# Your dark thought for the day **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269 "2011-03-19T18:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/1 "2011-03-19T18:52:59Z")
Growing up usually means pulling your head out of your own ass and sticking it up someone else’s. Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/2 "2011-03-19T18:54:47Z")
My own dark though for the day? Everything ends. ---
**Author:** ![uuaschbaer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@uuaschbaer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uuaschbaer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/3 "2011-03-19T19:14:34Z")
All is worthless without love. (Actually that is a dark thought for a lot of days.) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/4 "2011-03-19T19:19:44Z")
> [@uuaschbaer](#): > > All is worthless without love. (Actually that is a dark thought for a lot of days.) Don’t worry. It will end 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/5 "2011-03-19T19:34:19Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > Growing up usually means pulling your head out of your own ass and sticking it up someone else’s. > > Discuss. I don’t know what the hell you mean. Elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/6 "2011-03-19T20:09:40Z")
We had to decide whether or not we should buy a large bag of dog food at Costco for our dog who is dying of cancer. Will he make it through the bag, or should we just get a smaller bag from the pet store? ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/7 "2011-03-20T01:55:05Z")
The dark thought of most of my days: how much better off my kids would be with my life insurance than with me. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/8 "2011-03-20T04:29:24Z")
I heard a muffled explosion outside, and my first thought was “Oh no, did the trampoline leaning against the deck next door finally fall on their propane tank and make their house explode?” Of course I then realized that if my neighbor’s house exploded, it would have shook mine too. Don’t look at me like that. **A lot** of houses have exploded [this week](http://www.google.com/#q=house+explosion&hl=en&prmd=ivnsu&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:w&sa=X&ei=GYGFTbPzO8P3gAf9rty9CA&ved=0CAoQpwUoBA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=c47ba9fccbc37ce6), at least seven in just the first two pages of results. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/9 "2011-03-20T06:46:59Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > We had to decide whether or not we should buy a large bag of dog food at Costco for our dog who is dying of cancer. Will he make it through the bag, or should we just get a smaller bag from the pet store? Aw, that’s very sad. You could see if there is a local animal rescue that will accept a donation of an open bag of food if it turns out to be necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/10 "2011-03-20T07:20:48Z")
Good thing I don’t like spinach anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/11 "2011-03-20T07:22:38Z")
No wealth nor beauty nor love could justify the misery of this broken existence… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/12 "2011-03-24T22:00:22Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > > [@Beware of Doug](#): > > > > Growing up usually means pulling your head out of your own ass and sticking it up someone else’s. > > > > Discuss. > > I don’t know what the hell you mean. Elaborate. Gladly, if belatedly. We blame kids for being self-centered, which they typically are. Then we model and enforce behaviors like sucking up, as somehow more mature and responsible. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/13 "2011-03-24T22:35:11Z")
flashes of lustful sexual thoughts… i guess i’m not as deep as the average doper ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/14 "2011-03-24T22:39:53Z")
I don’t know what the point of me is if I never get to be somebody’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/15 "2011-03-24T22:52:32Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Good thing I don’t like spinach anyway. Right? Or milk, or parsley, or broccoli, or water. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/16 "2011-03-24T23:05:54Z")
As I age, I’m acting more and more like my mother, and looking more and more like my grandmother. How I wish the reverse were true. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/17 "2011-03-31T01:56:45Z")
Those who care don’t know enough, and those who know don’t care enough. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/18 "2011-03-31T02:12:38Z")
To survive in society, one must match society’s level of cruelty. To succeed, one has to exceed that level of cruelty. How well you socialize determines your future far more than how smart you are. I’m actually coming to believe the last one. Been a rough year for me so far, what can I say. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/19 "2011-03-31T02:22:05Z")
The first “one” bears some looking into, if for no other reason than the hope of drowning it in the notional bathtub. Do we have to be crueler than the rest of society because: a) society associates cruelty with mastery, bravery, leadership, and strength, and rewards it? b) society is so shot through with cruelty that only the very cruelest survive? c) it’s not society’s fault so much as reality’s - i.e., be cruel or starve? The second one I accept with very few exceptions, most relating to the people who create technology. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/20 "2011-03-31T14:31:58Z")
For the past week, I’ve been wondering “If someone loses their head in an accident, who sews it back on?” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269.md?page=2)