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Charities

Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 8:16am
by Chuck Mangione
What do you guys think about the rich and healthy giving away money after they die? I think that's a load of bull. People should experience misanthropy and philanthropy through pessimism and optimism, not through giving or passing down what is known as nepotism.

Re: Charities

Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 8:32am
by Dr. Medulla
Chuck Mangione wrote:What do you guys think about the rich and healthy giving away money after they die? I think that's a load of bull. People should experience misanthropy and philanthropy through pessimism and optimism, not through giving or passing down what is known as nepotism.
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Re: Charities

Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 9:52am
by Silent Majority
Chuck Mangione wrote:What do you guys think about the rich and healthy giving away money after they die? I think that's a load of bull. People should experience misanthropy and philanthropy through pessimism and optimism, not through giving or passing down what is known as nepotism.
I'm not sure I follow. Is your issue that people inherit wealth?

Re: Charities

Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 10:26am
by Chuck Mangione
Silent Majority wrote:
Chuck Mangione wrote:What do you guys think about the rich and healthy giving away money after they die? I think that's a load of bull. People should experience misanthropy and philanthropy through pessimism and optimism, not through giving or passing down what is known as nepotism.
I'm not sure I follow. Is your issue that people inherit wealth?
Absolutely.

Re: Charities

Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 10:27am
by Chuck Mangione
Dr. Medulla wrote:
Chuck Mangione wrote:What do you guys think about the rich and healthy giving away money after they die? I think that's a load of bull. People should experience misanthropy and philanthropy through pessimism and optimism, not through giving or passing down what is known as nepotism.
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Ain't it funny how Gates is the richest man and he has no idea how sex can create such a mishap as something as empty as the anarchist state we inhibit in these armagideon times?

Re: Charities

Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 10:56am
by Dr. Medulla
Chuck Mangione wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
Chuck Mangione wrote:What do you guys think about the rich and healthy giving away money after they die? I think that's a load of bull. People should experience misanthropy and philanthropy through pessimism and optimism, not through giving or passing down what is known as nepotism.
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Ain't it funny how Gates is the richest man and he has no idea how sex can create such a mishap as something as empty as the anarchist state we inhibit in these armagideon times?
Maybe?

Re: Charities

Posted: 24 Apr 2016, 9:29pm
by 101Walterton
Chuck Mangione wrote:
Silent Majority wrote:
Chuck Mangione wrote:What do you guys think about the rich and healthy giving away money after they die? I think that's a load of bull. People should experience misanthropy and philanthropy through pessimism and optimism, not through giving or passing down what is known as nepotism.
I'm not sure I follow. Is your issue that people inherit wealth?
Absolutely.
I get what you mean but that is a rather blanket statement.

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 11:00am
by Spiff
I think I should inherit Bill Gates' wealth.

And the sooner the better, if you get my drift ... :shifty:

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 11:30am
by matedog
:huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 11:32am
by Wolter
Has Chuck been replaced by a bot?

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 11:46am
by Dr. Medulla
Wolter wrote:Has Chuck been replaced by a bot?
I figured he'd discovered Atlas Shrugged and was testing our parasite levels.

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 12:44pm
by Flex
Yeah, maybe Chuck's working on a different wavelength, but I'm having trouble parsing the original question.

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 12:44pm
by Wolter
Flex wrote:Yeah, maybe Chuck's working on a different wavelength, but I'm having trouble parsing the original question.
And the response.

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 12:46pm
by Flex
Wolter wrote:And the response.
I understood "absolutely."

Re: Charities

Posted: 25 Apr 2016, 12:49pm
by Wolter
Flex wrote:
Wolter wrote:And the response.
I understood "absolutely."
I'm still on the fence about that one.