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Dave W.
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USA
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Posted - 07/08/2014 :  20:45:57  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I feel like having an argument. Here are some positions I'm willing to defend:

1) Nine times out of ten, similes in popular music signify lazy songwriting.

2) For bacon, no need for the Five-Second Rule, use the Five-Minute Rule instead.

3) Money is actually more important than time.

Got any debates eating at you? Anyone up for a fight?

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Kil
Evil Skeptic

USA
13476 Posts

Posted - 07/08/2014 :  23:25:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
No it's not.

Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.

Why not question something for a change?

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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend

Sweden
9687 Posts

Posted - 07/09/2014 :  01:40:00   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I don't know what kind of debate I could provide as I consider all three above provisionally true.

Looking back at my old rock-and-blues band I used to play in, none of the lyrics I wrote relied in similes, but the guitarist's had some.

Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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moakley
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USA
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Posted - 07/09/2014 :  04:53:05   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send moakley a Private Message  Reply with Quote
For bacon the 5 second or 5 minute rule would not even occur to me. My only thought would be why is there bacon in the house, on my floor. I have not had it in the house for 30 years, when I eat out it is not the breakfast meat I'd choose, and if it comes on a sandwich it was from my not reading the menu as closely as I should have. So I would clean it up and throw it out to whatever critter happens by that may enjoy it more than I.

Life is good

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. -Anonymous
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie

USA
4826 Posts

Posted - 07/09/2014 :  05:43:42   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Valiant Dancer's Homepage Send Valiant Dancer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Don't give me that you snively toffee nose puke! Your kind really makes me sick!!!

Oh, you wanted and argument? Sorry, this is abuse. Arguments are in 1B.




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The Rat
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Canada
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Posted - 07/09/2014 :  13:45:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit The Rat's Homepage Send The Rat a Private Message  Reply with Quote
'Meaty' debates? MEAT IS MURDER! Now debate that while I go fishing.

Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.

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Valiant Dancer
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USA
4826 Posts

Posted - 07/10/2014 :  05:15:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Valiant Dancer's Homepage Send Valiant Dancer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by The Rat

'Meaty' debates? MEAT IS MURDER! Now debate that while I go fishing.


Yes. It's murder.

Tasty tasty murder.

Brought to you by PETA. No not THAT one.

The People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.

Yeah. I'm goin straight to the burny place for that one.

Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils

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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

USA
4574 Posts

Posted - 07/18/2014 :  21:52:31   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
3) Money is actually more important than time.
Nonsense!

Money is worthless without the time to use it. If I give you a million dollars but only a second to spend it, the money is essentially valueless. However, a man who has time can earn a potentially unlimited amount of money. So, clearly time is more important.

"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
Edited by - H. Humbert on 07/18/2014 21:53:38
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Dave W.
Info Junkie

USA
26020 Posts

Posted - 07/18/2014 :  23:09:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message  Reply with Quote
The vast majority of people don't have a million bucks to spend in any amount of time. The 99% have amounts of money which they could, potentially, spend in some fixed period of time.

And 100% of people only have a certain amount of time. For most of them, spending more money won't get them more time, because they will be struck down by accidents or sudden fatal heart attacks.

However, by spending some of that time doing particular things - like working out a strict budget, or slowing down their commute to save gas - they can increase their buying power, and thus increase their quality of life in the time they have left. Or put money away for their kids.

Time can be traded for money, but not the other way around.

- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
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