The fact the people can't stand to see others with more or better stuff than they themselves have. More money, land, power, whatever.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Why is Pericles humanity's greatest weakness? He didn't seem all that bad.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Humanities greatest weakness, the tendency to sit under swords that are held up only by a thin string.
Life is not fair.
Man's greatest weakness is women.
while
Women's greatest weakness is chocolate.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Chocolate. Or the gonads.
Indubitably.
So, uh, what's my prize?
-Bok
EDIT: While I was being more, uh, "literal" with my responses, they line up pretty well with Dan Raven's, eh?
[ November 18, 2003, 03:08 PM: Message edited by: Bokonon ]
Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :
quote: What is humanity's greatest weakness?
Pericles
So you're humanity's greatest weakness? Interesting.
edit: crap. beaten to it.
[ November 18, 2003, 03:08 PM: Message edited by: Rappin' Ronnie Reagan ]
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Perfect Simo-Post Bok.
**High Five**
Posted by Pericles (Member # 5943) on :
You guys crack me up...
Cordially Pericles (happy Tom?)
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Yeah, but I as I re-edited, Dan, I wasn't talking sophisticated bio-chemical reactions.
I mean, the gonads hurt when attacked. Seriously.
-Bok
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Hm. He's Cordially Pericles. I don't know how I feel about being Happy Tom.
Posted by Pericles (Member # 5943) on :
Humanity's weakness...desire, to want. Desire to be manipulated to make the person in question do another's wants. Manipulation to reveal weakness.
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
Unreasonable fear.
Posted by Pericles (Member # 5943) on :
love...?
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Irresponsibility
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Cheetoes
Posted by Pericles (Member # 5943) on :
rage, the inabilty to control one's actions due to anger.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Hmmm, desire, or want, is a human weakness?
I wonder how long I'd live without the desire, or want of food, clothing, shelter, drink...
Nevermind the lack of a desire or want to go to the bathroom!
*Winces at the thought*
One might say that desiring, wanting, is a human (or even living being) requirement.
-Bok
Posted by Julie (Member # 5580) on :
I always think of want as a longing for something you don't need.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Ah, but then Julie, that is akin to saying something that is bad is bad.
Often we don't have a clear picture of what one needs until after the fact, and others sometimes need different things then us.
-Bok
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Bad spelling and punctuation. It's irresponsible, and it causes all sorts of confusion. That leads to frustration, which leads to rage. QED.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Pride
Posted by NdRa (Member # 2295) on :
unforgiving.
Posted by ae (Member # 3291) on :
Onanism.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Wouldn't that make rage humanities greatest weakness then? I mean if your proof ends on rage that means that you have somehow previously proved that humanitie's greatest weakness is rage or it wouldn't be time for a QED until you explained why saying something leads to rage is saying its humanitie's greatest weakness and then it would seem that rage would be the real weakness.
Hobbes Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Excuse me? I'll be the one making the assumptions here, Hobbes.
Posted by Head Ditch Digger (Member # 5085) on :
Computers; when they work life is good. When they don't.......
Posted by ae (Member # 3291) on :
Because, Hobbes, rage is one result of bad punctuation and spelling, but bad punctuation and spelling have other negative effects beyond those caused by rage. 'S simple. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Um . . . yeah, Hobbes. What ae said. If you'd just use logic once in a while, you'd understand what I said.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Incurable Ignorance
Bad Luck
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
The lack of appropriate paragraph breaks.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Did an English major just tell me to use logic? I think I'm offended.
Hobbes Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
One-line sentence-fragment posts. Overuse of hyphens.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
No, an English language major told you to use logic. Whether or not I was being sarcastic is another issue.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
I'm not sure people without degrees in math are allowed to use "QED", someone should look into that.
Hobbes Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Bosses who use the word "flustrate" two or three times a week.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
At least I know what QED means.
I'm not sure that math majors should be allowed to use words. Someone should look into that.
Posted by MattB (Member # 1116) on :
The semicolon.
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