Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by landryraccoon on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @10:29PM (#18767031)

Is it really that weird? We are all going to die eventually someday. If you want to risk your life doing something you love I think that’s your call, as long as you don’t risk hurting other people in the process.

I mean, what do you think you keep after you die anyway? Does it really matter in the end if you sat at a desk for 40 years and then died quietly in your bed as opposed to falling off a mountain at 40something?

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by code_duck on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:27AM (#18767812)

It depends what you wish to accomplish in your life and who you have depending on you.

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by marssaxman on Thursday December 27, 2018 @02:21PM (#18771783)

Seems like a good argument against having people depend on you!

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Re:Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final... by code_duck on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:15PM (#18773510)

I have avoided having people depend on me all my life, because I felt I wasn’t up to it. It turns out I’m not, due to my health. But it is a way that some people give meaning to their lives.

That’s the decision that’s leading to declining birthrate in western nations, isn’t it? Why give up your freedom and increase your stress by creating obligation by having children?

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