tbw
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Post by tbw on Nov 25, 2007 16:24:23 GMT -5
I would like my immediate family to remember how I lived, my values and my beliefs. If they can be happy when I leave this world, then that's enough for me. That and I would like to be remembered on 'tbw' day after I take over the world....  |
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Post by Ave` on Nov 25, 2007 20:30:58 GMT -5
This is a concept only known by man. A desperate urge to prove themself/ to be the better man. I dont think women recognize this concept. Sure we want to make the world a better place. Change the wrong-doings BUT rarely because we want to be remembered.
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Post by cjsdad on Nov 26, 2007 12:08:49 GMT -5
2 healthy, happy, well adjusted, intelligent children.
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Post by Julz 33 on Dec 27, 2007 16:05:59 GMT -5
It's funny that this question arises because this is what I have told my students in the last weeks about their lives as we enter the next semester. I asked them what do they want thier legacy to be when they leave high school. And when I think of what I want my legacy to be it may be just that...That I got my students to think about mor than just themselves, about our purpose and to help others less fortunate and if one students does something to make this world a better place for 1 person then I have left a little of me...hopefully for the better
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Post by waywardwolf on Dec 28, 2007 20:20:37 GMT -5
I want to start a clan of ninjas.
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Post by attilathehun513 on Dec 28, 2007 20:38:10 GMT -5
I want to start a clan of ninjas. More depletion of the Earth's natural resources ;D |
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Post by waywardwolf on Dec 31, 2007 7:00:20 GMT -5
I'd like some more ninjas please.
"Sorry sir, seven ninjas is the maximum due to shortage in supply. Next!"
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Post by ChickenSoda on Dec 31, 2007 20:23:59 GMT -5
I'd like to participate in medical research that culminates in the discovery of immortality the day after I die.
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Post by attilathehun513 on Dec 31, 2007 21:00:05 GMT -5
^For some reason that sounds unusually heroic and self-fishless.
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Post by jewbird on Jan 2, 2008 23:39:54 GMT -5
I want to start a clan of ninjas. More depletion of the Earth's natural resources ;D Yeah, but you have to think it's for a worthy cause. |
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Post by fumanchu on Jan 3, 2008 2:52:23 GMT -5
I'm gonna live forever. You mean you're not?
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Post by TotalWar on Jan 6, 2008 14:56:33 GMT -5
What kind of lasting impact would you like to have? Would you rather be remembered for infamy, or die unknown? I would absolutely pick infamy. History forgives everyone eventually. Do you honestly get angry when you think of Napoleon or Genghis Khan? Hitler, Stalin, Mao... it will be the same way. It's the people with the highest body count that are remembered the longest by history. |
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Post by TotalWar on Jan 6, 2008 15:12:25 GMT -5
I suppose this is the penultimate question behind the meaning the life. What legacy would you like to leave behind when you die? <snip> I guess that it would have something to do with my family background: going back some centuries ago, several of my more enterprising ancestors started businesses that evolved into historically-significant companies (at least one of which still exists, has books written about it, and even bears the family name). My grandparents were the last family members to actually run and have ownership stakes in them (lost decades ago), so my family's (dad's and mom's, to an extent) thinking is that someone from a later generation needs to restore the family name. I can't honestly say that my cousins and brother give much of a hoot about this (they are all quite pleased with whatever compensation and satisfaction they derive from working as professionals at small partnerships or as employees/salarymen of firms), but I find myself coming back to this question now that I have severed the ties from my previous career. Oh, and my parents' generation is now old and dying, and none of them really started anything major or enduring of their own, so there's some pressure on me to "execute" now, if you will. With what I've learned about my family history, I feel the exact same way. My great grandfather was even a EA of sorts and was abused and ostracized by his relatives for it. He managed to eventually earn their respect by starting a successful tanning business in colonial India using his Anglo-Indian mother's British connections, and returned to China, marrying into a wealthy Chinese family. All that ended with the second world war with most of the family fleeing to HK or Indonesia. An uncle and aunt managed to become somewhat successful businesspeople in HK, but it's really up to my generation to restore the glory of the past. My one and only cousin is a lawyer with his own firm, but aside from that the family really hasn't recovered. Me? I'm just a mutt from an ugly city full of retarded people in the Midwest trying to get through college with a worthless degree (biology) so I can get on with the rest of my life. I've decided that I won't be able to tolerate being a "worker" for longer than it takes to pay off my loans and I'd honestly rather die than spend the rest of my life with a typical 9-5 job. I've really got no choice but to start a business. It's a matter of survival. |
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Post by LaFace on Jan 12, 2008 20:56:33 GMT -5
What kind of lasting impact would you like to have? Would you rather be remembered for infamy, or die unknown? I would absolutely pick infamy. History forgives everyone eventually. Do you honestly get angry when you think of Napoleon or Genghis Khan? Hitler, Stalin, Mao... it will be the same way. It's the people with the highest body count that are remembered the longest by history. ^Yes, an enormous number of people worldwide do get angry when they think of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini etc. |
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Post by fumanchu on Jan 13, 2008 4:55:07 GMT -5
I don't recall Christ or Buddha racking up the body counts. Their infamous contempories pale in memory.
The unknown soldier gets feted quite a bit. Probably the most famous unknown guys in the world & won't be forgotten quickly.
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