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No need to get defensive. Can I help viewing things through the lens that I do? Is it really such a problem for me to express my views?

snapcaster 4y ago
The comment you're responding to didn't read to me as defensive, more just refuting your point. I think the idea that somehow he isn't really living is just a cope
- twixfel 4y ago
  The idea that every single very, very rich person is necessarily "living" is cope as well, albeit in the other direction.
  - snapcaster 4y ago
    Stop coping. Nobody claimed every single very rich person is necessarily living. Someone who is healthy, fit, rich and is doing whatever he is into at the time and your first thought is "maybe he's not happy" lol cope
    - blippitybleep 4y ago
      I’ve no doubt many billionaires are happy, but thinking you can outsmart the grim reaper is a tad sad. It doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are, we all have to learn to accept the inevitably of death. I learned to cope with death a long time ago, we all have to at some point.
    - twixfel 4y ago
      You're coping. It wasn't "my first thought". I read the whole article and came away thinking "pretty sad and strange man". You can't take it with you, and his solution is apparently to try and escape death. It's sad. I don't find many very very rich people sad, but I do find this one to be.
maksimur 4y ago
The comment you replied to doesn't look defensive to me. Many people view the world through their own perspective and don't understand that what they might feel like a drag or depressing is enjoyable (or not a big deal) for others. You should try to view things through other's perspective.
- blippitybleep 4y ago
  Everyone views the world through their own lens. We are individuals. Why would I express someone else’s view? Spending your life trying to outsmart the inevitability of death is a futile waste of a life. Money isn’t the issue, but it does afford one the ability to indulge delusions like immortality to a ludicrous degree.

snapcaster 4y ago

The comment you're responding to didn't read to me as defensive, more just refuting your point. I think the idea that somehow he isn't really living is just a cope

twixfel 4y ago
The idea that every single very, very rich person is necessarily "living" is cope as well, albeit in the other direction.
- snapcaster 4y ago
  Stop coping. Nobody claimed every single very rich person is necessarily living. Someone who is healthy, fit, rich and is doing whatever he is into at the time and your first thought is "maybe he's not happy" lol cope
  - blippitybleep 4y ago
    I’ve no doubt many billionaires are happy, but thinking you can outsmart the grim reaper is a tad sad. It doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are, we all have to learn to accept the inevitably of death. I learned to cope with death a long time ago, we all have to at some point.
  - twixfel 4y ago
    You're coping. It wasn't "my first thought". I read the whole article and came away thinking "pretty sad and strange man". You can't take it with you, and his solution is apparently to try and escape death. It's sad. I don't find many very very rich people sad, but I do find this one to be.

maksimur 4y ago

The comment you replied to doesn't look defensive to me. Many people view the world through their own perspective and don't understand that what they might feel like a drag or depressing is enjoyable (or not a big deal) for others. You should try to view things through other's perspective.

blippitybleep 4y ago
Everyone views the world through their own lens. We are individuals. Why would I express someone else’s view? Spending your life trying to outsmart the inevitability of death is a futile waste of a life. Money isn’t the issue, but it does afford one the ability to indulge delusions like immortality to a ludicrous degree.