I conquered space when I was only 15.... I was probably more like 13 now that I think about it. You attempted it as a full grown adult. The fact that I could do what you did as not only a child, but a female, pretty much declares me the superior alien slayer.

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                                          wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                          Or did such a precocious brat simply frighten them away?
                                          
                                          I have to admit, though, that you have pretty well solidified your second place.

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                                             Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                             Them's fightin' words. If I had a pair of gloves on me I'd slap your cheek and duel at dawn.
                                             You're lucky I can't find my slapping gloves.

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                                                wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                                I'm too far away.  And I run fast, too.
                                                
                                                And, worst of all, have misplaced my phaser/blaster!

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                                    Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

                                    Them's fightin' words too.

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                           wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

                           75% of the take.  And 10% of all bets.  That's a minimum.
                           
                           The best always gets the most, you know.

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            bBereanposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            I could hold my own at Space Invaders, but Asteroids was my game.  I could play as long as I wanted on a single quarter and give the game to someone else with a dozen ships saved up when I grew bored.  Simpler times.

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               Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

               I didn't like asteroids. I felt trapped... the little guy just sat there in the middle of every thing, turning round and round like a dog chasing its tail. I like space invaders... centipede... kaboom, yeah, good times.

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   Beth37posted 10 years ago

   Im not playing without a joystick.

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   Beth37posted 10 years ago

   http://www.freeinvaders.org/
   
   8,050... I would have been ashamed 30 years ago.

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   Beth37posted 10 years ago

   Found em. It's on like donkey kong.
   

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      wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Arm yourself!  It begins at dawn!
      
      

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         Beth37posted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Bring it.
         
         
         
         
         

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            wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Hah!  Your puny shotgun will avail you nothing.

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   Beth37posted 10 years ago

   I meant to post a close up.
   

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