Life's Greatest Defect

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  1. Cogito

    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

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    I agree with that. I have no use for bigotry or those who embrace it.
     
  2. ValianceInEnd

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    I thoroughly agree.
     
  3. ugu

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    The realization that I'll never pass as a native Chinese speaker.
     
  4. Gone Wishing

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    The fact that I haven't won the lottery yet. >_<

    :p
     
  5. Rebekkamaria

    Rebekkamaria New Member

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    I agree with Gone Wishing. :) *laughs*

    Hmm... other than that, the fact that society encourages us to succeed rather than to be happy.
     
  6. Lemex

    Lemex That's Lord Lemex to you. Contributor

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    Lifes greatist defect? The expectation of others.
     
  7. Marloy

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    That's pretty true, but they pretty much force us to succeed instead of be happy because the only way to be happy in society to is to succeed. :p
     
  8. Domoviye

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    I'm still not God. I really want to be God right now.
    I'd smite half of my students to save my time and sanity.
     
  9. Heather Louise

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    Life's greatest defect at the moment is the splitting headache I have from crying most of the day. Stupid injection time. :(
     
  10. Firefly

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    I thought of another defect. Spiders. :eek: I had to take my dog out the front door this morning because a stupid spider made one of those revolting spiral webs in our back doorway.

    I was bitten by a brown recluse once. Several times from the same spider, actually. And we went to the acute care clinic and the doctor said it was chiggers. Ummm...even without seeing the spider bites, you probably know that it wasn't chiggers since I lived in the middle of the desert. :rolleyes:

    Well, there's another one. Doctors who have something against saying "I don't know" so they start pulling random ailments out of their hat.
     
  11. Cogito

    Cogito Former Mod, Retired Supporter Contributor

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    Be glad your doctor wears a hat - you don't wanna know where the rest of them pull the idunno diagnoses from! :eek:
     
  12. Crazy Ivan

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    Darn it.
     
  13. Firefly

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    Especially if they stop and jump around like freaks when they see the headlights. :p
     
  14. Baywriter

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    Life's greatest defect is that everything has a defect.

    I know. I just blew your minds. xD
     
  15. Crazy Ivan

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    Mind! Mind! Come back! Don't blow away!
     
  16. adamant

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    I believe life's greatest defect is unnecessary fear. It causes us to do what we feel is safe, depriving us of experiencing potentially life-changing events and circumstances. It has led to struggles between others simply because they appear different.

    Fortunately, it can be overcome.
     
  17. Baywriter

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    Amen. I just haven't figured out how to overcome it yet.
     
  18. Firefly

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    I'm working on overcoming my fear. I'm afraid of pretty much everything. Thankfully, I have a good doctor who's helping me.
     

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