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We don't enjoy life 'despite' its one-shot-itis, we enjoy life MORE because of it. I'm sorry, but nothing I've seen out there bears this out. For the most par

by philk 16y ago

We don't enjoy life 'despite' its one-shot-itis, we enjoy life MORE because of it. I'm sorry, but nothing I've seen out there bears this out. For the most part, people get through their days by ignoring their mortality somehow. If this wasn't the case there would be nothing to explain the plethora of people out there working dead end jobs they hate, stuck in relationships they don't enjoy or telling people they have plans to do 'something else' at some unspecified point in the future. I know that's a remarkably pessimistic take on it, but really, look at your average person out there. If they were actively conscious of their mortality (and trying to make the most of their one shot) why would they be living the way they do, without trying to change something?

Shorel 16y ago
They are not conscious of their mortality because they have been denying it all their life. 'Your grand pa did not ceased to be, he just went to a better place' is the lie they tell to their children, and in a minor grade, to themselves. All those 'life after death', 'angels', 'ghosts', 'zombies' and reincarnation movies and TV programs also help accomplish that. Now, you are not being pessimistic, just stating a fact. However, whatever the most average person can think should not and does not affect the way I see life.