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"I used to think I wanted to know everything. Now I know I don't." I'd be interested to know what caused the change, and what types of knowledge you'd prefer n
by michael_nielsen 18y ago
"I used to think I wanted to know everything. Now I know I don't."
I'd be interested to know what caused the change, and what types of knowledge you'd prefer not having.
- epi0Bauqu 18y ago"She wears a two way, but I'm not quite sure what that means." --Bowling for Soup
- astine 18y agoWhat it feels like to be disemboweled?
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoA friend of mine assures me that being stabbed in the chest feels like a solid punch, the kind that knocks the wind out of you. I'm glad to take his word for it.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoRead Paul Fussell's Wartime. Or Eugene Sledge's With the Old Breed - At Peleliu and Okinawa. Then you'll know why I'm happy to study war from my armchair, despite the fact that I'll never really know what combat is like. It's also good to not know what it feels like to be high on heroin or hooked on nicotine.
- pg 18y agoWith the Old Breed is a truly great book.
- mroman 18y agoI am WAY surprised to see that you have not only read it, but liked it . . . I agree that it is a great book . . . one of the Japanese tanks destroyed in combat is still on that very spot, with the crew's remains still inside it, at least according to an American veteran who went back for a visit a couple of years ago . . .