life is short...

[vampirekid.13]

no.. no its not. life is long. in fact life is the longest thing you will ever do.


relative to everything else ITS FREAKING LONG. unless you choose to compare it to something dumb, like the amount of years the universe existed, in which case it may seem short, kinda like the biggest ball of cheese is smaller than the moon, but no one cares because A. ITS A GIANT BALL OF CHEESE and B. ITS THE BIGGEST FREAKING BALL OF CHEESE EVER.


i mean seriously comparing the lenght of life to anything else is simply inconsistent.


dont compare apples and oranges, compare mandarines and oranges.


and life is still extremely long. i dont see why people tell me its short.

can anyone actually justify this annoying saying?

 

[IxionIndustries]

Because it can end at any second? And besides, I know that life is long, lengthwise, but I can scarcely remember half the things I've done in it.

 

[vampirekid.13]

Because it can end at any second? And besides, I know that life is long, lengthwise, but I can scarcely remember half the things I've done in it.

well, yea, its so long you have time to do so many things you cant even remember most of them...


this saying is just beyond me i suppose.

 

[Good morning blues]

People say that life is short because the vast majority of people don't die willingly. No doubt you'll wish you'd spent your time better when you're lying on your deathbed, too.

 

[Blubberburg]

yeah i think people just forget things, and thats the same of it not happening, which starts to rapidly make them feel like the years fly past, or maybe everyone just complains that they dont get to live forever...

 

[DarkLight523]

That's all very true if you only believe in one life and no after-life.

Not trying to start a whole debate over beliefs, just saying, there may be more to it than we initially percieve.

 

[Gorrister]

I try to live my life one day at a time...


...so far I'm doing pretty good.

 

[madcap2112]

It just happens. Looking back, this decade feels like it's just blazed by. Seems like only yesterday I was ten years old in elementary school, but that was an entire decade ago and everything's different in my life. Besides, it's pretty easy to feel old when you hear someone explaining what 9/11 was to a kid who was too young to remember it.

 

[Shock and Awe]

You are comparing life to the little things, compared to the big things life is short, saying life is long or short is completely dependent in what it is being compared to since the idea of of time being "long" or "short" are completely subjective.

 

[C_sector]

I agree that life is long but don't forget death is even longer. I don't want to sound dumb or anything but lets just say you live until the old age of 90 and then you die. 90 years is a lot of time spent being...well....alive but for how long will you be dead hmmmm....?

So in summary:

Life/Alive: 90 years
Death: I guess until the 'Big Crunch' when the universe collapses in on its self which may take trillions X10 trillion of years.

That is definitely something to ponder about. Some people believe that afterward the universe will start again in another 'big bang' and that the universe has been doing this forever....

 

[DemonicVixen]

Because the older you get, the faster it goes.

Sure it's long, but it does creep up on you, apparently.

That's all I can think of.

God finally some one who understands how i feel.

 

[captainwalrus]

I agree that life is long but don't forget death is even longer. I don't want to sound dumb or anything but lets just say you live until the old age of 90 and then you die. 90 years is a lot of time spent being...well....alive but for how long will you be dead hmmmm....?

Perhaps at a cosmic level. At a personal level, death is damn short. It's actually kind of unexperienceable, really.

 

[Booze Zombie]

People have always struggled with their mortality, this phrase is an attempt to justify almost any behavior with the "I'm dying, let me have fun" excuse.
To this I would reply "we're all dying, stop acting like you're the only one, you selfish cock".
Hell, most religions are based around this fear of something you can never hope to control and that you shouldn't worry about but people do anyway.

I find it strange, myself.

 

[Zhandarr]

Because it can end at any second? And besides, I know that life is long, lengthwise, but I can scarcely remember half the things I've done in it.

I laughed so hard at this.

 

[RyQ_TMC]

I guess it's because there is always something more that you want to do/could have done. No matter how long it is, it's always too short.

Statistically speaking, I'm already 1/3rd into my life expectancy and still haven't finished formal education. Once I'm done with all that, I will be close to half of it. And there are so many, many things I want to do but have to put away for some undefined "later" because I have to go through the system first.

It's really kind of distressing when you look at it that way.

 

[IxionIndustries]

Because it can end at any second? And besides, I know that life is long, lengthwise, but I can scarcely remember half the things I've done in it.

I laughed so hard at this.

Might I ask why? Because I am extremely confus at this.

 

[pirateninj4]

Compare it to, say, the lifespan of a star and you'll see why that saying is relevant.

 

[Cmwissy]

I can answer this entire 'life' thing with - When you're dead; You wont give give a shit.

Nobody cares about being dead - People care about getting dead.

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

can anyone actually justify this annoying saying?

I'm about to turn 20. I have no fucking idea where the last 3 years of my life went, it's all just a blur.

The older you get the more things you have to do so your days go by faster. Life will creep up to you and speed by in a flash. Life gets shorter when you get older, and that right there is a FACT.

 

[Tiny116]

Because the older you get, the faster it goes.

Sure it's long, but it does creep up on you, apparently.

That's all I can think of.

Thats pretty much why it's said to be short, which it is. When you get older and you rememebr something and you think "holy shit that was 4 years ago" you'll understand what they mean