Forum: The Classroom
Topic: lifestyle
started by: LiNeY
Posted by LiNeY on Nov. 05 2001,19:02
A friend of mine told me today I needed to get more "lifestyle". I was a little taken aback at HER suggesting this, and inquired what she meant by lifestyle. She pointed at her jacket and said "This jacket is lifestyle. It's got lots of pockets and a beer fits in every one of them!" Somehow, this is not quite what I think "lifestyle" means... It would be fun to know what associations you have with the word "lifestyle". So, post them!LiNeY's associations with the word "lifestyle":
good coffee (read: cappucino/caffè latte/etc.)
Cosmopolitan magazine and Sex & the City on tv
cultural events
elegant clothing
good booze (i.e. good wine and whisky) ------------------
Questo è il bacio de Tosca!
Posted by veistran on Nov. 05 2001,19:11
I always thought of lifestyle as your manner of living. You know like saying "He has a spartan lifestyle." However generally when I think of lifestyle's use in general I think of people categorizing someone but what they own...edit: my grammar is pathetic today
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Veistran
- Sarcasm is just one more of the free services that we offer. This message has been edited by veistran on November 06, 2001 at 02:12 PM
Posted by DeadAnztac on Nov. 05 2001,19:13
When people talk about a lifestyle I always immeadiatly see pictures in my head of a cabin. This cabin can be A) in the woods B) on a rocky cliff at the edge of the ocean C) Rolling green fields D) Tropical forest and beach. It varies. But the same thing always persists, freedom, distance from people, and beauty. I guess I'm not the sociable type of guy or something.------------------
~Anztac [ Pertinaciously disconsolate ]
Posted by Pickle Therapy Lady on Nov. 05 2001,19:28
My definition of "lifestyle" I guess would come down to how I like to live.
Lifestyle exemplified for me would be as vague as my taste in food to as detailed as how aggressively I drive. Lifestyle is my LIFE and what I do with it and how I go about it. Simply put.
Posted by TheTaxMan on Nov. 05 2001,19:31
Social Life is the phrase that's missing...(over rated, you end up pissed off or drunk in some cesspool)  ------------------
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Posted by just_dave on Nov. 05 2001,19:31
First off long time no see PTL, and welcome back to posting.Lifestyle" the way you live your life according to what you want or how you want your life to be. Thats my thoughts Cheers
Posted by DeadAnztac on Nov. 05 2001,19:34
Social life, I knew that sounded wrong! Yeah, I was gropping for something... well, yes, now that we've corrected this incorrect translation, what do you all think (trying to help LiNeY since she won't be up for a while)------------------
~Anztac [ Pertinaciously disconsolate ]
Posted by Pickle Therapy Lady on Nov. 05 2001,19:39
Thanks JD...I've missed the people on here. Figured I might should stop back through.
I missed Liney's words of wisdom and ponderment.
Posted by incubus on Nov. 05 2001,22:04
lifestyle = the style in which i live my life------------------
"just pressin y0 butt0ns f00" -- miNus
Posted by Wiley on Nov. 05 2001,22:16
I think a lifestyle is what you do and how well you do it. Being carefree or goal orientated, or maybe just way too overly dedicated to your craft. I don't think it has as much to do with your jacket as your choice in condoms.
 Was that too much?
Posted by Nikita on Nov. 05 2001,22:20
.......yea, what you all said ...  your buddy sounds like she's talking about fashion/fad type thing.
Posted by Pickle Therapy Lady on Nov. 06 2001,00:31
I agree w/Nikita, and if that is so, I wouldn't worry about what your friend's saying to you, Liney. You've got plenty of the important stuff in life from what you've let us see here.
Posted by DeadAnztac on Nov. 06 2001,01:55
Like I said, I think LiNeY meant social life as opposed to lifestyle. I would try to get the thread back on track, but um, it seems the only post that was to the threads initial purpose was mine....------------------
~Anztac [ Pertinaciously disconsolate ]
Posted by veistran on Nov. 06 2001,01:57
social life reminds me of watching the discovery channel whenever they're doing something about apes/chimpanzee's...
Posted by askheaves on Nov. 06 2001,02:08
Lifestyle is just a term describing how you would normally act on a day to day basis regarding personal pleasure. If you smoke it up each day, that's your life style. If you frequent expensive bars and clubs, that's your lifestyle. If you sit at home and polish off a 12-pack of MGD each night while playing video games and surfing the interweb, then that's my lifestyle... i mean, your lifestyle.
Posted by Hellraiser on Nov. 06 2001,02:11
You've all pretty much covered it. One more thing: lifestyle is what you make of it, not what other people think of it. And stereotyping based on what a person owns or that kind of stuff is stupid: I have a very "affluent" lifestyle in some respects, and threadbare lifestyle in other respects. Its all about whats important to you.------------------
Old farts never die, they just get blown away.
Posted by SLATE on Nov. 06 2001,03:15
quote:
Originally posted by Wiley:
I think a lifestyle is what you do and how well you do it. Being carefree or goal orientated, or maybe just way too overly dedicated to your craft. I don't think it has as much to do with your jacket as your choice in condoms.
Was that too much?
you bastard! i had this:  all cued up and ready to go, but your ass beat me to it!
Posted by LiNeY on Nov. 06 2001,14:43
Ohhhh one of these wonderful incidences when Germans take an English word, use it as a so-called "anglicism" and devoid it of it's original sense.  In German, the word "lifestyle" means... uhhh... a more or less fancy life mode (you know, like all those overly expensive magazines show it, etc.). That's why the combination of beer and lifestyle was hilarious... I didn't think of the different meaning of the word in English. Anyway, considering "life philosophies", or "modes of life"... that's not connected with material goods. ------------------
Questo è il bacio de Tosca!
Posted by Observer on Nov. 06 2001,15:15
<Chumbawamba>This is the good ship Lifestyle...</Chumbawamba> I think that song has a lot to do with what you're talking about.------------------
When 1337 hax0rs start impaling each other with swords and typing code with a hook on one hand, then they can modify the term "pirate."
Posted by Beldurin on Nov. 07 2001,01:24
quote:
Originally posted by Observer:
<Chumbawamba>This is the good ship Lifestyle...</Chumbawamba> I think that song has a lot to do with what you're talking about.
Why, when having a deep, philosophical discussion, does someone invariably have to bring Chumbawamba into the discussion? <sigh> it never fails...
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Give me ambiguity or give me something else...
Posted by veistran on Nov. 07 2001,04:56
I think it's god's idea of a practical joke.
Posted by Vigilante on Nov. 07 2001,04:59
He can (and constantly does) do better than that.
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