SwimModSponges Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 How much time would you cede to oblivion?
André Toulon Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 If you want to know how often I got blackout drunk, just ask
discolé monade Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 i mean..... what buddy said. or close too it anyway.
André Toulon Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Yeah, that retaining memories part is a bitch
SwimModSponges Posted August 10, 2021 Author Posted August 10, 2021 No, this is more like: *roll out of bed* "Shit, monday. Time to work... Eh, fuck it." *BLACKOUT* *WAKEUP* *walk through front door of house* "Man, I sure had a lot of meetings today. I'll have to remember to get those L15 notes to Jerry first thing tomorrow morning. Glad I tried something different for lunch today, Brenda told me about this new sandwich shop on the other side of the square there and she was right, they got good fucking pastrami. It does suck that I had to tell Len that I couldn't switch shifts for him to be able to coach his kid's soccer game next tuesday. I did let him know that Zoe was looking to swap her thursday night next week." It's like, you're still you, you remember everything about it being you after the fact, but for that chosen span of time you aren't you.
scoobdog Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 You mean cede absolutely all control of your life for a period of time where you can fast forward through / take no responsibility for bad shit that happens but you can savor all of the rewards for the good things that happen? Like that?
André Toulon Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, scoobdog said: You mean cede absolutely all control of your life for a period of time where you can fast forward through / take no responsibility for bad shit that happens but you can savor all of the rewards for the good things that happen? Like that? Oh, Christianity 1
SwimOdin Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) This is a fantastic question and makes me think of Chuck Klosterman. It also makes me think of a book by Orson Scott Card called The Worthing Saga, wherein a drug that’s used for space travel that puts you in stasis becomes the status symbol of the super elite, skipping across years. I feel like the popular response is “any time I’m at my day job”, but then I think of how little you might actually be “living” if you did this, and it seems scary. Then it also makes me think of impending mortality and it freaks me out. So no, it sounds great at first, but it also sounds like a life-destroying drug. edit: syntax Edited August 10, 2021 by SwimOdin 2
André Toulon Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Impending mortality sucks, but what other way out is there. I definitely don't want 1000 years of this shit 1
Raptorpat Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 27 minutes ago, SwimOdin said: This is a fantastic question and makes me think of otherwise forgettable 2006 Adam Sandler films. 2 4
GunStarHero Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Raptorpat said: Fuck you, that scene with his dad saying "I love you son..." and he keeps hitting rewind cause he skipped it is a tearjerker!
GunStarHero Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Raptorpat said: His dad was Henry Winkler right?
Raptorpat Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 yeah I remember now, the first half of the movie was late sandler-tier comedy, but the second half was a poignant message about how skipping the "hard parts" of life is in reality skipping "life" itself. 2
mthor Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 Any time I have to wait. Drs offices are torture, and grocery lines have been horrible since The Weekly World News went out of print.
SwimModSponges Posted August 10, 2021 Author Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, Raptorpat said: True story- this thread was going to be called "whats your favorite Adam Sandler movie" but then i realized i already made that thread a while back. Edited August 10, 2021 by SwimModSponges
jackiemarie90 Posted August 10, 2021 Posted August 10, 2021 My whole experience living in this particular co-op student housing.
Azalar Hex Posted August 11, 2021 Posted August 11, 2021 Wasn't there a cartoon that messed with this idea? Except, like, they played video games and then all their memories of the game went into their head when they logged out.
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