I intended for it to be an obviously farcical comparison. Wordplay, if you will. The word lived is part of the 'punchline' that spending 18 hours somewhere is c

I intended for it to be an obviously farcical comparison. Wordplay, if you will. The word lived is part of the 'punchline' that spending 18 hours somewhere is comically different than 18 years, as you point out, even if it did feel like a lifetime...