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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Grigg<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 09, 2008 9:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI chat
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ExI] "thoughts to live by" regarding youth
subculture<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<DIV></DIV><FONT size=2>spike <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:spike66@att.net">spike66@att.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR></FONT>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT size=2>Do let me be the first to admit to
being so square as to admit I don't get it.<SPAN
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953115205-10112008>></SPAN>Think of it
along the lines of Goth, in that it is both a youth subculture and a genre of
music.<SPAN class=953115205-10112008>..</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953115205-10112008>Ja, I read about it, still
don't get it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953115205-10112008>></SPAN>Emo is famous for
having lyrics complaining about how rotten and unfair life is<SPAN
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953115205-10112008>This I really don't get, for it
seems to me this whole memeset keeps popping up, yet modern youth have it so
made in so many ways, I can't imagine why the notion doesn't quietly go
extinct. There are so many opportunites today, not just knocking but
tearing the door off the hinges, I fail to grasp why the whole weird clothing,
dark is this veil of tears attitude. Here's a good insprirational song for
them, from thirty years ago, a straight up rock anthem that tells it like
it was then and is now: </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<TD><FONT size=4 ZQl4e="1" PJmbd="2"> <BR>Fooling Yourself (the
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT size=3 ZQl4e="1" PJmbd="44">You see the world
through your cynical eyes<BR>You're a troubled young man I can
tell<BR>You've got it all in the palm of your hand<BR>But your
hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest<BR>You're foolin'
yourself if you don't believe it<BR>You're kidding yourself if you
don't believe it<BR>How can you be such an angry young man<BR>When
your future looks quite bright to me<BR>How can there be such a
sinister plan<BR>That could hide such a lamb, such a caring young
man<BR><BR>You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it<BR>You're
kidding yourself if you don't believe it<BR>Get up, get back on your
feet<BR>You're the one they can't beat and you know it<BR>Come on,
let's see what you've got<BR>Just take your best shot and don't blow
it<BR><BR>You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it<BR>You're
kidding yourself if you don't believe it<BR>Get up, get back on your
feet<BR>You're the one they can't beat and you know it<BR>Come on,
let's see what you've got<BR>Just take your best shot and don't blow
it.
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=953115205-10112008>>...</SPAN>and especially
how women will do you wrong and totally break your heart, which of course
happens to be true. ; ) John</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=953115205-10112008><FONT size=2>Come now Johnny, I know you
personally and I know you are the nicest guy on ExI-chat. Many women would
be thankful to have you and wouldn't break your heart. Be sure you are
looking for them in the right places pal. Someone out there who knows a
single young lady of transhumanist mindset, do have them contact John
Grigg. I can assure them they will not be
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