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DanTanDaMan
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Name: Dan
Location: New Jersey, United States
Gender: Male
Interests: Finding quotes in books, annoying ppl, playing games, oh and watching anime!!!!!
oh yeah my website is a list of my anime
Expertise: Wasting time, playing computer games, sleeping, wasting time, annoying ppl, blah blah blah, oh yeah watching anime!!!!!!
currently attend U of IL at Urabana-Champaign
Occupation: Student
Message: message meEmail: email me
Website: visit my website
AIM:  DanTanDaMan
Member Since:
12/14/2002
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| I'm alive, sorry to tell ya all 
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| I've begun to question myself for the past two week, a rather annoying thing to do. I like to think of myself as a fair guy to everyone in general, but the thought has been rolling in my head for the past week. So... the story that started it all...
First off, I got a bike for the summer, all interns here are refunded up to $300 for
the bike, helmet, & lock combo. So I bought one when I came and I had problems with it. I rented a car for a day and went
to complain to the store of the breaks/gears weren't acting that good
and the bike was "brand new". So I took it, and the guy said he'd take
a look and fix it. Got bored while waiting so I was observing the
other customers. I saw two asian girls getting bikes, a couple looking
for a bike for a kid, and some dude waiting at the counter to pay for a
helmet. The asian girls stood out more cause they were closer to my
age, and hey! I'm a guy, girls are more fun to watch .
One of them had their a Microsoft ID badge and then the fact they were buying
bikes made my head go, ohhhh more Microsoft interns! Mean to go up and
chat and waste time, but I utterly failed at doing so, (boooo shy guy I
am), so I just looked around the store listening in. I heard them ask
about bus route and I pretty randomly, out nowhere asked them where
they were staying at and upon discovering they were near my place, I then offered them a ride, if the bikes fit in
the car I had. (I think I was slightly influenced that day by the
fact I had given other interns nearby me a ride to the grocery store
earlier). So, I got my bike fixed, threw it in my rental car and the
girls and I started putting their bikes in the car when something
struck me. I turned to them and went "Oh yea, my name is David or Dan
Tan, so now you know my name so you aren't getting in the car with a
stranger" . Ok, that ends the funny note, but ever since then, I've
been questioning myself.
Would I have done such a thing for them
if...
a) they weren't asian,
b) they weren't girls,
c) one was a guy,
the other a girl,
d) they hadn't lived near me,
e) if they had been
wearing clothing from a university or so, lets say one I didn't hear of
before.
f) any various random factors
Lots of fun things, and I'm beating myself up wondering. Why
did I even do that? I'm not the kind of person who uhh... picks up girls at random areas nor have I ever done such a
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| continuing on the last topic, it can be argued that choosing to reject
the super power because of the cons, opens up the discussion of making
sacrifices for the general good of the population. This brings in one
of the older discussions of what's more important?
You're driving a car and you can't stop, you have to take one of two
paths, one path has a group of 5 elderly people which you'll hit and
most likely kill, on the other side you have a mother and her child.
What's more important? 5 lives vs. 2? People who don't have long to
live vs. those whose lives are just starting? Let's make things even
more annoying. Lets say you know one group and you don't know the
other group?
A manga series I read for kids awhile back (Hunter X Hunter) had a test
for applicants. Exam of Two Choices it was called. The test applicant
was asked "Your two children are being threatened, which do you save?
a) Your son, b) your daughter?" The solution that was given was "no
answer at all" or silence. Simply because there is not real answer,
but the object of the exam was not to search for a right/wrong answer,
but to realize that one day such a scenario may come.
These types of questions can be argued either way, but the only real
solution I've found to date is that no matter which choice you pick,
remember, you gotta live with your decision. Either way you will be
criticized by some, praised by others. Sorta like politics .
ok I think I'll stop there, on another note, I'll be posting a few more
of these around, but then the next set I'm going to limit who can see
just cause no need to spook random people who see it. If you want in
msg me please, hopefully some of you people are interested.
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| I'm oddly feeling philosophical this break (even though break has only
started about 48-72 hours ago). Maybe just a bunch of things have gone
in life, maybe I'm feeling my years, *shrug*. A good majority of my
random bursts are going to be pretty silly things, a few might be
deep. I'm not really sure why I feel like it, I guess I'm curious to
see if I'm just plain weird at with my thought process or if its just
normal.
First discussion, lots of TV series and books all carry the same theme. The person in particular has a super power. I'm not sure about the rest of you, but I often evaluate a bunch of things with pros and cons.
I've always loved this quote in general "With great power comes great responsibility".
Pros: It'd be cool, it might come in useful for making a difference in someone's life, it might be useful and lead to some discover which would further the human race
Cons: Having a power would be so tempting to abuse just once, we're all only human. that alone is reason why I wouldn't want such a power. Other cons, you can easily get wrapped up with what if's "what if I had been there? I could've saved him/her". and watching all those shows of superman, batman, etc. etc. There's like a human nature that says "no one can be perfect, he/she must be up to something" which causes rumors to circulate which some people just gobble up.
meh, that was a weird start  anyone wanna join in my mini-discussions? :)
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| its now midnight over here and what am I doing? Procrastinating studying currently. Bad... very bad thing... especially since I'm unsure how I'm going to study for my finals as is. My final schedule
Monday: 8am-11am CHINESE (this is gonna be annoying no matter what)
Monday: 7pm-10pm CS 257 (this is a MATH course in the CS dept... and its open book... I'm afraid now...)
Tuesday: 8am-11am CS 241 (I have NO idea where I'm going to find the time to study unless I pull an all-nighter)
Thursday: 7pm-10pm CS 273 (the one final I be very well prepared for, the only catch is the stress of the first 3 is gonna be there...)
oh boy... this looks bad... Anyone who reads this post I'd love some prayer for a calm and peaceful mind. I'll admit I got a few screws lose currently as demonstrated by how I actually got angry last week and displayed it.
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