Do you ever just wonder, "What the Fuck?"

[gtp1976]

I mean in general. Not towards anything specific. Not out of frustration. Not even out of any emotion or feeling or state of mind at all. Do you ever just step back, take an objective look at our (humans) lives and think to yourself, "What the fuck?"

We're born. We Live. We Die. We pay Taxes. That much is given. :-) But what about the rest? What IS the rest?

Some people die very young. Some people die very old. But in the end, "What the fuck?" 99.9% of us will never know 99.9% of them.

Just one example. Here's another.

What motivates us to do what we do? Fear? I think fear motivates us more than anything but "what the fuck" do I know? Or possibly a tangent of fear...compassion. What is compassion? In my opinion, compassion is the fear that something we have feared would happen to us did, and we don't want it to happen to other people because we know it sucks. We're all pretty much good people, in our own opinions, so we don't really want to see anyone else suffer* hence compassion. However, there is always the star(*). We are selfish. Everyone is. Admit it or not, when it all boils down to it every individual person on this planet puts their own needs first. Or that of their wife, or their children or their parents or their whatever, but it all boils down to "their" which means what an individual values most. Back to the individual. Back to selfish. :-) We feel compassion all the time. We take steps to help those we feel compassion for when it doesn't interfere with our selfish goals. I've already defined selfish.

At this point, I'm just rambling, but I could write 20 paragraphs on this subject.

Do you ever wonder, "What the Fuck?"

[Aristus]

1. Forty-Two.

n/t

[Kat45]

12. Yup. You've got the answer.

LOL :D

[babylonsister]

2. All. The. Time.

So write your 20 paragraphs and let us all 'Generally Discuss' your points. This could remain civil, right? Right???

[gtp1976]

6. How about I write one more

and you respond with your thoughts on it? :-)

I've already discussed motivation (fear) and the fact that our days in our human body are numbered. How about this...

Is there a such thing as "now?" As in, Right now I am typing the letter whatever. I said whatever because time (as we know it) is constantly moving. We use "time" to organize our daily lives. To give us a sense of stability. To give us "time" to achieve our selfish* goals.

Right "now" I am typing this, but by the time I post it, it will be "then." Hell, it is already "then."

WTF?

[noshenanigans]

3. Yknow.. Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln..

and Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy!

Actually, in the end, everyone just wants to be happy. This means different things to everybody because of upbringing and past experiences.

Like, I love the city. I was raised rural, but craved the city. When I finally moved to a big city, it was "right". The same city makes my father, raised rural and loves rural, retch. Just one of those things that makes people unique.

[gtp1976]

5. Everyone just wants to be happy.

Actually, in the end, everyone just wants to be happy. This means different things to everybody because of upbringing and past experiences.


That is touching the tip of the iceberg of what I was sort of trying to say somewhat. :-)

WTF?

How is it that so many different things can make so many different people happy? And why is it that some of the things that make one group of people happy make another group of people so angry and yet another group of people indifferent? WTF?

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Constantly.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. regularly. often. confusedly. angrily.

it is a permanent condition of 21st century life, I think

[Floogeldy]

8. Not until now.

[gtp1976]

9. How did I confuse you

with my question?

I absolutely love the pic of the bunny with the pancake on it's head, BTW. :-)

[babylonsister]

10. Hey, that pic is goin' places! Thanks! nt

[Cadence]

11. All the fucking time.

I hear ya.