"Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow." Agree?
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surely you can't be serious.
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I don't feel god thinks life has to be serious all the time.  I think there's a quiet, little sense of humor lurking there that's easy to miss.
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Absolutely.....you get everything here!  WSIDRs, Mavs, Bad Liberals, Sleestacks....they all crack me up sometimes!!!\n\nIf you take everything to seriously, you will never survive!  Laughing is a cure all!!!
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LOL. Good one. All the Xies taking it so seriously is always good for a laugh. And laughter is good for the soul. Or at least dessert.\n\nRamen.
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Is this even a serious question?\n\nMy answer: no.
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnBmH9bxeS6tVlQ6CcH0U1Hsy6IX?qid=1006053129942\n\nCheck that out. \n\nI believe that life is a joke, that's why we shouldn't take things too seriously. But we are born tied down to this belief that life is not a joke and we tend to adhere to the nroms of human standards.
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I believe this is a quote of Holden Caufield from J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. In telling us his story he begins to miss everybody. In a sense he is saying nostalgia is self perpetuating or futile.
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Who is being sarcastic? Don't we all happily live in a perfect world? Who would ever need it for what sort of reason?
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ahh, beauty on the outside is so shallow, easy come , easy go, its really the person's spirit or eyes of the soul that gives us the truth
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It's weird, if you 'lighten up' too much, you might be considered shallow.  There has to be a balance.
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I try to be funny...funny is better than serious..there's times to be serious but we should all stop and have a good time, life is so short to be serious all the time ya know?...plus laughing and being funny are good for your health..but like I said there are times when you have to be serious...
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this is the first and probably the most favorite thrown around in philosophy class. very amusing, very self entertaining, very useless.\ntake your 'reality' as you know it ... your senses, your memories, your thoughts and feelings. now, cease to exsist. not too cool, is it? no fun at all. oh, btw we are all still here, but you're gone. (i've had the opportunity to reach the edge of death twice now, i know.)\n"laters"
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Well, the biggest piece of irony in the whole poem is the last line!  The writer spends the entire poem talking about unlikely disasters which cause him/her great anxiety while outside the bunker the sun is shining!  Question being raised here is, do you want to spend your life hiding and worrying about things that may never happen, or would you rather be outside enjoying today in the sun?
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Peoples' silly "sensitivities" are so easily bruised.  \n\nBTW: Your answer about "diving in" was amusing!
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Al Franken may have quoted Benjamin Franklin. It's a good quote and makes a very good point. Unfortunately, the key word here is "deserve."\n\nWe're constitutionally obligated to provide safety even to those lunk-heads who would try to usurp our rights out of their own fear.\n\nAlso, "liberty" is an unalienable right and can't be "deserved."\n\nIt's a bombastic quote that can't be put into practical use.
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Mother used to say; "Beauty is only skin deep, but stupid goes clear to the bone."  Draw your own conclusions.
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Nope.  Just narrow minded people think that.