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Title: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 28, 2009, 10:15:06 PM
I've spent the last two weeks thinking of this.  I am curious to hear what Malek says.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: drohne on March 28, 2009, 10:18:56 PM
'to know that you can do better next time, unrecognizably better, and that there is no next time, and that it is a blessing there is not, there is a thought to be going on with.'

i think i got that slightly wrong, but it's from malone dies, and uh...it's good isn't it
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:23:26 PM


Would I be able to retain any lessons?
doesn't matter . . .
I'd just make the same mistakes again.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:24:14 PM
Do we get to come back with previous knowledge?  Because if not I would probably just come back as a creepy friendless fuck who can't spell once again.   :'(


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Actually even with previous knowledge I would still fail.   :'( 
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edit:  F you malek.   >:(
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:25:00 PM
ARVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  >:(
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:26:05 PM
 I >:( -ed you first jerk. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:26:13 PM
I quit the Internet!
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 28, 2009, 10:26:21 PM
Let's say you retained important previous knowledge, but you do not solidly KNOW said knowledge.  When it comes to you, it comes to you as something like a gut feeling or an intuition.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 28, 2009, 10:27:21 PM
Does it have to be a painful death?

I would probably resolve to do everything differently and better, then end up doing everything the same (or even worse).  That's what's always happened whenever I've gotten second (third, fourth ...) chances within this life, so I don't know why a whole second life would be any different.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:28:09 PM
Like you could Malek!  The internet will quit you first  >:(


Whiteman, are important events exactly the same?  otherwise I don't think the life lessons would matter.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 28, 2009, 10:29:01 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 28, 2009, 10:29:21 PM
it doesn't matter would i would want to do because i would probably just end up doing it all the same.

edit: looks like i've been beaten to the punch when it comes to the hypothetical self defeating party :(
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:29:56 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: bud on March 28, 2009, 10:30:07 PM
malek can't quit the internet... it's all he has!

:(
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: drohne on March 28, 2009, 10:30:28 PM
Quote from: fistful
start tagging and organizing my natalie portman pictures RIGHT WHEN I DOWNLOAD THEM, would save me a lot of work

you meant to say
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:30:56 PM
 :lol drohne

I would probably resolve to do everything differently and better, then end up doing everything the same (or even worse).  That's what's always happened whenever I've gotten second (third, fourth ...) chances within this life, so I don't know why a whole second life would be any different.

You too.  :-\
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on March 28, 2009, 10:32:04 PM
Quote from: fistful
start tagging and organizing my natalie portman pictures RIGHT WHEN I DOWNLOAD THEM, would save me a lot of work

you meant to say

but thats already how i did it.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Barry Egan on March 28, 2009, 10:32:08 PM
I'd probably warn myself that my dad suffers from narcissistic personality disorder and should not be trusted.  
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 28, 2009, 10:32:57 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't. 

Jesus, why would you want to be you twice?  Don't you hate yourself enough already?  You should.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:33:30 PM
I think the better question is what you would tell other yourself if you could?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:34:29 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't

Jesus, why would you want to be you twice?  Don't you hate yourself enough already?  You should.



Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Greatness Gone on March 28, 2009, 10:35:45 PM
If you could actually stop being gay, would you do it?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:36:33 PM
I have actually thought a lot about this of late. I've thought about all the things I'd do differently if only I had the chance. I'd love to redo just this year of law school. Do it over again: actually attend classes, actually talk in class, actually talk to Flannel Girl. But, knowing myself, I'd just do things the exact same way.

Even if I can't relive the past, I can change how I act in the future, right?

Not likely.  :(
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 28, 2009, 10:36:41 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't

Jesus, why would you want to be you twice?  Don't you hate yourself enough already?  You should.





You said you wouldn't do it if it were not the exact same life.

My response (which is still correct) is WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE YOURSELF TWICE, distinguished mentally-challenged fellow?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:40:29 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't

Jesus, why would you want to be you twice?  Don't you hate yourself enough already?  You should.





You said you wouldn't do it if it were not the exact same life.

My response (which is still correct) is WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE YOURSELF TWICE, distinguished mentally-challenged fellow?

If the past was the same I would want to because then I would have the chance not to be myself again, cigarillo-lay. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 28, 2009, 10:42:41 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3d_fqDcN1s

curses!
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 28, 2009, 10:42:52 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't

Jesus, why would you want to be you twice?  Don't you hate yourself enough already?  You should.





You said you wouldn't do it if it were not the exact same life.

My response (which is still correct) is WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE YOURSELF TWICE, distinguished mentally-challenged fellow?

If the past was the same I would want to because then I would have the chance not to be myself again, cigarillo-lay. 

But you have the same chance, guaranteed, in the scenario you are rejecting!

JIN:  I am done with him, these silly arguments because he can't even read.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Diunx on March 28, 2009, 10:43:11 PM
I would probably try to play some sport, drink my milk and lower my standards when it comes to teh ladies.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:44:11 PM
But events wouldn't be the same, and the chances of Whiteman actually being a live after all the shit he's been though is very slim.  One can only hope that he dies young in this other reality. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Diunx on March 28, 2009, 10:44:53 PM
Gay Bore, would you rather be reborn as straight if you had the option?

That would make an awesome gaf thread.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 28, 2009, 10:45:30 PM
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I'd like to be a Pianist. It's something that Ive always wanted to do, ever since I was a young lad but I felt that I should play the guitar as it was more manly. That didn't go so well, so now I must live with the realization that I can never be the pianist Ive always wanted to be.

uh, why not?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:45:53 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't

Jesus, why would you want to be you twice?  Don't you hate yourself enough already?  You should.





You said you wouldn't do it if it were not the exact same life.

My response (which is still correct) is WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE YOURSELF TWICE, distinguished mentally-challenged fellow?

If the past was the same I would want to because then I would have the chance not to be myself again, cigarillo-lay. 

But you have the same chance, guaranteed, in the scenario you are rejecting!

JIN:  I am done with him, these silly arguments because he can't even read.

No because you said I would get some kind of intuitive knowledge that would increase my chances of doing the right thing.  You can't even fallow your own other reality logic. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Greatness Gone on March 28, 2009, 10:46:07 PM
Gay Bore, would you rather be reborn as straight if you had the option?

probably not. I'm kinda biased seeing as how I'm gay now.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 28, 2009, 10:47:37 PM
No, you are not living the exact same life.

No then I wouldn't

Jesus, why would you want to be you twice?  Don't you hate yourself enough already?  You should.





You said you wouldn't do it if it were not the exact same life.

My response (which is still correct) is WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BE YOURSELF TWICE, distinguished mentally-challenged fellow?

If the past was the same I would want to because then I would have the chance not to be myself again, cigarillo-lay. 

But you have the same chance, guaranteed, in the scenario you are rejecting!

JIN:  I am done with him, these silly arguments because he can't even read.

No because you said I would get some kind of intuitive knowledge that would increase my chances of doing the right thing.  You can't even fallow your own other reality logic. 

You'd have that knowledge in either scenario, whether you decided to be Arvie or New Person.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:49:11 PM
fallow?

I can't believe your browser has a built-in spell checker. Turn it off one day; I want to see what your posts would be like.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Barry Egan on March 28, 2009, 10:50:05 PM
I'd also tell myself to start using rogaine at 14  :'(
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:51:02 PM
Speaking of hair loss, I'm starting to lose a lot of hair around my temples.

FML

Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:51:33 PM
I'd also tell myself to start using rogaine at 14  :'(

I'd tell myself that shaving the couple stray shoulder hairs is a BAD idea. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on March 28, 2009, 10:51:57 PM
- I wouldn't have been such a fat fuck from 12-19.

- Would have never spent money on games.

- Would avoid forums at all costs (10,000+ hours wasted, guaranteed)

I think these three decisions (getting fat, blowing money on games, on forums) were probably the most damaging overall.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:52:57 PM
Speaking of hair loss, I'm starting to lose a lot of hair around my temples.

FML




People bald at the temples first?  i always thought it was the top of the hair line that receded first. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Barry Egan on March 28, 2009, 10:53:29 PM
bold
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on March 28, 2009, 10:55:19 PM
Arvie must have fucked up on the second letter
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:55:31 PM
TEXP, yet you still waste time on forums despite knowing just how wasteful and pointless the time spent here is. If you can't learn the lesson now, how would you be able learn it if you started your life all over again?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Barry Egan on March 28, 2009, 10:56:21 PM
too bad you missed the stealth edit.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 10:56:22 PM
a and o sound like the same thing, k.   


fuck all of you

 :'( :'( :'( :'(

I'm leaving the internet, malek style. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on March 28, 2009, 10:57:59 PM
TEXP, yet you still waste time on forums despite knowing just how wasteful and pointless the time spent here is. If you can't learn the lesson now, how would you be able learn it if you started your life all over again?

The general habit of going on forums for years is what I chalk it up to.

I just wouldn't bother with forums if I were to do it all over again.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Lafiel on March 28, 2009, 10:58:28 PM
- Would Avoid Internet gaming forums and IM. (so many hours wasted on them. :'( )
That's it, posting on internet forums is probably my biggest regret in life. :lol
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 10:58:54 PM
a and o sound like the same thing, k.   


fuck all of you

 :'( :'( :'( :'(

I'm leaving the internet, malek style. 

"That's a bald thread. Well u fallow threw?"
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Greatness Gone on March 28, 2009, 10:59:58 PM
did being fat turn you into the cynical bitch you are today texp? I bet it did.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 11:02:05 PM
Sure, two weeks owoy fram the 'bare storing tamarraw. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Barry Egan on March 28, 2009, 11:06:46 PM
oh yea - WEAR YOUR RETAINER

and the following people had a crush on you.  Please sleep with them this time:

Ruby
Cohn
Rose
Letofsky
That girl from Tom's Havana
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 11:08:52 PM
If I could do it all over again, Flannel Girl would still end up with someone else. So, there's no point.


Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 11:11:32 PM
i don't think anyone has ever had a crush on me.   :'(
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 28, 2009, 11:12:26 PM
i don't think anyone has ever had a crush on me.   :'(

White Man wanted to use your mouth as a toilet. That's close enough.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Greatness Gone on March 28, 2009, 11:13:23 PM
oh yea - WEAR YOUR RETAINER

and the following people had a crush on you.  Please sleep with them this time:

Ruby
Cohn
Rose
Letofsky
That girl from Tom's Havana

and letisha
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 28, 2009, 11:14:13 PM
Name me a mouth Whiteman would not foul, and I will find meaning in his want of mine. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Diunx on March 28, 2009, 11:14:27 PM
oh yea - WEAR YOUR RETAINER

and the following people had a crush on you.  Please sleep with them this time:

Ruby
Cohn
Rose
Letofsky
That girl from Tom's Havana

Ditto in the retainer, I also rejected a couple of girls that had a crush on me but they were pretty ugly :yuck
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Rman on March 28, 2009, 11:36:57 PM
I'd risk more and reflect more.  That's it.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 28, 2009, 11:46:41 PM
I'd bang this one girl who really wanted me in high school. I didn't because she had a humongous nose, and I saw her the other day and she got an awesome nose job and she's fucking smoking now.  :-\
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Rman on March 28, 2009, 11:52:19 PM
Maybe I can still become a pianist. What do you guys think? Can the piano be played even if I have bad hands?

I'd bang this one girl who really wanted me in high school. I didn't because she had a humongous nose, and I saw her the other day and she got an awesome nose job and she's fucking smoking now.  :-\

You didn't because of a nose? A FUCKING NOSE??!? Was it an Adrian Brody nose? It better have been.



What do you mean by bad hands?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Rman on March 28, 2009, 11:56:21 PM
See a doctor.  Do you feel pain or something?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 29, 2009, 12:07:37 AM
Find something I like doing and stick with it. I've drifted around in terms of majors because I can't honestly say I "like" anything. I hate accounting. I'm interested in history and politics but I wouldn't want to major in those subjects. I like psychology but chose business school over med school.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: clothedmacuser on March 29, 2009, 12:13:54 AM
I think of what the poet Johnny Cash repeated from the songwriter Trent Reznor.

Quote
If I could start again a million miles away I would keep myself I would find a way

I never figured out if that was a discouraging threat that we are doomed to repeat our failures or if it was a affirmation that your life is worth fighting for.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Kara on March 29, 2009, 12:17:22 AM
Become a drug dealer.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on March 29, 2009, 12:19:23 AM
You didn't because of a nose? A FUCKING NOSE??!? Was it an Adrian Brody nose? It better have been.

Gigantic. Really, really big and long.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Himu on March 29, 2009, 12:22:45 AM
I'd become a thug and steal tvs.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 29, 2009, 12:23:29 AM
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Gigantic

A big big love
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Madrun Badrun on March 29, 2009, 12:28:11 AM
I'd buy and sell Himu's TV and make big money. 
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: drew on March 29, 2009, 12:30:48 AM
different?

nothing.

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ok maybe something to do w/ fucking up @ college but still STILL
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Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: MCD on March 29, 2009, 04:58:46 AM
appreciate my time in high school.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: drozmight on March 29, 2009, 06:35:36 AM
I'd probably hook up with the girls I could have hooked up with, but didn't because I was actively seeking out a different girl who ended up being a bust.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Reb on March 29, 2009, 11:57:05 AM
What if you have fucked up parents? My parents fucked me up before I could make any worthwhile decisions.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Veidt on March 29, 2009, 07:34:26 PM
right so I'm about 20 years old. I'm not fat etc.

My life just started, I wouldn't want to change anything. Because I have learned from others' mistakes. Thanks EB. Now I can reflect on you experiences.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 29, 2009, 07:34:55 PM
Perhaps, I mean, I have regrets.  However; I'm not wholly convinced my life is so bad as it is to warrant a reboot
I don't know how you can live thinking like that.  My death obsession requires at least 20-30 hours of fantasizing and romanticizing my death per week.  It is pretty demanding.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on March 29, 2009, 07:38:38 PM
What's the most stimulating death fantasy you've had, involving motorcycles?
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: TVC15 on March 29, 2009, 07:46:42 PM
What's the most stimulating death fantasy you've had, involving motorcycles?

I'm most attracted to drowning scenarios or starving to death in the wilderness.  Scenes that are drawn out but still have a large element of helplessness.  I do fantasize about vehicle accidents a lot, having nearly been killed in one already.  I like to think of it in slow motion with a focus on my body, every individual trauma studied.  With a motorcycle I could go so fast that I could probably blind myself with the speed.  In that case though, I'd probably hope for a quick but fatal spinal break.  Or maybe if I could land directly on my head and make it explode like one of Gallagher's watermelons.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: drozmight on March 29, 2009, 08:22:24 PM
Seriously people? Wanting to "Die" and "Start over AGAIN" just to hook with a bunch of girls?

Judgmental Jin says :wag

It's like that only thing I could think of though.
Title: Re: If you could die and start over again, what would you do?
Post by: bud on March 29, 2009, 08:22:51 PM
i'd probably never register here because this place is so depressing.