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Jumping in front of a German Shepard Dog that was out to bite my 9 year old daughter and getting my arm bitten
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Hell yeah Dad-Instinct. Tell me you wrecked that dog's day.
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2 Deployments to Iraq as an Infantryman in the U.S. Army.
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On August 12 2012 00:41 Kich wrote:
Hell yeah Dad-Instinct. Tell me you wrecked that dog's day.
you dont really feel pain until later :D, Dog ended up running away cuz I kicked him so hard it sent him spinning
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On August 12 2012 00:19 nebffa wrote:Show nested quote +On August 11 2012 23:31 D10 wrote:On August 11 2012 23:13 Kich wrote:On August 11 2012 20:35 divito wrote:On August 11 2012 14:20 TommyP wrote:
What about sacrificing your own life so someone else can live? How is that selfish? You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. I had this conversation with someone that I went to college with, he thought that no action could ever not be selfish because you don't do anything that doesn't benefit you. The problem with this line of thought is it's attempting to diminish the actual act, but it doesn't. While subconsciously holding the door for someone may make me feel good, it's still something that I don't have to do to make someone else's day better. When virtually all things you do are selfish, the word Selfish no longer has real meaning because it's a default quality of all things and is simultaneously unquantifiable.So we then have to redefine the word Selfish in regards to actions, which to most people who haven't taken "that course in your freshman year of college that told you that and it stuck with you because you didn't really think about it" is the following: An action that benefits explicitly yourself, no one else, and generally at the benefit of others. Every action I do requires muscles but you don't see me telling people that shaking their hand is a "work out". You have to acknowledge that yeah, I guess objectively at some level everything you do is selfish because you wouldn't do anything that doesn't make you feel good or benefit you on some level (be it emotional or worldly), but you also have to recognize then that if selfishness is a default quality of all actions then an action can be simultaneously altruistic and selfish. It's entirely possible to do something that is completely selfless and still feel good about it. Which essentially nukes that line of thinking. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/59KTQ.gif) LMFAO bolded part so good. I had a moment of 20 seconds of courage a few weeks ago: I'm going to see The Dark Knight Rises on my own cause none of my friends are free and I don't want to get ruined by spoilers. It's in the daytime and I go to a restaurant beforehand cause I don't want to see what is going to be the freaking BEST MOVIE EVER for me by being hungry (the Pancake Parlour... pancakes so delicious) and the waitress serving me has a great smile and was easy to talk to. I joke with her the few times she comes over, and I start to think... hang on, she actually is good looking with a great smile and is easy to talk to... should I ask her out? I think about it a little as I'm eating my pancakes and then I have to go because the movie starts in 5 minutes... ok... what am I going to do? Do I have the courage? What do I say? ... ok instead of getting all messed up I'm just going to go up and pay and not force anything... just talk a little and if it's right it's right... so I go up and as I pay we talk a little and I think... yep just go for it, and I say "I wouldn't normally ask this, but.. are you single?" She isn't  but she says she's flattered with that great smile. So I walk away but I feel great cause that's the first time I've asked a girl out from a store/restaurant 
That's why you never ask if they are single. You just ask for their number. 9 times out of 10, even if they have a boyfriend you can usually get a number if you go about it right. Once you got the number, you are in the door.
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I bought a phone and decided to stop being afraid of people.
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On August 12 2012 00:50 iNerrant wrote:
2 Deployments to Iraq as an Infantryman in the U.S. Army.
So far you win this thread, good sir.
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I remember asking a girl out (first time) in high school. I was like HAY U WANNA GO GET ICECRAEEMMm instead of just saying something normal and she was like .....sure! Then 20 seconds later she just ran from me and I never saw her again. Her friends laughed at me the next year.
I've never asked a girl out since and I'm about to complete college ;______;.
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Nevermind, tasteless joke...
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On August 12 2012 01:07 Dosey wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 00:19 nebffa wrote:On August 11 2012 23:31 D10 wrote:On August 11 2012 23:13 Kich wrote:On August 11 2012 20:35 divito wrote:On August 11 2012 14:20 TommyP wrote:
What about sacrificing your own life so someone else can live? How is that selfish? You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. I had this conversation with someone that I went to college with, he thought that no action could ever not be selfish because you don't do anything that doesn't benefit you. The problem with this line of thought is it's attempting to diminish the actual act, but it doesn't. While subconsciously holding the door for someone may make me feel good, it's still something that I don't have to do to make someone else's day better. When virtually all things you do are selfish, the word Selfish no longer has real meaning because it's a default quality of all things and is simultaneously unquantifiable.So we then have to redefine the word Selfish in regards to actions, which to most people who haven't taken "that course in your freshman year of college that told you that and it stuck with you because you didn't really think about it" is the following: An action that benefits explicitly yourself, no one else, and generally at the benefit of others. Every action I do requires muscles but you don't see me telling people that shaking their hand is a "work out". You have to acknowledge that yeah, I guess objectively at some level everything you do is selfish because you wouldn't do anything that doesn't make you feel good or benefit you on some level (be it emotional or worldly), but you also have to recognize then that if selfishness is a default quality of all actions then an action can be simultaneously altruistic and selfish. It's entirely possible to do something that is completely selfless and still feel good about it. Which essentially nukes that line of thinking. LMFAO bolded part so good. I had a moment of 20 seconds of courage a few weeks ago: I'm going to see The Dark Knight Rises on my own cause none of my friends are free and I don't want to get ruined by spoilers. It's in the daytime and I go to a restaurant beforehand cause I don't want to see what is going to be the freaking BEST MOVIE EVER for me by being hungry (the Pancake Parlour... pancakes so delicious) and the waitress serving me has a great smile and was easy to talk to. I joke with her the few times she comes over, and I start to think... hang on, she actually is good looking with a great smile and is easy to talk to... should I ask her out? I think about it a little as I'm eating my pancakes and then I have to go because the movie starts in 5 minutes... ok... what am I going to do? Do I have the courage? What do I say? ... ok instead of getting all messed up I'm just going to go up and pay and not force anything... just talk a little and if it's right it's right... so I go up and as I pay we talk a little and I think... yep just go for it, and I say "I wouldn't normally ask this, but.. are you single?" She isn't but she says she's flattered with that great smile. So I walk away but I feel great cause that's the first time I've asked a girl out from a store/restaurant That's why you never ask if they are single. You just ask for their number. 9 times out of 10, even if they have a boyfriend you can usually get a number if you go about it right. Once you got the number, you are in the door.
Yeaaaah to me that's a bit of a dickish strategy, even if it might work better. I prefer a girl that would be honest from the get go.
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On August 11 2012 14:15 xrapture wrote:
Courage = committing an action with selfish motives-- same as every other action.
Thats so deep bro. Very counterculture and hip.
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I think my big moment was admitting I had a serious drug problem and checking myself into rehab. That was over three years ago and I have been clean ever since.
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On August 12 2012 01:19 Firebolt145 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 01:07 Dosey wrote:On August 12 2012 00:19 nebffa wrote:On August 11 2012 23:31 D10 wrote:On August 11 2012 23:13 Kich wrote:On August 11 2012 20:35 divito wrote:On August 11 2012 14:20 TommyP wrote:
What about sacrificing your own life so someone else can live? How is that selfish? You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. I had this conversation with someone that I went to college with, he thought that no action could ever not be selfish because you don't do anything that doesn't benefit you. The problem with this line of thought is it's attempting to diminish the actual act, but it doesn't. While subconsciously holding the door for someone may make me feel good, it's still something that I don't have to do to make someone else's day better. When virtually all things you do are selfish, the word Selfish no longer has real meaning because it's a default quality of all things and is simultaneously unquantifiable.So we then have to redefine the word Selfish in regards to actions, which to most people who haven't taken "that course in your freshman year of college that told you that and it stuck with you because you didn't really think about it" is the following: An action that benefits explicitly yourself, no one else, and generally at the benefit of others. Every action I do requires muscles but you don't see me telling people that shaking their hand is a "work out". You have to acknowledge that yeah, I guess objectively at some level everything you do is selfish because you wouldn't do anything that doesn't make you feel good or benefit you on some level (be it emotional or worldly), but you also have to recognize then that if selfishness is a default quality of all actions then an action can be simultaneously altruistic and selfish. It's entirely possible to do something that is completely selfless and still feel good about it. Which essentially nukes that line of thinking. LMFAO bolded part so good. I had a moment of 20 seconds of courage a few weeks ago: I'm going to see The Dark Knight Rises on my own cause none of my friends are free and I don't want to get ruined by spoilers. It's in the daytime and I go to a restaurant beforehand cause I don't want to see what is going to be the freaking BEST MOVIE EVER for me by being hungry (the Pancake Parlour... pancakes so delicious) and the waitress serving me has a great smile and was easy to talk to. I joke with her the few times she comes over, and I start to think... hang on, she actually is good looking with a great smile and is easy to talk to... should I ask her out? I think about it a little as I'm eating my pancakes and then I have to go because the movie starts in 5 minutes... ok... what am I going to do? Do I have the courage? What do I say? ... ok instead of getting all messed up I'm just going to go up and pay and not force anything... just talk a little and if it's right it's right... so I go up and as I pay we talk a little and I think... yep just go for it, and I say "I wouldn't normally ask this, but.. are you single?" She isn't but she says she's flattered with that great smile. So I walk away but I feel great cause that's the first time I've asked a girl out from a store/restaurant That's why you never ask if they are single. You just ask for their number. 9 times out of 10, even if they have a boyfriend you can usually get a number if you go about it right. Once you got the number, you are in the door. Yeaaaah to me that's a bit of a dickish strategy, even if it might work better. I prefer a girl that would be honest from the get go.
She's a waitress for crying out loud. You aren't looking to wife the girl up, you're just looking for a good time.
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On August 12 2012 01:24 Dosey wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 01:19 Firebolt145 wrote:On August 12 2012 01:07 Dosey wrote:On August 12 2012 00:19 nebffa wrote:On August 11 2012 23:31 D10 wrote:On August 11 2012 23:13 Kich wrote:On August 11 2012 20:35 divito wrote:On August 11 2012 14:20 TommyP wrote:
What about sacrificing your own life so someone else can live? How is that selfish? You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. I had this conversation with someone that I went to college with, he thought that no action could ever not be selfish because you don't do anything that doesn't benefit you. The problem with this line of thought is it's attempting to diminish the actual act, but it doesn't. While subconsciously holding the door for someone may make me feel good, it's still something that I don't have to do to make someone else's day better. When virtually all things you do are selfish, the word Selfish no longer has real meaning because it's a default quality of all things and is simultaneously unquantifiable.So we then have to redefine the word Selfish in regards to actions, which to most people who haven't taken "that course in your freshman year of college that told you that and it stuck with you because you didn't really think about it" is the following: An action that benefits explicitly yourself, no one else, and generally at the benefit of others. Every action I do requires muscles but you don't see me telling people that shaking their hand is a "work out". You have to acknowledge that yeah, I guess objectively at some level everything you do is selfish because you wouldn't do anything that doesn't make you feel good or benefit you on some level (be it emotional or worldly), but you also have to recognize then that if selfishness is a default quality of all actions then an action can be simultaneously altruistic and selfish. It's entirely possible to do something that is completely selfless and still feel good about it. Which essentially nukes that line of thinking. LMFAO bolded part so good. I had a moment of 20 seconds of courage a few weeks ago: I'm going to see The Dark Knight Rises on my own cause none of my friends are free and I don't want to get ruined by spoilers. It's in the daytime and I go to a restaurant beforehand cause I don't want to see what is going to be the freaking BEST MOVIE EVER for me by being hungry (the Pancake Parlour... pancakes so delicious) and the waitress serving me has a great smile and was easy to talk to. I joke with her the few times she comes over, and I start to think... hang on, she actually is good looking with a great smile and is easy to talk to... should I ask her out? I think about it a little as I'm eating my pancakes and then I have to go because the movie starts in 5 minutes... ok... what am I going to do? Do I have the courage? What do I say? ... ok instead of getting all messed up I'm just going to go up and pay and not force anything... just talk a little and if it's right it's right... so I go up and as I pay we talk a little and I think... yep just go for it, and I say "I wouldn't normally ask this, but.. are you single?" She isn't but she says she's flattered with that great smile. So I walk away but I feel great cause that's the first time I've asked a girl out from a store/restaurant That's why you never ask if they are single. You just ask for their number. 9 times out of 10, even if they have a boyfriend you can usually get a number if you go about it right. Once you got the number, you are in the door. Yeaaaah to me that's a bit of a dickish strategy, even if it might work better. I prefer a girl that would be honest from the get go. She's a waitress for crying out loud. You aren't looking to wife the girl up, you're just looking for a good time.
It depends on the person mate. Some people aren't the "looking for a good time" type. Waitresses aren't all party girls looking for a fling (a majority are though).
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On August 12 2012 01:28 StyLeD wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2012 01:24 Dosey wrote:On August 12 2012 01:19 Firebolt145 wrote:On August 12 2012 01:07 Dosey wrote:On August 12 2012 00:19 nebffa wrote:On August 11 2012 23:31 D10 wrote:On August 11 2012 23:13 Kich wrote:On August 11 2012 20:35 divito wrote:On August 11 2012 14:20 TommyP wrote:
What about sacrificing your own life so someone else can live? How is that selfish? You wanted to do it, makes you feel good, etc... thus selfish. I had this conversation with someone that I went to college with, he thought that no action could ever not be selfish because you don't do anything that doesn't benefit you. The problem with this line of thought is it's attempting to diminish the actual act, but it doesn't. While subconsciously holding the door for someone may make me feel good, it's still something that I don't have to do to make someone else's day better. When virtually all things you do are selfish, the word Selfish no longer has real meaning because it's a default quality of all things and is simultaneously unquantifiable.So we then have to redefine the word Selfish in regards to actions, which to most people who haven't taken "that course in your freshman year of college that told you that and it stuck with you because you didn't really think about it" is the following: An action that benefits explicitly yourself, no one else, and generally at the benefit of others. Every action I do requires muscles but you don't see me telling people that shaking their hand is a "work out". You have to acknowledge that yeah, I guess objectively at some level everything you do is selfish because you wouldn't do anything that doesn't make you feel good or benefit you on some level (be it emotional or worldly), but you also have to recognize then that if selfishness is a default quality of all actions then an action can be simultaneously altruistic and selfish. It's entirely possible to do something that is completely selfless and still feel good about it. Which essentially nukes that line of thinking. LMFAO bolded part so good. I had a moment of 20 seconds of courage a few weeks ago: I'm going to see The Dark Knight Rises on my own cause none of my friends are free and I don't want to get ruined by spoilers. It's in the daytime and I go to a restaurant beforehand cause I don't want to see what is going to be the freaking BEST MOVIE EVER for me by being hungry (the Pancake Parlour... pancakes so delicious) and the waitress serving me has a great smile and was easy to talk to. I joke with her the few times she comes over, and I start to think... hang on, she actually is good looking with a great smile and is easy to talk to... should I ask her out? I think about it a little as I'm eating my pancakes and then I have to go because the movie starts in 5 minutes... ok... what am I going to do? Do I have the courage? What do I say? ... ok instead of getting all messed up I'm just going to go up and pay and not force anything... just talk a little and if it's right it's right... so I go up and as I pay we talk a little and I think... yep just go for it, and I say "I wouldn't normally ask this, but.. are you single?" She isn't but she says she's flattered with that great smile. So I walk away but I feel great cause that's the first time I've asked a girl out from a store/restaurant That's why you never ask if they are single. You just ask for their number. 9 times out of 10, even if they have a boyfriend you can usually get a number if you go about it right. Once you got the number, you are in the door. Yeaaaah to me that's a bit of a dickish strategy, even if it might work better. I prefer a girl that would be honest from the get go. She's a waitress for crying out loud. You aren't looking to wife the girl up, you're just looking for a good time. It depends on the person mate. Some people aren't the "looking for a good time" type. Waitresses aren't all party girls looking for a fling (a majority are though).
why would you care if she's single though? that has nothing to do with courage, that's just you lacking the required confidence in yourself to look past the fact that the girl may or may not be available, although you should definitely not let that get in your way.
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On August 12 2012 00:19 nebffa wrote:nd the waitress serving me has a great smile and was easy to talk to. I joke with her the few times she comes over, and I start to think... hang on, she actually is good looking with a great smile and is easy to talk to... should I ask her out? I think about it a little as I'm eating my pancakes and then I have to go because the movie starts in 5 minutes... ok... what am I going to do? Do I have the courage? What do I say? ... ok instead of getting all messed up I'm just going to go up and pay and not force anything... just talk a little and if it's right it's right... so I go up and as I pay we talk a little and I think... yep just go for it, and I say "I wouldn't normally ask this, but.. are you single?" She isn't but she says she's flattered with that great smile. So I walk away but I feel great cause that's the first time I've asked a girl out from a store/restaurant
Dude stop teasing.
We know australian chicks are the hottest.
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Theres a great quote from Dr Frankl about this.
“So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
I always remember this line when im hesitant with girls.
Better to regret what you have done wrong, than to regret never having the guts to try it
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On August 12 2012 03:37 D10 wrote:Theres a great quote from Dr Frankl about this. Show nested quote +“So live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning I always remember this line when im hesitant with girls. Better to regret what you have done wrong, than to regret never having the guts to try it
hmm, that's a pretty good quote.
my favourite "girl quote" is from Community:
Love is a gamble always, but waiting won't change the dice. Either you roll them or you lose your turn
just picture the next guy saying "hurry up dude, are you gonna do it or not? because if you're not I will." there's nothing quite like seeing a line of people behind you to get you to jump into the water.
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On August 12 2012 01:21 See.Blue wrote:Show nested quote +On August 11 2012 14:15 xrapture wrote:
Courage = committing an action with selfish motives-- same as every other action. Thats so deep bro. Very counterculture and hip.
I was just about to say the same thing, almost word for word.
Seriously whats up with this thread? Its a cesspool of hipsters and cynics trying to bring everyone down to their level. This thread is about 20 seconds of courage. First of all, why are you guys trying to be asses by shitting on people for having the courage to do things that scare them? Second of all, people can still be courageous in doing selfish things can't they?
Yeesh, people trying too hard to be deep here...
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When I was a kid and probably still about 65 pounds, we were trying to get our full grown cow into a trailer to take to the butcher but this cow had serious mental illness and was running around bucking and kicking its feet in the air. It was big, even for a beef cow. Me, my Dad and my brother and trying to guide it into the trailer and it sees me and essentially charges me.
Its running straight at me looking berserk and kicking its back legs up above its head as it ran and swinging its head up and down (like I said, mentally ill). My Dad (very strict and loud voice) yells at me to not let it past me.
I basically starting swinging my skinny little arms above my head and jumping up and down screamimg incoherently "blaaugggdeaduaalde!!!" and the cow keeps charging me berserk-like. I don't back down and I keep screaming and jumping and swinging my arms and the cow turns aside at the last moment and my dad is able to push it into the trailer and close it up. I then fell down on the grass and tried to catch my breath. I've never had that much adrenaline in my body before.
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