Get to Know a CCer got tonkaed edition

Anarkistsdream · Post by **Anarkistsdream** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:32 pm

Although this is more personal... What happened? Why is he gone?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:37 pm

its no biggie, im a fairly forthcoming person...

He died after a long battle with brain cancer nearly 2 and half years ago. Its hard to really be positive where it would have come from, though one might guess that working in photo dark rooms back when they didnt use the right chemcials might have had an effect over the years. Which is somewhat scary because thats where he met mom. Really if one was to guess, it would have seemed more likely that his drinking or smoking (which he did both fairly heavily, but not abusively, it just gave him a very large beer belly, which im trying not to follow suit with) but it was something completly out of left field like brain cancer. On the one hand we did get a lot of time with him as he fought the disease but at the same time its very difficult to watch a love one slowly die, especially for me since i was away at school and when i woudl come home to see him he always was much worse than the time before. It was certainly a hard period, but i think one that really taught our family a lot and i think has taught me a lot.

Anarkistsdream · Post by **Anarkistsdream** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:40 pm

Are you close with your siblings and your mother?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:43 pm

Anarkistsdream wrote:Are you close with your siblings and your mother?

We are a pretty tightly knit family, though admittedly i probably am teh most detached of all of us. I think part of it has to be with being away, but as the oldest mom and dad always gave me the most independence. So i would say ive sort of gotten fairly use to being mostly my own type of person, but still theres a fairly strong connection between my family and i. Ive been very fortunate to have a wonderful family environment which has been very supportive, even after i shared that i had become an atheist, which was quite a shock to Andrea. They are great people and i love them a bunch. Im just sort of the wanderer type who comes and goes a bit more than most, but i still try and remember where im anchored to.

Aegnor · Post by **Aegnor** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:59 pm

You seem like an interesting individual Tonkaed. If you could change one thing (be it at your close surroundings or wolrd-wide) what would it be?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:52 pm

Aegnor wrote:You seem like an interesting individual Tonkaed. If you could change one thing (be it at your close surroundings or wolrd-wide) what would it be?

Thanks...

Well i think if i could change one thing off the bat i would probably try to end world hunger. If we assuming that i can wave my hand and have it done, then i would do that, but if we are being more practical then i would say i would hope to alter some of the issues regarding the way food is grown because some of these policies are directly related to why people are starving. I choose food because i think its one of the things we can realistically fight. Honestly in a world as technically advanced as ours, everyone should have clean water, food, and the ability to fight diseases like AIDS. Instead millions of people die because of things that should not be tolerated by a society as civilized as ours. Its just disappointing when you realize how much people have to fight for with so little, and material needs are things that we could certainly do better with.

If we assume that i have the power to really change whatever i wanted, then i would remove the profit motive (or change human nature so that profit motive didnt matter). Im certainly an idealist in i see the draw of socialism or communism but i realize that unless profit motive is changed that such dreams are quite possibly impossible. Our drive to consume is simply too strong. If i could miraclously change one thing that would fix probably nearly everything else, it would be our profit motive.

Aegnor · Post by **Aegnor** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:00 pm

You raise interesting and important issues there. Since it's your thread I don't want to turn it into an "improve our world debate", though I would just add that if it was in my powers I would drastically reduce the world population reproduction rate. Less people means more resources for everyone, which means less competition (which also relates to your profit theory), and eventually leads to a better life quality. Overpopulation is the bane of mankind.

And to continue this thread, I'll ask another question :

something lighter this time, what is your favorite choice of music?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:36 pm

debate is probably not a terrible thing....

The only practical difficult is, how do you tell people when and when they cant have kids. Bringing life into this world is the paramount goal for many people and its hard to figure out solutions in praxis to the problem, though it would probably relieve a large amount of strain on our resources.

I actually dont tend to be too huge into music (my car doesnt have a working radio and my computer lacks speakers) so i dont have too many chances to stay up on things. Really though anything with a positive message or with an upbeat type of vibe to it i could probably get behind. Too much violence or objectification and usually id rather pass. Im fairly open minded about my music tastes, theres a lot of good stuff out there.

heavycola · Post by **heavycola** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:36 pm

prolly been asked, but does your name have nything to do with the toy
trucks i had when i was a kid?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:38 pm

heavycola wrote:prolly been asked, but does your name have nything to do with the toy
trucks i had when i was a kid?

Though i did mess around a bit with some tonka trucks in my younger days (who hasnt) the name is actually referenced in the first response in the thread, basically its a remnant from a home poker game with my buddies.

ranck3 · Post by **ranck3** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:45 pm

y dont you have ava?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:47 pm

ranck3 wrote:y dont you have ava?

ha, well if i was one of my profs i would say its because im not an ideologist, which i would then counter by thats an ideology (which i suppose is how debates as to whether or not atheism is a religion get started) but if i want to be me (and i do) i would say i just really havent found anything that i think would be good for people to remember me as, and i havent looked for a good tonka truck lately so until i find something worth putting up there then maybe ill do it. Eventually though maybe ill just be known as that no avatar guy, which would be a pretty impressive feat.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:24 pm

figured id throw out a bump just to see if theres anything else really

snoman99991 · Post by **snoman99991** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:52 am

Hey I've got one. When someone asked if you get along with your family, why wasn't your brother mentioned?...

I see how it is = P

mr. incrediball · Post by **mr. incrediball** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:57 am

snoman99991 wrote:Hey I've got one. When someone asked if you get along with your family, why wasn't your brother mentioned?...

I see how it is = P

hey i've got a question. is snoman99991 your brother?

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:00 am

How long have you been a leftist? And what made you decide to be that?

snoman99991 · Post by **snoman99991** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:55 pm

Yeah lol, total thread resurrection, but it needed to be addressed. The bastard = P

suggs · Post by **suggs** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:55 pm

Fancy a game of chess, tonkaed?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:37 pm

snoman99991 wrote:Hey I've got one. When someone asked if you get along with your family, why wasn't your brother mentioned?...

I see how it is = P

holy thread bumps.....

i have no clue if i did or did not mention you.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:38 pm

mr. incrediball wrote:
snoman99991 wrote:Hey I've got one. When someone asked if you get along with your family, why wasn't your brother mentioned?...

I see how it is = P

hey i've got a question. is snoman99991 your brother?

he certainly is, hes pretty good as far as little brothers go.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:39 pm

Skittles! wrote:How long have you been a leftist? And what made you decide to be that?

i suppose i have officially been a leftist for about the last 4 years, coinciding ironically with very much of college. I think i held many stances that were probably more lean left before then, and the things that would have been more right of center, i was never as comfortable with.

suggs of course id play a game of chess, just tell me when and where.

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:52 pm

got tonkaed wrote:
mr. incrediball wrote:
snoman99991 wrote:Hey I've got one. When someone asked if you get along with your family, why wasn't your brother mentioned?...

I see how it is = P

hey i've got a question. is snoman99991 your brother?

he certainly is, hes pretty good as far as little brothers go.

Is that a compliment?

suggs · Post by **suggs** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:41 pm

got tonkaed wrote:
Skittles! wrote:

suggs of course id play a game of chess, just tell me when and where.

To be honest, I know nothing. I'm guessing there is some way of playing chess on line.
Or we could do it postal chess stylee, set up a board in our rooms, one or two moves a day.
The winter evenings will just fly by.

mandalorian2298 · Post by **mandalorian2298** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:09 pm

suggs wrote:
got tonkaed wrote:
Skittles! wrote:

suggs of course id play a game of chess, just tell me when and where.

To be honest, I know nothing. I'm guessing there is some way of playing chess on line.
Or we could do it postal chess stylee, set up a board in our rooms, one or two moves a day.
The winter evenings will just fly by.

Are you guys on Yahoo? We could play Yahoo Chess.

Also, since suggs thinks that I'm a racist he won't mind me taking the Whites. :twisted:

heavycola · Post by **heavycola** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:10 pm

suggs wrote:
got tonkaed wrote:
Skittles! wrote:

suggs of course id play a game of chess, just tell me when and where.

To be honest, I know nothing. I'm guessing there is some way of playing chess on line.
Or we could do it postal chess stylee, set up a board in our rooms, one or two moves a day.
The winter evenings will just fly by.

http://www.itsyourturn.com - it's like CC but with less swearing.

GT - which male and female movie characters would you most like to become carnally acquainted with?