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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Ah well, while I dont know him personally, and think his company is a low-life crud-merchant, you cant argue with the fact he is one of the richest men in the world - mind you, I think to get there, you need to pull a lot of dodgy deals, which he no doubt has, so I have no particular desire to emulate him (looks like you wont need that rum after all aaron ),
I do however agree that its poetic justice when people who cant be bothered using their brains end up working for those who do.. In a free labour market, supply and demmand determines the price placed on peoples time, and its quite obvious to anyone who cares to look that brain-nerds are paid much higher (on the average) than cool-dumb people..
Suits me fine.. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:40 pm |
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Spockie-Tech
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Joined: 31 May 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I agree completely. I usually tend to use "cool people" in a similair derogatory fashion that those type of peulse use for "nerd", so I guess we're each as bad as each other..
To me however, most of the "cool" type people seem to spend a lot of their time worry what other people think of them and spend a lot of their money (which is the same thing as spending their time) in order to keep up with whatever the current cool fashions are. This would be fine if it made them happy, but it rarely seems to do so to me.
Catch one of those type of people in a weak moment drowning their sorrows down the pub and you will hear how underneath the external charade they are often feeling "lost and wanting to find themselves" or something like that. Most of the time they do a good job of hiding that in public though.
"Nerds" seem to me to be less concerned about what other people think of them and just do whatever they think is interesting (or "cool" ). I dont think they are totally immune to the desire for approval from their friends, but they are more likely to find friends who like what they like rather than trying to change themselves to fit what their friends like.
Anyway, one should do whatever makes you happy inside.. if its fashion, music, cars, robots or stamp collecting I dont care, as long as it makes you genuinely smile and have fun. _________________ Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
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Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:09 pm |
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