# The fucking world is fucking fucked! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677 "2020-07-07T22:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/41 "2020-07-08T16:02:14Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > We need to “Be the ball!” Until you run into someone who “is the bat”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/42 "2020-07-08T16:04:33Z")
Wrong sport. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/43 "2020-07-08T17:42:48Z")
It’s still a terrible metaphor. The ball may feel like it’s playing the game. But all it’s really doing is going where the golfer hits it to. Telling somebody to be the ball is telling them to give up control over their life and just submit to the will of other people. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/44 "2020-07-08T18:33:17Z")
[Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)[Charter Member](https://boards.straightdope.com/g/Charter_Member) [43m](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/43) It’s still a terrible metaphor. The ball may feel like it’s playing the game. But all it’s really doing is going where the golfer hits it to. Telling somebody to be the ball is telling them to give up control over their life and just submit to the will of other people. * * * Maybe it’s terrible to you, because you don’t get it. It is the number one life lesson in Caddyshack. “Be the ball! You should not be intimidated by distractions. Believe in yourself, ignore whichever diversions you are currently encountering and achieve your goals.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/46 "2020-07-08T19:59:22Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Maybe it’s terrible to you, because you don’t get it. Or maybe it’s terrible to me because I do get it. The ball doesn’t achieve its goals. It achieves the golfer’s goals. Telling somebody to be the ball is telling them “Do what you’re told. Follow the rules. Don’t let yourself get distracted. Be a good worker. And the reward is that the CEO of the company will be a millionaire.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/47 "2020-07-08T20:37:33Z")
Much as I like Caddyshack, I don’t really look to it for the tenets of my personal philosophy. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/48 "2020-07-08T21:31:43Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Much as I like Caddyshack, I don’t really look to it for the tenets of my personal philosophy I mean, say what you like about the tenets of Caddyshack, Dude, at least it’s an ethos. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/49 "2020-07-08T21:40:43Z")
Well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/50 "2020-07-08T23:36:38Z")
It could be worse. It could be raining. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/51 "2020-07-08T23:41:01Z")
It sure didn’t turn out to be a great time to be cracking down on oxys. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/52 "2020-07-09T14:07:04Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > It could be worse. It could be raining Damn, here we are in the middle of a drought… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/53 "2020-07-09T17:01:10Z")
It’s a world in which a relatively small number of people have been living it up on the backs of the rest. Frankly, I’d start giving a shit if the world were NOT fucked because then there would not even be an illusion of moral order in the universe. All is well. And things are only gonna get better, so buckle up. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/54 "2020-07-09T19:44:25Z")
You guys are still annoyed by that little thing in 1812, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/55 "2020-07-09T19:58:04Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > No. It already is a really nasty place and is already becoming more so. I’m nearing 70 and I’m glad I was younger when I was. I’m 53. I thought it sucked coming of age when AIDS was still a death sentence. I wouldn’t be 18 right now for love or money. My 13-year-old doesn’t want children either. I just say “It’s your decision,” and try not to get into a protracted discussion. I support him, but I feel like I’m not supposed to. I have no special desire to have grandchildren. In addition to everything else that is happening, parenting trends in the US are crap, and I don’t see any sharp reversals in the near future. When I was young, I used to think I wanted to live to be very old, but I don’t anymore. My father died at 67, and if I lived only 14 more years, I wouldn’t be terribly upset, I don’t think. My son would still be pretty young, but he’d be 27. That’s old enough to be educated and settled in a first real job. He might need me emotionally, but he won’t need me like he does now. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/56 "2020-07-09T22:24:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You guys are still annoyed by that little thing in 1812, aren’t you ? Nah. We won that one. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/57 "2020-07-09T22:26:26Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You guys are still annoyed by that little thing in 1812, aren’t you? > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Nah. We won that one The White House needed redecorating anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/58 "2020-07-12T01:23:46Z")
The fucking world has always been fucking fucked. Fucking grow a fucking pair and fucking get fucking used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/59 "2020-07-14T13:54:10Z")
I don’t really worry about it. Nature always prevails, and whether we go along for the ride or not is inconsequential in the history of the universe. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/60 "2020-07-14T18:33:42Z")
Well, our TV signals are already out there, so it’s not like human civilization was all for naught. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677/61 "2020-07-14T19:54:40Z")
Gilligan’s Island. Those poor people! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucking-world-is-fucking-fucked/914677.md?page=4)