^You mean being stubborn?
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| Author: | The Cup of Coffee [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:33 am ] |
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What's more important? Want or need? I believe Want is more important, because we can all want something, but needing something is like the bear essentials. What do you think? |
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| Author: | Occasional JD [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:35 pm ] |
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So we're talking importance? Well, need, obviously. If you don't get what you want, no big whoop. If you don't get what you need, you die. |
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| Author: | Lu Bu [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:06 pm ] |
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Well...depends on your point of view. You don't need to live. I don't really think there is a need...just wants. I want to live...but do I need to? |
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| Author: | Jedi Master Ninks [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 2:58 pm ] |
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Lu Bu wrote: Well...depends on your point of view. You don't need to live. I don't really think there is a need...just wants. I want to live...but do I need to?
Well, theoretically yes. This could actually be an infinite arguement. You can't exist without living therefore you must live to exist.... We could go on and on, but it gets to be confusing stuff.... NEEDS are without a dobut more important. If you didn't need to live, there would be no such thing as needs. |
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| Author: | Funkstar [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:16 pm ] |
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That's why I hates being taught about oxygen and crap in school. I kept saying "You don't need anything" but the teachers were too stubbern |
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| Author: | Jedi Master Ninks [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:32 pm ] |
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Funkstar wrote: That's why I hates being taught about oxygen and crap in school. I kept saying "You don't need anything" but the teachers were too stubbern
Well, it is their job, y'know. |
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| Author: | Jimmie [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:48 pm ] |
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^You mean being stubborn?
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| Author: | Ju Ju Master [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:02 pm ] |
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Even if there are no needs in life, they're still more important, by defenition. |
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| Author: | Alexander [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:12 pm ] |
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I need God. That matters much more to me then what I want. |
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| Author: | IantheGecko [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:56 pm ] |
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Needs are more important. We can live without wants, but we will die without needs. |
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| Author: | Inverse Tiger [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:07 pm ] |
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So.. is this like some kind of existential thing? Like what does it matter that we really exist, what really matters is what we experience, therefore wants are more important? Or is it cultural? Like in the places we live (probably), needs are so easily taken care of that they aren't even worth thinking about? Without taking care of your needs, how could you get what you want? Oh, or maybe you need to want your need or else you don't get it and you die? But wait... you need to want your need, so need is up front again! It's all just... too confusing!
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:01 pm ] |
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I'd say needs, T-Coke. I want some Cheez-Its right now. But I need to breathe. If I don't get what I want, no big deal. But if I don't get what I need (in this case, oxygen), I'm dead. People often put wants above needs. Do you need a giant flat-screen TV? No. Do you want it? Heck yeah. |
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| Author: | Ju Ju Master [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:05 pm ] |
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The Cup of Coffee wrote: I believe Want is more important, because we can all want something, but needing something is like the bear essentials.
Wait, now I'm confused... which are you saying is more important? |
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| Author: | ramrod [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:33 pm ] |
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Acekirby wrote: I'd say needs, T-Coke. I want some Cheez-Its right now. But I need to breathe. If I don't get what I want, no big deal. But if I don't get what I need (in this case, oxygen), I'm dead. You hit the nail right on the head young Acertron. A need is far more important. Sometimes wants are more materialistic, while a need is a vital.
People often put wants above needs. Do you need a giant flat-screen TV? No. Do you want it? Heck yeah. |
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| Author: | InterruptorJones [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:13 pm ] |
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ramrod wrote: You hit the nail right on the head young Acertron. A need is far more important. Sometimes wants are more materialistic, while a need is a vital.
Yeah. If you don't get what you need, it doesn't matter what you want, because you's dead. |
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| Author: | Shopiom [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:33 pm ] |
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Need, duh. If you don't get something you want, then you can still survive. However, if you don't get something you need, well, then you're outta luck. |
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| Author: | The Cup of Coffee [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:35 pm ] |
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So, if you're rich, can you live off wants? |
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| Author: | InterruptorJones [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:44 pm ] |
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The Cup of Coffee wrote: So, if you're rich, can you live off wants?
What are you talking about? If you're rich you still have the same needs as everybody else (though rich people tend to have a very skewed sense of need, e.g. "I need a new Blackberry," "I need another car"), and if your (real) needs aren't fulfilled, you still die. |
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| Author: | The Cup of Coffee [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:48 pm ] |
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That's what I was trying to say, IJ. I mean rich people could live off certain wants if they wanted to, like, Pork and various fruits and, like you said, a new car, right? |
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| Author: | Ju Ju Master [ Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:56 pm ] |
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The Cup of Coffee wrote: That's what I was trying to say, IJ. I mean rich people could live off certain wants if they wanted to, like, Pork and various fruits and, like you said, a new car, right?
I've still got no idea what your'e talking about. You can't live with solely a car, and you can live without one, so it's a want. Food is a need. |
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| Author: | ready for prime time [ Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:57 pm ] |
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i'd say need. don't have them, you die most of the time. rather painful dying. you don't get wants, and you're bored. |
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| Author: | Peter222 [ Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:14 pm ] |
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I think need is more importanmt. |
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| Author: | ChickenLeg [ Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:23 pm ] |
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Living isn't that nessessary. Unless you happen to be a very important person. But it's still the same. You want to live. You don't need to. You don't need oxygen or food or hydration if you don't need to live. You want oxygen, food, and hydration because you want to. |
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| Author: | Ju Ju Master [ Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:31 pm ] |
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ChickenLeg wrote: Living isn't that nessessary. Unless you happen to be a very important person. But it's still the same. You want to live. You don't need to. You don't need oxygen or food or hydration if you don't need to live. You want oxygen, food, and hydration because you want to.
But if needs existed, they'd be more important than wants, correct? |
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| Author: | Mr.KISS [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:15 pm ] |
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I guess needs are more important then wants. Unless you think of it as needing to breathe making you want to breathe, but that just makes more questions I'd rather not think about. |
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