Thursday, October 06, 2011

Death.

Because it's what we do as a society, now that Steve Jobs has died Facebook is alive with people pasting their favorite quotes from him as if they knew them or lived by them in he first place.  I roll my eyes in general, but I will say this one caught my eye:
"‎No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there." 
For one, it reminds me of the old Drew Carey joke about the Pope-mobile having bullet-proof glass: if the Pope is scared of dying, what the fuck chance do the rest of us have?  Also, it reminds me of my favorite thing, ME!:
6) “He/she’s going to a better place”
This one always cracks me up. The one thing we will never, ever know as humans is what it’s like after we die, but people sprain an ankle racing to be the first dipshit to say “Well, he’s in a better place.” I don’t know about that. First of all, right here we got blowjobs, cheeseburgers and baseball. We can go to the beach, tell Yo Mama jokes, we can pay an “escort” to put on blackface and pretend she’s Nell Carter from “Gimme a Break.” Seems to me like that’s tough to beat. I don’t know what’s on the other side and I never will, but I’ll take my chances with a world that has potato chips and “Alf” dvds. Secondly, if death means going to a place that’s better than here, and you’re sure enough of it to say it out loud, why wouldn’t you kill yourself?

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