# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/21 "2011-03-31T14:43:05Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > I don’t know what the point of me is if I never get to be somebody’s mother. To bring beauty into the world, of course. Dark thought: after years of revising my expectations downwards, my greatest ambition is currently to get to the end of my life without screwing up too badly, and then die. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/22 "2011-03-31T17:28:03Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > I don’t know what the point of me is if I never get to be somebody’s mother. This, but with fatherhood. It got the best of me the other day when I turned to the SO and said, “Please promise me that if I outlive you, your kids will take care of me.” Total low point. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/23 "2011-03-31T17:38:37Z")
I thought I feared death because it entails non-existence. But I realized that death will just feel like sleeping–meaning it won’t hurt. So what I’m really scared of is dying. I don’t want to go through that. Can’t we skip the dying part and just get right on to death? fuck’s sake ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/24 "2011-03-31T20:22:11Z")
I like sleeping When I am sleeping I am not angry I am not frustrated I am not lonely I am nothing ---
**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:** [March 31, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/25 "2011-03-31T21:39:04Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I don’t know what the hell you mean. Elaborate. I think this is a fine statement by itself. Pretty much sums me up most days. > [@Jennyrosity](#): > > I don’t know what the point of me is if I never get to be somebody’s mother. As someone who’s made kids, I recommend looking up a different tree to find meaning. kids suck. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/26 "2011-03-31T21:42:38Z")
Every day that I blow off going to the gym in the morning increases the odds of my beautiful little baby girl having to grow up without a daddy. ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/27 "2011-03-31T21:42:45Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > I like sleeping > When I am sleeping > I am not angry > I am not frustrated > I am not lonely > I am nothing Been there. ---
**Author:** ![RainGrowsBrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@RainGrowsBrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RainGrowsBrite)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/28 "2011-03-31T22:23:48Z")
Totally unoriginal but it pops into my head all the time… THIS IS YOUR LIFE, AND ITS ENDING ONE MINUTE AT A TIME ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/29 "2011-03-31T22:43:13Z")
Maybe I read this here. I can’t remember. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Unfortunately, so does the journey to nowhere. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/30 "2011-04-01T00:09:34Z")
No matter what kinds of aches and pains you’re feeling now, in ten years you’ll look back on the way you are now and wish you still felt that good. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/31 "2011-04-01T00:30:50Z")
It’s always dark. The light just hides the dark, for a little while. Also, the abyss no longer looks into me. Now it just grins and waves. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/32 "2011-04-01T00:33:41Z")
Dentist said to me yesterday. “Come back in two weeks if it doesn’t clear up we will have to get a biospy done.” Dark thoughts ensued. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/33 "2011-04-01T02:01:07Z")
Yesterday I tried to convince my husband we should sell every single thing we own and retire to a south seas beach hut, learn to paint watercolours, collect sea shells, and read away our golden years. If the money looks like it will run out before we do, will take up dangerous activities like riding motorcycles across dangerous countries, bungee jumping, parachuting, etc. Mostly because I see all of the people I know turning into cliche grumpy, old people. Set in their ways, miserable because they no longer feel relevant or understand the new world creating itself around them. Bah - I’d rather die in a fiery plane crash in a third world country than live to be 100 in a nursing home surrounded by unhappy, miserable old coots! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/34 "2011-04-01T02:08:50Z")
I got my life in order too late for my mother to ever know about it. My father does, but he’ll never care. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/35 "2011-04-01T03:05:19Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I got my life in order too late for my mother to ever know about it. My father does, but he’ll never care. So sorry, Skald. There are many others who care! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/36 "2011-04-01T08:47:38Z")
This is as good as it gets. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/37 "2011-04-03T00:37:04Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > > [@hotflungwok](#): > > > > I like sleeping > > When I am sleeping > > I am not angry > > I am not frustrated > > I am not lonely > > I am nothing > > Been there. Am there. ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/38 "2011-04-03T01:58:21Z")
No matter how many years you’re with your SO, things will happen that make you realize being alone isn’t all that bad. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/39 "2011-04-03T02:07:57Z")
In 100 years it’s all new people. Everyone dies alone. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-dark-thought-for-the-day/575269/40 "2011-04-03T02:13:18Z")
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