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DagothGares
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posted March 25, 2010 06:09 PM |
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Proust's questionnaire
So yeah, the search function shows embarassingly little results of this guy.
Anyway, the questionnaire (which he didn't even create himself, but got named afte rhim anyway) is very interesting and I'd like to throw it in here, guys, so yeah... Knock yourselves out you magnificent monsters... (I am perfectly aware I'm leaving out 2 thirds. Just it's quite a lot and we may lose perspective if everyone would do it in one go) (it used to be this fad that people like, because it kind of allowed you to understand a person better):
1) What is your most marked characteristic?
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
4) What do you value most in your friends?
5) What is your principle defect?
6) What is your favourite occupation?
7) What is your dream of happiness?
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
9) What would you like to be?
10) In what country would you like to live?
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mvassilev
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posted March 25, 2010 07:21 PM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
"Reason, purpose, self-esteem."
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
"Reason, purpose, self-esteem."
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
"Reason, purpose, self-esteem."
4) What do you value most in your friends?
"Reason, purpose, self-esteem."
5) What is your principal defect?
I'm just far too awesome. 
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Arguing on the internet, especially with those I already agree with about 95% of things.
7) What is your dream of happiness?
I wake up in the morning next to my wife, who is a person of virtue and intelligence. She makes me breakfast while I go to HC, where TheDeath and Azagal have finally admitted that I was right about everything. I then receive a phone call that I have won yet another Nobel Prize, and tell my wife that she's starting to fall behind in that category, and she'd better try and catch up. I am then consulted by several world leaders as to how to conduct their economic policy. Then I go to the university where I teach (which is, of course, ranked #1 in the world), and continue to pass on my knowledge to the next generation. I return home and spend time with my friends, and we discuss events in literature, science, and humour, and reminisce about back in the day when religion was still around. Then I go to bed.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?The inability to reason, or to lack self-control.
9) What would you like to be?
A professor of economics.
10) In what country would you like to live?
The USA.
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blizzardboy
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posted March 25, 2010 07:27 PM |
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7) What is your dream of happiness?
I wake up in the morning next to my wife, who is a person of virtue and intelligence. She makes me breakfast while I go to HC, where TheDeath and Azagal have finally admitted that I was right about everything. I then receive a phone call that I have won yet another Nobel Prize, and tell my wife that she's starting to fall behind in that category, and she'd better try and catch up. I am then consulted by several world leaders as to how to conduct their economic policy. Then I go to the university where I teach (which is, of course, ranked #1 in the world), and continue to pass on my knowledge to the next generation. I return home and spend time with my friends, and we discuss events in literature, science, and humour, and reminisce about back in the day when religion was still around. Then I go to bed.
Hahaha, this was hilarious. 
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"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
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mvassilev
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posted March 25, 2010 07:28 PM |
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That part I'm completely serious about. That is the best of all possible worlds.
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blizzardboy
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posted March 25, 2010 07:30 PM |
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It's just funny how you answered the question so candidly.
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"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
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JoonasTo
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted March 25, 2010 08:31 PM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
Withrawed, at least to strangers. I tend to stay quiet and away from attetion if among people I don't feel natural among. But among known people in small groups it's quite the opposite. So withdrawal among strangers.
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
Dependability, what man says, holds, firmly.
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Character, it can be temper, it can be naivety. But no barbie dolls who are thirteen in a dozen. Something to make them a character themselves.
4) What do you value most in your friends?
Time, I can spend with them just chilling. The possibility to lay down my worries and just enjoy my time with them.
5) What is your principle defect?
Lazyness, which isn't the exact word for what I'm looking for. The way I evade work to ridiculous extents. There might be something I want but I can't be bothered to work for it.
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Pondering and reflecting on myself. Usually through someone else. I tend to take advantage of others in this regard. I draw them into insightful conversations about psychology and philosophy.
7) What is your dream of happiness?
Romantic life at a forest lake. This is actually pretty old one of mine. I've had it since I was 10 or so. Still seems really tempting. A small clearing at a lake shore. There is a creek coming from the forest that sets to the lake and continues on the other side. We have a small cottage. Small garden with a few trees, bushes, flowers and a field for some vegetables and potatoes. Pretty simple life. We don't actually work, no fixed schedule. It is fall. She is waving for me from the shore with her long dark hair and red dress swaying in the wind as I set out fishing in the rain. I know she'll be heating the sauna for me when I come back and we'll have a lovely evening. There will be a storm tonight. We'll bathe, enjoy the storm and rain and have dinner.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
Dull, monotonic life day to day where nothing changes. Being restrained to those same, lifeless chores day after day after day...
9) What would you like to be?
Dragon, a water dragon to be exact. Someone to be able to explore underwater world as easy as the one above and to be able to fly free as a bird too with senses unbelievable to those of human capabilities. It would be absolute life.
10) In what country would you like to live?
Finland, we have our problems but all in all things are pretty well here. We don't have major immigration problems, we have social security that works more or less, we don't have bad crime rates, no crisises, economy is alright, people get along, education works and the state is pretty honest. And you can't help the fact that I grew up here.
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Darkshadow
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posted March 25, 2010 08:40 PM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
Sociopathy
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
none
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
none
4) What do you value most in your friends?
none
5) What is your principle defect?
see 1)
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Poland
...erm...military
7) What is your dream of happiness?
Being dead
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
dunno.
9) What would you like to be?
Dead
10) In what country would you like to live?
Europe
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Keksimaton
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Talk to the hand
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posted March 25, 2010 08:54 PM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
Outstanding wit, great intellect and extreme modesty
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty and good will.
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
The world of womankind is strange and new to me. I need to study it further. For now I'll say: Honesty and good will.
4) What do you value most in your friends?
I don't have any friends.
5) What is your principle defect?
Sloth, arrogance and lack of devotion.
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Judging from what I do the most: Imaginary monologues, thinking, shifting the web and pacing back and forth.
7) What is your dream of happiness?
Love and peace in the lollipop fields of jelly fudge and happines.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
War.
9) What would you like to be?
Doctor of everything, TV persona, sexiest man alive, the Leonardo da Vinci of our time, king of cotton candy and the grand chancellor of gooma berries.
10) In what country would you like to live?
Finland seems like a cool place.
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blizzardboy
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posted March 25, 2010 10:41 PM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
Innovation
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
Power over yourself
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Power over yourself
4) What do you value most in your friends?
Fellowship
5) What is your principle defect?
Cowardice
6) What is your favorite occupation?
Creating
7) What is your dream of happiness?
Being the mayor of the last surviving community in a post-apocalyptic world.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
Dying in a fire
9) What would you like to be?
Editor-in-chief / Web Administrator / Author / Nonprofit head
10) In what country would you like to live?
Rivendell
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"Folks, I don't trust children. They're here to replace us."
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mamgaeater
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Shroud, Flying, Trample, Haste
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posted March 26, 2010 12:11 AM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
By marked do you mean most easily noticeable? if that its probably my solitude. I keep most things to myself.
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
honesty
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
honesty
4) What do you value most in your friends?
Honesty, i tend to like people who are honest... since i'm quite gullible.
5) What is your principle defect?
My solitude
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Sleeping
7) What is your dream of happiness?
To wake up one morning and realize i could fly.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
Falling into a body of water... i can't stand the ocean. The last time i was on a boat i never strayed far from the center of the boat.
And even playing video games i have trouble jumping into water.
9) What would you like to be?
A creator.
10) In what country would you like to live?
I've never thought of this before...
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Fauch
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posted March 26, 2010 03:21 AM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
anarchist (not in the sense of bringing chaos, but in the sense of abolishing rules)
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
open-mindedness
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
open-mindedness
4) What do you value most in your friends?
I have no friends 
5) What is your principle defect?
too ambitious?
6) What is your favourite occupation?
reading a lot and debating on internet
7) What is your dream of happiness?
a girl to who I can give much love, and a world ruled by love and not egoism
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
living the pathetic, unexciting life that most people live. that is to say, spending 8h per day doing a work you can't stand, and when you come back home, you and your wife are too tired to do anything. not counting that the only subject of discussion with your friends would be your dissatisfaction at work and how political men don't care about us.
9) What would you like to be?
10) In what country would you like to live?
tibet maybe
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watcher83
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posted March 26, 2010 07:03 AM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
adaptability
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
balance
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
balance
4) What do you value most in your friends?
loyalty
5) What is your principle defect?
I'm lazy
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Doing nothing for a lot of money 
7) What is your dream of happiness?
Besides good health, and a nice sentimental life - Doing nothing for a lot of money
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
the negation of the above
9) What would you like to be?
wildlife researcher
10) In what country would you like to live?
I've got used to my country by now, but I've always liked New Zeeland.
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Lexxan
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posted March 26, 2010 12:02 PM |
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Edited by Lexxan at 12:04, 26 Mar 2010.
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
Individuality
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
Humor
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Humor
4) What do you value most in your friends?
Loyalty
5) What is your principle defect?
Laziness
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Seeking and finding pleasure
7) What is your dream of happiness?
Move to the United States, Settle in L.A., become a Bartender, get recruited into Survivor, win $1.000.000, Move to Florida and spend my time drinking coctails, walking around (particularly on the beach or in Disneyworld), blogging and attending Survivor Parties, get back on Survivor: All Stars 3, win again, befriend Sandra Diaz-Twine, Jonathan Penner and Colby Donaldson, travel around the world, meet and befriend the HCians, and retire on my 27th birthday.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
Being bossed around by others and lacking the ability to do whatever I want.
9) What would you like to be?
Whatever pleases me
10) In what country would you like to live?
I don't really care - but If I have to choose, USA.
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Coincidence? I think not!!!!
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Xerox
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posted March 26, 2010 09:31 PM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
Reserved.
I usually have a lot of thoughts and opinions and I always think about a million things but I don't really share them IRL. I'm very opposite of what Xerox is IRL (which to me, is very interesting psychologically). However, when I do express my opinions etc then it can go on forever.
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
I don't know. I see men and women equally in a wast, wast amount of aspects. Every single human is different.
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
See above.
4) What do you value most in your friends?
Patience. That they even bother to talk to me in school.
5) What is your principle defect?
Lazyness. I'm incredibly lazy. I have started so many projects and works and then got bored and quit. The progress on my book goes so slow and I just say to myself every week "Ah, I will start writing some on it next week". Can't bother to do much, sometimes i'm to lazy to go to school thinking that I don't need to go to school 5 times a week. I'm not online on Skype during the early day because i'm to lazy to go and be social with them.
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Sleeping. I love it. Like being dead. You don't need to think so much, you just float around in your own world. I get very creative while sleeping but I should sleep a lot more. I sleep 5-6 hours when I should sleep atleast 8 hours a day.
7) What is your dream of happiness?
Love. I want to be loved and appreciated and live in harmony without needing to think and worry about things all the time. It's such a hellish society we live in. We eat, sleep and work... Life sucks. Atleast other animals are more driven by insticts than us.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortunes?
Loss. My near family is all I have. If they would die I would defintly not have the will to live anymore and suicide. Without them I would have nothing and be incredibly lonely. If my mother would die then that would be a huge loss for me and it's possible I would kill myself then.
9) What would you like to be?
Loved, Appreciated and Popular. I see intelligence as a curse. I would rather be a stupid generic blonde girl that enjoys life then an intelligent person trying to find the meaning of it (which I believe is to reproduce due to evolution).
10) In what country would you like to live?
Sweden. I like the country I live in even though it sucks sometimes. I don't really see much flaws in living here. Most people can go on vacation once a year etc and I have all my family in Sweden but if I get rich in the future then I will probably get a summer house on some Greek isle. xD
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Over himself, over his own
body and
mind, the individual is
sovereign.
- John Stuart Mill
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baklava
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posted March 28, 2010 12:38 PM |
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6) What is your favourite occupation?
Poland
I smiled widely, on the verge of loling.
+10 points for Darks
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"Let me tell you what the blues
is. When you ain't got no
money,
you got the blues."
Howlin Wolf
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Mytical
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Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted March 28, 2010 01:05 PM |
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1) What is your most marked characteristic?
Open-Mindedness.
2) What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty
3) What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Honesty
4) What do you value most in your friends?
Honesty
5) What is your principle defect?
Thinking with my heart, not my head.
6) What is your favourite occupation?
Roleplaying games
7) What is your dream of happiness?
To live in a world where our differences makes us stronger, not hate each other.
8) What, to your mind, would be the greatest misfortune?
To lose a loved one because I did not do something when I COULD have.
9) What would you like to be?
Respected.
10) In what country would you like to live?
United states, because most other countries would prejudge me .
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