Ultimatum

[buddhasmash]

Foreword: When I sat down to write this, I originally intended to do a sort of freestyle, line of thought rant. I suppose I succeeded, but where it ends up kind of shocks even me

Comments

[deucethewild]

Jay, that's cute, that's really cute. I must say I'm impressed, Most people wait until their entire lives have fallen out from underneath them and their financial world has collapsed, or their families have been eradicated by plague or famine before committing suicide, others STILL pack up and go forward. You want to do it because you're unhappy? That's so cute you little emo boy

[buddhasmash]

First of all, Boston, you really are a world class arrogant prick

[deucethewild]

First of All, I apologize for being a World Class Arrogant Prick, It's what I do, I am in fact the devil's advocate in every situation

[whiteblade]

If you were serious about defining "significant progress" as "something that gives me some kind of indication that sustained happiness is at least within the realm of the human experience and attainable," you said in your own post that there are people you have seen whose lives seem to be together, or who have enough positive in their life to outweigh the negative. Congratulations, your quest is over. If that doesn't do it for you, consider someone who is on an IV drip of ecstasy, or someone who has a car battery hooked up to the pleasure centers of their brain. That's sustained happiness, but it's also meaningless

[buddhasmash]

Well, I suppose different people have different standards for what makes life worth it. All those things you outlined may be enough for most people. I have all of those things, yet still I find myself dissatisfied. I hardly think that all of those people I'm "disrespecting" are going to be in any way affected if I were to end my life. It would be of no consequence to them