OscarGuy wrote:5. It doesn't matter where it is (I'd be surprised if anyone actually answered this question honestly...even if they believed anything other)
After posting my reply, I went back and read thru the other replies… and you're right! I am the only person who didn't use this answer. :p
"God? He is the biggest bitch of them all."
- Christophe (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut)
1. Are you emotionally moved by a powerful speaker? No
2. Do you take pride in being part of a successful team? I'm more of an individualist
3. Do you have any ethnic or racial pride? No
4. Do you get a little excited when bad things happen in the news? Only sometimes
5. How much would a horrible disaster in a country not your own bother you? I wouldn't be upset at all
(I would also not be upset if it happened in my country.)
6. How much propaganda makes it into public schools, in your country? A lot
7. Are you part of any organized religion? No
8. If your country were to annex, without violence, another country, how would you feel? Worried
(Actually pissed off all to hell, but that's not on the list.)
9. What if your country annexed another, inferior country, by threat of violence, how would feel then? Worried
(Again, actually pissed off all to hell, but that's not on the list.)
10. Would people of other first-world countries be lucky if they could live in your country instead? Definitely not
11. Think about your country. Would you like to serve it? Not necessarily
12. Would you risk death for your country? No way
(Not as it currently is.)
13. Everyone's a little bit racist. True.
14. Are any of these people deserving of public mistreatment? Read the whole list: gays, foreigners, Jews, Americans, Africans, Asians (you might know them as Orientals), Europeans, protesters, environmentalists, and people who don't put their country above themselves? None
15. How much of what your country's leaders say do you believe? None. I am very cynical about those in power.
16. Your president/prime minister/despot/whatever makes a budget. In it, he or she allocates $4 billion to top-secret defense initiatives. How does this make you feel? Scared
(Once more, actually pissed off all to hell, but that's not on the list.)
17. Think about it: are you a pushover? No
18. How many languages are you fluent in? 4+
19. And finally: what's the best thing that could happen to the world, from the following list? Multiple -- although sometimes disagreeing -- governments
"God? He is the biggest bitch of them all."
- Christophe (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut)
1. Are you emotionally moved by a powerful speaker?
No more than anyone
2. Do you take pride in being part of a successful team?
I'm more of an individualist
3. Do you have any ethnic or racial pride?
No
4. Do you get a little excited when bad things happen in the news?
No, never
5. How much would a horrible disaster in a country not your own bother you?
It doesn't matter where it is! I'd be just as upset.
6. How much propaganda makes it into public schools, in your country?
A little
7. Are you part of any organized religion?
No
8. If your country were to annex, without violence, another country, how would you feel?
Worried
9. What if your country annexed another, inferior country, by threat of violence, how would feel then?
Worried
10. Would people of other first-world countries be lucky if they could live in your country instead?
Maybe; it depends on their country
11. Think about your country. Would you like to serve it?
No
12. Would you risk death for your country?
No way
13. Everyone's a little bit racist.
True.
14. Are any of these people deserving of public mistreatment? Read the whole list: gays, foreigners, Jews, Americans, Africans, Asians (you might know them as Orientals), Europeans, protesters, environmentalists, and people who don't put their country above themselves?
None
15. How much of what your country's leaders say do you believe?
None. I am very cynical about those in power.
16. Your president/prime minister/despot/whatever makes a budget. In it, he or she allocates $4 billion to top-secret defense initiatives. How does this make you feel?
Scared
17. Think about it: are you a pushover?
Yeah, I am sometimes
18. How many languages are you fluent in?
1 or less
19. And finally: what's the best thing that could happen to the world, from the following list?
Multiple -- although sometimes disagreeing -- governments
1. Are you emotionally moved by a powerful speaker?
No
2. Do you take pride in being part of a successful team?
Yes, of course
3. Do you have any ethnic or racial pride?
No
4. Do you get a little excited when bad things happen in the news?
No, never,even though I agree with wes that excitement can be interprted in many ways
5. How much would a horrible disaster in a country not your own bother you?
It doesn't matter where it is! I'd be just as upset.
6. How much propaganda makes it into public schools, in your country?
A little
7. Are you part of any organized religion
No (Fortunately)
8. If your country were to annex, without violence, another country, how would you feel?
Worried
9. What if your country annexed another, inferior country, by threat of violence, how would feel then?
Worried
10. Would people of other first-world countries be lucky if they could live in your country instead?
I don't know
11. Think about your country. Would you like to serve it?
Yes; but not in an armed service
12. Would you risk death for your country?
No way
13. Everyone's a little bit racist.
Not everyone. I, for one, am not racist at all.
14. Are any of these people deserving of public mistreatment? Read the whole list: gays, foreigners, Jews, Americans, Africans, Asians (you might know them as Orientals), Europeans, protesters, environmentalists, and people who don't put their country above themselves?
None
15. How much of what your country's leaders say do you believe?
None. I am very cynical about those in power.
16. Your president/prime minister/despot/whatever makes a budget. In it, he or she allocates $4 billion to top-secret defense initiatives. How does this make you feel?
Scared
17. Think about it: are you a pushover?
No
18. How many languages are you fluent in?
3
19. And finally: what's the best thing that could happen to the world, from the following list?
Multiple -- although sometimes disagreeing -- governments
1. Are you emotionally moved by a powerful speaker?
No
2. Do you take pride in being part of a successful team?
Yes, of course
3. Do you have any ethnic or racial pride?
No
4. Do you get a little excited when bad things happen in the news?
No, never
5. How much would a horrible disaster in a country not your own bother you?
It doesn't matter where it is! I'd be just as upset.
6. How much propaganda makes it into public schools, in your country?
A little
7. Are you part of any organized religion?
Yes, very actively
8. If your country were to annex, without violence, another country, how would you feel?
Worried
9. What if your country annexed another, inferior country, by threat of violence, how would feel then?
Worried
10. Would people of other first-world countries be lucky if they could live in your country instead?
I don't know
11. Think about your country. Would you like to serve it?
Yes; but not in an armed service
12. Would you risk death for your country?
Probably not...but under some circumstances, maybe
13. Everyone's a little bit racist.
True.
14. Are any of these people deserving of public mistreatment? Read the whole list: gays, foreigners, Jews, Americans, Africans, Asians (you might know them as Orientals), Europeans, protesters, environmentalists, and people who don't put their country above themselves?
None
15. How much of what your country's leaders say do you believe?
None. I am very cynical about those in power. (I hate both republicans and democrats with equal intensity.. I'm totally independent now)
16. Your president/prime minister/despot/whatever makes a budget. In it, he or she allocates $4 billion to top-secret defense initiatives. How does this make you feel?
Scared
17. Think about it: are you a pushover?
A little, but not more than anyone else
18. How many languages are you fluent in?
1 or less (although I can get by in Spanish, and I speak a little French)
19. And finally: what's the best thing that could happen to the world, from the following list?
Multiple -- although sometimes disagreeing -- governments
"Young men make wars and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution." -- Alec Guinness (Lawrence of Arabia)
1. No
2. Yes, of course
3. No
4. No, never
5. It doesn't matter where it is! I'd be just as upset.
6. What? None.
7. No
8. Worried
9. Worried
10.Maybe, depends on their country
11.No
12.No way
13.True
14.No
15.None. I am very cynical about those in power.
16.Scared
17.A little, but not more than anyone else
18.1 or less
19.Multiple -- although sometimes disagreeing -- governments
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
1. No
2. Yes, of course
3. Yes, but I would call it minimal and healthy.
4. Yes
5. It doesn't matter where it is! I'd be just as upset.
6. A lot
7. Not very actively
8. Worried
9. Worried
10. Maybe; it depends on their country
11. Not necessarily
12. Probably not...but under some circumstances, maybe
13. Not everyone. I, for one, am not racist at all.
14. None
15. Some. I don't trust politicians, but I don't think they're all bad.
16. Scared
17. No
18. 1 or less
19. Multiple -- although sometimes disagreeing -- governments
Thanks, BJ. I changed the title AND pinned the topic.
Here are my answers:
1. No more than anyone (there isn't a person alive who, by a powerful speaker, can't, in some way, be swayed...even if it's against the speaker)
2. Yes, of course (sure I love being more successful on my own but success is something you can feel proud of anytime)
3. No (I'm part-German part-English...we have a deplorable history)
4. No (though excitement can be interpreted many ways)
5. It doesn't matter where it is (I'd be surprised if anyone actually answered this question honestly...even if they believed anything other)
6. A lot (Whether we like to admit it, good or bad...)
7. No (with organized religion the profit-motive corporation industry it is...no way)
8. Indifferent (As long as it's peaceful, I don't think we'd have anything to worry about. After all, annexation generally just means that the two countries agreed to join together)
9. Worried (Who wouldn't be...it would be like the Holy Roman Empire, Alexander the Great or any other dictator in history)
10. Maybe, it depends on the country (for instance, I think the Dutch and the French have it quite good while I think Russia and China don't have it as good as all that)
11. Not necessarily (depends on who's in charge and what I'd be doing...anything against a sovereign state is strictly out in my book...anything against the people of the nation is strictly out in my book, too)
12. Probably not...but under some circumstances (I would protect my friends and family and if that involved protecting, locally, the country then I would probably help...but not through the military or any other militant group...as a private citizen)
13. It's true (whether you like to admit it...it reminds me of the song from Avenue Q...Everyone's a Little Bit Racist...it's a fantastic song and quite true)
14. None (though some would claim none and not admit it if they did because I know some people who apparently think protestors shouldn't be allowed to protest however they see fit...thus the stupid flag-burning amendment that thankfully failed the Senate)
15. Some (It depends on which politician and what they're saying)
16. Scared (invasion of privacy sounds like it's coming down the pipe)
17. A little, but no more than anyone else (If it's our family or friends, we often are pushovers more frequently than we'd care to admit)
18. 2 (French and English and a touch of Spanish but not enough to count)
19. One unified, powerful, PEACEFUL government (those of us who vote this know what, in a Star Trek environment, this can mean)
Wesley Lovell
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
You might want to indicate that this post should indeed be looked at by all . . . it is not just a test post, if you get what I mean, which caused me to skip over it until I saw how many replies it got.
1. Yes, very!
2. I'm more of an individualist
3. Yes, but I would call it minimal and healthy.
4. No, never
5. It doesn't matter where it is! I'd be just as upset.
6. A lot
7. Not very actively
8. Worried
9. Worried
10. I don't know
11. Yes; but not in an armed service
12. No way
13. True.
14. None
15. Some. I don't trust politicians, but I don't think they're all bad.
16. Scared
17. No
18. 1 or less
19. Multiple -- although sometimes disagreeing -- governments
1. Yes, I work with a group very well, but I am an individualist too, which adds to the group, so "don't know", I guess
2.Yes
3.Yes--minimal and healthy
4. Yes
5. It doesn't matter where it is!
6. A lot.
7. Not very actively
8. don't know--I don't think Canada would ever be in this
situation
9. worried
10. Yes
11. yes, but not in the armed forces
12. Maybe not--age
13. True
14. None
15. Most(Canada)
16. Scared
17. A little
18. 2
19. Multiple
1. No
2. Yes, of course
3. No
4. Only sometimes
5. It doesn't matter where it is!
6. A little
7. Not very actively
8. Worried
9. Worried
10. Definitely not
11. Not necessarily
12. Maybe
13. True
14. None
15. Some
16. Indifferent
17. A little
18. 2
19. Multiple governments
Har. Har. Nice to see you're still gunning for me cam.
I want everyone to try out this test. After I've seen everyone's votes, I'll reveal what the test is for and what your responses mean. BTW: If you recognize this test or the other one that I'm going to post, please don't post what it is. It'll be more fun if you keep it a secret.
-- Oscarguy
Obviously it was meant that if you already saw the test to not say what it is for, but I still think secret ballot to be revealed later is more fun for something like this. See how many people answered a certain way. But I guess either way is good.
"Because here’s the thing about life: There’s no accounting for what fate will deal you. Some days when you need a hand. There are other days when we’re called to lend a hand." -- President Joe Biden, 01/20/2021
