You are so fucking magnanimous
[QUOTE=Nounce;2688648]It sounds that way because that is what I think Elvis is saying but maybe I don't understand it. I do appreciate that Elvis takes the time to reply and he seems genuinely trying to share.[/QUOTE]I don't how you do it, so consistently.
I have two simple criteria needed to hold my attention and especially for friends. Not saying the goal here is friendship or that anyone here wants me as a friend, but the criteria still apply. Once we weed out the child molesters and the serial killers, I really don't care how aberrant a person's personality is, how off-kilter or ass-holier-than-thou they are as long as they are not faking the funk. As long as they are true to themselves. That's criterion 1 of 2 and most people here have no problem with that. They believe what they believe and they stand up for it, no matter how delusional their belief system. No problem there.
But the second criterion. Don't be boring. That's where most mongerers and people fall apart for me. The same ol same ol same ol tapes being rewound and played over and over and over. Bored to tears.
All my friends pass both criteria. I am not concerned so much with the morality bullshit, the friendliness, the niceness, the beauty, the money, even lack of honesty is not as big a problem as most people make of it, as long as you take the necessary steps to protect yourself. That is the bullshit that most people focus on and why sometimes I am perceived as being too gullible, it's really because I don't care if you are an upstanding citizen or not as long as you don't bore me. In fact, I am more suspicious and keep my guard up more around people who seem determined to convince me what outstanding examples they are of the human variety bean. Be true to yourself and don't be boring has worked for my selection process for more than a generation with only mild and occasional collateral damage.
Elvis found his cut of meat
[QUOTE=Elvis2008;2688230] I am not saying I have the best steakhouse. What I am saying is this is the best one I have been to, one so good I do not need or want to go anywhere else. And that is how I know it is the best or at least the best I can get.
Maybe someone can have a better one than me, but you are not going to get there unless you commit totally to one steakhouse. Sorry. Now are you going to get the steak if you do not pay? Fuck no. That is another stupid comment. The best steakhouse has to provide value though and not rip you off though.
All three of you dummies had the same response. We are already eating at the best. Why you guys are dummies though is that I have eaten at all the places you have, and I am saying what I have is better. In fact, it is so good I do not want to eat anywhere else.
So how do you get to the best steakhouse? You have to think you are worthy to be there. You have to pay fair value, and you have to be open to and willing to commit if the steak is exceptional.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Elvis2008;2688693]Okay one more time. You go to a steakhouse and it is one of the best you have ever been to. You go back and it is just as good. It is the best of the best. Is it easy to find a steak house this good? Hell no.
But how do you go one step further than the best of the best? You say to the restaurant I am going to quit going to all the other steakhouses and only support you and in exchange for this commitment: I expect you to go up a notch higher. Can you do that? And the restaurant says yes, and they do exactly that. Now, you have reached the pinnacle of steak houses. You are getting the best service at the best of the best. Is there better? Probably. But is this about the best you can get? Well, it is so fucking good that going to any other steak house would likely be a disappointment.
So when you all are telling me of the great steakhouses you have eaten at, my question to you is did you commit to it? If not, then do not tell me it is all that great. Okay, maybe it is 90 out of 100. My point is what gets you to 100 is commitment.
Can you say that a steakhouse that is a 50 and in demand can be 90? Hell no.
Can you pretend that a 70 is just as good as a 90? Hell no.
Can you say if the restaurant really liked me they would do it without pay? Hell no.
Can you get to a 100 by saying, "Well, you are pretty good but I want to keep my options open and keep eating steak at other places?" Sure you can do that, but if you really are eating at the best of the best, the chances of getting better are pretty slim.[/QUOTE]So, I'm convinced! Elvis found his cut of meat. His favorite meat. His meat of all meats. Congratulations and nice going Elvis!
But, of course, I do have a few questions. If you are SO committed to this one cut of meat. Why don't you put a ring on her finger? Why don't you buy a big hacienda for the two of you and her family? Is it that your commitment is braggadocio? When it comes to backing up your claim with your actions. Well I'm not hearing any nuptials are in the offing. Perhaps you're not as committed to that piece of meat as you say. Or perhaps you know that as that piece of meat ages a little it might not taste so good. Or perhaps you know that one day you're going to have a craving for lobster and well. Poof!! There goes the loyalty. Do tell.
As for the rest of us. Well some of us are committed but our commitment is to trying all different types of savory dishes. You see? I, for example, am like Diogenes but rather than trying to find an honest man (assuming that he was a real person and his "search" wasn't some sort of allegory) I'm always in search of the perfect sexual purveyor. Why? It's fun and I enjoy the hell out of it. I have other intellectual pursuits but finding women who are willing to trade a few hours of pleasure for a small sum of money is really more like a 'hobby' as we like to refer to it.
Of course, those of us who are constantly in pursuit are not hypocrites. We announce up front that we don't want a girlfriend. We're not looking for a permanent relationship. We're enjoying our life and sampling the smorgasbord of beautiful willing women.
SO Elvis, man-up and stop being a hypocrite. Marry the piece of meat you enjoy so much or admit that you are just another fool that fell in love with his hooker.