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Being absent, truanting etc is not bludging/being lazy!
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Being absent, truanting etc is not bludging/being lazy!

Aren't you sick of people who look at you and say "What a lazy log" just because you're absent all the time? Not being interested in something is different to being lazy. Someone might be extremely passionate and hard working at something but realising how pointless school is, might not attend properly or not at all. That's not being lazy. </rant>
10-16-2008 04:31 PM
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Lazy people are usually the most motivated. They get the work done as quickly as possible, so they can spend more time being lazy. :]

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Quote:Lazy people are usually the most motivated. They get the work done as quickly as possible, so they can spend more time being lazy. :]
This.

But yeah, that doesn't work so well for schoolwork and shit. Whatever I'm doing as quickly as possible has to still at least have some kind of point before I can motivate myself to get it over with. Schoolwork is usually a bit lacking in the 'point' department.

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Re: Being absent, truanting etc is not bludging/being lazy!

i am lazy for things that i don't want to do...

i could spend like all day drawing pictures as they come to mind while listening to music though.

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Re: Being absent, truanting etc is not bludging/being lazy!

Agreed with liq3. The more leisure time you want, the harder you usually work. Think hunter gatherers. They didn't work nearly as much as agricultural societies (who were busy trying to find ways to ferment grain and get smashed), but when they worked they got it done out of nessecity. They didn't follow a completely illogical stupid fucking path just for a little bit of lesirue. It's nature to be lazy as can fucking be. That's why working out sucks and eating healthy foods for the first month sucks.

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