[quote=walterwhite]Thanks. But if I’m so deep why aren’t I rich?[/quote]
You have a great-sounding wife and kids, your “dream house” with a pool, a compost toilet, what sounds like a pretty interesting job, and (presumably) your health.
So is it better to have been jobs, and been adored and admired but die at 56, or be an ordinary schlub, relatively happy but unadored and non-oracular and die at, say 75. Would 19 extra years of schlubbery be worth not being jobslike?
[quote=sdrealtor]You dont get to choose.[/quote]
Yep, you also don’t get to choose how smart you are. However, you get to choose how much of an a-hole you want to be to other people.
Jobs till 56 or a normal somewhat pathetic but healthy life till a sudden heart attack on the tennis court at 80.
I worked with a famous dude in my misspent youth who died very young but wealthy. I remember being surprised shocked and sad he was dead but glad I was alive.
Some don’t get to choose, but I believe that most do get to choose. A smoker asked for lung problems. Someone who overeats or consumes junk is asking for diabetes, heart disease, etc… A drunkard is asking for liver problems. I have no sympathy.
I have a friend who complains about back pain. He won’t lose weight but is considering surgery. That is so screwed-up.
[quote=walterwhite]No in this hypothetical you get to choose.
In fact, I insist you choose.
Jobs till 56 or a normal somewhat pathetic but healthy life till a sudden heart attack on the tennis court at 80.
I worked with a famous dude in my misspent youth who died very young but wealthy. I remember being surprised shocked and sad he was dead but glad I was alive.[/quote]
Even if the choice were between Jobs’ life and dying at 56, or my life and dying at 56, I’d still choose to live my own life. If I get to live longer than he did, that’s just icing on the cake.
