I don't think it's really "suicide" if you willingly consume lots of alcohol, sugars, and cholesterol because they genuinely taste good. So what if Hot Pockets have chopped off three decades of my life? They're SO DAMN GOOD!
Despite your eating/drinking habits, you might still grow old. Lots of anecdotes about people who smoke 2 packs a day & drink a fifth of rum a night & yet live to be 90.
If you happen to be in that group, do you think being old will rule or suck? Why?
I'm thinking suck. Regardless of my drinking/eating habits and exercise/workout habits, as you get older, your body starts to degenerate. You can't quite move like you used to. Your brain isn't always as sharp as it once was. You are more sensitive to your environment. Certainly, these things occur somewhat haphazardly, in different ways to different people, but they are more or less inevitable. And really, I'd just like to stay where I am, physically.
Although I do look forward to getting that Senior Citizen's discount card in a few years. ;-)
I'm definitely not looking forward to physical degeneration (& I'm doing what I can to stave that off for as long as possible).
But I do kinda look forward to some parts of being old. I'd sure like to be retired, for one thing. I'd also like to reach a point in my life where I can tell everyone what to do with the expectations they have for me.
I'd also like to reach a point in my life where I can tell everyone what to do with the expectations they have for me.
Dude, I thought that was last month. ;-)
I'll grant, retirement does sound nice, sitting around, not working, free to go off and do what you want with minimal obligation. Although with six weeks paid vacation, I do get a decent amount of that sort of thing. And it is tasty.
This reminds me. Maybe I should make a will, mostly because I want to use the phrase "When I die, you can eat my brain, and it will give you Power."
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Re: First person to say "suicide" gets a straitjacket.
Date: 2007-05-14 05:32 pm (UTC)Re: First person to say "suicide" gets a straitjacket.
Date: 2007-05-14 05:58 pm (UTC)If you happen to be in that group, do you think being old will rule or suck? Why?
Re: First person to say "suicide" gets a straitjacket.
Date: 2007-05-14 06:28 pm (UTC)Although I do look forward to getting that Senior Citizen's discount card in a few years. ;-)
Re: First person to say "suicide" gets a straitjacket.
Date: 2007-05-14 06:31 pm (UTC)But I do kinda look forward to some parts of being old. I'd sure like to be retired, for one thing. I'd also like to reach a point in my life where I can tell everyone what to do with the expectations they have for me.
Re: First person to say "suicide" gets a straitjacket.
Date: 2007-05-14 07:05 pm (UTC)Dude, I thought that was last month. ;-)
I'll grant, retirement does sound nice, sitting around, not working, free to go off and do what you want with minimal obligation. Although with six weeks paid vacation, I do get a decent amount of that sort of thing. And it is tasty.
This reminds me. Maybe I should make a will, mostly because I want to use the phrase "When I die, you can eat my brain, and it will give you Power."
Re: First person to say "suicide" gets a straitjacket.
Date: 2007-05-19 08:25 am (UTC)