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Photo #5 shows a man writing "tried for pi" and I badly wanted to know what the ending was. Hilarious that it was "tried for piracey" (as shown in #9), given he is genuinely dressed as a pirate. Awesome overall idea, too.
Everyone has hopes and aspirations. What's troubling is realizing that you have an aspiration that you will never be able to fulfil. I want to fly a fully-loaded 777. I want to sleep with every member of my favorite all-female band. These things are never going to happen. Does that mean my life is a failure?
Right at the moment, I would love some sesame noodles. That's a desire. But the desire isn't particularly strong, and I'm not planning to do anything about it. I haven't in effect moved the item over from the 'random craving' box to the 'will expend effort on this' box.
Just based on the little you say, your airplane thing and getting to know that band better, sound more like random desires to me. (Which isn't to say that the desire isn't sometimes very strong.)
(There's a second question you bring up about whether a person's life is a failure if he or she doesn't fulfill aspirations. I don't think judging whole lives makes a lot of sense, myself, but it seems to be a popular sport.)
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That's what I was going to write.
Here's the problem I have with cryonics: in what future do they need to defrost people from the past for another other than freak show/historical novelty? There are so many problems the defrosted will have: * no skills for their new environment * no money * billions of warm-bodied, warm-blooded other humans already there * suffering from lonliness knowing everyone you've ever known is dead Unless the defrosting proce…
Photo #5 shows a man writing "tried for pi" and I badly wanted to know what the ending was. Hilarious that it was "tried for piracey" (as shown in #9), given he is genuinely dressed as a pirate. Awesome overall idea, too.
Pillaging. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=pillaging
Also: Shame on you HN. This person not only answered the question (in a way that they thought was truthful, oops, they were wrong), but linked to a definition of the word.
Now they're at -9 karma overall (their user). Anybody who downvoted this or the comment below it: you probably shouldn't ever complain about HN turning into reddit.
Hmm, great idea for a web project that can go viral real quick.
See what everybody posts to it: http://thingist.com/t/global/3207/
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Pillaging. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=pillaging
If it makes you feel better, that's what I thought it said too. Also: Shame on you HN. This person not only answered the question (in a way that they thought was truthful, oops, they were wrong), but linked to a definition of the word. Now they're at -9 karma overall (their user). Anybody who downvoted this or the comment below it: you probably shouldn't ever complain about HN turning into reddit.
"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."