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[andrewducker]

[Poll #302036]

Comments

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

?? haven't you got those the wrong way round??

What's the point in NOT taking life seriously - you think we get another one, maybe free with three packets of crispy nut cornflakes??

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

mind you why am I even gratifying one of your insane polls with response :-P

[andrewducker]

Because it's a reflection of my insane personality? :->

[andrewducker]

why do you assume from the polls that you're supposed to be taking life less seriously? There's nothing in them to indicate that.

I do happen to think that some people should take life less seriously - but then I believe that life is completely pointless, so having fun is definitely to be encouraged.

[andrewducker]

I also (he says, one dogwalk later) think that some people should take their lives _more_ seriously.

But most of the unhappiness I see with people's lives seems to come from their taking it so seriously that anything less than perfection isn't worth doing, so they trap themselves in misery instead (and no, that's not aimed at you).

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean tho - even tho I am definitely not a perfectionist (that's why I didn't get promoted in fact if you recall!)

By taking life seriously I think I mean knowing and going for one's goals. being focussed. not drifting. If you can't make your goals, well, at least you tried. But settling for less without trying - that irks me. Pointless slacker drifting though the only life we have annoys me. Life's too short - remember? Whether you fill it with hard work to make money, saving the world, or white water rafting and lots of drugs - that's your choice. But FILL IT. (And that isn't aimed at you either - I know how over committed you get :-)

Someone who used to be called a Six year Old Twin does not wholly have a reputation for seriousness :-)

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I'll have you know that my life is quite filled and rather goal oriented. I just view life with a sense of play. This isn't a stage rehearsal. The opposite of serious isn't frivolous, it is playful...

Re: Life being serious or playful or frivolous.

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

I was confused about the difference in our opinions being so strong, so I asked my friends list what they thought. I have a much better understanding now. If you'd like, you can look here for the question and here when I got more of a clue.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

I cannot measure my seriousness about life on a scale of one to ten.

[themongkey.livejournal.com]

What about on a scale of 1 to ecky-ecky f'tang zoop-boing?

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Or something like that. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/yonmei/287494.html#cutid1)

Re: Serious Life

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Life is too serious to be taken seriously. You're not going to get out of it alive, you might as well have fun doing it.

I find that if I can't laugh at something, anything, then something is seriously wrong.

Re: Serious Life

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I completely agree.

Re: Serious Life

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the German guards in Auschwitz said something very similar.

Re: Serious Life

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

I'm sure some of the rank and file said, well this is pretty crap do isn't it, but never mind let's drink lager and put on lederhosen and it'll all come out in the wash :-)

they had an orchestra?

Re: Serious Life

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Wow. Who pissed ino your post toasties? I suspect that you're familiar with Godwin's Law? You lost and I didn't even know we were competing.

[thefirethorn.livejournal.com]

i HOPE 10 means " a whole lot."

Yes I take life very seriously.

When my mother died (in 1999) I realized that I have no guarante of any other life but this one. Even if the Christian heaven is a reality, our personalities will be different in a world without any negative influences or difficulties. This, then, is our only chance to be good to our fellow man while we ourselves have difficulties.

Therefore I must live this life as if it was the only one I had.

(Which means I don't sweat the small stuff, and don't take a lot of little things seriously, so as to not distract myself.)

[dapperscavenger.livejournal.com]

which end of the scale is which?

[cruft.livejournal.com]

Void for vagueness!

[nickys.livejournal.com]

Difficult one to quantify.

I think we should care about the bigger picture - human rights, famines, etc, etc, and do something about them, but it's important to balance that with enjoying one's own life.

[andrewducker]

Well, absolutely.

Some things are worth being serious about, some things are good to have fun with. Very few things are worth ruining your life over.

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

Life doesn't matter at all.

I wish my evolved sensibilities would stop arguing otherwise.

42

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

As it wasn't at all obvious whether this was an "agree/disagree" or a "what priority do I give to this question" or a kabala-ist thingy ... I answered 42 (4 first, then 2) as that is the only sensible answer!

Is a "1" meant to be that I put it first in my priority list or that there are 9 things more important?

I try to fully engage with my life, though a lot of the time I'm not pedalling, I'm just coasting along and letting the hills and curves provide the steering and acceleration/braking. I could pedal more, but up to now the path has been interesting and there's not really anywhere else that I can think of going (well there are options, but most of them are off this track, and I'm worried about plunging down ravines or getting a flat tyre).