Oppo, we are all going to die

"and 100 more" (nth256) 07/01/2015 at 12:43 • Filed to: None

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You will receive no epilogue, only an epitaph. You will not see the far-reaching fruits of your labors, you will not feel the ripples you’ve created in the timestream.

Death should not be feared, but should be met with a big grin and a full heart, knowing that you thoroughly earned an ending to your own life story.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

-Hunter S. Thompson

For Sweden > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 12:51

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Taking advice from Mr. Thompson seems like a bad idea.

and 100 more > For Sweden 07/01/2015 at 12:55

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Depends on what you think is bad, i guess.

Tohru > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 12:56

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Brian, The Life of > For Sweden 07/01/2015 at 13:00

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HST had more fun in life than most could fathom. He could have lived longer had he taken half the drugs and alcohol (and probably been no more sober) but I’m pretty sure he regretted nothing. Well, apart from maybe his relationship with Raul.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 13:04

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What the actual fuck am I reading, and why? Just why?

Like is there any reason for this morbid whatever?

For Sweden > Brian, The Life of 07/01/2015 at 13:05

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Well, he committed suicide, so it wasn’t THAT fun.

and 100 more > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 07/01/2015 at 13:12

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No! It’s not morbid, don’t fear it! We are culturally conditioned to believe that death = bad, as though Nature intends to eventually murder us all.

No, death is simply a process of Life. We should embrace it as something positive, and do so by celebrating our existence, our life. Get out of the office, experience some real shit, and share what you’ve learned so that we can all learn thru each others experiences.

and 100 more > Tohru 07/01/2015 at 13:12

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FUCK YES!

Steve in Manhattan > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 13:15

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So what you’re saying is, it’s like a passive-aggressive glass-half-full kinda thing?

Lekker > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 13:21

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So much this.

and 100 more > Steve in Manhattan 07/01/2015 at 13:23

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The sun will expand and envelope the inner planets of the solar system before collapsing in on itself and creating a nova. It will happen about 4 billion years from now. Everything you’ve ever loved and known will be erased from existence and become part of a star. It cannot be stopped. It cannot be avoided, at least not on an individual level. Even if we have the technology to escape Earth and colonize the universe by that point, we won’t even be “humans” anymore, as evolution will have created some other incredible form of life from our basic shapes. Should we worry about this today? Should we live in fear of the sun? No way! What a waste of precious time and energy!

What I’m saying is, death is gonna happen. So, given that knowledge, you can choose to fear it or embrace it. I suggest embracing it, and living accordingly.

You only get an hour in the bouncy house, so play hard, kiddo!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 13:25

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“Oppo, We are all going to die”

thanks for the reminder that I didn’t want.

and 100 more > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/01/2015 at 13:27

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It will be okay. :)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 13:29

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But murder is just as bad too! Well, I reckon that depends on the definition of murder, who is murdered, and who’s doing the murdering.

I don’t see what’s so happy and good about total blackness, and knowing that one day, everything you loved, cherished, all the memories you’ve gathered, everything you know won’t mean a damned thing or will just disappear and gone. There’s so much more to do, so much I want to do, some I may not ever get to do. I don’t want to die, ever. I wish I was a time lord, so I could just regenerate and start over as a new person, memories still intact. ;_;

I’m too young to be thinking this now...I don’t want to think about this now or ever.

and 100 more > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 07/01/2015 at 13:38

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No, murder is definitely bad. Life is precious, and to take that experience away from someone else is unfair.

I listen to a podcast called the Duncan Trussell Family Hour - its fucking awesome. His guest was telling a story about seeing a coyote crossing the road with a housecat in its mouth. That’s sad, right?

But as Duncan pointed out, sad for who ? That’s one happy coyote! He gets to eat and feed his cubs! Why should we always be on Team Housecat? That cat probably ate a lot of birds in its life; its just as much a murderer as the coyote.

But murder out of anger, or jealousy, or hatred... that’s wrong, no doubt.

I hear you about wanting to live forever. I wish we could, too. I guess what I’m saying is that wishing gets us nothing, so we might as well just learn to be happy with what we DO get, and do as many of those things you want to do, and harm as few people as possible in the process.

and 100 more > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 07/01/2015 at 13:39

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K-Roll-PorscheTamer > and 100 more 07/01/2015 at 13:57

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But if those many things you want to do require you getting the things you may not ever get and have to be stuck with what you have, ergo never truly getting to do what you want to do, then what?

And if wishing does nothing, why do we tell kids to wish for things. Is it wrong to flat out tell them it won’t ever happen and to simply deal with it?

Brian, The Life of > For Sweden 07/01/2015 at 14:09

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Because he was “thoroughly used up” and “totally worn out” and probably “lived” more than any 10 other people on the planet. He went as he lived, on his own terms. This was not a pathetic suicide by a depressed person; this was a “Welp, that was fun and now it kinda sucks because I’m sick so ... see ya!”

and 100 more > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 07/01/2015 at 14:16

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I dunno, I assume that I probably deal with my kids differently than other parents, and maybe I’m making some mistakes this way, but I don’t put a lot of emphasis on wishing. Right now, my kids know that I can probably procure for them whatever they want, and if i can’t then I’m honest about that. But the thing is, they need to earn it before I can go get it for them. Later on, I want to empower them to go get it themselves, whatever “it” is, because I want them to know that things are attainable, if you’re willing to apply the effort.

How that applies to you, i have no idea - it probably doesn’t. But I know what you mean. I’m not saying we should all be carefree and fuck consequences... but when it comes down to it, you might as well find ways to increase your happiness.

Why did you buy those Porsches anyway? To eventually be buried in a grave with them alongside you? No, you wanted to enjoy them! Does it take work? YES. Does it cause headaches? Judging by your posts, that’s a definite yes. But you got them to experience the joy of driving them, not the joy of crashing them (which i hope never happens to you!), nor the joy of watching them rust and leak inside a garage. Your life is a 911 - its here right now, and you’re inside it, so go enjoy it. Keep it on the right side of the road, of course; change the oil and kick the tires occasionaly, of course; but enjoy as much as you can, while you can.