A few rules about life.

[Irridium]

I'd like to add my own:

Never cook bacon without a shirt on.

 

[Judgement101]

I have 1 rule to life. Shit can and will happen, just deal with it.

 

[WeOwnTheSky]

I'd like to add my own:

Never cook bacon without a shirt on.

Mmmmmmm bacon.

 

[Mosesj]

I got one rule that is pretty true.

There will always be somebody who hates you for no reason.

 

[Da Joz]

Don't stick your willy where it doesn't belong. (someone elses spouse, light sockets, etc.)

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

pretty good list, but i partially disagree with rule #1, because 75% of the huge f***-ups in my life are a direct result of me overthinking something. i understand the sentiment of that rule, and (obviously) i tend to apply it in my life, but there does come a time when you DO need to stop thinking and just go with it or accept it or whatever action (or inaction) the situation requires.

 

[Pandaman1911]

-snip-

Because out of seven billion people there is only one Pandaman1911.

There are tons of ways in which people can be similar; this is part of how we make friends. But each person is different in some way or another.

That's... somewhat true, I suppose. I am unique enough in a sense. But my global impact is essentially nil. I'm a grain of sand on the beach, if you get my drift. Just one of many. While I may be unique, my uniqueness is dulled a little by the sheer number of others.

 

[Jedoro]

Never act without a reason.

You can always find a reason to act.

Everything in moderation, even moderation.

 

[The Heik]

But I agree on... some of them... kind of. I disagree that we're all unique. There's almost seven billion more of me, how the hell does that make me unique?

Because not a single one of them is in the exact same place, doing the exact same thing, whilst being the exact same person. Sure we may all be 99.9998% the same, but then again, we have 98% similarity with chimps. that little 2% means a whole damn lot.

And further food for thought. You may only be one person out of 7 billion, on 1 planet of 8, orbiting 1 star out of 400 million in 1 galaxy of trillions, and you know what?

You matter.

If you didn't exist, this universe wouldn't exist either. This is your universe, and even your most minuscule action can potentially shatter the cosmos.

Those are my personal favourite rules of life.

1) you are unique
2) you are important

And don't let anyone tell you different

 

[Pandaman1911]

-snip-

Because out of seven billion people there is only one Pandaman1911.

There are tons of ways in which people can be similar; this is part of how we make friends. But each person is different in some way or another.

That's... somewhat true, I suppose. I am unique enough in a sense. But my global impact is essentially nil. I'm a grain of sand on the beach, if you get my drift. Just one of many. While I may be unique, my uniqueness is dulled a little by the sheer number of others.

Bill Gates is one of seven billion. So is Steve Jobs, so is Ken Levine, so is Roger Ebert, so is that fat guy from Valve, oh what's-his-(big)-face? Oh yeah, Gabe! (I just delayed HL2E3 for another day and brought the Steampocalypse closer to fruition, didn't I?). Silliness aside, my point is that all of those people have brought something to the world. If you want to be a name, then you can be. Put yourself down about being a grain of sand in a long beach, go ahead, but all you'll do then is hurt yourself.

I do believe I can reply in the form of a question... one put to us by the great thinker and Collaborator Dr. Wallace Breen.
"Are all the accomplishments of humanity fated to be nothing more than a layer of broken plastic shards thinly strewn across a fossil bed, sandwiched between the Burgess shale and an eon's worth of mud?"
And I answer said question- yes, they are. No matter who we are, what we do, or how we do it, it all amounts to cosmologically nil. Not fun to think about, but hey, it gives one a hell of a lot of perspective! Definitely gives one humility...

 

[Kortney]

If everyone was a hypocrite we wouldn't single out hypocrisy as a behaviour... It'd be normal.

There are plenty of things we, as a society, single out and critise despite it being relatively normal. Sex, drugs, risk tasking, pleasure seeking and sinning are all examples.

Everyone is a hypocrite in some manner. Some are just more hypocritical than others.

 

[Pandaman1911]

No. No, human accomplishments are fated to live until we, as a species, disappear. We have learned languages, invented the wheel, written countless books, found out what the world is made of, sent men into space and onto the moon, developed machines that can process information very fast.

Humanity has done more than you're attributing to it. Humility is never, and has never been, a bad thing. It's great to have some humility - that makes one less of a prick. But long-lasting accomplishments do exist.

"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
I know it's not a bad thing, I'm just saying, we're not going to amount to fluff in the grand scheme of things. However long from now, probably sometime in the near future, there's going to be a bit of a... disaster. One that wipes the grand majority of us off the map. We're overdue for a mass extinction, and I don't think we're going to make it. And all our accomplishments will look nice and pretty until Mother Nature reduces them to naught but ash.

CHRIST I'm depressing myself! BRB, gonna go sledding.

 

[Pandaman1911]

But I agree on... some of them... kind of. I disagree that we're all unique. There's almost seven billion more of me, how the hell does that make me unique?

Because not a single one of them is in the exact same place, doing the exact same thing, whilst being the exact same person. Sure we may all be 99.9998% the same, but then again, we have 98% similarity with chimps. that little 2% means a whole damn lot.

And further food for thought. You may only be one person out of 7 billion, on 1 planet of 8, orbiting 1 star out of 400 million in 1 galaxy of trillions, and you know what?

You matter.

If you didn't exist, this universe wouldn't exist either. This is your universe, and even your most minuscule action can potentially shatter the cosmos.

Those are my personal favourite rules of life.

1) you are unique
2) you are important

And don't let anyone tell you different

I really don't think so. I could get turned into a red smear on the road by a bus tomorrow, and it wouldn't make a damned bit of difference in the end. I appreciate your optimism and respect your opinion, but I'm inclined to disagree on that one.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Tree number one: The Larch
Rule number two: No pooftahs
Rule number three: There is no rule number three

and also:

pretty good list, but i partially disagree with rule #1, because 75% of the huge f***-ups in my life are a direct result of me overthinking something. i understand the sentiment of that rule, and (obviously) i tend to apply it in my life, but there does come a time when you DO need to stop thinking and just go with it or accept it or whatever action (or inaction) the situation requires.

 

[The Heik]

But I agree on... some of them... kind of. I disagree that we're all unique. There's almost seven billion more of me, how the hell does that make me unique?

Because not a single one of them is in the exact same place, doing the exact same thing, whilst being the exact same person. Sure we may all be 99.9998% the same, but then again, we have 98% similarity with chimps. that little 2% means a whole damn lot.

And further food for thought. You may only be one person out of 7 billion, on 1 planet of 8, orbiting 1 star out of 400 million in 1 galaxy of trillions, and you know what?

You matter.

If you didn't exist, this universe wouldn't exist either. This is your universe, and even your most minuscule action can potentially shatter the cosmos.

Those are my personal favourite rules of life.

1) you are unique
2) you are important

And don't let anyone tell you different

I really don't think so. I could get turned into a red smear on the road by a bus tomorrow, and it wouldn't make a damned bit of difference in the end. I appreciate your optimism and respect your opinion, but I'm inclined to disagree on that one.

It's not that your direct actions will shape the cosmos, but rather the effects from your actions. If you were to get hit by a bus, the driver may try to repent, which may cause them to save a life, and that life saved might go on to invent a cure or create world peace. It's a long shot to be sure, but then again, all life on earth originally came form a few microscopic single-cell organisms, and that's some ridiculously big odds.

It's the pebble dropped into the pond. at first, you may not affect a lot. But eventually, you will affect each and every last atom in the universe.

You might grow old and die. Everything you own and everyone you know may rot and fall away. But your actions will always matter, because they are permanent. They cannot be removed from the face of the universe, and if they did, the universe as we know it would cease to exist.

This is not optimism my friend. This is cold, hard, fact.

 

[Dango]

I always kinda liked my Latin teacher's three rules of life:

1. Suck it up.
2. Get a job.
3. Don't be a douchebag.

1) you are unique
2) you are important

But I definitely prefer these.

 

[Raven's Nest]

Wow. Thanks for your egocentric, bullshit critique. Your analogies don't compare to the merit and deep thought of this writing. Sorry you don't have the capacity to think any other way than narrow-minded and unimaginative. I'm glad you wasted all your precious time typing this from an iphone.

27. Don't take anything, even this, too seriously.

especially this list

You must be entirely devoid of a sense of humour to have taken my comments seriously...

Oh and merit and deep thought? 3. Root Beer sucks after having spicy food.... Really?