# Is life simple or complicated? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716 "2010-06-27T21:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/1 "2010-06-27T21:54:38Z")
Or is it somewhere in the middle? In all actuality, it seems to me that life is entirely simple. It just is. Unfortunately, add a human perspective and it becomes obviously complicated. Perhaps spending too much time in GD is what has sparked my interest, where people question why there is anything at all. We all know though, no one has the answer and probably never will. I’m not opposed to that type of answer, I think it will help greatly in answering this question. So if you have a deep philosophical idea about this please feel free to post it. I am more interested though in personal opinion, and whether you consider your life more simple or more complicated. The way I see it is, we are creatures of desire and we should do everything we can to fulfill it. Should be simple right? Often times it is not(like being attracted to your friends SO but knowing better than to act on it). The toughest part I think is knowing what it is you want exactly. Perhaps, the answer is to simplify your values? Or are we hopelessly complicated? I don’t know, you tell me. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/2 "2010-06-27T22:39:41Z")
Why, it’s relative, of course, totally dependent on the position of the observer. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/3 "2010-06-27T23:10:16Z")
Life is _simple_. PEOPLE are complicated. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/4 "2010-06-27T23:23:06Z")
Life is simple. It’s Shaft that’s complicated. No one understands that guy but his woman. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/5 "2010-06-28T00:38:32Z")
Life is simple. It ain’t easy. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/6 "2010-06-28T00:39:30Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Life is simple. It ain’t easy. A perfect response in six words. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/7 "2010-06-28T06:09:29Z")
Life is complicated, people who accept that are less so ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/8 "2010-06-28T06:33:27Z")
Life, as in breathing? Or daily life, as in involving yourself with others, your culture, your surroundings? The former is simple, the latter is not. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/9 "2010-06-28T06:49:38Z")
The good things in life are simple. Getting them and learning how to appreciate them is complicated. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/10 "2010-06-28T07:07:17Z")
Life sucks, then you die. Simple. Or so I’ve heard from my students. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/11 "2010-06-28T13:53:31Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Life is simple. It ain’t easy. I swear you are my favorite poster ever. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-life-simple-or-complicated/544716/12 "2010-06-28T17:29:13Z")
Gotta stand and face it, [Life is so complicated.](http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showsong.php?song=60)