# We are so full of ourselves...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-full-of-ourselves/486827>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-full-of-ourselves/486827 "2009-02-21T06:43:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-full-of-ourselves/486827/21 "2009-02-24T00:50:44Z")

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> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#):
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> On roughly the same subject, the late [David Foster Wallace](http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html):

Damn it.

I figured this stuff out but he said it so much better than I’ve ever managed to. I need to bookmark this and point to it whenever people ask me what I believe.

And then he killed himself. Damn it. Damn it damn it damn it.

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**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-full-of-ourselves/486827/22 "2009-02-25T13:55:55Z")

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Whether or not you believe in Life after Death the fact is that all those problems we consider so serious will no longer be a problem once we’re dead but that doesn’t make them any the less burdensome while you’re still alive.

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**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-full-of-ourselves/486827/23 "2009-02-26T23:33:11Z")

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I used to sound like the OP. You gotta work to make each day enjoyable, even when it seems like all hell is breaking loose. Keep working at it and you’ll figure it out 🙂

I agree, the more shit you go through, the better the good times are. Remember that often things go in cycles! A bad day / month / year / decade might be followed by a good year / month / decade. Keep on truckin!

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**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-full-of-ourselves/486827/24 "2009-02-27T00:20:36Z")

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Grandma called to day to compalin a little. Grampa had a fit because she put pepper in his scrambled eggs before she cooked the eggs, instead of after.

Maybe Grandpa needs to cook his own eggs a couple of times.

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