De Lorimier
North American Scum
I slept at my folks house yesterday because I had to do some laundry there and I didn't feel like driving back here.
I was watching tv, zapping from channel to channel when I saw Craig Killborn's face. I was about to change the channel to go see what Conan was up to but Killborn's first guest was none other than John Cleese so I decided to keep watching.
They were making small talk and a bit of comedy and then Cleese said something like this:
"I fell great! I feel great because I've lost hope. Now that I'm older I enjoy life. When you're younger, growing up, you want to see the world change, you wish for a more sensible, open, intelligent society. You see what's wrong with people and countries and you feel horrible! You want to see the light at the end of the tunnel and some real change that will help mankind's unity for the well-being of others.
But if you lose hope, if you know there won't be major changes and the world is going to be noticeably the same from when your born to when you die, you'll live an happy life!
That was probably funnier when he said it and he was joking a little bit, but this still makes sense. I know a lot of people who just don't care and they're happy! Most people that I know who do care aren't as much.
Do you care? If you do, do you think you're less happy that other people who don't? Do you think you'll stop caring growing older?
Personally, I think I could be a lot happier if the troubles of this world (wars, religions,global warming, radioactive sites, imperialistic wrongs, animals rights, etc...) didn't affected or bothered me in any way. But since I do care, I'm less happy than my friend who prefers to smoke weed, watch SuperTroopers and play playstation2. That's not right! Will I change growing older? Probably. I might care more for small but important things like having children and providing everything for them. But in the meantime, I'll be a sad frustrated sob...
I was watching tv, zapping from channel to channel when I saw Craig Killborn's face. I was about to change the channel to go see what Conan was up to but Killborn's first guest was none other than John Cleese so I decided to keep watching.
They were making small talk and a bit of comedy and then Cleese said something like this:
"I fell great! I feel great because I've lost hope. Now that I'm older I enjoy life. When you're younger, growing up, you want to see the world change, you wish for a more sensible, open, intelligent society. You see what's wrong with people and countries and you feel horrible! You want to see the light at the end of the tunnel and some real change that will help mankind's unity for the well-being of others.
But if you lose hope, if you know there won't be major changes and the world is going to be noticeably the same from when your born to when you die, you'll live an happy life!
That was probably funnier when he said it and he was joking a little bit, but this still makes sense. I know a lot of people who just don't care and they're happy! Most people that I know who do care aren't as much.
Do you care? If you do, do you think you're less happy that other people who don't? Do you think you'll stop caring growing older?
Personally, I think I could be a lot happier if the troubles of this world (wars, religions,global warming, radioactive sites, imperialistic wrongs, animals rights, etc...) didn't affected or bothered me in any way. But since I do care, I'm less happy than my friend who prefers to smoke weed, watch SuperTroopers and play playstation2. That's not right! Will I change growing older? Probably. I might care more for small but important things like having children and providing everything for them. But in the meantime, I'll be a sad frustrated sob...
