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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:01 PM Original message |
Poll question: Have you been treated fairly? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Being white and male, I figure I got a better deal than most. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That is a tough question. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Yep same here... I had to work for everything I ever got but I expected that.. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Yep, exactly |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, I have been treated fairly... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, I believe I have... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nope. people assume I'm a freak, or I'm making excuses to be lazy. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I am sorry..... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yep. I say "I hate that flickering florescent light" and they say "What flickering? Quit whining!" |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
34. I hear ya.... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Ah yes, the Fluorescent Light Buzz, I HATE THAT! |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Don't forget how people over looked the things you were doing while rubbing your face |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, I think I've gotten a better deal than many others and better than I necessarily had coming. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Extremely fairly. More than fair. And been very lucky! |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes, but I've had advantages |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. No, emphatically not. I have been treated VERY unfairly. **VERY, VERY** unfairly. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. !!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Deleted message |
Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Let me explain my answer, Mr. daemons |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. that's a great answer nt |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I missed this. Quite clever. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. "Clever"? That implies an intent to mislead |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. That would be an interesting discussion. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Self delete - wrong place |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. yes. and then some. nt |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. no i'm a woman |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Fair enough I guess. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm a straight white male.. so the answer is yes.... TOO fairly |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. Some animals are treated more fairly than others. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. Speaking of fairness, I should of course answer. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. You expected life to be fair? That's naive. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I'll just mark that as a "no"? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-11-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. Not always, and that is why I'm in it for revenge |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Now you're talking! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'd like to see some of the "no" people |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 06:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Then we have people like this that use right wing talking points |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. My point stands, your whining notwithstanding. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I don't really see anyone playing Victim here... |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Exactly, there are people worse off then I am and I feel empathy for them |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. You have no fucking idea what others here have been through. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Awww..... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Butthurt much? |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. lol!!! |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
30. I've been treated fairly. A normal life with ups and downs. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. Not since working where I do. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. I feel lucky all the time |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. As William Munney says at the end of "Unforgiven" |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
38. You assume that life is supposed to be fair. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Where did I say that? |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. When you used the word "fair". |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. LOL |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Could you expound on that statement, please? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. Oh, yes, the typical argument for the conservative. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. Life is a mix. Therefore. one has to take it upon themselves |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. DING DING DING! Mmonk, you're our grand prize winner! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Thanks. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
43. I've been treated better than others for no good reason... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Good point. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
44. No...being female in a male dominated industry |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
46. I'll tell you just one story and then ask: Is this being treated fairly? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. If referring to some great Cosmic balance sheet... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. I get treated well. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. compared to most in this world, yes. n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
58. "Fair" or "Well" |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. I 'believe' rather than 'feel' that life has been quite fair with me. I |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
64. Might as well ask, have you been lucky? |
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