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> Honestly, that sounds much more fun than living with a constant obsession over your own mortality. It sounds fun until it's not. The reality of how fragile w
by theli0nheart 7y ago
> Honestly, that sounds much more fun than living with a constant obsession over your own mortality.
It sounds fun until it's not. The reality of how fragile we are catches up to everyone, and living life like you're invincible just speeds up that process.
- digitalsushi 7y agoThere must be a happy medium if we consider there is another class of people who live very cautiously - avoiding the pleasures of food, spirits, the flesh, of danger and risk and reward, to live as long as possible, and ultimately implode in a sudden cacophony of regret and self pity. Split the difference, invite the neighbors over for cocktails once in a while.
- theli0nheart 7y agoWell, sure. There's a big difference between living life like nothing can stop you and having wine with the neighbors. Sidenote—a cacaphony is a discordant mixture of sounds—not sure if that's the word you meant to use above.
- saiya-jin 7y agoThere are properly dumb ways to 'live life to fullest' - driving too fast, especially on bikes. Destructive addictive drugs and doing stupid stuff on those (psychedelics are mostly not those). And probably thousands more. On the other side, there are those who make you feel amazing every time you do it, and the real risks are minimal. One example - sport climbing. Facing fear of one's death, while being safely belayed on rope that can hold 2 tonnes of static load. Overcoming that fear. Backpacking around the developing (but not so much) world, an extremely rewarding experience every single time. I would add tons of social activities with good friends to this. Such a life won't feel 'wasted' in any measurable way, while being almost as safe as sitting at home reading books (and probably better for your eyesight).