06-06-2003, 11:06 PM
Hail Nico,
I've had to sit and think about this one for a bit, but I think one thing you need to consider is different people have different ideas on what a life is. I shall start by your three points, more for humour than to actually address them in any way :D
1) I am almost transparent to look at: people not used to my appearance often think I am sick. It's not that I never go outside - I enjoy long walks (less than 5kms (3 miles for the Americans) and I've not even begun to warm up) - but I look like that anyways.
2) Anime girls are almost always: (a) underage, (B) wierd and/or violent, © have wierd-looking hair - the latter point is a common point for the style though, and not just the female protagonists. At any rate, I don't see why people get off on that: when I watch an anime, I watch it for the story, and sometimes the animation; it's hardly a turn-on! "Cor, check out the frames of animation in that one!" ;)
3) I am almost broke :( Darn it, why do I have to wait until NEXT week to get payed! Oh, and on the food one, Arabic food is excellent - especially the deserts :9
Anywho, to eventually get to my point, for different people, an life can mean different things. I believe I'd already told you that my opinion is that you are only truly living if you are enjoying life: how one enjoys it varies, so there is no rule beyond that. For some, the only way they can enjoy life is to effectively drop out of society, or form a sub-society through other medium (eg the Internet); others find it through contributing to the society they are already in.
If I prefer to use a trout while you prefer a salmon, does that make either of us better than the other? OK, I'll grant that was a poor joke, but it does follow my point: I think that things like fishing and golf are probably the most utterly boring past times people can have, while there are plenty out there who would disagree and say that my reading, composing, and other activities are the boring ones. In the same way, who are we to say that - for example - those kids playing FPS games every day after school are any worse than the kids who run off to kick the footie: if we break it down, both are playing with their mates.
Besides, if we were to be honest, we are all pathetic in our own ways: it is simply that few are prepared to acknowledge this before others - if they would admit it to themselves even!
I've had to sit and think about this one for a bit, but I think one thing you need to consider is different people have different ideas on what a life is. I shall start by your three points, more for humour than to actually address them in any way :D
1) I am almost transparent to look at: people not used to my appearance often think I am sick. It's not that I never go outside - I enjoy long walks (less than 5kms (3 miles for the Americans) and I've not even begun to warm up) - but I look like that anyways.
2) Anime girls are almost always: (a) underage, (B) wierd and/or violent, © have wierd-looking hair - the latter point is a common point for the style though, and not just the female protagonists. At any rate, I don't see why people get off on that: when I watch an anime, I watch it for the story, and sometimes the animation; it's hardly a turn-on! "Cor, check out the frames of animation in that one!" ;)
3) I am almost broke :( Darn it, why do I have to wait until NEXT week to get payed! Oh, and on the food one, Arabic food is excellent - especially the deserts :9
Anywho, to eventually get to my point, for different people, an life can mean different things. I believe I'd already told you that my opinion is that you are only truly living if you are enjoying life: how one enjoys it varies, so there is no rule beyond that. For some, the only way they can enjoy life is to effectively drop out of society, or form a sub-society through other medium (eg the Internet); others find it through contributing to the society they are already in.
If I prefer to use a trout while you prefer a salmon, does that make either of us better than the other? OK, I'll grant that was a poor joke, but it does follow my point: I think that things like fishing and golf are probably the most utterly boring past times people can have, while there are plenty out there who would disagree and say that my reading, composing, and other activities are the boring ones. In the same way, who are we to say that - for example - those kids playing FPS games every day after school are any worse than the kids who run off to kick the footie: if we break it down, both are playing with their mates.
Besides, if we were to be honest, we are all pathetic in our own ways: it is simply that few are prepared to acknowledge this before others - if they would admit it to themselves even!
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.