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Instruction Manual for Life

For those who read this video as an attack on all religious individuals, a message: don't be so facile. Stories do not have to represent EVERY single experience of growing up — but may resonate with many people who HAVE experienced what's depicted. Strange isn't it — some people have SUCH a problem with the fact that these things do actually happen to some children: children from whatever religious/political background.

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computermexican (Admin) : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

computermexican

6 votes NegativePositive

317 days 17 hours ago...

psychologyprofessor: I feel like some day we are going to meet up while waiting for our coffee at a Starbucks or such. Then you will consume me with fire. Phoenix!

psychologyprofessor : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

psychologyprofessor

18 votes NegativePositive

317 days 16 hours ago...

^^Wait, what??

Are you saying that I`m the Devil?? The Devil doesn`t live in Phoenix! But, he does drink Starbucks coffee. Hmmm, what could you mean?? I`ll just take it as a compliment.

^_^

P.S.

There is still something oddly appealing about your about your avatar, but I`m having trouble putting my finger IN it.

bigbadjim : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

bigbadjim

22 votes NegativePositive

317 days 12 hours ago...

tolerating each others cupboard is a step forward towards a world where nobody even HAS a cupboard.

exploder : LVL 49: VP 5: said:

exploder

11 votes NegativePositive

317 days 10 hours ago...

I keep my shit on the floor. And leave it out in the rain. Most of your shit that can`t handle a good kick into the corner, and wearing a nice patina of rust, is just modern jetsam that is not meant to last through the real world.

And you would be amazed at the combinations that happen when you stir the pile to find something.

Thorno : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Thorno

7 votes NegativePositive

316 days 20 hours ago...

My Cupboard has extreme sporting equipment in and on it. This cupboard is open but tends to destroy other cupboards built with manuals.


Nice one as always psychology prof.!

Sasuke428 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Sasuke428

-4 votes NegativePositive

316 days 19 hours ago...

^^no one cares about what you do with your shit exploder.

Bill The Poo : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

Bill The Poo

6 votes NegativePositive

316 days 15 hours ago...

Some pretty good metaphors and what-not in there.
I`d like to think I have no cupboard at all but there`s always a few stray nails and bits of wood lying around. I can`t seem to reconcile the Instruction Manual with reality as I see it, but then it is kind of a comfort to think there is a way to ensure you won`t "burn FOREVER". And yet, then I think that`s not a reason to base your life around a manual, just because some guy in weekly classes that you don`t understand says that his interpretation is the only way to build your cupboard.
<end philosophising>

Phanto : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Phanto

4 votes NegativePositive

315 days 23 hours ago...

My parents wanted me to have a cupboard but I`ve got rid of it because I realized that no instruction manual actually made any logical sense and that they were written by people who had absolutely no clue on how to build a cupboard. They just made stuff up and wrote it in the instruction manual.

And I don`t care about how your cupboard looks like as long as you keep it for yourself. Because it really is left to everyone`s own interpretation.

Ninja : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Ninja

4 votes NegativePositive

315 days 19 hours ago...

I really like this video

Infinitemonkeys : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Infinitemonkeys

6 votes NegativePositive

315 days 19 hours ago...

@ bigbadjim: I don`t think the cupboards were a metaphor for religion alone. I think they were a symbol of how we order our lives, the emphasis we place on those things that are important to us. I think we`ll always have cupboards, even if our priorities as a society change over time. The important thing is that we never stop building.

neon neophyte : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

neon neophyte

6 votes NegativePositive

315 days 18 hours ago...

id like to point out, in this metaphor, everyone has a cupboard.

notice how he built his own cupboard, without instructions? well, thats like his own personal belief system or whatever. just like everyone else who doesnt take their beliefs from some book.

Killer@nz : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Killer@nz

6 votes NegativePositive

315 days 18 hours ago...

You hit the nail on the head with this one.

NickAngel : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:2007 Winner

NickAngel

21 votes NegativePositive

315 days 18 hours ago...

The maker of this video has OBVIOUSLY never been to Ikea.

tommythecat86 : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

tommythecat86

4 votes NegativePositive

315 days 14 hours ago...

So, if some people find that building a cupboard with the guidance of an instruction manual is the way for them...does the necessarily make them a bad person?

I couldn`t build a cupboard even with a manual. Though I can make a marijuana smoking apparatus out of just about anything.

I like how the commenting process is going thus far. No ignorant hate speech...just P.O.V`s and carpentry discussion for the most part.

VIVA LA (R)EVOLUTION!!!

Dillinger : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

Dillinger

2 votes NegativePositive

315 days 12 hours ago...

I am blessed. My parents` cupboards have a housing which came from an instruction manual, but old drawers were replaced with new ones as the old ones would crack. Luckily they didn`t try to keep using old drawers that were past their prime. Over time, they showed me some of the benefits of different kinds of cupboards and drawers, and let me build my own kind of cupboard with some support and advice, confident that their son`s cupboard would one day surpass their own in quality.

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