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[Hi Im Reiko]

themightyjello

I'm hungry. How many wimminz are in the thread that aren't in the kitchen?

One.

The other one ran so that I could chase her around the house buttnak--

Anyway...  

[Designated Hero]

Well, hm.  

[The Thunder Tyrant]

Mr Crawley

The Darth Vizzle

The man makes the clothing, not the other way around.

Actually... it works both ways.

It can, but it will always be more cost effective - and really, in the long run, better - to have the man make the clothing.

A man made by his clothing is only limited to the clothing that makes him.

Having it the other way around, aside from being cost effective, also gives you a much broader range of potential clothing. You aren't restricted, because you can get away with wearing whatever you want and you'll still look good.

A man who makes himself will always come out above a man who is made by what he owns.  

[Hi Im Reiko]

The man makes the clothes that make the man.

That's why people tend to associate "this" with "that".

A key part of dealing with people is understanding how they see you.  

[Designated Hero]

I never thought I'd say this but...I miss the stupid s**t that used to happen here.

Y'know, back when you jerks weren't expressing different views on semi-pertinent topics.  

[Hi Im Reiko]

HEY HERO.

...

*rumbles*  

[Vintrict]

Tenkai Matsumoto

Rising Hourglass

Protip: Getting people to rally behind a laundry list of values and praising them for it is what got us into this funk.

No, being educated and willing to change your entire value system in response to the changing times if it will positively benefit your country is smart.

I still don't see where being "American" breaks that. ._. I mean...if I live in America, and I'm a citizen...I'm American. If I'm looking at it too simply, I'm sorry, but I just don't buy into the whole "bad to be American" thing.

Or the whole "laundry list of values" thing. Some people really just do believe in certain values, and it's their right to do so. Times do change, but doing things "if it will positively benefit your country" just feels like it assumes there's no other way to benefit it, or that any ideas the "other side" comes up with just doesn't fit.

I dunno. x_x But you were right..I should probably stop now. It was my fault for leading this discussion here, and people do seem to take these things very seriously. It's best I just keep out of it before people start liking me even less. ._.

Tenkai, the reason I don't see myself as an American is not to be a hippy or something. It's because I don't confine myself to a single nationality in terms of interests and the like. I am a man who wants to explore the world, so to me, I'm simply an Earthling who enjoys the many different cultures that exist.

I feel no love as an American, anyway, nor any pride, to be honest. Not because I grew up without the privilege of wealth (which, believe me, struggling makes you stronger), but merely because I wasn't in the era of revolution. I'm simply a guy born into this world who wants to see more of the world. And since I have no emotional connection to America, I am not American. By the books, I am, but to myself, I am not.  

[Hi Im Reiko]

lol Vintrict over-analyzing his feelings with a long description.  

[Sunstrike]

Hero?  

[Designated Hero]

SUUUUUUUN.

*Drags Sun into the rumble.*  

[Psychofish]

Sunny and Dessi are on at the same time.

*world ends*