TS: Philosophy: 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' Vs 'Don't Stop Livin in the Red'

GRODT means, literally, going for the money and consequences be dammned.
DSLITR means, well, not having the self-discipline of GRODT-ers, but also not taking the boring, pinched attitude that sounder minds would advocate.

Being In The Red is accounting slang for being overdrawn because in some systems, negative figures are recorded in red ink.

So, erm, as far as financially, I wouldn't do either of them. But I'm not particularly concerned with becoming rich, either. Especially not if it involves dying. Because, as I was saying to HSA last night, there really comes a point where I wouldn't know what to do with any more money.

kate - that's more or less what it means. Don't stop living beyond your limits (but not so much monetary limits as the red part of the speedometer)

"Don't Stop Living In The Red"

Don't stop living in the red
Don't stop living in the red
Don't stop living in the reeeeeeeeeed

You were always living in the red
You were always living in the red
You were always living in the reeeeeeeeed

Oooooh....oooooh....oooooh......oooooh
Red, red, red, red, red, red, red

Don't stop living in the red
Don't stop living in the red
Don't stop living in the reeeeeeeeeed

Oooooh....ooooh....oooooh......oooooh
Don't stop living in the
red, red, red, red, red, red, red

"Don't stop living in the black" by Coldplay or suchlike is a brilliant idea.

What do you think I'm saying, because I think I'm agreeing with you.

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so, it's a lot like being AWK, then.

Presumably.

"Don't stop living in the black" by Coldplay

YES!!

Dude - that picture's moving! I never thought there were so many levels to DSLITR. I thought it meant financially, but - the guy has depth, you know?

Sorry Ally, I did, can you help? Basically I was going for a protestant work ethic (50) vs Andrew WK vibe. But even that is muddying the waters.

It's not even about the Coldplay song there, it's more like "Red or Black, It's All Uninteresting To Me, I'm Going To Go Over Here And Start Playing With My Effects Racks Until The Walls Start Moving" by Spacemen 3.

This is very funny.

Durn.

when i hear "DSLITR", i think of it as Andrew's tribute to Bulb and the Michigan Noise Axis... a deeply devotional tribute to the people that fostered his art and encouraged him to follow his dreams. it's the last song on the record, it's almost like a sad goodbye to his teenage years and an enormous "thank you" to those guys (whose music is pretty much "in the red" in terms of VU/EQ, not to mention for-profit-wise).

The point is, ladies and gentleman, is that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind.

It's getting rich vs. being in debt.

So how should the second one be 'livin in the black'? That wouldn't make it a vs. at all.

A man with obvious priorities straight

I'm all for getting rich. I want to die a filthy, stinking rich person. I'm not too concerned if I lose out on a few possibly quality human connections along the way to becoming rich, because I lose out on some possibly quality human connections right now, even though I'm not even really trying to do anything aside from just living day to day. I also don't really care if I drive away a few people along the way, because I seem to be doing a swell job hurting driving people away, anyway. I want to live in a gorgeous house, drive beautiful vehicles, be able to get as far away from my everyday reality as I possibly can when vacation time rolls around, keep my mother the hell away from nursing homes, buy designer clothing, wear real gold or silver jewelry (whichever I choose), have plenty of money in the bank and in savings and in investments, be able to walk into a regular bookstore and buy exactly what I want, when I wanted it, eat exquisitely, live exquisitely, and die exquisitely, leaving my few heirs (mostly the people who still cared when the going got tough) with a wealth of riches. I want it all and I'm willing and ready to work my fingers to the bone for it.

If that above sentiment makes me unpopular around here -- well, not like I'd be breaking any trends or anything.

That makes even less sense to me.

How about just living within your means? Not being rich doesn't mean you have to be in debt. That is the mistake of a conspicuous consumption society. Sigh.

I'd rather just be happy with what I've got. I just wish there were a way that I really could get the basics without stupid amounts of money.

(But this is the last sort of wishful thinking that people espouse before they run off to live in the Trinity Wilderness or the French Countryside or something.)

i just need to get back into the game for one last score...

Since when have ILE 'Taking Sides' threads been about sensibly covering all options? Of course you can just lead a fiscally prudent, relatively modest life, and that's what most of us will probably do. But one doesn't answer a 'TS: Blur vs. Oasis' by saying 'Pulp!'. Well, one can - but it's a bit obvious.

(you all saw what she wrote)

Wow. I thought you used to be a Christian. What happened?