Confessions

[Manic Impressive]

Is a game popular in the 19th century and pretty much the same as a few threads on here. It was one of the favourite games of Marx's daughters so I thought it would be interesting to use the same questions as they did.

Your favourite virtue?
Your favourite Virtue in man?
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Your chief characteristic?
Your Idea of happiness?
Your idea of misery?
The vice you excuse the most?
The vice you detest the most?
Your aversion?
Favourite occupation?
Favourite poet?
Favourite prose-writer?
Favourite hero?
Favourite heroin?
Favourite flower?
Favourite colour?
Favourite name?
Favourite dish?
Favourite maxim?
Favourite motto?

[Widerstand]

Your favourite Virtue in man?
Your favourite virtue in woman?

Sexism! Gender Stereotypes! Patriarchy! DYING BABIES, KITTENS AND PUPPIES!

Also why do I care what Marx' Daughter did? Is this some sort of revolutionary blood line?

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Its just a game.

[Widerstand]

While my comment wasn't very serious, saying "it's just a game" is gross. I see no reason to make distinctions between sexes when it comes to "virtues."

[ed miliband]

Favourite heroin?

lol...

[Manic Impressive]

Yeah I know what you mean I'm just copying the questions as they are written. These questions were asked to Marx by his daughters, I thought I'd let a few people do theirs before I posted his answers as I'm finding it extremely hard not to copy them while doing my own.
For the favourite virtue in men/women questions I'm taking it as what do you find the most attractive quality in men/women?

or if you really object then don't answer them

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

While my comment wasn't very serious, saying "it's just a game" is gross. I see no reason to make distinctions between sexes when it comes to "virtues."
Fair enough, I agree really.

[Manic Impressive]

Here's mine

Your favourite virtue?
Passion
Your favourite virtue in man?
bullshit (I don't mean lies I mean the ability to talk nonsense)
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Intelligence
Your chief characteristic?
resourceful
Your Idea of happiness?
tranquillity within chaos
Your idea of misery?
Servility (ok I copied one of Marx's answers)
The vice you excuse the most?
Ignorance
The vice you detest the most?
Stubbornness
Your aversion?
the bourgeoisie
Favourite occupation?
Drinking
Favourite poet?
Boots Riley
Favourite prose-writer?
George Orwell
Favourite hero?
Rocky Balboa :p(except for Rocky 4)
Favourite heroin?
Mindy McCready/Hit-girl (kickass)
Favourite flower?
Rose
Favourite colour?
Red
Favourite name?
Jason, Eleanor
Favourite dish?
Pizza
Favourite maxim?
dum spiro spero
(while I breathe I hope)
Favourite motto?
If you tremble indignation at every injustice you are truly a comrade of mine.

[Apoi_Viitor]

Your favourite virtue?
Humor
Your favourite Virtue in man?
Honesty
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Benevolence
Your chief characteristic?
Being skinny
Your Idea of happiness?
Material Well-Being
Your idea of misery?
Extreme Poberty
The vice you excuse the most?
Lust
The vice you detest the most?
Avarice
Your aversion?
Discipline
Favourite occupation?
None.
Favourite poet?
George Bacovia
Favourite prose-writer?
Sartre
Favourite hero?
Salvador Allende
Favourite heroin?
Helen Keller
Favourite flower?
Rose
Favourite colour?
Grey
Favourite name?
Vladimir
Favourite dish?
Yogurt!
Favourite maxim?
The more abstract the truth you want to teach the more you must seduce the senses to it.
Favourite motto?
¡Ya basta!

[Tower of Bebel]

Your favourite virtue?
Patience
Your favourite Virtue in man?
Humor
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Extraversion
Your chief characteristic?
Tolerance
Your Idea of happiness?
Having a varied experience and lifestyle
Your idea of misery?
Cowardice
The vice you excuse the most?
Procrastination
The vice you detest the most?
Laziness
Your aversion?
amstemious people
Favourite occupation?
sports
Favourite poet?
none
Favourite prose-writer?
McDonald
Favourite hero?
none
Favourite heroin?
none
Favourite flower?
Daisy
Favourite colour?
Green
Favourite name?
Evi (i:vi) (Dutch/German)
Favourite dish?
cauliflower
Favourite maxim?
The only real difference between someone stupid and someone intelligent lies in the fact that intelligent people (can) learn from the stupid while the stupid can't learn anything at all.
Favourite motto?
(To) lead by example Educate, organise, agitate
Struggle, solidarity, socialism

[Tower of Bebel]

While my comment wasn't very serious, saying "it's just a game" is gross. I see no reason to make distinctions between sexes when it comes to "virtues."
Virtues, in this case, are to be perceived by the observer. For example, I like women who are sarcastic. This doesn't say anything about women in general because not every woman is (often) sarcastic. I just happen to like it when one does give sarcastic comments.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Somebody read the Francis Wheen biography I presume. :)

[ZeroNowhere]

Your favourite virtue? Unpretentiousness.
Your favourite Virtue in man? Weakness.
Your favourite virtue in woman? Strength.
Your chief characteristic? Curiosity.
Your Idea of happiness? Questioning.
Your idea of misery? Submission.
The vice you excuse the most? Ignorance.
The vice you detest the most? Servility.
Your aversion? Intellectual laziness, T.S. Eliot.
Favourite occupation? Writing.
Favourite poet? Clark Ashton Smith, Shakespeare or Shelley.
Favourite prose-writer? Non-fiction: Marx. Fiction: Lord Dunsany.
Favourite hero? Socrates.
Favourite heroine? Alexandra Kollontai.
Favourite flower? Daphne.
Favourite colour? Red.
Favourite name? Lirazel.
Favourite dish? Fish.
Favourite maxim? "The program of Revolution is Revolution."
Favourite motto? "Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity."

[Manic Impressive]

Somebody read the Francis Wheen biography I presume. :)
Yeah good book I was reminded of this when I was looking up the joke for the philosophy thread :)

But I think ZeroNowhere has read it too or he is the reincarnation of Marx :D



Your favourite virtue?
Simplicity
Your favourite Virtue in man?
Strength
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Weakness
Your chief characteristic?
Singleness of purpose
Your Idea of happiness?
To Fight
Your idea of misery?
Submission
The vice you excuse the most?
Gullibility
The vice you detest the most?
Servility.
Your aversion?
Martin Tupper (popular Victorian author)
Favourite occupation?
Book worming
Favourite poet?
Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Goethe
Favourite prose-writer?
Diderot
Favourite hero?
Spartacus, Kepler
Favourite heroine?
Gretchen
Favourite flower?
Daphne.
Favourite colour?
Red.
Favourite name?
Laura, Jenny
Favourite dish?
Fish.
Favourite maxim?
Nihil humani a me alienum puto (nothing human is alien to me)
Favourite motto?
De omnibus dubitandum (Everything should be doubted

[Il Medico]

Your favourite virtue?
Intelligence.
Your favourite Virtue in man?
Wit.
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Wit.
Your chief characteristic?
Hmmm.... well, either Witty, Empathic, or laid back I'd say. Pick one.
Your Idea of happiness?
Good Food, Good Wine, and Good Friends.
Your idea of misery?
Being stuck in one place, doing one thing.
The vice you excuse the most?
Sex and drug use probably.
The vice you detest the most?
Intellectual laziness. (Think for yourselves dammit!)
Your aversion?
My own stupidity.
Favourite occupation?
Life
Favourite poet?
Byron or Shelly, though Baudelaire is growing on me.
Favourite prose-writer?
Hemingway
Favourite hero?
Foot long Italian
Favourite heroin?
Don't touch the stuff.
Favourite flower?
White Roses
Favourite colour?
Blue
Favourite name?
Harper, Jack
Favourite dish?
Calamari with Ziti
Favourite maxim?
"It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand as a sheep."
Favourite motto?
"It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that that unfortunate individual called man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in gathering a few roses among life’s thorns."

(Though I'm sure Sade's idea of pleasures are slightly different from mine :lol:)

[TC]

While my comment wasn't very serious, saying "it's just a game" is gross. I see no reason to make distinctions between sexes when it comes to "virtues."


I agree, and you're right to point it out - the notion that some virtues are more preferable in men than women and vice versa is plain sexism. As is the notion that some virtues are masculine and some are feminine.



Also why do I care what Marx' Daughter did? Is this some sort of revolutionary blood line?

Well Eleanor Marx was a significant socialist writer and activist in her own right and "Jennychen" Marx and Laura Marx were somewhat notable activists so interest in them is understandable. (similarly Raul Castro's wife and daughter are/were significant public figures, Fidel Castro's wifes and children are not.)

[scarletghoul]

Most people are more sexually attracted to people of a certain gender, and therefore will prefer different 'virtues' in them

[gorillafuck]

Yeah I thought it meant like what are your favorite virtues as far as a partner goes for the gender that you're sexually attracted to (unless you're bisexual, but even a lot of bisexual people prefer one over another). I might be wrong though.

[KC]

Favourite maxim?

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[Ele'ill]

Your favourite virtue?
Respectful honesty
Your chief characteristic?
Of me? Self-amused sarcasm
Your Idea of happiness?
Living with friends
Your idea of misery?
Self-aware mental disconnect
The vice you excuse the most?
Procrastination
The vice you detest the most?
Procrastination
Your aversion?
Social situations where I don't know anybody in a large group
Favourite occupation?
Writing
Favourite poet?
I like poems not poets
Favourite prose-writer?
Stephen King, George R.R. Martin
Favourite hero?
Those that make it one more day
Favourite flower?
Lonicera
Favourite motto?
Nothing to it but to do it.

[synthesis]

Favourite heroin?

Simply Orange juice.

Oh, you meant "heroine"?

[Manic Impressive]

I can't even spell a word right when I'm copying it from a book, all hope for me is lost:D

[Catmatic Leftist]

Your favourite virtue?
Compassion
Your favourite Virtue in man?
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Good listener
Your chief characteristic?
Good listener
Your Idea of happiness?
A room of people who are "all ears"
Your idea of misery?
Enforced Hierarchy
The vice you excuse the most?
Decadence
The vice you detest the most?
Servility
Your aversion?
Realizing that some people just don't like change
Favourite occupation?
Psychological Counselor
Favourite poet?
Percy Shelley
Favourite prose-writer?
George Orwell
Favourite hero?
Winston Smith
Favourite heroine?
Helen Keller
Favourite flower?
Orchid
Favourite colour?
Blue
Favourite name?
Matt, Nikki
Favourite dish?
Anything that's edible and keeps me alive
Favourite maxim?
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
--Frederick Douglass
Favourite motto?
To protect the world from devastation!
To unite all peoples within our nation!
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie!
James!
Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Meowth! That's right!
;)

[Political_Chucky]

Your favourite virtue? Honesty
Your favourite Virtue in man? Cock
Your favourite virtue in woman? Boobs
Your chief characteristic? Sarcastic
Your Idea of happiness? Being free, exploring the world. Also finding a smart, intelligent, sexy, woman;)
Your idea of misery? Living alone in the world.
The vice you excuse the most? Smoking
The vice you detest the most? Greed
Your aversion? Cleaniness
Favourite occupation? Broadcasting
Favourite poet? Oscar Wilde
Favourite prose-writer? ??? I have no idea
Favourite hero? Che Guevara (or Spiderman)
Favourite heroin? The one that makes you feel good
Favourite flower? I have a strange obsession with babies breath.
Favourite colour? Red(or black) since birth;)
Favourite name? hmm... I like Emma
Favourite dish? BBQ Ribs :)
Favourite maxim? Comes around, goes around.
Favourite motto? Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge is a pleasure- Tacitus

[Apoi_Viitor]

your aversion? t.s. Eliot.

why?

[Panda Tse Tung]

I'm bored so here:

Your favourite virtue?
humor
Your favourite Virtue in man?
Your favourite virtue in woman?
Honesty
Your chief characteristic?
Uhm... i say wharever pops to my mind. Idk if it's chief, but it's the only thing i can think off this fast.
Your Idea of happiness?
Security (oddly enough), with that i mean having no or little worries.
Your idea of misery?
Insecurity (see above)
The vice you excuse the most?
Ignorance
The vice you detest the most?
Willing ignorance
Your aversion?
My lazyness
Favourite occupation?
Carpenter, i did it once it was fun.
Favourite poet?
Favourite prose-writer?
None
Favourite hero?
Thomas Sankara (not the user)
Favourite heroin?
Jean D'arce (i know she's not ideological but what she did was pretty fucking awesome)
Favourite flower?
Tullip
Favourite colour?
Green
Favourite name?
Ellie (Dutch name)
Favourite dish?
Macaroni
Favourite maxim?
"Common sense is not so common"
Favourite motto?
"We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view."

[Il Medico]

why?
I'm guessing bad taste in poetry. :p