I say a word and you tell me what you think.

In My Humble Opinion
1

I want to know how some people view the same abstract concepts. So I figured I’d make a list words and you could tell me the first thing that you think of. I don’t need a definition, just the first thing that comes to mind before you give the word serious thought.

The words are:
Morals
Capitalism
Game
Communism
Poor
Cecil Adams
Nice
God

2

Morals - Values
Capitalism - Free Market
Game - Amusement
Communism - Soviet Union
Poor - Not much money
Cecil Adams - Gray Beard
Nice - Polite
God - Omnipotent

3

These were the first things that popped into my head. Some of them pop there every time I hear the word; others popped just this time.

Morals - mushrooms (morels)
Capitalism - Ayn Rand
Game - two guys heading out to do something (“I’m game, let’s go”)
Communism - masses of Chinese people wearing conical hats
Poor - crazy homeless guy in the park
Cecil Adams - Ed
Nice - ice
God - old bearded white guy sitting on a big golden throne in the clouds

4

Morals Church
Capitalism United States
Game Jeopardy
Communism Lenin
Poor Me
Cecil Adams Who dat?
Nice My doctor
God Blank

5

Morals = good
Capitalism = okay in small doses
Game = husband (he loves to play them)
Communism = not workable
Poor = unhappy
Cecil Adams = I don’t like the name Cecil
Nice = bland
God = owes me a few explanations

6

Morals - Relativity
Capitalism - Wealth
Game - Monopoly
Communism - Dream
Poor - Neglected
Cecil Adams - Perfect
Nice - Duran Duran
God - Unicorn

7

Morals - good idea
Capitalism - double edged sword
Game - freecell
Communism - unfortunate experiment
Poor - charity
Cecil Adams - snark
Nice - banal
God - dang it.

8

The words are:
Morals - Eels
Capitalism - Opportunity
Game - Waste of time (Strange… I used to like them.)
Communism - Red
Poor - Sorrow
Cecil Adams - Real?
Nice - Lace
God - Uh oh… have I been good?

9

Morals - good
Capitalism - good
Game - pool
Communism - bad
Poor - sad
Cecil Adams - Ed Zotti
Nice - sunshine
God - maybe

10

The words are:

Morals - Guides
Capitalism - Meh. I like it better than the alternatives
Game - fun
Communism - Meh
Poor - Richard
Cecil Adams - sensei
Nice - ass
God - good

11

First things without thinking…
Morals - Church
Capitalism - USA
Game - Chess
Communism - Russia
Poor - White Trash
Cecil Adams - The Dope
Nice - Girls
God - Almighty

12

Morals - stories
Capitalism - Marilyn Mansun
Game - Fowl
Communism - Russia
Poor - Weak
Cecil Adams - Ed Zotti
Nice - Cream
God - Athena

13

Morals - Ethics
Capitalism - Free enterprise
Game - Baseball
Communism - Socialism
Poor - Rich
Cecil Adams - Know-it-all
Nice - Bad
God - Who knows?

14

Morals - ethics
Capitalism - commuunism
Game - fun
Communism - russia
Poor - uhappy
Cecil Adams - smart guy
Nice - Honesotly, the only thing that comes in my head when I read nice…is nice. :confused:

15

Morals rules, persecution
Capitalism money, image of a large building
Game roulette wheel
Communism red
Poor slum
Cecil Adams Lava Lite
Nice white lace
**God ** Huckster

16
  1. Ethics
  2. Money
  3. Chess
  4. Hammer and sickle on the old Soviet Union flag
  5. Homeless beggar wearing threadbare clothes
  6. Perfect Master
  7. Kind
  8. A picture I once saw in a book of Japanese folk tales. It showed a man wearing a long robe and soaring over a rice field and pagoda-like structure. Solid and yet somehow ethereal, literally and figuratively “above regualr people”.
17

Morals: middle class

Capitalism: good

Game: why play?

Communism: bad

Poor: scary

Cecil Adams: OCD

Nice: overused

God: I like Him.

18

Very sorry to hijack, but I must know how this one comes about.

19

I suspect it’s a reference to a line some athiests use that belief in God is like a belief in invisible pink unicorns.

20

Alright, I’ll play too:

Morals - Moral order
Capitalism - Unfair
Game - Parcheesi
Communism - Doesn’t work
Poor - Sucks
Cecil Adams - … (I tried. But in my mind he is a class unto himself.)
Nice - Sunny.
God - Society.