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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:49 AM Original message |
Poll question: Do you work to live or live to work? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. For me i love to work, i love my job, if i didnt do this though id do something else |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That is wonderful. It's truly great when your work is that which you |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Give me work I might be disable but my mind works..!! it does. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. No doubt in my mind. None whatsoever. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Lil of both. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Would you adjust the ratios if "money were no object"? n/t |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. A human should not simply exist for the purpose of being used as labor. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. i agree with you to an extent, but surely everyone needs to contribute something of value |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Well, I don't have any problems with people who want or must to live to work. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Sometimes some people contribute in unorthodox ways |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 02:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. i come from what you might call a primitive culture, |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. But, within our current construct... |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. but and this is a big but, if you didnt contribute then you were left to fend for yourself |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "but i never saw this happen." |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. that dosent work in a hand to mouth society, frinstance you may find the poet worthwhile |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. What happens to the worthless? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. the worthless are usually cast out, which means death |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Human beings have no need to be uplifted? To be educated? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Define "value", please. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I agree. I think my poll represents my particular bias. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. My work defines me. I was raised in a home where work was the |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Idle hands are the Devil's workshop." |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Lol! Thanks? Funny thing is that mom was an atheist |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. I work to live. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I agree with you. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. Office Space had the right idea. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm unemployed. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Were money no object, would you prefer to be employed for the purpose |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Read in Life 101 years ago... |
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Joe the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Ditto. n/t |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
18. I love my job, work from home, and have integrated my work into my life |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Stinky, I swear by whatever anyone thinks as holy, that you are the |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. Awww .... thank you! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Robb is now a mod |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. *sigh* I knew he'd eventually sell out and become part of the |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. I am happily retired. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Why "happily?" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Now that I'm retired, I wonder how I ever found time to go to work every day |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Because I am old enough to have already made my contribution, |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. I hate working but must. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I'm curious. In case you haven't yet noticed. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Ok. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. Thank you. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
35. i retired at 38, so i live to...live. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
37. For me it was "work sucks, and then you retire." I have so many things I love to do |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. Work is a highly overrated pastime. Certainly not one to be taken seriously. |
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BlueGirlRedState (416 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
42. I work for a RW mom and pop company |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
43. I am retired, and enjoy every minute of it. Today I will ride a bicycle |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
44. Live to work |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. I am my work. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
48. I have a job because I have to. And I have no life |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. I work to live |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-06-09 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. "I blog therefore I am online" |
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