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Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:03 pm
by Spookymufu
I honestly dont understand people wanting to live forever, I'll do my 70 ish years and go away quietly....
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:05 pm
by Belladonna
Wayyy too many people living for wayyy too long!
I like the idea of living a really long life, but I don't want to be sucking resources.
Especially if I haven't got all my mental faculties.
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:09 pm
by NeverMore
Belladonna wrote:Especially if I haven't got all my mental faculties.
Spooky, you want to handle this one?
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:13 pm
by Belladonna
Oh man! I knew someone would say something!
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:31 pm
by MacPhantom
For me, it's not about trying to live forever. It's about not spending the years I am here living like this:
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:51 pm
by Spookymufu
NeverMore wrote:Spooky, you want to handle this one?
too easy.......
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:42 pm
by adrian
i want to live forever!!! and soak up as much as i can
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:01 am
by Andybev01
Gin, or vodka?
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:24 am
by adrian
neither for me (yuck) whiskey is my poison
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:39 am
by Murfreesboro
Anyone familiar with Swift's Struldbruggs (Gulliver's Travels, Book 3)? They embody the horror of eternal life.
I didn't follow that link, but I don't believe it, anyway. People may be able to extend their lives, but we won't be able to live forever. Also, I recall my biology prof years ago, who said that without death, there would be no birth, either. Imagine a planet full of thousand-year-old people and no babies, no children. Yuck.
Speaking of traditions, one of my favorites is the Angel Tree/Angel Gift. Now, that was new to me back in the early '90s, when I was still in my 30s. So that's a tradition that has been introduced into my life in my adulthood. But to me, it has become the most "Christmassy" part of Christmas. It seems to me to embody what Christmas is supposed to be about. And, yes, I'm sure it also demonstrates to me that it is indeed more blessed to give than to receive. I have often celebrated Christmas under straitened circumstances, but I have never, so far, been unable to give at least one of these anonymous presents. So I have been one of the fortunate ones.
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:04 am
by MacPhantom
Murfreesboro wrote:Speaking of traditions, one of my favorites is the Angel Tree/Angel Gift.
I've never heard of it.... What is it?
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:35 pm
by DemonSlayerMau
Guys, can we get back on the topic of tradition? I actually enjoy this topic, and I think we should start a new topic if we want to discuss living forever.
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:49 pm
by adrian
good luck... we all tend to get off topic for a spell
so have at it
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:39 pm
by MacPhantom
Re: TRADITION.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:46 pm
by Belladonna
Thanks for that, Mac! It has been forever since I've seen Fiddler.