If the world was a perfectly functioning Communist system...

[Derivative]

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And purple, and red, and blue, and yellow, and...

Back on topic, one of the things I'd like to do is learn another language or two.

So I suppose that's one of the things I could crack on with. Right now it seems a bit like the cost-benefit isn't worth it - I may well end up working outside of the UK, but I think I'd end up learning while in the country (because I won't know in advance, really).

[pepperami]

[Derivative]

I think we're working on the premise that we're in utopia land in which machines make everything.

Otherwise, yeah, I'd probably start the revolution or cap myself. No way am I making tins of beans for five years just because that's my allocation.

[Lord Percy]

I had an awesome shiny watch once . Cost me like £90 and was awesome. Then it broke while I was in India, it had a warranty so I posted it back to the UK to deal with later. It never made it home... .

Now that I look back, I can totally understand the points Mr S-Coburg-G is making. A lot of people actually commented on my nice watch, but to the rather less well-off Indian folk I must have looked a real dick, totally exacerbating the 'West is best' attitude. Then again plenty of upper class Indians are exactly the same - shiny shiny nicey nicey. Who can we blame? Yeeeah the capitalists boooo! Or maybe it's human nature.

Now I can't bare to own anything more than the functional essentials. But I don't want to get a £5 Casio because I'll look too hipster. So I have no watch. I'm such a div .

Actually nah that's not entirely true. My phone is my watch. If I had no phone, I'd get a cheap watch. I guess the point is that I don't need the watch because I have a time-keeping device already, ergo I try to stick to just having the essentials.

I'd say I go for 'functional' rather then prestigious. Come to think of it, the nicest 'thing' I have is my my new laptop. And my ten year old, fuel-economical motorbike. Aside from that, I'm quite smug about how bare my level of ownership is really.

I know it's a fairly standard thing to say, but I'd rather spend my money on things that will help me grow permanently, rather than just give me a bit of a jolly in the short term. This year I took up Chinese and accidentally joined a Kung Fu class. Per year it's gonna cost me a maximum of £450, but after, say, three years of learning, it becomes a lifelong investment, and that to me is fucking awesome and priceless.

[Derivative]

Mmm.

I try to limit myself to owning low amounts of 'stuff' because it's a hassle. Your objects end up owning you.

I could pretty much fit my life on the motorcycle if it wasn't for work. That whole extra wardrobe of suits shoes and shirts take up a fair whack of room.

[Kickstart]

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[Lord Percy]

[Derivative]

[Tungtvann]

It's not just a phone though, is it? It's the Internet, a sat nav, a camera...etc.

[Derivative]

[smegballs]

Another thing I guess is spending money to save money.

I've yet to use a hotel/hostel etc etc, I prefer to just find somewhere out of the way (usually a field) and just kip there. Spending money on gucchi bivvy bags and sleeping bags allows me to do this in relative comfort. However by now I've probably slept outside enough to easily recoup the costs of potential nights in hotels, plus I get to keep the gear.

Similarly investing in the tools to fix your own vehicles, while the initial outlay might be more than getting it done by a mechanic, it soon pays for itself if you have a lot of problems (as is often the case with old knackered bikes) not to mention you are learning a useful skill to boot.

I agree with derivative about money being the motivator for a lot of learning. I never set out to learn mechanics per se, it was the by-product of owning old shit bikes and not having enough cash for a mechanic. I never set out to learn about building a PC, I just wanted to play BFBC2 in the cheapest way possible: the effect of that was doing a lot of research and learning into pc hardware.

I'm a massive gear-whore and thus each of my purchases isn't guided by something as fickle as advertising. I'm the type of guy who spends hours upon hours researching something as simple as a flashlight. Reading loads of reviews, watching youtube vids etc etc. What battery tech is the best? Can the li-ion batteries be charged up from my solar panels in the field etc etc. What brand of LED is most reliable?

[Hetzer]

I'd hazard a guess that we're already from a world where everything is made and done by machines and we became so fucking bored of it all we created this shithole in a computer for something to jazz up the existential abyss.
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[Im-a-Ridah]

It's sit on the beach with a cocktail all day then go for a ride on the bike.

[Hetzer]

[Lord Percy]

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[Clutchy]

Only read the first page but people would probably get quite bored and the thing they'd look forward to is having babies sooooo overpopulation...



Or no?
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[Rogerborg]

[yaigi]

If I didn't need to spend my time acquiring just enough wealth to pay my rent, bills etc. then I would spend my time acquiring knowledge and passing that knowledge onto my kid/s. A bit like what I intend to do for the next year of maternity leave really, my rent & bills should be covered so I can concentrate on the little one when it's born, and hopefully be able to learn some new skills myself, if I have the time!

What sort of things would I do / learn? I'd definitely learn more about growing my own fruit and veg, maybe some more motorbike maintenance, delve deeper into the world of yoga and meditation, get a load more exercise, cook some awesome meals, practice a bit of photography, read all kinds of books, crochet, macrame, make clothes, and bring up a little free thinker with a vivid imagination! Basically a lot more of what I do in my spare time now.
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[hellkat]

I'd lie in the grass down by the riverbank making daisy chains in the sunshine and reading trashy novels.

And in the wintertime I would write trashy novels whilst eating toasted cheese and pickle sandwiches beside a blazing fire.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

I summarily execute reactionary scum and enemies of the state by neck shooting them in public - just like my heroes the NKVD used to do.
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