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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet
I absolutely wouldn't want to know, unless it was fairly imminent. Anyway, I'm going to live till I'm at least 150, and I may decide not to die at all. On the basis of current trends, life will be amazingly good by the time I'm about 80, so I reckon I can't wait.
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Aside from the gas masks we'll all be breathing from.
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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet
Somebody said they thought that at 21, life couldn't get any better.
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At 21, I was pretty sure all time would stop when I reached about 28. I was also fairly certain those 7 years would actually take about 20 years to transpire.
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When I was 21, I knew life couldn't get any worse, and hey, I was absolutely right. Life was pretty crap back then, and stayed that way till I was about 27. Then it got better once a few people had f**ked off at last, and I got on with what I wanted to do, which was as little as possible.
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Dude, you totally don't post enough.
I think I still thought I could be a film actress @ 21. Why? Who knows? Denial? But you can see how if you wanted to be an actress, and you aren't, the rest of life could seem pretty meaningless.
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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet
I've always been dirt-poor, so I don't think that makes any difference really, but I'm sure that lots of money could only improve things - I think it was Dave Lee Roth that said "Anyone who thinks money can't buy you happiness isn't going to the right shops." Unwanted responsibility only comes if you don't plan against it.
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Thank you. People who say money can't buy happiness kind of piss me off. Okay, if you aren't happy, then you get some money, maybe you still won't be happy. But you will be kind of an ass, because if all your basic living needs are totally taken care of, why the hell aren't you happy? Stupid f*ck.
But if you are already pretty happy, except you never have enough f*cking money, and that is basically the only thing you aren't happy about,
then wouldn't money buy happiness? It only stands to reason.
The only thing I'll admit is that money can't buy love. Some people might not be happy without love, I'm not so much one of those people. Besides, if you have more money, chances increase greatly that you'll find somebody to love. You know, because of all of your world travels and activities and stuff that you can now pay for? Because of the cosmetic surgery you will have? Because of the confidence that comes with money?
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Originally Posted by bretonbanquet
Getting older will undoubtedly throw up some rubbish like aches and pains,
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Exactly, and that is the worst. I hate not being able to move around/play sports/whatever as much. I hate knee pain. I hate leg pain. I hate being slower than I was. It's great to be a good athlete, but that greatness just makes aging
more suck. Physical activity is my greatest joy.
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family members dropping off etc, but I feel much more able to live life than I was 10 years ago. Having said all that, I think this thread proves that our view of getting old and dying depends on the lives we've each led so far. I feel like I haven't even started yet.
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Yeah, I haven't started either, but maybe I never will....