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Old 03-13-2012, 08:00 AM   #1
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zero sum game

My father believes...

that life is a zero sum game.

that one should only administer the antidote after the corpse is cold.
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Old 03-13-2012, 08:49 AM   #2
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You are getting ever more poetic, Brianna.
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Old 03-13-2012, 01:16 PM   #3
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You are getting ever more poetic, Brianna.
I am 100 words for crazy.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.

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Old 03-13-2012, 06:43 PM   #4
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Old 03-13-2012, 08:15 PM   #5
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World Death Rate Holding Steady At 100 Percent
- The Onion


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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND—World Health Organization officials expressed disappointment Monday at the group's finding that, despite the enormous efforts of doctors, rescue workers and other medical professionals worldwide, the global death rate remains constant at 100 percent.
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Old 03-13-2012, 08:30 PM   #6
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Well, yea, unless the game of life is in a Nash Equilibrium. Then you might be able to come out ahead. But, that being said, you're still gonna die. Which reminds me of a line from one of my favorite songs...Jesus loves me, but you're going to fry.
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Old 03-13-2012, 10:49 PM   #7
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My father believes...

that life is a zero sum game.

that one should only administer the antidote after the corpse is cold.
The water fills the bowl, receives the foulness, and is flushed away.
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Old 03-13-2012, 10:58 PM   #8
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Is this going to become another maths thread?
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Old 03-14-2012, 01:16 AM   #9
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Old 03-14-2012, 07:43 AM   #10
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You are getting ever more poetic, Brianna.
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Is this going to become another maths thread?
One can only hope.
I don't mean he believes a zero sum game as in death. I mean he thinks if he wins that I lose and vice versa - that
life is a competition, a fight to the death, that some MUST
be thrown overboard. It is a niggardly way to be.
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:59 AM   #11
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Old 03-14-2012, 09:35 AM   #12
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No point stressing about life. No one makes it out alive anyway.
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Old 03-14-2012, 09:38 AM   #13
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One can only hope.
I don't mean he believes a zero sum game as in death. I mean he thinks if he wins that I lose and vice versa - that
life is a competition, a fight to the death, that some MUST
be thrown overboard. It is a niggardly way to be.
I disagree. Though I don't like the phrase, I believe there can often be "win-win" situations.
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Old 03-14-2012, 12:47 PM   #14
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Is this going to become another maths thread?
Yes. We are attracted to it like maths to a flome.
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Old 03-14-2012, 01:01 PM   #15
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Dim sum game: Try to bounce the dumplings into the rice noodles. Use of a spring roll is prohibited.
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