thisperson
Ruler of all things person
Well, it could be argued that if you lived to 92 and NEVER did anything fun, you may have wanted to die at 17 enjoying yourself.
So really the idea of dying young permits one to do things that they would normally not do. Or to be more daring. Had the 17 year old made it I'm sure he would have felt greatly accomplished. He should have had more flight hours though if he was a newbie pilot.
So tl;dr: Don't knock him down because he was 17. I think it's admirable that someone undertook such a challenge. I don't think we have enough people who do daring things.
I have this idea that most of us are huddled together in groups of cubicles for some rote task that we aren't permitted to do to our fullest abilities because there is always some rule impeding us.
I'm not too sure where I stand on the issue. For the longest time I've thought I was going to die in some accident at 36. I can't explain why I just always get these vivid flashes of something traumatic happening to me. As a kid it was just the number I knew I was going to die at.
I've been trying to get rid of this belief and I've told myself I'm going to live for decades more.
So I was always very introverted but I can say that this belief allowed me to live for a bit. I didn't stick with any drugs I tried or try to keep any poor health habits, but when I tried an unknown drug (later learned it was crack) and I was knocking on this girl's door because I wanted to fuck her, despite not doing things like that ever. I must say it was a fun night. Sad to say I didn't close the deal but did get to see her make out with another girl for my entertainment.
It was also this belief that allowed me to try weed as medicine. I would have stuck with the beliefs that I was raised with (probably) had I not had the mentality of, "I'm going to die at 36."
I've been trying to get rid of this belief and I've told myself I'm going to live for decades more.
So I was always very introverted but I can say that this belief allowed me to live for a bit. I didn't stick with any drugs I tried or try to keep any poor health habits, but when I tried an unknown drug (later learned it was crack) and I was knocking on this girl's door because I wanted to fuck her, despite not doing things like that ever. I must say it was a fun night. Sad to say I didn't close the deal but did get to see her make out with another girl for my entertainment.
It was also this belief that allowed me to try weed as medicine. I would have stuck with the beliefs that I was raised with (probably) had I not had the mentality of, "I'm going to die at 36."
So really the idea of dying young permits one to do things that they would normally not do. Or to be more daring. Had the 17 year old made it I'm sure he would have felt greatly accomplished. He should have had more flight hours though if he was a newbie pilot.
So tl;dr: Don't knock him down because he was 17. I think it's admirable that someone undertook such a challenge. I don't think we have enough people who do daring things.
I have this idea that most of us are huddled together in groups of cubicles for some rote task that we aren't permitted to do to our fullest abilities because there is always some rule impeding us.