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  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    "There's no point to anything if you're not at least aiming to be the greatest there ever was."


    That is a very naive thing to say. Well, once you get a dose of real-life it will be more like, "I don't need to be the best as long as I get paid."

  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    RE-ANIMATOR
    Chagen. There is no point to anything.
    That is a given.
    But so what?
    Isn't like something needs "a point" in order to be done. Just do shit for the hell of it. Do it for shits and giggles, as my brother likes to say. Do stuff for no reason in particular, or "just because".
    Else you'll just be sitting around doing a whole lotta nothing until you die... and if you're unlucky that could be a LONG time.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    Soti is right.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    So you're saying that only one of the over six billion people on this planet has a life worth living?
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    I WANT TO BE THE VERY BEST LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS.

    Sorry. Couldn't resist.

    But yeah Chagen, that's a pretty dumb thing to say.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    Why do you think I barely do anything? 

    Because I fucking suck at a majority of things. 

    "You can strive to be better without striving to be the best."

    There's no point to doing this, when you can strive to be greater than anyone else.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    There's no point to anything if you're not at least aiming to be the greatest there ever was.

    ... fun? Self-improvement? Understanding? The joy of it?
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "... fun? Self-improvement? Understanding? The joy of it?"

    There's no fun if you aren't at least trying to get better.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-07-18 11:19:17
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^^Chagen, I'm pretty sure you just called 6,775,235,699 people's lives pointless.

    ^Getting better =/=MUSTBETHEBESTSECONDPLACEISPOINTLESS.
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Better =/= best

    I will never be the best at anything I do. I'm okay with this, because if I want to be the best, I have to commit more time and effort than anyone else. Which means that I have to sacrifice a generally functional life. I'd rather be exceptionally good at something, or a few things, and live happily than be the best at one thing and not have any true living experience. 
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    Well, you are never going to be the best at anything. Ever. So you might as well not do anything, ever.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    The thing about trying to be the best at anything is that only one person can actually be the best.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "Well, you are never going to be the best at anything. Ever. So you might as well not do anything, ever."

    Why do you think I barely do anything IRL? 
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    That's a healthy attitude.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    Okay, well, I'm done trying to help. Chagen, you don't want advice or help, you just want to whine.
  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    RE-ANIMATOR
    @INUH ; ... Nobody's life is "worth living". Nobody's life is worth anything. "Worth" is meaningless...
    Ain't like we got a whole lotta choice though. The instinct to live is like a huge fuckoff dog tied to us that drags us all around whether we want to be dragged or not.
    And for those of us who can't cut it loose and let go... well, we try to make the most of it, and unfortunately some of us aren't much good at that either.


    @Chagen ... I suck at everything too. So I blather listlessly and hope that occasionally something I say might make sense. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day... unless it is a 24-hour stopped clock, in which case it is right once a day...
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    So...what, because you aren't the most perfect of the over six billion people on the planet, you see everything as pointless.

    Honestly, this sounds more like a lazy person coming up with an excuse to me.
  • ChagenChagen
    edited 2011-07-18 11:23:31
    [tɕagɛn]
    "So...what, because you aren't the most perfect of the over six billion people on the planet, you see everything as pointless.

    Honestly, this sounds more like a lazy person coming up with an excuse to me"

    No, that's actually a pretty good description of my philosophy.
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Well, it's a dumb philosophy. No other way to put it.
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    I was being sarcastic Chagen. That's a very bad way of thinking.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Well, it's a dumb philosophy. No other way to put it.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    I'm still alive.

    Albeit horribly depressed. And having had so many opportunities that I gave up on. But that just comes with everything else.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    whoah whoah whoah whoah whoah

    Can we like... not pile on Chagen? Or at least not phrase everything as insults?
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    I agree with INUH thinking it's an excuse to be lazy.

    Chagen, how come yesterday you were really sad because no one was giving you criticism on how to improve, and when people do that, you say "That won't work, I'll just give up."
  • MadassAlexMadassAlex
    edited 2011-07-18 11:26:25
    One foot in front of the other, every day.
    Albeit horribly depressed. 

    Yeah, we've all realised you're having a moment at this point. Get some antidepressants. Not a troll or an insult, they helped me. 
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    I'm going to be blunt here: that philosophy is one that will simply make any human being depressed.

    And for what? A subjective value judgment. No human being can become "the best" because that concept doesn't objectively exist.
  • SotiCotoSotiCoto
    edited 2011-07-18 11:28:27
    RE-ANIMATOR
    Well, I think it's cute that Chagen has some vague semblance of hope... even if he knows it is totally out of reach.

    I can't be sure if it is better or worse to believe there can even be a "best"...  or if it is all that different to knowing that existence consists entirely of being washed down a river of shit, bashing into every stone along the way until you die.


    Note: I'm not being sarcastic. I'm on Chagen's side here.
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "Chagen, how come yesterday you were really sad because no one was giving you criticism on how to improve, and when people do that, you say "That won't work, I'll just give up."

    Because I realized that fighting a losing battle has no point.
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    Letting your pride get in the way of your mental sanity and emotional well-being and frankly, your health, is pretty stupid. Especially when that proudness is futile.
  • SnappySnappy
    I want your hard, feathery cock, Bird Boy.
    It's not a "losing" battle. There is no way to LOSE through improve meant. You just get better.
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