10 creature comforts you could not do without

[bigtexxx]

Originally Posted by Behad lol at lil_tex's weak attempt at being an asshole. I know you can do better.

still have your feelings hurt over my repeated shamings of you?

or are you too busy checking out pics of 13 year old girls?

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.p...8&postcount=42

[Honey Bear]

Originally Posted by SacTown Nothing. There was a time when I was really spoiled and couldn't do without my TV, my recliner, my A/C, a nice gym, nice comfortable bed with $2500 mattress, nice car with leather seats, etc.... then I went to live in Ukraine in a 1 bedroom apartment in the middle of winter for 4 months with no car. We walked to the grocery store and to restaurants in the snow, we walked or took public trans anywhere we went. Our bed was a couch that folded out. We had days where there was no hot water and we had days where the electricity went out for hours. I learned to live on less, I learned that I didn't need all this crap in my life, learned that I could function just fine without a car, without TV, without video games, and man I was really happy during those 4 months. That was real life. Most of the stuff we do here in America while zoned into our TV, Internet, and Video games keeps us in zombieland.

Lol, I can relate to this.

Men are nothing without experiencing life outside their comfort zones. It should be mandatory to take gap years after high school and travel when the mind is open and free from trivial responsibilities - this is common practice in Europe and Australia but the US is too quick to thrust kids into a corporate or degenerative frat mindset.

Perception is our reality, so when a guy lacks the ambition to know what goes on outside of the things he can directly touch and see, it relegates him to forever being a follower. To forever knowing pleasure in a limited fashion... and a cold awakening once the reality of this hits.

I thought I knew what beauty was, then I went to small town Europe. All big cities have their share of beauty - but the inspirational radiance of simple shopkeepers could not be denied. Anglo beauty (derivatives of the British empire) is very symmetrical and practical. But beauty outside of that is artistic, wild and inspirational. The Slavic, Baltic, Spanish and Mediterranean peoples in unheard of towns captivated me more in 15 minutes of conversation than the typical Anglo beauty would in years of blah blahing. The Scandi girl (and they can be the epitomy of feminine) I was dating had to take a backseat as my thirst for exploration had just begun. The gender dynamics in places with a history of turmoil was pretty new to me and made me appreciate girls on very intricate level. I always had a sixth sense of what I liked - but now that vision of air was becoming a concrete reality in front of my eyes. Of course as my following grew, the more outlandish and cheeky I became. That's the danger of going too far too quick - sometimes you forget where you came from.

[Honey Bear]

Originally Posted by ima_drummer2k Music. (is music a creature comfort?) Not to be overly dramatic here, but I literally don't know where I would be right now without music. It's totally shaped my life. Since jr high, it's given me something to hold on to when, often times, there was nothing else. It was the only thing I could say I was better at than most other people during my formative years. Wouldn't have gone to college if not for music. Maybe not even finished high school. Wouldn't have finished college and got my degree. Which means I wouldn't have the job I'm at now. Which means I wouldn't have met my wife. Which means I wouldn't have her and my boys. Pretty much everything good in my life now can ultimately be traced back to music. No way I could live without it.

Nah, I don't think music itself is a creature comfort. More likely the instrument you played. You're also setting absolutes for yourself - so what if you hadn't met your current wife? There would be others. This fantasy of there only being one for you is the ego talking (denial). I am this way... and only she can understand that.

That's just not how it breaks down, babycakes.

Taste in music can be acquired, but being rhythmic isn't. You either have it or you don't. If you hear music in this clip, you've got it. If not, you're probably a try hard.

[Honey Bear]

Originally Posted by Xerobull I could exist with very minimal sustenance. I would not subject my family to this. Except gourmet popcorn. Talk about a value!

That's a hard line to draw. You want your kids to see the best of what the world has to offer and give them high self esteem compared to their poorer peers with no fashion sense, but you don't want to spoil them into not being able to take control of their life. I'd rather make them cocky little ****s who are honest about how they feel than shy passive aggressive types who slut around in stealth mode.

As for gourmet popcorn, I don't believe in empty calories so you might win the battle of value, but you're losing the war of the waistline.

[Behad]

Originally Posted by bigtexxx still have your feelings hurt over my repeated shamings of you? or are you too busy checking out pics of 13 year old girls? http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.p...8&postcount=42

See? Now that's the asshole tex we know. Keep up the good work.

[KingCheetah]

My service maids and my bidet.