are you a nostalgic person? (+ existentialistic thread)

[Dog--]

Twice as better... ha..haha....HAHAHA...HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XD

 

[gFrohman]

I wouldn't say I'm nostalgic, but I do enjoy going down memory lane every once in awhile.

Just finished re-watching all of Babylon 5 Season 1; Season 2 will commence in less than 10 hours...

 

[Jintor]

Get off your butt and do something.

 

[repiV]

you may be disappointed if that's how you want to make an impact in life. I mean the military is more about accomplishing goals as a group not as individuals. the only way you'll make an impact is if you throw yourself on a grenade to save your squad mates

You ignore the lifestyle and the opportunities that the military can provide. Some people find this life of relentless routine and tedium (you know, that whole career, family thing) insufferable.

You see no virtue in accomplishing things that only a few could ever hope to, and experiencing things that make you part of an exclusive club. That is sad.

what kind of meaningless lives are we living?

would you do something drastic that would mark your life forever?
one forumite that comes to mind is Dan...he cycled the US, what...2 times. at least he'll have something to tell unlike the majority of us.

personally i've been contemplating of joining the army next year, but i'm too big of a pussy to actually throw the ball.

Isn't that the greatest dilemma of our modern times? How pointless and empty our lives are?

There are too many things out there waiting to be experienced, to spend your life in one place working. It amazes me sometimes, like how one of my friends who has lived in Exeter his whole life, had never been to Exmoor national park 30 miles away until I took him there. Why not?!

Or how large amounts of people living in Glasgow have never bothered to see the Highlands of Scotland, aka "the last great wilderness".

I don't give a shit about money. The pursuit of money is a farce, and by virtue of the fact that the more money you earn, the more you spend and then the more you need, if anything it enslaves you more and more. Especially as, once you get to a high earning point, you have little chance of ever being able to change career or do something different.

It would be great to have the funds available to go and do whatever I want, but if you still only get 20 days holiday a year, what the hell is the point in being rich? To be independently wealthy is a worthwhile goal, but to work incessantly for a high wage is a mug's game.

At the moment I get my fix of adventure wherever I can. Even if it's just a day trip. Riding across Dartmoor in the middle of winter and it was desolate and misty at the top, that was a great and memorable day.

My mum's best friend from school moved to Sydney when she was 19, but she comes travelling to Europe on a yearly basis so we see her fairly regularly. I have an open invitation to go out there and stay with them, best option seems to be to make a really good go of it and clear my debts, then go out on a working holiday visa for a year or two. It's good to move around I think.

I love living here, Devon is an amazing place that has pretty much everything going for it, but we only have a limited time on this earth, and an even more limited time of being free and single on this earth, it would be a shame to waste it just existing for all that time.

I think you should go ahead and join the army. It doesn't have to be for life, it will give you skills and confidence that civvies could never dream of, lifelong friendships, and something you will always remember. Personally I find that when I follow my gut instinct things always work out for the better. I decided to move down here on a complete whim, I got my job here three days after the thought crossed my mind and never looked back. I was in London over the weekend and oh my god what a grim and miserable place it is, I can't stand it for more than a few days at a time.

Crazy ambitious ideas cross your mind? Just do it!

 

[Danimal]

^

i.e. Take acid.

 

[simonjedi]

It came out in december of 2003 and that's only little over 5½ years .

Way to pass basic maths OP.

 

[jverne]

Way to pass basic maths OP.

math nazi!

 

[Tyguy]

you may be disappointed if that's how you want to make an impact in life. I mean the military is more about accomplishing goals as a group not as individuals. the only way you'll make an impact is if you throw yourself on a grenade to save your squad mates

"There's strong, then there's ARMY strong..."

I've mentioned this before but if it weren't for my hilariously bad allergies and asthma I would have joined. From what friends have told me it is a life changing experience. The structure and foundation you get are extremely rewarding...

Of course there's the occasional illogical war but that's not the soldier's fault.

I would have said marines but as an agnostic I would feel extremely persecuted, especially since god is the first "being" they fight for. GOD, COUNTRY, CORPS!!!!!

sorry if I helped derail this thread but I didn't see what direction it was going.