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I'll go a different route since I see the arbitrariness of everything, especially with the scope of time, but that scope is also what makes living until the end

I'll go a different route since I see the arbitrariness of everything, especially with the scope of time, but that scope is also what makes living until the end a more obvious choice. We have been dead for billions of years. We have no memory of concept of time or ourselves beyond our lives. Similarly, we will be dead for billions of years, almost certainly with no sense of self or concept of time. The tiny speck of time that is our human lives is so small it seems unimportant if not foolish to rush through it. If the default state for such a large percentage of time is no experience, any experience, even the ones that cause us to suffer, has such a novelty and quickness that surely you should just wait. --- I also like the song 'Any Major Dude' which is about just going to sleep because you'll feel differently the next day. If you look at things like suicide rates and coal fired stove availability in England[1], it's clear people rush to kill themselves who wouldn't have if they had to wait. 1:https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92319314 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=923193...

thqoeraway 3y ago
I think you made a slightly poor choice of words; I am waiting. I've done nothing but wait in a waiting place. Waiting in a chair, waiting for a sign. Waiting and wondering when it will be my time. Pitiable attempt at bad poetry aside, it is not as if my mother is bedridden with illness. Barring the unforeseen, another decade at minimum I think is reasonable. Who knows after that. Until then I am waiting. And doing nothing else but waiting.
- pwillia7 3y ago
  I hear you and I'm sorry -- That is just the tricks I use to fight the calls from the void. If you're just waiting -- I hope you at least find things you somewhat enjoy to pass the time. Escapism through books or video games or nature or whatever can make the waiting more bearable. In reality, I think we're all just waiting but most have found some way to distract themselves from that fact :) Thanks for the chat hope you find some kind of solace.

thqoeraway 3y ago

I think you made a slightly poor choice of words; I am waiting. I've done nothing but wait in a waiting place. Waiting in a chair, waiting for a sign. Waiting and wondering when it will be my time. Pitiable attempt at bad poetry aside, it is not as if my mother is bedridden with illness. Barring the unforeseen, another decade at minimum I think is reasonable. Who knows after that. Until then I am waiting. And doing nothing else but waiting.

pwillia7 3y ago
I hear you and I'm sorry -- That is just the tricks I use to fight the calls from the void. If you're just waiting -- I hope you at least find things you somewhat enjoy to pass the time. Escapism through books or video games or nature or whatever can make the waiting more bearable. In reality, I think we're all just waiting but most have found some way to distract themselves from that fact :) Thanks for the chat hope you find some kind of solace.