# They told me to get a life... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 2, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671 "2014-01-02T02:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/1 "2014-01-02T02:08:11Z")
From where can I get this? ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/2 "2014-01-02T02:12:59Z")
inside your head ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/3 "2014-01-02T02:16:11Z")
It comes pre-installed. Maybe yours is defective. Unfortunately, the returns process is a bitch, and not recommended, as they won’t give you a new one. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/4 "2014-01-02T02:21:06Z")
The best way to get a life is to take a life. Strangely, after adopting this motto, I don’t get invited to parties anymore… ---
**Author:** ![Cerealbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Cerealbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerealbox)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/5 "2014-01-02T02:22:20Z")
It’s a three step process: 1. Work 2. Interests 3. Friends and relationships It involves setting yourself productive, fulfilling goals to enrich your life. You can’t buy one, you have build one yourself. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/6 "2014-01-02T02:29:40Z")
[Toys R Us](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Flaurielevinelcsw.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F06%2F17%2Four-own-game-of-life%2F&h=0&w=0&sz=1&tbnid=BvSlAlsChKh9XM&tbnh=189&tbnw=267&zoom=1&docid=ivr7vc46pjIYTM&hl=en&ei=-s7EUurgFvLIsASdoYKQDg&ved=0CAQQsCUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=664) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/7 "2014-01-02T02:52:33Z")
I’ve been told that in ages past one could purchase a [Life](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28magazine%29) at the store, but I don’t think they’re making them anymore. I suppose you could get an old one from ebay, but they really should be consumed fresh. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/8 "2014-01-02T02:56:11Z")
When you find a good one, don’t forget to get Life Insurance. A lot of people forget that, or don’t plan for the added costs. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/9 "2014-01-02T03:03:35Z")
NM– **Mr. Me** beat me to the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/10 "2014-01-02T03:15:02Z")
I thought this was going to be about [this](https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1680&bih=948&q=%22they+told+me+to+get+a+life+i+took+theirs%22&oq=%22they+told+me+to+get+a+life+i+took+theirs) meme. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/11 "2014-01-02T06:59:29Z")
[Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). Around $5000, plus shipping. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/12 "2014-01-02T08:14:41Z")
Which kind? ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/13 "2014-01-02T08:40:18Z")
They don’t mean “get a life,” they mean an “interesting life,” which of course, is much, much harder to find. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/14 "2014-01-02T10:22:04Z")
Tell them you did, in Oct 2012. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/15 "2014-01-02T11:01:32Z")
Most people get them from their parents. (At least, this was true historically.) ---
**Author:** ![Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e99b99/32.png) [@Einstein\_was\_a\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einstein_was_a_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/16 "2014-01-02T11:39:54Z")
Vending machine in the basement of the old MacAuley Hospital in Coos Bay, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/17 "2014-01-02T12:51:46Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > From where can I get this? Its stupid. And contagious… …didn’t you call shotgun? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/18 "2014-01-02T15:23:03Z")
Any grocery store should have it by the boxload, in original and cinnamon flavors. I loved having a Life for breakfast as a kid, though it does get soggy rather quickly in the milk. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-told-me-to-get-a-life/677671/19 "2014-01-02T16:40:14Z")
Find some activities you enjoy, and life will come to you.