Culture | July 22, 2010 | 78 comments

Congoboy's perjured and Corrected Post, Because Too Many People Whined... 11 Rules of Life...If You Never Read Anything Again Don't Miss This.

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Congoboy talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair -- get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a company car until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping -- they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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78 comments // Congoboy's perjured and Corrected Post, Because Too Many People Whined... 11 Rules of Life...If You Never Read Anything Again Don't Miss This.

  • Idoknow19
  • congoboy
  • Marcellino_Bommezijn
  • congoboy
  • remanns
  • alexandrek
  • congoboy
  • Paul_Spiegel
    • +3
      Paul_Spiegel  

    • these are bullshit.

      1, life is fair if you have rich parents. then you can get away with whatever the fuck you want!!

      2, flipping burgers IS beneath your dignity. save that job for the hundreds of thousands of illegals in the country. its not an opportunity, its a minimum wage job that wont get you anywhere. not even into an apartment outside of government subsidized housing.

      3, unless your parents are rich, most of your life is going to be hell. my parents kicked me out when i was 17, theyve never paid any of my bills in my life, my dad has beat the shit out of me more times than i can count, and out of 8 kids, no one could manage to pay for college because my dad squandered my moms money away on baseball cards. unless your parents are rich, they arent worth SHIT.

      4, your ego in the grand scheme is meaningless and no one really cares if you find a cure for cancer or if you end up in jail for 50 years.

      5, your employers, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends, brothers, sisters, grandparents, etc. can and are always happy to find someone to replace you.

      6, the life you see on tv is only available to the rich socialites of america. everyone else in the world hates them, but you want to be them. surprise, youre the fucking reason this country SUCKS.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • eden49
    • 0
      eden49  

    • ...I don't care if mickey mouse wrote it, there are some good points listed...why do people have to pick the ins and outs of a goose's arsehole...thanks mate...

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • ArchDruid
  • congoboy
  • jahbini
    • 0
      jahbini  
    • congoboy:

      http://Current.com

      When CongoBoy posts it is "Current" in the sense of "flow" -- What ever is flowing in CongoBoy's mind at that moment is soon to be flowing in and out of these postings.

      Like a spider laying down sticky postings to gather the flow of OUR minds in webs of his design.

      Seldom crude and overly obnoxious, with a dash of sanity every now and again in his hannity, I, Jah-b-InI, do solemly pronounce that:

      CongoBoy is the heir to the prestigious Jah-b-InI Chair of Opposition here at Current dot com

      The Jah-b-InI Chair of Opposition is a non-recognized, non-funded, non-anything honorific, and carries the memory of past chair holders: J_Jammer, Katanajon, WalksInStorms

      RIP, Katanajon.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
    • 0
      congoboy [removed]  
    • jahbini:

      gee thanks jah, i accept your award... you love me, you really really love me. and i am impressed that you are able to see through all my many layers and make a vivid and objective analysis of what makes congoboy tick. i salute you

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
    • 0
      remanns  
    • jahbini:

      Voting this up.
      Voting up the virtues of the marketplace of ideas and a gracious polis.

      This is what makes for virtuous citizens and culture.
      current manners matter

      so,........+^d

    • 2 years ago
  • jahbini
    • -2
      jahbini  

    • Hey, Congoboy! Doesn't matter where it comes from. If it's right, it's right. People will know it in their gut.

      Spot on observations.

    • 2 years ago
  • eden49
  • congoboy
  • remanns
    • 0
      remanns  
    • jahbini:

      DAMN ! What is WITH all this "hit-n-run" -Vd ( down voting ) action.
      jahbini is a civilized gent,............but I will flat out say "that's pussy"

      You know,....Weak, Cowardly, Craven, Gutless,.........Oh,.........and if nothing else -----
      L A Z Y .

      Hold on to your damn balls,.....stand up,....and VOTE LIKE A MAN ! ( or a gender that now has equal voting rights and serves in uniform etc. etc. and has been known to shoot at the enemy and die for its country,......perhaps " HONORABLE CITIZEN" is really more appropriate and what I have in mind. )

      I have no doubt this will not be the last time I will rant thus.

    • 2 years ago
  • jahbini
    • +1
      jahbini  
    • remanns:

      It's OK, Remanns. I take my down votes with pride. I wear them with the satisfaction that you can't please everybody.

      As Hemmingway said: Joke 'em if they cant take a F*ck. --- or something like that.

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
    • 0
      remanns  
    • jahbini:

      didnt mean to overstep a boundary,......this is after all your "soapbox" to be more,....or less,...irritated on. I get fussy. I am also not a big fan ot this particular current post,.....but well,...all I can say-----' I have some friends like that ' [ this post outlook ],.. we disagree,....we still occasionally smoke w........ together even after all these years,...

      anyway,....+^d " DOWN POSTS WITH PRIDE " amen

    • 2 years ago
  • remanns
  • keithponder
  • Einsam_Data_Old
  • keithponder
  • freecrack
  • jubal
    • -3
      jubal  

    • This list from the geek who made it rich because he was the first to come up with an OS for the brand new IBM personal computer?

      Now that he is a Billionaire...I think his advice is a little hollow.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • eden49
  • jubal
    • 0
      jubal  
    • eden49:

      Yes I met Bill Gates when Jobs was debuting the LISA the next computer to come out of Apple after the 2e. Gates had developed a version of DOS and was coming out with WINDOWS to compete with Apples GUI interface.

      Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were geeks of the highest order. They did lots of things people don't mention these days.

      If indeed Gates did create this list...I would still stand by my original comment.

      Gates didn't become a philanthropist until he was shamed into it by Warren Buffet.

    • 2 years ago
  • eden49
    • 0
      eden49  
    • jubal:

      ...maybe so, but the $3 BN he gave to Africa for child innoculations counts for something. and really, at the end of the day, who cares how he gave it...the children benefited...

    • 2 years ago
  • Ragan
    • +3
      Ragan  

    • Congoboy is 100% correct he just missed a few points and clauses. He fails to take into consideration that there are about one thousand politicians and wealthy bugaboos who are there to make life difficult for you so be very careful. Life is not just get born and all is free if you learn the rules. Life is full of competetion and misinformation on a personal basis and apt to overwhelm you from a social, public, political and career seeking prospect. Just be careful. There is a war front at home as well as the middle and far east. Men, women and children of all ages are dieing all over the world and there is little or no sympathy for them. Many are just brushed off as colateral damage or they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Remember the right place to be is getting smaller with each passing day.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • trut
    • +2
      trut  

    • Hey Congoboy, I hear there is a story floating around about Elvis being spotted in Vegas. You should do a post on that breaking news too.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • ghostofamerica
  • congoboy
  • ghostofamerica
  • ghostofamerica
  • congoboy
  • unimatrix0
  • congoboy
  • alexandrek
  • jahbini
  • remanns
  • flyingkick
    • +8
      flyingkick  

    • And you want us to trust what you say about Obama, when you can't even see how fake and old this crap is?

      This has been circulating since 2000, hence the 'car phone' reference. It was debunked immediately.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • ReverandG
    • -6
      ReverandG  
    • congoboy:

      Why is the left so full of hate? Ignorance breeds suspicion, jealousy breeds contempt..
      When people are anxious and egotistical you will find nervous, argumentative, know it all types.
      Their dream of open government and change has been dashed with a cold dose of reality, the imagined new world turn out to be a fantasy.
      Politicians will say anything to get elected, that is obvious to all by now.

      May the Grace and Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit ....Be with you all.

    • 2 years ago
  • TomTucker
  • Tyr
    • 0
      Tyr  
    • ReverandG:

      Wow rev you are painting with a mighty broad brush here, so all of us who are liberal, progressive, forward thinkers are ignorant and jealous,.... interesting . Of course who could ever dispute your opinion.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • congoboy
  • Einsam_Data_Old
  • congoboy
  • greendiggler
  • congoboy
  • greendiggler
  • greendiggler
  • congoboy
  • derk
    • -1
      derk  
    • congoboy:

      Unfortunately there is too much at stake to allow individuals the right to spread misinformation. Bottom line: your actions undermine the premise of a free society. stop being so egocentric and order yourself a piece of humble pie.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
    • 0
      congoboy [removed]  
    • derk:

      sure, and after that we'll elect you as head of the freedom of thought police. and you folks think the right is dangerous. what is truly at stake is people like you who call yourselves progressives and your president trying to shut down freedom of speech, freedom of the press and all the constitutional rights that this country is based on. but thanks to the transpancy of people like you the freedom loving limited government tea party will prevail in november and you can back to living in the hole you crawled out of. thanks for the warning derkoff. peace out

    • 2 years ago
  • Tyr
    • +5
      Tyr  

    • Snopes debunked this lie years ago....sheesh the stuff that gets posted here without any research is disappointing

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • Tyr
    • +3
      Tyr  
    • congoboy:

      In principle I'm in agreement with the sentiment of many of these things, the problem is when the attempt to add legitimacy to the ideas requires at the very outset a complete frabrication of it's source, it strips all credibility from it.

    • 2 years ago
  • vixxxen618
  • congoboy
  • congoboy
  • ryanmer
    • +11
      ryanmer  

    • Two problems with this:

      1.) Bill Gates did NOT "recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school."

      2.) Bill Gates did NOT even give this speech in the first place.

      This is actually a rumor that's been floating around the internet for over 10 years. Just ask Snopes.com (http://tinyurl.com/2lbwdv) or TruthOrFiction.com (http://tinyurl.com/2t2qw).

      C'mon CurrentTV. You're better than this.

      Maybe Rule 12 should be "Do not post something as a 'News' story without first checking it's validity."

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • Stoneyroad
  • BCDel89
  • toyotabedzrock
  • congoboy
    • -6
      congoboy [removed]  
    • toyotabedzrock:

      i have nothing against people paying their fair share and apparently bill's agreeable to that. its just that sometimes people say one thing and mean another or change what they say all together. certainly the wealthiest should pay their share but we must also consider that many of the wealthiest also run company's and hire schmoes like us and sometimes tax breaks are needed to expand and hire more schmoes like us. not all tax breaks work out to be in the best interest of workers or the american people however, but some are legitimate ways of expanding employment.

    • 2 years ago
  • toyotabedzrock
    • +1
      toyotabedzrock  
    • congoboy:

      There is this concept called history, it disagrees with you, that is fact.

      Company assets should be kept separate from personal assets, only the smallest companies do otherwise. And the tax increase is not targeting them.

      Also Bill Gates is running a campaign to persuade billionaires to put half there wealth toward helping the less fortunate.

      Bill is worth over 50B btw.

    • 2 years ago
  • congoboy
  • tommic
  • congoboy
    • -4
      congoboy [removed]  
    • tommic:

      too many people feel they have automatic rights to an easy life. this speech was ingenious. and contrary to some opinions, i may be opinionated and sometimes even harsh in my retorts but i do not hate tommic. we can disagree and even heatedly argue but i respect your right to say what you want regardless of my reply.

    • 2 years ago
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