Funny thing the brain and language. My parents always spoke Taiwanese around the house so they'd speak to me in Taiwanese and I'd respond with english. To this day I can understand Taiwanese but I can't speak very much of it...just weird.

Ni How ma? = how are you
Wo hun how. Ni ne? = I'm well, how bout you?

(mandarin)

Making a difference in one person's life is better than nothing. My mom does work for a buddist organization called tzu chi which was started by Master Cheng Yen. One of Cheng Yen's inspirations was upon visiting a hospital she found out that a pregnant woman had a miscarriage and because she couldn't afford the cost of the hospital they had to carry her back up the mountain. In the beginning in 1966 her 30 followers saved 50 cents a day and helped 15 families. Since then she helped to found a free hospital in Taiwan and within 15 years that clinic has had over 140,000 consultations.

Since the humble beginnings starting with 30 followers there are now organizations in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the Phillipines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, every region of the US (NE, midwest, South, north west, midatlantic), Canada, France, UK, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Brazil, Guatemala, Dominican and many more. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say her efforts have touched millions of lives around the world.

How's that for a statement for a woman to make?

I'm not saying that everyone has to devote their lives in this manner but it just shows you that one person can inspire others and their actions, like a small pebble dropped in a large pond it creates ripples that can reach the very edge of that pond.

But back to the original post. I don't need to buy expensive things to make myself feel good. Just the way I was brought up. My dad was a doctor with a private practice, he was making about 1/4 million a year after tax and expenses, we never owned a car worth more than 30K, he had a 10K wedding gift rolex but wore a 10 dollar K mart timex. If a patient couldn't afford to pay my dad would never refuse medical service. When he passed away people still remember him and tell my mom how wonderful he was. People don't remember you for what you wore or what you had, they remember what you did.

I find it hilarious that some people on this site have rallied against the whole PUA thing (pick up artist) and have such a negative view on it (usually women) and this is totally a PUA tactic. Demonstrating higher value.

HAH I just viewed you so you have one more to delete, I like making more work for other people. I'm a troublesome person

I've never refused to go into a jewelry store because of the wedding ring thing, I just find jewelry boring. I find most shopping to be boring in general. I'm at a point in my life where I'm really trying to decrease my material wants in search of more substantial fulfillment. I've just realized how ephemeral that good feeling of owning something new is. Most of the time people don't really buy things or want things for themselves, they want things for the reaction that other people will give them for having it. I've found that learning a new skill or improving a skill gives me a much longer lasting satisfaction, like improving on my cartooning or popping or cooking.

GRRRR why not just say "I don't have any plans at the moment, if you don't have plans either why don't we hang out and do something together?"

Why do you have to leave it open for him to ask you?

A-holes don't get girls because they are a-holes, they get them cause they're ballsy enough to ask girls out and if rejected they ask someone else out. "nice" guys or rather "shy" guys don't, one can't get something if they don't pursue it. I think the term "nice" guy is often misinterpreted. You can be a nice person/good person without being sycophantic, needy, desperate, or being the creepy person who ogles chicks but never tries to talk to them. You can be nice while being assertive, and confident.

Another common issue among "nice" guys is that they are often brought up to believe that sex is something only men want and that the women is doing them some kind of favor when she agrees to have sex with them, that it's something they have to Earn rather than something which is a partnership. Women want to have sex too. Many women are brought up under the social morass that having sex is something dirty and under the fear that they might be seen as slutty if they are the agressors in regards to sex. So if the man is the "aggressor" or initiator it allows them to go along with it rather than feel like they are doing something that is going to make people think they are slutty. I don't think the point is to coerce people into doing things that they don't want to do, but rather make your needs known.

I've often fallen into that dreaded friend zone. One time in college I met this girl that lived in the same dorm. I asked her after we started dating if she found me attractive when we first met...she said no...that hurt lol. But before that, I was teasing her after we first met, I took this little stuffed animal she had and made fun of it and her for having it. She tried grabbing it and I kept holding it away from her, she chased me around and I kept pulling it away from her, I put it behind my back and she reached around me for it, then I did something completely out of my character, I leaned in and just kissed her. I didn't know she was dating an a-hole at that time, but she dumped him and started dating me after that. So I guess there is something to be said for being a bit more aggressive as long as you're not being predatory or creepy.

You honor us all? That seems a bit egocentric Just kidding, I get your point and I agree that it's a great place.

Gravity is actually a force so it'd be
Mass X Acceleration = Force (F=ma)

I would think if he doesn't want to suck, he probably doesn't want to blow either.

Stop trying to cause trouble

I think I remember that thread, things got nasty and personal and was way beyond a simple exchange of advice or ideas.

Jistme can do a lot better than that. Man, I get yelled at for free. I offer them money to stop yelling at me and they'd still rather yell at me.

Men love sporks, the tines are too short to be of any use, the spoon section is too shallow to be used for any real substance, it's like an exercise in self discovery.

When they get shot they try to eat a first aid kit instead of going to the hospital.

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HEY! At least it has a christmas theme to it. It's got toys, Hos, and old fat men.

yeah yeah I know, everyone's already told me I'm getting coal again this year.

I use a fork and spoon unless white people are watching, then I switch to chopsticks

I wouldn't say he obliterated the argument, that excerpt even says it works if you truly know yourself. So the advice is to get to know yourself and then be yourself.

Putting women on pedastals and supplicating yourself to them isn't being yourself, it's trying to be what you think they want you to be. Being yourself would be like treating them like any of your other friends, which I think it valid.

Can't you hurry that along? I would love auto sarcasm functions right NOW.

I dunno if you saw this but since you are now a mod I had some suggestions awhile ago.
http://www.justsayhi.com/topic/show/54859

I was about to say....arcades? Quarters? Someone is stuck in the 80's.

here's one:
When they try to stack their groceries to complete 4 line rows.

When they think that jumping on someones head is a viable way to attack them.

When they see a homicide they try to pause to take a screen shot.