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How many basses

#61
Also, to be more on topic, I believe three basses is not too many. I think five's a good number: a precision, a jazz, an ABG, a Stingray (or Sterling, since that's my preference) and either a short scale or a fretless (depending on your preference).

I own one, but another's on the way.
 
#63
In the end, it really doesn't matter, you guys. Those who are hardened enough will not understand what they don't want to understand, and while it is sad, I am fine with it. Everyone seems to partially overlook certain aspects of everything they say, hence why we can't truly communicate. Also, no, I am not God, but as a Christian I believe that man never truly deserves much. We should regard all as a gift, no matter how much we've worked for it - because if anything, we had the circumstances in which we could get something we wanted. There are poor people who work very hard and don't have much but are thankful. Then there are very rich people who don't work hard but want more, and are not thankful. Seriously though, we don't even try, and then we think we are entitled to something.
 
#65
InternetAlias said:
...considering they can actually get a job. A lot of people here seem to think that there's job for everyone who wants to work. Also, it is not me who decides who deserves what. But let's be real and realize it is all a matter of circumstance. If anything, in many ways, appreciation for what you have is not hoarding more stuff you won't use, and if you don't appreciate what you have, you most likely don't deserve it.
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Well, I will say that I know I'm blessed to be an American, and thank God for my good fortune on a regular basis... I'm sorry that there are plenty of people who are less fortunate, but I refuse to feel guilty for things that I have earned, and others that I have no control over - and I don't agree with your use of the term "deserve" on this subject...


- georgestrings
 
#68
Humility is a virtue and without it we can't truly realize how much we deserve. This applies to me, to most of people who replied to this thread and to many others, but we refuse to think that way because then we'd feel guilty, and we don't want to feel guilty, so we choose not to think about this.
 
#69
InternetAlias said:
...considering they can actually get a job. A lot of people here seem to think that there's job for everyone who wants to work. Also, it is not me who decides who deserves what. But let's be real and realize it is all a matter of circumstance. If anything, in many ways, appreciation for what you have is not hoarding more stuff you won't use, and if you don't appreciate what you have, you most likely don't deserve it.
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No one becomes a street musician out of necessity. They choose to do it because they don't want to work a regular job. Do you think that guy waiting tables in a coffee shop WANTS to do that for 8 hours a day? He does it to earn money, not beg for it like some guy playing accordion at a bus stop. The guy who busts his rear end for 50 hours a week doing a job he doesn't want to do "deserves" anything he can afford.
 
#72
I used to have 11, mostly Warwicks, but I sold them to buy things that we needed as a family. Of course, considering the inane opinions in this thread, I suppose we didn't truly "need" the things we bought. One should only be happy with a very small amount of necessities because there are starving people somewhere in the world *eye roll*. Anyway, as of now I have two basses and two guitars.

To continue the stoking of the flame here, Serbian dude, no one cares about your opinions. And practice what you preach; by your logic, there are starving people in the world who don't have electricity, so you should get off of the internet and live as they do so that you are on more equal ground, or perhaps sell it and give them some of the money. Put your money where your foot currently is, by which I mean your mouth.
 
#75
InternetAlias said:
In the end, it really doesn't matter, you guys. Those who are hardened enough will not understand what they don't want to understand, and while it is sad, I am fine with it. Everyone seems to partially overlook certain aspects of everything they say, hence why we can't truly communicate. Also, no, I am not God, but as a Christian I believe that man never truly deserves much. We should regard all as a gift, no matter how much we've worked for it - because if anything, we had the circumstances in which we could get something we wanted. There are poor people who work very hard and don't have much but are thankful. Then there are very rich people who don't work hard but want more, and are not thankful. Seriously though, we don't even try, and then we think we are entitled to something.
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Your life's philosophy seems severe and overbearing. Have you investigated monastic life?
 
#76
InternetAlias said:
Humility is a virtue and without it we can't truly realize how much we deserve. This applies to me, to most of people who replied to this thread and to many others, but we refuse to think that way because then we'd feel guilty, and we don't want to feel guilty, so we choose not to think about this.
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Tell us, how have you gone without for the betterment of society?
 
#78
InternetAlias said:
I don't see how 'using the internet' is the same thing as 'owning 50 guitars' so I am not following you. I don't have two internet contracts, I have one.
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And that's precisely my point.

What you just stated is your perspective. To someone who lives in a hut without electricity or running water, having those things and having 50 guitars are the same: way more than they currently have. Therefore, by your own statements, you should feel bad about having more than others and do what is necessary to balance it out.
 

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