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I’ve been thinking something similar to this as I lost one of the closest people in my life a few weeks ago. People have been living and dying on this rock for

I’ve been thinking something similar to this as I lost one of the closest people in my life a few weeks ago. People have been living and dying on this rock for thousands of generations and no-one alive today remembers any of them. Even the most immensely successful people to have lived just a short while ago - all of the John Rockefellers and the Andrew Carnegies of the world - are remembered only insofar as their names adorn buildings today. I don’t think it would matter at all if my name was on a library after I’m gone. I’m not sure how it could. I’m trying to prioritise more (and better) time with my kids as it really is going by in a blink and while I’ve always understood this logically it’s really hit me like a freight train lately how none of it’s guaranteed. To be cheesy and quote Tony Stark: “No amount of money ever bought a second of time”.

nkjnlknlk 3y ago
Money does buy time? With money you don't have to sell your labour at exploitative rates.
- baal80spam 3y ago
  > Money does buy time? With money you don't have to sell your labour at exploitative rates. I am inclined to agree - with money you can afford healthier food which in theory should make your life longer
  - ROTMetro 3y ago
    Organic oatmeal costs $1 a pound. Add dirt cheap in bulk organic raisins, flax, walnuts, almonds, cinnamon, banana's and you have 1 meal, 2 of your fruit/veggie servings, tons of oils for like $1. Takes 3.5 minutes to make. Fishing/hunting is the cost of a license. You can fill your freezer in 1 trip. I eat healthy organic/gluten free for $25 a week and am overweight not starving.
    - daveguy 3y ago
      That doesn't sound healthy. I didn't see a single veggie in your list besides the word veggie.
      - mensetmanusman 3y ago
        The dead deer ate the veggies for them.
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ROTMetro 3y ago
One of these days will be the last time you pick your kids up in your arms, ever. And you won't know it when the event happens, only realize it has passed later.
mandmandam 3y ago
I'm glad someone here is grokking the message. Sorry for your loss. There's a lot of people here dismissing [caricatures of] the idea... But it's a vital truth. It has been expressed for thousands of years, by the world's greatest thinkers. And fwiw, Rockefeller and Carnegie can suck rocks. A little philanthropy doesn't outweigh decades of robber barony.

nkjnlknlk 3y ago

Money does buy time? With money you don't have to sell your labour at exploitative rates.

baal80spam 3y ago
> Money does buy time? With money you don't have to sell your labour at exploitative rates. I am inclined to agree - with money you can afford healthier food which in theory should make your life longer
- ROTMetro 3y ago
  Organic oatmeal costs $1 a pound. Add dirt cheap in bulk organic raisins, flax, walnuts, almonds, cinnamon, banana's and you have 1 meal, 2 of your fruit/veggie servings, tons of oils for like $1. Takes 3.5 minutes to make. Fishing/hunting is the cost of a license. You can fill your freezer in 1 trip. I eat healthy organic/gluten free for $25 a week and am overweight not starving.
  - daveguy 3y ago
    That doesn't sound healthy. I didn't see a single veggie in your list besides the word veggie.
    - mensetmanusman 3y ago
      The dead deer ate the veggies for them.
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ROTMetro 3y ago

One of these days will be the last time you pick your kids up in your arms, ever. And you won't know it when the event happens, only realize it has passed later.

mandmandam 3y ago

I'm glad someone here is grokking the message. Sorry for your loss. There's a lot of people here dismissing [caricatures of] the idea... But it's a vital truth. It has been expressed for thousands of years, by the world's greatest thinkers. And fwiw, Rockefeller and Carnegie can suck rocks. A little philanthropy doesn't outweigh decades of robber barony.